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Multiple False Posts Circulated Under Deputy Minister Prasanna’s Name Regarding the Upcountry Railway Line

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel: Click Here Several false social media posts have been widely circulated attributing fabricated statements to Deputy Minister of Transport Prasanna Gunasena regarding the Upcountry Railway Line, which suffered severe damage from Cyclone Ditwah in late November 2025. Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka investigated three separate claims connected to this theme across […]

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No, Upul Kumarapperuma Did Not Make Political Statements About Mahinda Rajapaksa After His Son’s Death; The Posts Are Fabricated

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When grief is weaponized for political scoring, fact-checkers have a responsibility to name it clearly. Following the sudden death of Nivin Kumarapperuma, son of President’s Counsel and NPP Matara District parliamentary candidate Upul Kumarapperuma, a wave of condolences came from across the political spectrum. Among those who paid their final […]

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No, Sri Lanka Did Not Repay USD 8.09 Billion to the Global Financial Market in Q1 2026; 93.5% Was Domestic Debt Rolled Over Internally

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel In May 2026, social media posts celebrating the NPP government’s economic management spread widely, claiming that Sri Lanka had made a historic payment of USD 8.09 billion to the global financial market in the first three months of the year. The figure is real. What it represents, however, is not […]

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No, the Photo Showing Suresh Sallay Being Tortured on Eight CCTV Cameras Is Not Real;  It Is AI-Generated

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The arrest of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Suresh Sallay in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings has been one of the most closely watched criminal matters in Sri Lanka. Against that backdrop, a photo began circulating on social media on 12 June 2026, claiming to show eight […]

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Back Again in 2026: The ISIS AIDS Injection Hoax Is Still False, and Sri Lanka Police Have Received No Such Reports

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Some hoaxes refuse to die. A voice message claiming that ISIS operatives are posing as NGO workers across Sri Lanka, visiting homes under the guise of collecting blood samples and injecting people with the HIV virus has been circulating on WhatsApp and social media since at least 2014. It spread […]

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How Many Years Is Sarana Gunawardena’s Sentence?

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On June 9, 2026, the Colombo High Court delivered its verdict in four cases filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against former Minister Sarana Gunawardena. Within hours, social media circles read two quite different stories. Some mainstream outlets and social media users reported that the […]

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No, Gnanasara Thero Did Not Forcibly Occupy a Bambalapitiya Apartment ; Here Is the Full Story Behind the Posts

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When a prominent and controversial religious figure is at the center of a legal dispute involving a luxury apartment, social media rarely waits for the full story. Posts circulated widely claiming that Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero and his associates had forcibly seized and refused to vacate a high-value property […]

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Misleading Posts About Expressway Construction Costs: Fin out What the Official Data Actually Shows!

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Distorting figures and presenting them out of context is a well-established tactic in online misinformation. A post circulated on Sri Lankan social media comparing the construction costs of the Southern Expressway and the Rambukkana-Galagedara section of the Central Expressway, presenting figures that appeared to show the current government spending almost […]

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No, This Photo of a Man in Japan Is Not Gnanasara Thero in Lay Clothes ; It is Someone Else Entirely

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel False and misleading posts about Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero appear on Sri Lankan social media with regularity, alongside some of the controversial statements made by the Thero. One such post has resurfaced repeatedly since 2016: a photograph of a man in civilian clothes, accompanied by claims that it shows […]

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Misleading posts being exchanged as statements made by MPs and Ministers regarding Suresh Sallay!

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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former Director of the State Intelligence Service, retired Major General Suresh Sallay, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. He is currently receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital under tight security due to his deteriorating health condition. In […]

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