Claim About UN Sanctions on Bangladesh Army is False: Fact-check Reveals

Jul 28, 2025 1 min read

Dhaka, July 28, 2025 — A claim that the United Nations has imposed sanctions on the Bangladesh Army has recently gone viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok. However, fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner has confirmed the claim is entirely false and baseless.

According to Rumor Scanner’s investigation, the video — which has already garnered nearly 300,000 views — lacks any credible evidence to support the assertion. The video falsely claims that the UN has sanctioned the Bangladesh Army.

Upon reviewing the content, the Rumor Scanner team found no reference to such sanctions. Instead, the video uses irrelevant background music from an Indian Hindi film, raising further questions about its authenticity.

An extensive search of official UN sources, including its website and verified social media accounts (X, Instagram, YouTube), yielded no mention of any sanctions imposed on the Bangladesh Army.

Experts say if the UN had indeed imposed such sanctions, it would have been widely covered by both local and international media. However, no such reports have surfaced.

Rumor Scanner also noted that similar false claims regarding alleged sanctions on the Bangladesh Army have circulated online in the past.

Conclusion: The claim that the United Nations has imposed sanctions on the Bangladesh Army is completely false and misleading.

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