Launched in 1979, SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, was the first carrier in the Indian sub-continent to join Oneworld alliance on May 2014. SriLankan Airlines has a route network of 109 cities in 48 countries, including codeshare operations in partnership with the world’s finest airlines. SriLankan is established as one of the […]
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A post with an image of a highway had been shared by Facebook user Chaminda Kalupahana on 30th of September claiming “හොරණ කලුතර ප්රදාන පාර දොබගොඩට දිස්වන ආකාරය …ලස්සනයි නෙ….” meaning “how beautiful is the view of Horana-Kaluthara road when seen from Dombagoda” With few highway and expressway projects expected to be completed in near […]
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President’s Counsel M. Ali Sabry, who leads SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s legal team was in the limelight last week with the Court of Appeal deciding to dismiss the writ petition which was filed seeking an Interim Order restraining Gotabaya Rajapaksa from holding out or claiming that he is a citizen of Sri Lanka and […]
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UNP working committee finally decided unanimously to approve UNP Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa as their Presidential candidate after a number of discussions on September 26th and subsequently various posts were published supporting this decision. We found one photo claim in which award-winning actress and famous TV host Nehara Peiris was seen holding a photograph of […]
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Since UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premasada started emerging as a possible presidential candidate over a month ago, questions have been raised over the validity of his educational qualifications. More specifically, several posts were shared on social media, questioning his basic educational qualifications at the local Ordinary Level (O/L) examinations. Even after Sajith Premadasa being declared […]
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Last Wednesday (18th of September), Chairman of the Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya notified that the much anticipated Presidential Elections would be held on the 16th of November by an extraordinary gazette notification. Hence as per the presidential election protocol (THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT, No. 15 OF 1981), the dates for accepting the nomination of candidates […]
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Several news websites reported a news article with a headline “45 army soldiers to convert for Islam religion and planning to launch an attack similar to Easter Sunday Attacks”. This news was later shared by several social media users both in Facebook and Twitter. According to the websites, a person called Risham Maroosh (President of […]
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In one of most hyped weddings of the year, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa tied the knot with Limini Weerasinghe on 12th of September, with poruwa ceremony and registration taking place at Gangaramaya Temple followed by the wedding reception at Carton House, Tangalle same day evening. The event attracted a lot of […]
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With Sri Lankan Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) headed by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa announcing his brother Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Defense secretary during Rajapaksa regime) as the presidential candidate from the party number of posts have been shared on social media both in his favour and against. Even though United National Alliance led by United National Party […]
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In response to the stern statement made by Cardinal Malcom Ranjith at the occasion of the re-opening of Katuwapitiya church, 3 months after the brutal Easter Sunday bomb attacks, various groups have voiced varied opinions. While some have stated these statements were bold and valid, others have questioned the need of such remarks and the […]
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