Panic gripped people in some areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts following rumours of robbery incidents last night.

Three teachers have been arrested on charges of spreading rumours against Education Minister Dipu Moni and a few others on Facebook.

Rapid Action Battalion detains a youth for his alleged link in spreading rumours on social media “to create an unstable situation in the country” from Fatullah area of Narayanganj Sadar upazila.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal warns that the people who are engaged in dishing out propaganda and rumours on Facebook will be brought to book soon.

Two persons are arrested from Bogura Sadar upazila for allegedly spreading rumours in social media.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained a person for allegedly spreading propaganda against the state and the law enforcers on social media platforms.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-10) today claimed to have detained a man on charge of spreading rumours on social media.

Around 100 police teams across the country are monitoring social media to the prevent spread of rumours and fake news.

The government will proactively react immediately within three hours if any rumour is noticed on the social media, State Minister for Information Tarana Halim says.

Businesswoman Faria Mahjabin, who was arrested in a case filed for allegedly spreading rumours during the recent student movement for safe roads, confesses to the charges brought against her.

Rab has arrested a woman entrepreneur in a case filed under the controversial section 57 of the ICT Act for “spreading rumours and sharing provocative posts” on social media over the recent student protest.

Law enforcers arrest the CEO of an online news portal and two students from Dhaka and Bogra for allegedly trying to create anarchy by publishing fake news and spreading rumours on social media over the ongoing student protest.