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Fabricated Letters and Fake Quotes: The False Political Posts Riding on the Mahara Prison Clash
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Barely had the smoke cleared from the 13-hour riot at Mahara Prison when a wave of forged documents and invented quotes began circulating on Sri Lankan social media, each trying to score a political point. A letter “signed” by the Opposition Leader, a resignation quote “reported” by ITN, and a […]
Political
Fabricated Letters and Fake Quotes: The False Political Posts Riding on the Mahara Prison Clash
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Barely had the smoke cleared from the 13-hour riot at Mahara Prison when a wave of forged documents and invented quotes began circulating on Sri Lankan social media, each trying to score a political point. A letter “signed” by the Opposition Leader, a resignation quote “reported” by ITN, and a […]
Wrong President, Wrong Timeline: The Truth About Kanjipani Imran’s Escape
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Few names provoke as much public anger in Sri Lanka as Kanjipani Imran, the underworld figure and drug trafficker whose escape by boat to India left the country red-faced. So, when posts began circulating that he had been quietly released and allowed to slip out of the country, under former […]
International
Rumour vs. Reality: No, Riyadh’s Sri Lankan Embassy Did NOT Ban Its Buddhist Sunday School
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim that Sri Lankan diplomats had shut down a Buddhist Sunday school on foreign soil, and blocked Vesak celebrations, was always going to strike a nerve at home. That is exactly what spread across Sinhala social media: posts alleging that the Dhamma school run for a decade by Sri […]
No, PM Modi Did Not Tell India’s Students to ‘Learn from Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya’
Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Few words carry as much weight in Sinhala social media as “Aragalaya.” So, a post now spreading fast in Sri Lankan feeds grabs attention: it claims Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing India’s own wave of student protests, appealed to his country’s youth “like a father” not to copy Sri […]
From Deepfakes to Doctored Images: Eight Viral Hoaxes That Fooled Football Fans During the 2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup made history both on and off the pitch. Hosted jointly by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, it was the first tournament to feature 48 teams and 104 matches, making it the largest FIFA World Cup ever held. Spain lifted the trophy after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time, concluding […]
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