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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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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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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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim that strikes at the heart of one of Sri Lanka’s deepest national wounds began circulating on social media: that former DIG Priyalal Dassanayake had given Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith prior warning of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and that, because the Cardinal allegedly suppressed this information, he is the […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Yoshitha Rajapaksa’s arrest and subsequent bail have dominated Sri Lankan political conversation this week. Amid that attention, a graphic formatted to look like a News1st news flash began circulating, attributing a pointed statement to former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala demanding that Yoshitha produce certificates proving his Navy recruitment and UK training […]
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