Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Social media platforms are currently flooded with a heartwarming video showing a young village girl walking through a lush paddy field. In her arms, she carries a small civet, while a small porcupine eagerly toddles right behind her like a pet. Many international media outlets, including prominent Indian newspaper The […]
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Following the powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, social media platforms have been flooded with dramatic videos allegedly showing the destruction caused by the disaster. As live coverages tracked a rapidly rising death toll, with officials warning the count could climb into the thousands, viral clips claiming to show the disaster […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When politicians get arrested over underworld ties, old photos have a way of resurfacing with new, convenient captions. SJB Horana organizer Charith Abeysinghe and Rakitha Rajapaksa, son of former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa, were arrested a few days ago on bribery charges linked to organised crime figure ‘Harak Kata.’ This […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following crackdowns on cyber fraud operations across Southeast Asia, displaced international criminal syndicates have turned to Sri Lanka, establishing a growing pattern of fraud targeting both Sri Lankans and foreign victims. Official reports confirm that more than 1,000 foreign nationals were arrested for Sri Lanka-linked cyber fraud in just the […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A video showing a barber giving a customer a neck massage, twisting their neck, and the customer then appearing to shake and become paralyzed, has been circulating on social media as if it were a real incident. The footage is dramatic enough to alarm anyone who has had a neck […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Kasagala Green Plantations (Pvt) Ltd has become the subject of heated debate in recent weeks. The dispute intensified after the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an official statement rejecting claims its director made during a television appearance and opened a formal investigation soon after. Below is our explainer […]
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Social media posts circulating across platforms claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was killed in a Russian aerial attack on what was described as a “safe position” in Ukraine. Some versions of the posts further state that Ukrainian media should confirm or deny his death, implying that authorities are concealing the incident. However, our investigation […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A number can travel a long way once it leaves its original context. This week, posts began circulating claiming the IMF had confirmed that USD 808 million simply went missing from Sri Lanka in 2025, under the NPP government. The figure itself is real and appears in an official IMF […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim built around real courtroom testimony, a real corruption case, and a real public health controversy is the hardest kind to fact-check, because it sounds far too specific to be made up. That is exactly what happened when social media posts began alleging that a top Sri Lankan medical […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Sri Lanka Cricket’s governance crisis has kept the sport in the headlines for months, and any hint of fresh ICC pressure tends to spread fast. This week, posts claimed ICC Chairman Jay Shah personally warned President Anura Kumara Dissanayake that Sri Lanka would be blacklisted again unless SLC elections were […]
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