Many ministers and high-ranking officials who were in power at the time of the Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 are being questioned as the investigation into the terrorist attack progresses. MP Eran Wickramaratne was also summoned for interrogation recently over a statement he had made questioning the security of key witnesses. After which social media […]
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News about the suspension of Matale Municipal Councli Mayor, Daljith Nandalal Aluvihare, by Central Province Governor with immediate effect was widely shared on both mainstream and social media. However, many including popular media houses shared the image of the wrong person while reporting the news. In our fact check, we find out that the image […]
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Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 response from the state was an immediate lockdown for nearly two months which is just now beginning to ease in several parts of the country. While some argued that the state imposed curfew was a harsh one, limiting citizen mobility and access to essential services, others appreciated the government’s swift action to […]
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Soon after the appointment of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, number of District Governors were appointed and as a result, there were widespread rumours that former Sri Lankan cricketing legend, who supported President in election campaign, would be appointed the Governor of Northern Province. One such post is given below. This post was shared multiple times on […]
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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 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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