Fact Detector: Adviser Mahfuz’s Falsehood on Notun Kuri Identified

❐ Special Correspondent

Fact Detector, an independent organization that verifies and verifies information on social media, has revealed a shocking piece of information, identifying lies and misinformation in a recent post by Mahfuz Alam, the information advisor to Dr. Yunus’s interim government.

In a recent speech, he claimed that the Notun Kuri program started during the time of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, but the Awami League government stopped the program due to political reasons.

Fact Detector investigated the information given in his statement. The investigation revealed the real truth.

The company said in their statement:

In fact, the children’s reality show Natun Kuri was first aired on Pakistan Television in 1966, which was not during the Ziaur Rahman regime. After independence, Natun Kuri was started again in 1976 under the production of Mustafa Monowar. But it was closed in 2005. In 2005, the Awami League was not in power, but rather it was the BNP-Jamaat alliance government. At that time, the Prime Minister was Khaleda Zia, Ziaur Rahman’s wife.

The company further stated,

An initiative was taken to restart the program in 2020 during the Awami League government. But due to the Covid pandemic, it was no longer possible.

In other words, the information in the statement given by Information Advisor Mahfuz Alam is untrue and misleading.