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Dismislab Factcheck Awami League procession after election
A street march video circulated on X falsely claiming that the banned Awami League has “returned to the streets”.
Unrelated video circulates claiming arson at BNP leader’s house factcheck
The video circulating with the claim that Jamaat-e-Islami activists set fire to a BNP leader's house actually shows an unrelated...
Online misinformation on post-poll violence in Bangladesh
Since the day after the February 12 national election and referendum, reports of post-election violence have emerged across Bangladesh, with...
Night of rumours: How misinformation spread before Bangladesh’s landmark election
Social media platforms were flooded with misleading content and false claims, targeting candidates and voters on the eve of Bangladesh’s...
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 Misinformation Disinformation Fake News Trend 2025
As the elections draw closer, the volume of misinformation continues to rise while fake alliances, false surveys shape the disinformation...
2025 in Review: The Rise of AI in Misinformation, Familiar Faces in Disinformation Headlines, and Unfamiliar Actors behind the Scene
Bangladesh saw 30 percent more misinformation in 2025, with most fact-checks political, increasingly spread through videos and AI-driven content.
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.
Fake photocard claiming killer of Chattogram BNP leader Ershad Ullah was arrested fact-checked
A photocard falsely claims Ershad Ullah’s attacker was arrested; fact-check reveals the image is unrelated.
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...
In the first six months of 2025, less than half of all false claims were political. As the February election...
Misinformation spreads over Khagrachari conflict factcheck
Several posts on the Khagrachari conflict circulated on social media, but Dismislab fact-checked at least five as false using old...
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.
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.
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.
The use of AI-generated content to spread misinformation has been steadily growing in Bangladesh, but the second quarter of 2025...
Fake 'Anonymous' network on Facebook: a trap of conspiracies, predictions, and misinformation - A report by Dismislab Factchecks
Facebook pages imitating the international hacker-activist group ‘Anonymous’ are spreading conspiracy theories and false information to set up scams.
The President of Peru did not declare Sheikh Hasina the ‘legitimate Prime Minister’ at the ‘Global Humor Conference’ held in...
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.
The photo claiming to show the list of students killed in the Milestone plane crash is AI generated.
Video claiming a water bottle costs 600 TK is from the Asian Cup qualifiers match, not the Uttara jet crash.
‘Mujib Bahini’ receiving training in Gopalganj False Claim Factcheck
The photo claiming Mujib Bahini taking training in Gopalganj is actually at least 13 years old and shows Maoist members...
Two viral videos claiming to show the Hindu woman victim’s statement on the Muradnagar incident were actually old and unrelated.
Several posts have been circulating on social media platform Facebook claiming that the hindu woman, who was allegedly raped in...
A video recently circulated on the social media platform Facebook, purportedly showing moments just before the plane crash in Ahmedabad,...
A video has gone viral on Facebook and X, showing a group of people throwing chairs in front of a...
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...
Verification reveals that the photo is two months old and that the owner of the burned cowshed is not Hindu.
A video report attributed to BBC News has recently gone viral on social media, in which Hasnat Abdullah, the convener...
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...
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...
Bangladesh experienced a sharp rise in political and religious misinformation in the wake of its political upheaval.
An old video on X falsely claims Bangladesh's interim government launched a campaign to boycott Indian goods.
Dismislab has found at least seven staged videos that have been circulated as real events in Bangladesh or India...
Verification by Dismislab has found that no such conversation took place between Tamim and Kohli.
Social media is being used to spread sexually suggestive and degrading content targeting Bangladeshi actress Mahiya Mahi during her political...
An analysis of reports published by seven fact-checking sites dedicated to Bangladesh revealed that the final quarter of 2023, spanning...
Various types of fake news and disinformation have surfaced on social media surrounding the 12th National Parliamentary Elections held on...
Recently, a false quotation attributed to Sourav Ganguly has surfaced on a cricket-related Facebook page. Additionally, three more false quotations...
As the 12th National Parliamentary elections draw near, the surge in political disinformation has become evident.
Israel-Palestine conflict triggers rampant dissemination of false information and misleading videos through social media channels.
Two serious claims about soybean oil have spread on social media. The claims appeared in several online advertisements.
LIRNEasia, published a research report that analysed online trends of the types of misinformation being spread and means of their...
Dr. Joan Donovan and her research team tried finding out the answers regarding the possible role of civil society in...