Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel After Cyclone Ditwah, the deadliest disaster to hit Sri Lanka since the 2004 tsunami, the government opened a donation fund called ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka.’ As money flowed in, a newspaper line about where the donations were being held was picked up by a television review show and then by social […]
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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: 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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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel When 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi arrived in Sri Lanka fresh off a record-breaking IPL 2026 season, having become one of the most talked-about young cricketers in the world, fan excitement ran high. So, when a photograph appeared to show him receiving a special award from Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, it spread […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Sri Lanka’s official National War Heroes’ Day, commemorating the end of the country’s three-decade-long conflict and honouring war heroes, is observed annually on May 19. Meanwhile, May 18 is also marked in the Northern and Eastern regions as a day of remembrance for Tamil civilians who lost their lives during […]
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<p class=”has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size”style=”background-color:#b6babf91″><a href=” https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5pj8o4IBh5WxNhlE0I “> Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel </a> </strong></p> A widely shared social media post alleges that Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya made a statement about the controversial Grade 6 English Language module. This fact-check examines whether the alleged statement is credible. Social Media Posts: The social media post claims […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Social media often recirculates political events with misleading contexts. This fact-check addresses one such case. Social Media Posts : Photos of members of parliament protesting with stickers which reads into “Stop Violence against women” were published on Facebook with the caption, “We stand for Harini, Stop violence against women”. Facebook […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Amid new educational reforms, heated debates and misleading social media posts have emerged. Here, we fact-check one such post. Social Media Posts: Several posts went viral, implying homosexuality is being introduced to children in Sri Lanka through a lesson on ‘diverse families’ with illustrations depicting two mothers and a child […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel A recent wave of viral Facebook posts claims that the Ministry of Education was able to save a significant portion of the funds allocated to the ministry. Shared as a statement attributed to PM Harini, these posts had raised many red flags. We decided to check the facts. Social […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel With the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, there have been social media posts claiming that certain government factions, displeased by this, have submitted resignation letters to the President. Let’s look at some of these social media claims. Social Media Posts: A user on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) claimed that […]
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