Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel It looked like a rare piece of good news for anyone driving into the capital: a video, dressed up as a fresh announcement, claimed the Colombo Municipal Council had suspended all parking fees in the city with immediate effect and told motorists to stop paying. It spread quickly, and left […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A striking line raced across Sri Lankan social media: a third of the money the country borrowed from the International Monetary Fund had been stolen, some posts went further and accused the government of pocketing it. The charge was explosive, and the figure sounded precise enough to believe. We traced […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had been expected to travel to France in mid-July 2026. As that date neared, a post spread across social media claiming France had rejected the President’s visa outright, and had done so over the Negombo Prison deaths, an alleged central bank fraud, a fraudulent passport tender […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On the day of the Negombo Prison clash, a number of inmates climbed onto the roof in protest, and a photograph of one of the women grabbed the attention of many netizens and spread rapidly online. Around that image grew a heartbreaking story: that she was a gifted student who […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel On July 10, 2026, the Thambuttegama Water Supply Project was officially opened and handed over to the public under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Within hours, a video carrying the News 1st logo began spreading, claiming the project had been halted amid public protests and that 50 demonstrators […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel As the deadly Negombo Prison tragedy continued to dominate the news, contested claims spread across social media in its wake. One of them alleged that Katuwellegama Suresh, the inmate named in reports as the person who orchestrated the clash and since moved to Boossa Prison, had been killed inside that […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The reported abduction and gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, horrified India and spread quickly across Sri Lankan social media. In the outrage that followed, a stream of videos began circulating, some presented as footage of the crime itself, others as scenes of the men responsible being […]
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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 The violent clash between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison on July 5 and 6, 2026, a crisis that left 26 people dead with dozens hospitalised, set off a wave of public anger. Bad actors moved to exploit that volatile moment for political and personal ends, floating doctored cards […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Footage of traffic lights, shopping trolleys, and car parts appearing to melt has been spreading across social media recently, shared with captions claiming Europe’s heatwave has become so extreme that everyday objects are physically liquefying in the heat. The clips have reached Sri Lankan social media feeds as well, alongside […]
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