Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Every so often, a single photograph resurfaces in Sinhala feeds with an explosive caption: at a rally beside President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stands a man in a T-shirt “symbolising Eelam,” supposedly proof that separatists back the President. The image has been recycled for years, each time under a new theme. […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A claim guaranteed to inflame communal tensions has been spreading in Sri Lankan feeds: that sandals sold under the local “Hikkaduwa” brand are printed with the name “Allah,” with worshippers effectively treading on it. In a country where religious rumours can turn dangerous fast, we checked whether the design really […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The United States is Sri Lanka’s single biggest export market. So, when news broke that Washington had cut the additional tariff on Sri Lankan goods from a proposed 12.5% to 10%, right after Colombo banned imports made with forced labour, it mattered to a lot of households. What exactly has […]
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup made history both on and off the pitch. Hosted jointly by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, it was the first tournament to feature 48 teams and 104 matches, making it the largest FIFA World Cup ever held. Spain lifted the trophy after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time, concluding […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya handed over the new Faculty of Medicine complex at Sabaragamuwa University on July 4, 2026, the news set off a political tug-of-war online. One set of posts claimed the very same faculty had already been opened by Ranil Wickremesinghe back in 2019, and some […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Sri Lanka crashed out of the upper-middle-income bracket during the worst economic collapse in its history, and in the World Bank’s latest classification, it has climbed back in, this time by a margin of just thirty-four dollars. Yet with prices still elevated, wages below pre-crisis levels and the middle class […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following crackdowns on cyber fraud operations across Southeast Asia, displaced international criminal syndicates have turned to Sri Lanka, establishing a growing pattern of fraud targeting both Sri Lankans and foreign victims. Official reports confirm that more than 1,000 foreign nationals were arrested for Sri Lanka-linked cyber fraud in just the […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Kasagala Green Plantations (Pvt) Ltd has become the subject of heated debate in recent weeks. The dispute intensified after the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an official statement rejecting claims its director made during a television appearance and opened a formal investigation soon after. Below is our explainer […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Every few years, El Niño returns, and every time it does, social media fills with fear. This June, NOAA officially declared a new El Niño event, and within days, Sri Lankan social media was flooded with warnings of imminent drought, catastrophic destruction from a “Super El Niño,” and claims that […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A 24-year-old Tamil rapper from Kilinochchi performed at a Hindu temple festival in northern Sri Lanka on a May evening. Days later he was in Jaffna Prison, facing allegations that a song he wrote was an attempt to revive a designated terrorist organization. The arrest of Sangeethsan Ganeskumar, known to […]
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