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In an effort to tackle the growing concerns surrounding fake news in Bangladesh, the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, organized a dialogue titled "Confronting Misinformation in Bangladesh". The event was held at a hotel in Rajshahi on  The dialogue is part of a series of sessions aimed at understanding how misinformation is produced and recirculated in Bangladesh. The attendees comprised journalists, senior editors, professional fact-checkers, and social media influencers. Speakers including Professor Dr. Pradip Kumar Panday, Professor, Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, and Minhaj Aman, Research Head, Dismislab shared their thoughts and insights. 

The speakers and the participants noted that misinformation is now hugely spreading by social media, highlighting a structural problem and agendas in media houses. They also discussed the power of sources of misinformation, including syndicates and personal interests. The speakers agreed that preventing the spread of fake news and misinformation is crucial to ensuring trustworthy journalism and upholding democracy. The people of Bangladesh still rely on journalism more than anything. So, we should work on this with the help of new digital technology.

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