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Claim of ex-ambassador Peter Haas using Dhaka airport lounge proven false

The list claiming former U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas used the airport lounge on August 5 is fake.

The list claiming former U.S. Ambassador Peter Haas used the airport lounge on August 5 is fake.

Old videos used in coverage of Russia earthquake A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in eastern Russia on 29 July. Following the incident, at least two old videos were seen circulating in several Bangladeshi media outlets, which had no connection to the earthquake in Russia.
Old videos used in coverage of Russia earthquake
Old, unrelated videos circulated in Bangladeshi media following the powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in eastern Russia on 29 July.
Hindu passenger slaps a Muslim co-passenger in India, a claim falsely shared on social media
Man slapping co-passenger on IndiGo flight in India was not Hindu
Viral IndiGo flight video falsely claims Hindu man slapped Muslim passenger, amid anti-Muslim eviction row, Dismislab debunks.
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash - factcheck report by Dismislab
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash
Misleading Facebook posts claim 247 dead, 522 injured in Uttara jet crash. Milestone School confirms the numbers are false.

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Old videos used in coverage of Russia earthquake
Old videos used in coverage of Russia earthquake
Man slapping co-passenger on IndiGo flight in India was not Hindu
Man slapping co-passenger on IndiGo flight in India was not Hindu

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Fighter jet crash in Uttara triggers surge of fake AI imagery online - Factcheck report by Dismislab
Fighter jet crash in Uttara triggers surge of fake AI imagery online
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash - factcheck report by Dismislab
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash
On July 12, several old videos were circulated on social media throughout the day, falsely claiming that activists from the National Citizen Party (NCP) and Jamaat-Shibir had attacked and set fire to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) offices in Dhaka, Comilla, Jessore and Jhenaidah. Dismislab verified five of the videos allegedly showing attacks on BNP offices and found they were not recent. The misleading footage was shared amid protests following the death of scrap trader Sohag in front of Mitford Hospital in Dhaka.
Old videos shared as recent attacks on BNP offices
Old photos and videos were falsely shared with the claim that they depicted scenes from the Gopalganj clashes
Disinformation spreads amid Gopalganj clashes
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