Dhaka, March 8 -- A video from a previous incident, falsely claiming to depict a meeting between former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted during the July uprising in 2024, and a UN team, has been widely circulated.

This misinformation was uncovered through an investigation by BanglaFact, a fact-checking and media research unit under the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB).

The investigation revealed that a video showing a civic reception for Sheikh Hasina in London in 2023 was uploaded to social media, misrepresented as a meeting with the UN team in Delhi.

BanglaFact found numerous social media posts featuring Sheikh Hasina's image, which were circulated in Delhi, wrongly claiming it was from a UN meeting, while the same photo ...