A video was seen circulating heavily in social media that Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R.Sambanthan says that President Candidate Sajith Premadasa suggest a bigger solution beyond Eelam. Facebook Link | Archived Link “Gangster Rathne ගැන්ස්ටර් රත්නේ” Facebook Page shared a post that mentioned “තිස්දහසක් ජිවිත පුදා රැකගත් දේශය අනතුරේ…ඊළමට එහා ගිය විසදුමක් සජිත්ගෙන් ” […]
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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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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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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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