A doctor of the Senarathpura Rural Hospital in Gonagolla, Ampara was arrested by the police for sexually abusing four schoolgirls day before yesterday (07.01.2020). An image has been widely shared in a news article with an image of a person claimed to be the doctor, arrested on allegations of sexual abuse. Below is a screengrab […]
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Australia battles bush fires every year, but recent fires have caused incomparable widespread devastation with millions of acres of land affected and about half a billion animal deaths according to some estimates. Number of houses engulfed in these flames have turned to ashes and more than 20 people have lost their lives so far. Even […]
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There have been a number of cases in the recent past, where criminals used a small device installed to ATMs or POS machines in stores to steal debit/credit card credentials as the customers insert their cards into these devices. In this backdrop we noticed a message being shared by multiple Facebook users claiming that all […]
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Soon after the appointment of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, number of District Governors were appointed and as a result, there were widespread rumours that former Sri Lankan cricketing legend, who supported President in election campaign, would be appointed the Governor of Northern Province. One such post is given below. This post was shared multiple times on […]
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The last solar eclipse of 2019 occurred on 26th December. People in Sri Lanka, India and several other countries witnessed it and shared its photos on social media. This was an annular solar eclipse, which creates a “ring of fire” around sun. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth […]
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Isuru Udana, who represented Sri Lanka at under-19 level, rose through the ranks in 2009 and he was selected into the national side for the World T20. However, after a brief stint in the national side, he was side-lined for years. Recently, he made a comeback into the national squad and played in different leagues […]
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Various posts suggesting places to visit in Sri Lanka during ongoing holidays have started appearing on Facebook. Out of which, some are regarding virgin places, which travelers rarely visited. Below given is an example of such posts, which was first posted on August and since then has been shared and claimed on multiple occasions to […]
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Lata Mangeshkar dubbed as the “Nightingale of India” is among the most respected play-back singers in India and also was the second-most Google Indian in 2019. In 1974, the Guinness Book of Records ranked her as the most recorded artiste in the history. She had reportedly sung over 25,000 songs between 1948 and 1974. In […]
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A recent drive to create wall arts around many parts of the country was lauded by many quarters irrespective of political differences, while some concerns were raised more recently about the quality of some of the paintings and whether there should be some guidelines before making decisions on such painting and the conveyed message. A […]
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Sri Lanka is a multi-cultural and multi linguistic country with Sinhalese forming the majority followed by Tamils, Muslims and Christians. The victorious candidate of the Presidential election 2019, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, led his campaign on national security and unitary nation concepts. The official results indicated that the UDF candidate sweeping the districts of North and […]
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