Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When Yupun Abeykoon, one of the finest sprinters Sri Lanka has ever produced, announced that he was walking away from the track, the news struck a national nerve. Within hours, a wave of screenshots spread across Facebook, each quoting a government minister appearing to mock the athlete, dismiss his worth, […]
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To get daily verified facts, join our WhatsApp channel here. When Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya recently left for Qatar to convey the Sri Lankan government’s condolences on the death of Qatar’s former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, a young woman seen beside her at Katunayake Airport set social media alight. In a politically […]
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Soon after the recent arrest of the owner of House of Fashions, a popular clothing store in Sri Lanka, a post spread quickly across social media claiming that Deputy Minister Arkam Ilyas had said, the House of Fashions owner was a huge threat to the Muslim textile-businessmen. The claim, tied to a Muslim politician and […]
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To get daily verified facts, join our WhatsApp channel here. A photo collection and videos spread fast across Facebook and other social media claiming that an English teacher at one of the island’s leading girls’ schools had taken part in an international fashion and modelling pageant held in Malaysia, representing Sri Lanka. The posts claimed […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel After Cyclone Ditwah, the deadliest disaster to hit Sri Lanka since the 2004 tsunami, the government opened a donation fund called ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka.’ As money flowed in, a newspaper line about where the donations were being held was picked up by a television review show and then by social […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel It looked like a rare piece of good news for anyone driving into the capital: a video, dressed up as a fresh announcement, claimed the Colombo Municipal Council had suspended all parking fees in the city with immediate effect and told motorists to stop paying. It spread quickly, and left […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On the day of the Negombo Prison clash, a number of inmates climbed onto the roof in protest, and a photograph of one of the women grabbed the attention of many netizens and spread rapidly online. Around that image grew a heartbreaking story: that she was a gifted student who […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The violent clash between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison on July 5 and 6, 2026, a crisis that left 26 people dead with dozens hospitalised, set off a wave of public anger. Bad actors moved to exploit that volatile moment for political and personal ends, floating doctored cards […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Negombo Prison erupted into the deadliest bout of prison violence Sri Lanka has seen in years in early July 2026, with 20 inmates and 7 officials killed inside 24 hours and relatives massing outside the gates for news. In the middle of that chaos, a post-style to look like an […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel “Mr Kottu” owner Viraj Wickramanayake has been at the centre of intense public anger after CCTV footage showing him assaulting a young employee went viral. Into that storm of backlash landed a new claim on social media: that implied Wickramanayake had died in a vehicle accident early that morning, suspected […]
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