Bangladesh

Fact-check: Viral X posts falsely claim Bangladesh banned India as an election observer, but official reports confirm Dhaka invited New Delhi to observe the February 12 elections.
X posts claim Bangladesh banned India from observing the February 12 elections; reports confirm Dhaka invited New Delhi to send...
Decontextualization of Politicians Speech Video Bangladesh
Dismislab analyzed five such videos where the speeches of political party leaders were fragmented and presented misleadingly through a religious...
Bangladesh Election Misinformation Watch Dismislab
As the February election nears, targeted disinformation and fake news are spreading on an unprecedented scale to build narratives that...
NCP leader Nasiruddin Patwary attacked under Jubo Dal leader Nayon fact-check
A video claims Jubo Dal attacked Nasiruddin Patwary; however, fact-check shows it was a road blockade by 43rd BCS non-cadre...
Dr. Yunus has formed an illegal government says Putin AI video fact-check
AI generated video claiming Vladimir Putin called Dr. Yunus’s government illegal a; fact-check confirms the video was fake.
Man slapped fellow passenger on Biman flight is not BNP leader Rafiq Azad, name Abdul Subhan
The man who slapped the passenger on the Biman flight was Abdul Subhan; fact-check confirms he was not BNP leader...
video of attack on Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus’s residence factcheck
Video falsely claims an attack on Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s Chattogram residence; fact-check shows the clip is from Awami...
Hate and Calls for Violence Spread against Hindus Through the TMD Hashtag
The TMD hashtag is being used to spread communal hate, with at least 39 posts calling for violence against a...
200 members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in Gaibandha have joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Factcheck
A photocard claiming Gaibandha Jamaat members joined BNP is edited; the photo is actually from Chuadanga and shows BNP members...
A video falsely claims a woman was gang-raped in Gazipur; but fact-check shows that it’s actually from a mob beating...
Dismislab’s verification shows Fehlinger is not a NATO official. He is actually an activist advocating for NATO expansion.
Video of cash seizure not from NCP leader Samanta Sharmin’s home
Video falsely claims cash recovered from NCP leader’s house; actually over five years old and shows Awami League leader’s home.
Claim of former US ambassador Peter Haas using Dhaka airport lounge proven false - Factcheck report by Dismislab
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, 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
Viral IndiGo flight video falsely claims Hindu man slapped Muslim passenger, amid anti-Muslim eviction row, Dismislab debunks.
Fighter jet crash in Uttara triggers surge of fake AI imagery online - Factcheck report by Dismislab
After a July 21 Air Force crash in Uttara, AI-generated images falsely showing the incident spread widely on social media.
False claims on social media about the death toll in Uttara plane crash - factcheck report by Dismislab
Misleading Facebook posts claim 247 dead, 522 injured in Uttara jet crash. Milestone School confirms the numbers are false.
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 falsely claiming NCP and Jamaat-Shibir attacked BNP offices in Dhaka, Cumilla, Jessore, and Jhenaidah went viral.
A viral claim that Hindus in Rajasthan broke solar panels over a Sun God insult is false.
Old photos and videos were falsely shared with the claim that they depicted scenes from the Gopalganj clashes
Amid Gopalganj clashes on July 16, old photos and videos were falsely shared as scenes from the violence.
Two videos have circulated on social media — one showing a group of people beating a man by the roadside, and the other showing a person striking someone with a spade in an open field. Social media posts claim that the footage depicts recent incidents in Bangladesh. But verification shows that one of the videos is from Andhra Pradesh, India, and the other from Uttar Pradesh.
One shows a group assaulting a man, another a spade attack, neither video is from Bangladesh.
False Claim Linking Moroccan Incident to BNP Attack in Gazipur, Bangladesh
The viral video linked to BNP is not from Gazipur, but from Morocco.
False Claims Emerge Amid Awami League’s Hartal Program
Several old videos have been falsely circulated on Facebook claiming to show Awami League's programs during the July 20 hartal.
Fake Facebook pages impersonate major media outlets violating Meta's policies and also runs ads.
Bangladesh’s Pre-Election Campaigns Using Generative AI
Since mid-June, AI-generated election videos with synthetic characters have gone viral, raising concerns about voter manipulation and misinformation.
Several posts have been circulating on social media platform Facebook claiming that the hindu woman, who was allegedly raped in...
Dozens of Facebook‑promoted Bangladeshi websites fraudulently promise daily income for simple tasks, take upfront payments, and deliver nothing.
A video recently circulated on the social media platform Facebook, purportedly showing moments just before the plane crash in Ahmedabad,...
Restrictions enforced during India–Pakistan military conflict amid expanding government control over digital platforms; blocks remain in effect.
Dismislab’s verification shows that the video is not from India. It is rather a scene from Subidbazar area in Sylhet district...
A video of a broom procession has been widely shared on Facebook over the last two days, with several Awami...
A video showing a mosque-like structure being demolished with a bulldozer is circulating on social media with different claims. Some...
The video is unrelated to any weapons recovered from members of any student wings of Rajshahi University. Instead, it is...
A video shared on social media platform ‘X’ claims to show the killing of three brothers, including a Swechchhasebak League...
A video recently shared on Facebook claims that relatives of a local BNP leader raped two women. The video shows...
Following the fact-finding report on human rights violations during the July-August protests in Bangladesh published by the Office of the...
A video circulating on social media claims to show a torchlight procession by the Awami League in Sylhet in support...
Recently, an image of a deceased woman was circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms. It is being claimed...
While Rakib, a student of Dhaka College, was injured in the incident, he has not died, as confirmed by one...
Several Facebook posts allege that Tulip Siddiq, the daughter of Sheikh Rehana and niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh...
Some posts on X claim that Islamists set fire to Hindu-owned shops in Cumilla, Bangladesh. Although the fire incident is...
Bangladeshi lawyer Ramendra Nath Roy was severely injured during a protest at Shahbagh, Dhaka. False claims about his role and...
A video circulating on social media, claiming Islamist attacks on Hindu women as part of a land-grabbing attempt, is false...
A video from 'RT India' falsely claims an attack on a Hindu temple in Bangladesh, but actually shows a festival...
An old video on X falsely claims Bangladesh's interim government launched a campaign to boycott Indian goods.
Following Sheikh Hasina's resignation, Bangladesh saw violence against minorities, with misinformation spreading online, fueled by old, unrelated photo-video.
In the past few days, Facebook has been abuzz with various claims about the rising number of missing children. The...
Dismislab has found at least seven staged videos that have been circulated as real events in Bangladesh or India...
Photocards have been circulating on Facebook, claiming that 68,000 Bangladeshi women are being trafficked to brothels in India. Verification shows...
Dismislab has verified that agricultural production had already begun in commercial solar power facilities in India prior to Bangladesh's announcement.
LIRNEasia, published a research report that analysed online trends of the types of misinformation being spread and means of their...