Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- day refresher training on local government election reporting, information integrity and journalist safety has begun at the Press Institute Bangladesh (PIB) in Dhaka on Tuesday, bringing together 20 media professionals and academics who will deliver further training across the country.

UNESCO and PIB jointly organised the Refresher Training of Trainers under the UN Electoral Assistance Project BALLOT.

The programme builds on an earlier PIB ToT whose participants subsequently trained more than 2,600 journalists across 60 districts in January-February 2026.

PIB Director General Faruk Wasif said that recognising disinformation and attempts to manipulate information on social media is essential to fact-based reporting.

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