As a tourist hotspot, Sri Lanka has many interesting attractions and geographic features. The famous 18-bends (hairpin bends) of the Kandy – Mahiyangane – Padiyatalawa Highway is one such feature and driven through by many locals and tourists alike as it is the main route to many religious and tourist locations in central Sri Lanka. […]
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With the COVID-19 pandemic numbers growing exponentially and citizens around the world in lockdown, many are tuned in to any possible information that can be found online – especially in the hope that a cure is available. While many research labs and medical professionals are hard at work in search of this very cure, no […]
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As more people are confined to their homes during the COVID-19 outbreak across the world, several reports also document increased wildlife activity in urban areas. While several stories have been refuted as false by leading media outlets like National Geographic, others have been verified and proven to be true. In this light, we noticed a […]
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe, audiences are bombarded with all forms of news and information around the virus. The information available varies from news bulletins to opinion pieces and expert analyses on the topic, amidst many other fake news posts. It is only fair that the public try to make […]
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Over the last few weeks we noticed a number of posts on social media streams in Sri Lanka targeting the minority community with posts related to COVID19. Some of these posts were misleading and we debunked several such stories such as a year old procession in Beruwala misinterpreted as recent and an incident related to […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect global populations and the world economy while citizens remain under a lockdown for safety reasons. Gathering has proved to be deadly as the healthcare crisis takes more lives around the world each day. The Indian health ministry website as of 21st April 2020, tells us that 18,601 people in […]
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COVID-19 pandemic still grows unabated in more than 200 countries across the globe compelling governments to impose strict restrictions on its citizens like lockdown. In some countries like Sri Lanka the lockdown has been imposed as a curfew, preventing citizens from moving about and gathering together and nearly 2000 violators have been arrested to date. […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic that was first discovered during the latter part of 2019 has reached unimaginable proportions with over 2 million people affected around the world as per the latest reports. With this many people infected and many countries and regions experiencing some form of a lockdown, a sense of panic and fear has engulfed […]
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