Dhaka, April 5 -- The "news" first appeared in a private TV station's ticker on Sunday afternoon.A user posted a screenshot of the ticker from Ekattor TV on the Facebook group - "Awami League Beat Reporters' Group".It read: "Narayanganj City Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy dies from coronavirus in New York".

A reader called bdnews24.com via phone and asked whether the "news" was true.Narayanganj City Corporation CEO Abul Amin brushed aside the "news" as "baseless"."The mayor is fine now," he said.

Ekttaor TV has denied having a hand in spreading the rumour."It has been made from first and last parts [of different tickers]," Mozammel Babu, editor-in-chief of Ekattor, told bdnews24.com."There was one on Selina Hayat Ivy and then another. The two w...