The last solar eclipse of 2019 occurred on 26th December. People in Sri Lanka, India and several other countries witnessed it and shared its photos on social media. This was an annular solar eclipse, which creates a “ring of fire” around sun. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth […]
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Isuru Udana, who represented Sri Lanka at under-19 level, rose through the ranks in 2009 and he was selected into the national side for the World T20. However, after a brief stint in the national side, he was side-lined for years. Recently, he made a comeback into the national squad and played in different leagues […]
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Various posts suggesting places to visit in Sri Lanka during ongoing holidays have started appearing on Facebook. Out of which, some are regarding virgin places, which travelers rarely visited. Below given is an example of such posts, which was first posted on August and since then has been shared and claimed on multiple occasions to […]
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Lata Mangeshkar dubbed as the “Nightingale of India” is among the most respected play-back singers in India and also was the second-most Google Indian in 2019. In 1974, the Guinness Book of Records ranked her as the most recorded artiste in the history. She had reportedly sung over 25,000 songs between 1948 and 1974. In […]
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A recent drive to create wall arts around many parts of the country was lauded by many quarters irrespective of political differences, while some concerns were raised more recently about the quality of some of the paintings and whether there should be some guidelines before making decisions on such painting and the conveyed message. A […]
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Sri Lanka is a multi-cultural and multi linguistic country with Sinhalese forming the majority followed by Tamils, Muslims and Christians. The victorious candidate of the Presidential election 2019, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, led his campaign on national security and unitary nation concepts. The official results indicated that the UDF candidate sweeping the districts of North and […]
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Newly appointed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assumed duties on 19th of November and appointing some secretaries to key government ministries and commissions was one of his initial tasks. Since these appointments number of posts are being shared about their qualifications, how they would fit into their newly assigned roles. In this backdrop, a message is being […]
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A post with an image claimed to be from US Justice department went viral within few hours of posting as it mentioned that all the documents SLPP Presidential Candidate , Gotabaya Rajapaksa has produced so far are fake. “ගෝඨා මෙතෙක් පෙන්වූ ගෝනි සෙල්ලම ඉවරයි..! ගෝ්ඨාභය පෙන්වන සහතික බොරු..! පුරවැසිභාවය ඉවත්කිරීම අහවර නෑ..! ඇමරිකානු අධිකරණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව […]
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As the election date draws closer, it’s natural to see number of false claims especially on artists and cricketers and is a famous avenue for misinformation. We had already debunked a claim that stated actress Nehara Peiris offered support for the each of the two main candidates by supporters of both parties. Fact-Check: Nehara Peiris […]
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Social media streams were abuzz on 3rd November with a statement that claimed Former Governor of Eastern Province Dr. M.L.A.M Hizbullah had stated that his second preference vote should be given to Gotabya Rajapaksa. Number of Facebook users and pages had shared this news since there were already rumors that M.L.A.M Hizbullah is only contesting […]
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