Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A list of traffic fine amounts has been circulating on social media, and the figures are striking enough to grab attention. Some entries show fines several times higher than what most drivers expect to pay for common violations. We checked whether Sri Lanka’s traffic fine structure has actually been revised. […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Recycling old video clips as recent events is one of the most common forms of misleading content on Sri Lankan social media. A short clip of a CEB official telling Sri Lankans that children do not need electricity to study and could use a kerosene lamp instead has been circulating […]
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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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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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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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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former Director of the State Intelligence Service, retired Major General Suresh Sallay, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. He is currently receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital under tight security due to his deteriorating health condition. In […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A recurring pattern on Sri Lankan social media involves genuine footage from other countries being stripped of all contexts and reposted as recent local incidents. The goal is simple: provoke outrage. A video showing two young men violently assaulting a third, his hands bound to a tree, has been circulating […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi arrived in Sri Lanka fresh off a record-breaking IPL 2026 season, having become one of the most talked-about young cricketers in the world, fan excitement ran high. So, when a photograph appeared to show him receiving a special award from Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, it spread […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Amid Sri Lanka’s slow recovery from its worst economic crisis in decades, a post styled as a ‘Dinamina’ newspaper article began circulating on social media, claiming the World Bank had ranked the country the world’s second poorest. The claim was politically loaded: some versions blamed the current government, while others […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A concert poster claiming that world-famous Colombian pop star Shakira is performing in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on 22 August 2026 spread rapidly across social media, exciting fans who rushed to check if tickets were real. The poster listed Tickets.lk as the official ticketing partner and named the venue the “Kandy […]
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