People around the world, including Sri Lankans, are fascinated to learn more about space related events and astronomy. Great interest is received on social media also for posts concerned with astronomy and space travel. Below is an investigation about social media claims which went viral, claiming that a young Muslim girl had been selected as […]
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Litro Gas Lanka caters to the bulk of Sri Lanka’s domestic LPG gas requirements. The diminishing foreign reserves in Sri Lanka meant that importing LPG gas to the country had become a challenging task, over the past few months. However, Litro started distribution of 12.5kg cylinders since 11th July once again and Litro Chairman Mr. […]
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Below is our investigation to find out the accuracy of the viral posts which claimed that one of the SL army soldiers had lost his life, after being seriously attacked during the clashes between SL security forces and the protesters on 13th July at Polduwa junction, a location nearby to the Sri Lanka parliament. Social Media […]
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had left the country amidst ongoing political and economic chaos, has now officially resigned as the president of Sri Lanka. He first travelled to Maldives in the early hours of 13th July and then boarded a flight to Singapore, which incidentally was reported as the most tracked flight on 14th July. As many were curious […]
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Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a severe political and economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country in the early hours of 13th July, the day he was said to officially resign, appointing Ranil Wickremasinghe as the Acting President. Earlier, on the eve of July 09, after the protestors had taken control of the President’s House and Presidential […]
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The motor accident of veteran Sri Lanka artist Jackson Anthony , made news headlines last few days, when the cab he along with two others were travelling, had collided with a wild elephant in Thalawa , Anuradhapura. Large number of social media posts were shared about this accident. This is our investigation regarding an unrelated video which was shared […]
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As the economic crisis continues to intensify in Sri Lanka, we have noticed reports on robberies from various parts of the country, during the last several days. However, there have been some misleading posts also, in this regard, especially shared among social media users. This is our investigation regarding a CCTV footage, which went viral […]
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Sri Lanka is currently facing a severe economic crisis and apart from discussions with the IMF has been seeking assistance from a few countries over the past few weeks. Japan is also one such country, who has helped Sri Lanka in many occasstions in the past as well. In this backdrop, we noticed viral posts […]
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Due to the severe fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, huge vehicle queues can be observed near almost every petrol station. These inconveniences caused by long queues had disrupted the lifestyle of many citizens and we noticed media reports of several deaths at fuel queues as well. In this context, we came across a series of posts […]
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Recent severe fuel & gas shortages have impacted many aspects of daily life of Sri Lankans, turning the economic downturn into a huge crisis. The transport sector can be considered as one of the main such aspects, influenced by the ongoing crisis. After a long weekend, many resumed work on the morning of 15th June, public transport […]
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