Cyclone Burevi hit the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka on the night of 2nd December and gradually moved west towards the Bay of Bengal on the following day, without causing extensive damage. Earlier Department of Meteorology along with Disaster Management Center had issued several warnings for heavy rains accompanied with strong winds especially to the […]
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A using a mobile phone during the second World War, when mobile phones were unheard of, seems too good to be true. But, a black and white image showing a soldier using mobile phone has surfaced on social media claiming that the image is of an ally soldier using a mobile during the second World […]
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Food quality standard issues, especially issues related to milk products are familiar to Sri Lankans. The 2008 Chinese milk scandal, which involved milk adulterated with melamine and the 2013 Fonterra recall of milk products on a global scale are two instances, which come to our minds instantly. Fonterra incident impacted locally as well; with instances […]
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Most of the sheep behavioral studies, classify them as gregarious animals, meaning that sheep band together and pretty much stay together for protection. Also because of this nature if one sheep moves in a particular direction others tend to follow them and soon the entire flock will follow. Some viral social media posts on a […]
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With the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the country, the government of Sri Lanka has taken steps to provide various forms of relief to various sectors, including banking and financial services. The easing of interest rates subjected to Central Bank restrictions and the extensions to loan repayment periods were some of the concessions provided by […]
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There was strong opposition by several parties few months ago, when the Sri Lanka Army’s Engineering Regiment had commenced reconstruction of the Lankagama-Neluwa road that connects the Lankagama village to Deniyaya town, located along the southern border of the Sinharaja rainforest. In response to these protests, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa personally visited the area in late […]
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A photo is being shared widely among the Sri Lankan Tamil community, claimed to be of a woman working in Grama Sevaka office in Poonakary, Jaffna, who was caught having an illicit affair with the Grama Sevaka. However, Fact Crescendo found that the photo being shared is from an old and unrelated incident and while […]
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Social media is flooded with reports about a luxury jeep driven by a daughter of a senior superintendent of police (SSP) crashing into the Nanda Motors Showroom at the Nelum Pokuna roundabout on 15th November. Our investigation confirmed that, the girl whose photos went viral on social media was in fact was not the girl […]
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The fax copy of a letter issued by National Tsunami Early Warning Center started circulating on social media from October 13 and it was claimed that there is a Tsunami alert to those who were living along the coastal areas of the island. Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka investigated these claims and learnt that the message […]
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Online hoaxes and scams are aplenty on the internet and social media seems to be its breeding ground. At Fact Crescendo we are always on the alert for such online frauds, including this post published last April by a Facebook page claiming to be an official page of BMW in Sri Lanka with over 26,000 […]
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