Now editing — The Dissent
Qadaruddin
Shishir.
Investigative journalist decoding disinformation, election manipulation, and communal rumours across South Asia — powered by OSINT and old-school reporting.
Editor, The Dissent
Former AFP Fact Check Editor
BD FactCheck Co-founder
OSINT Trainer
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— 01 / By the numbers
A decade of reporting.
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— 02 / Selected work
Recent investigations.
Featured · Investigation
2025
Election Disinformation Networks
An OSINT-led breakdown of how manipulated media travelled through partisan networks before the general election.
The Dissent
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Investigation
2024
AI-Generated Fake News on Bangla Social Media
AFP Fact Check
Fact-check
2023
Religious Misinformation and Communal Rumours
BD FactCheck
OSINT
2024
Digital Propaganda in a Polarised Newsroom
Dismislab
— 03 / Trajectory
From newsroom to verification lab.
2009
Reporter
Started in journalism
2014
Journalist
Jamuna Television
2018
Co-Founder
BD FactCheck
2020
Fact-check Lead
BOOM Bangladesh
2021
Editor
AFP Fact Check
2025
Editor
The Dissent
— Field / Archive
The visual record.
Field · Dhaka
Disinformation
Propaganda
Uprising · Grid
Press Freedom
Mobile Rumours
Press