2 old videos on Facebook falsely linked to Students’ League strike
Multiple videos are being posted on Facebook claiming to show scenes from the capital Dhaka during the strike called by banned organization Bangladesh Student’s League, the student organization of Bangladesh Awami League. However, a Dismislab fact-check found that the videos have no connection to the November 10 strike called by Chhatra League. Both videos are old.
Video 1
A Facebook profile posted the video with the caption: “ছাত্রলীগের ডাকা ধর্মঘটে আজ মীরপুর সাড়ে এগারোর চিত্র, বিএনপি জামায়াত এনসিপি এরা দেশের শত্রু,এরা হতে পারে না বাংলা মায়ের মিত্র।” (Translated as: Today’s scene at Mirpur Sare Egaro during the strike called by Students’ League. BNP, Jamaat, NCP are enemies of the country; they cannot be friends of Mother Bengal.) The video shows a fire service vehicle passing beneath a metro station. A signboard reading “Center Mirpur” is also visible at the end of the video.
A reverse image search to trace the source of the video led to a Short on a YouTube channel named “Ayan Khan Blogs.” The Short was uploaded on November 2, and its caption reads “2 November 2026.” The footage matches exactly the scenes circulated as being from the Students’ League strike. However, the upload dated November 2 does not mention the event the video shows.
Thus, the video circulated as showing Mirpur Sare Egaro during the Students’ League strike is old, not from today.
Video 2
Another video was posted from a profile named “Sheikh Wali Rahman” with the caption: “বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগের ডাকা ধর্মঘটে রাজধানীর বিভিন্ন মহাসড়ক অচল।” (Translated as: Various highways in the capital are paralyzed by the strike called by Bangladesh Students’ League.) This video also shows a fire burning beneath a metro station.
While tracing the source of the video, Dismislab found a post from a page named “Islamic Media TV.” This post was also made on Nov. 2. It reads, “মিরপুর ১১ ভয়াবহ অবস্তা।” (Translated as: Mirpur 11 terrible situation.) The video circulated as showing the strike resembles this one. However, this video also does not mention any context.
Thus, the video circulated with the claim that highways in the capital were paralyzed by the Students’ League strike has been available on social media since at least November 2. It has no connection to the November 10 strike.
For context, the banned organization Bangladesh Students’ League called a nationwide strike on November 10 with an eight-point demand, including the withdrawal of the ban on the Awami League and Students’ League. Dismislab has published multiple fact-check reports on false claims about scenes from this strike.
