Bangladesh, Nov. 4 -- A three-day refresher training programme on local government election reporting, information integrity and journalist safety began at the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) in Dhaka on Tuesday, bringing together 20 media professionals and academics.

Unesco and PIB jointly organised the Refresher Training of Trainers (ToT) under the UN Electoral Assistance Project BALLOT.

The programme builds on an earlier PIB training of trainers, whose participants later trained more than 2,600 journalists across 60 districts in January and February 2026.

Speaking at the inauguration, PIB Director General Faruk Wasif said recognising disinformation and attempts to manipulate information on social media was essential for fact-based...