දිනපතා සත්ය කරුණු දැන ගැනීමට අපගේ WhatsApp සමුහයටමෙතනින් එකතුවන්න. In mid-January, a significant surge was seen in vegetable prices in Sri Lanka. This spike in vegetable prices has contributed to a broader increase in the overall cost of living, making it challenging for many to afford basic necessities. Even though vegetable prices have dropped slightly […]
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Located in a seismically active region, Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world. As a result, the Japanese have implemented robust adaptation plans to mitigate the seismic impact, emphasising public safety and infrastructure resilience. However, we came across viral misleading social media claims, which exaggerated the actual advancements the Japanese had […]
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Recently, there have been pictures circulating on social media about the arches in different periods of time in Japan. These claims suggest that they are the same arch that survived major disasters, namely the atomic bomb in 1945 and the tsunami in 2011. Social Media Post A Twitter account named “non aesthetic things,” with over […]
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Recently, Libya faced a catastrophic natural calamity. A few days back, storm Daniel hit the Derna city of the country followed by a massive flood that killed more than 5000 people. According to the reports, more than ten thousand people are missing. In the backdrop of this, a video of a flood washing away vehicles […]
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On August 24th, the Japanese government released treated water from the contaminated radioactive water of the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. This has caused concern for neighboring countries, as well as countries affected by imports of seafood from Japan, and its own citizens. (Read the more here) We recently received a viral […]
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With the development of technology, new inventions are being introduced to the world daily. Social media users are also interested in those things. However, some posts shared on social media about new inventions are false and misleading the public. This is our investigation of such misleading social media posts. Social Media Posts Social media posts […]
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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 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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Sri Lanka and China have shared strong bilateral ties over the years and with a number of ongoing Chinese projects, aids and loans, there have been mixed reactions among the Sri Lankan public on the future outcome of these increased interactions. With the ongoing developments involving Colombo Port City Project, we noticed more noise on […]
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A video showing massive flooding, purported to be from Karachi in Pakistan is being shared widely among social media users in Sri Lanka and abroad. However, our investigations reveal that the flooding was associated with the Tsunami that hit the shores of Japan in 2011. Social Media Posts: A 3 minute video was posted on […]
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