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No, the CID Is Not Investigating Shavendra Silva Over Mullivaikkal or Missing Gold Stock : Both Posts Are Fabricated

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Two separate social media posts made serious criminal allegations about former Army Commander General Shavendra Silva and Retired Major General Jagath Dias. The first claimed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had launched an investigation against Shavendra Silva over the alleged massacre of civilians in the Wellamullivaikkal area. The second claimed […]

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Back Again in 2026: The ISIS AIDS Injection Hoax Is Still False, and Sri Lanka Police Have Received No Such Reports

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Some hoaxes refuse to die. A voice message claiming that ISIS operatives are posing as NGO workers across Sri Lanka, visiting homes under the guise of collecting blood samples and injecting people with the HIV virus has been circulating on WhatsApp and social media since at least 2014. It spread […]

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An Elder Brother Hacked His Younger Brother to Death in Dikwella, Matara? Find out the truth…

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A deeply disturbing report has been circulating on social media claiming that a brother hacked his younger sibling to death in the Dikwella area of Matara district, Sri Lanka. The post attracted wide sharing and significant alarm among especially among Tamil online communities. Fact Crescendo investigated to determine whether any […]

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How Many Years Is Sarana Gunawardena’s Sentence?

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On June 9, 2026, the Colombo High Court delivered its verdict in four cases filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against former Minister Sarana Gunawardena. Within hours, social media circles read two quite different stories. Some mainstream outlets and social media users reported that the […]

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Are These Photographs of Human Skeletons Recovered During the Chemmani Mass Grave Excavation?

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As the third phase of excavations at the Chemmani mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s north continues to yield harrowing finds, a wave of viral photographs has been circulating on social media claiming to document the discoveries firsthand. Some of those images, however, have nothing to do with Chemmani at all. Fact Crescendo investigated. Social […]

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No, Gnanasara Thero Did Not Forcibly Occupy a Bambalapitiya Apartment ; Here Is the Full Story Behind the Posts

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When a prominent and controversial religious figure is at the center of a legal dispute involving a luxury apartment, social media rarely waits for the full story. Posts circulated widely claiming that Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero and his associates had forcibly seized and refused to vacate a high-value property […]

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No, FIFA Has Not Banned Face Paint at the 2026 World Cup

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As excitement builds around the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, social media users have been sharing claims that FIFA has banned face paint from stadiums.  The claim appears to have gained traction after FIFA released updated stadium regulations and a list of prohibited items for spectators. However, our review […]

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Misleading Posts About Expressway Construction Costs: Fin out What the Official Data Actually Shows!

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Distorting figures and presenting them out of context is a well-established tactic in online misinformation. A post circulated on Sri Lankan social media comparing the construction costs of the Southern Expressway and the Rambukkana-Galagedara section of the Central Expressway, presenting figures that appeared to show the current government spending almost […]

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No, This Photo of a Man in Japan Is Not Gnanasara Thero in Lay Clothes ; It is Someone Else Entirely

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel False and misleading posts about Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero appear on Sri Lankan social media with regularity, alongside some of the controversial statements made by the Thero. One such post has resurfaced repeatedly since 2016: a photograph of a man in civilian clothes, accompanied by claims that it shows […]

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A “Banned 2009 Programme” Claiming WHO Planning to Reduce the World Population Through Vaccines? Find out the facts…

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A video claiming to be a “banned programme from 2009” has been circulating on Sri Lankan social media, featuring a woman introduced as a doctor alleging that the World Health Organization (WHO) has been secretly developing sterilizing vaccines since 1974, with the goal of reducing the global population by 90%. […]

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