Fact Check: Did World Health Organization ranked Sri Lanka at the top recently for excessive fertilizer usage in South Asian Region..?

Excessive amount fertilizers used in agriculture has been a matter of concern and topic of debate in Sri Lanka since past couple of tears. We noticed that on social media, these discussions have sprung once again. The reason for this is that many posts claiming Sri Lanka has been ranked no. 1 in the world […]

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Sri Lankan undergrad student’s photo shared with False narrative linking him to CoronaVirus

A Chinese female tourist was detected as the first Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) affected person in Sri Lanka on January 27 while she was about to leave the country from the Bandaranaike International Airport. After being admitted to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) she recovered completely, as quoted by the Director General of Health […]

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Fact Check: Image of Doctor who exposed sexual abuse by another doctor shared as the offender.

A doctor of the Senarathpura Rural Hospital in Gonagolla, Ampara was arrested by the police for sexually abusing four schoolgirls day before yesterday (07.01.2020). An image has been widely shared in a news article with an image of a person claimed to be the doctor, arrested on allegations of sexual abuse. Below is a screengrab […]

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Communication Regulations from Government & TRC Notice

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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Fact Check: Is Glucuronolactone a toxic chemical that makes Red Bull drink unfit for consumption…?

Claim on Social Media Facebook Archived Link The above post is being circulated on Facebook since last four years and to this date, it has been shared more than 12000 times and is still being shared. The post does not contain any description but an image with a text claim in Sinhalese. In addition, cans […]

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