Information has been circulating on social media claiming that the United National Party (UNP) media unit issued a statement regarding news that Ranil Wickremesinghe had left Sri Lanka to take over the Presidency of Venezuela. The circulating post suggested that the UNP media unit had declared this news to be false. Social Media Posts: On […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following the passage of the President’s Entitlement (Repeal) Act in parliament, social media platforms were abuzz with discussions about former presidents. Hema Premadasa, the wife of the late former president Ranasinghe Premadasa, was also not spared—a forged letter claimed that she had requested a house to stay in Colombo. Let’s […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Fake documents prepared using specific letterheads, names of officials and signatures of various recognized institutions, organization and union federations in the country are widely circulated through social media. This is an investigation into a letter circulating on social media that purports to be an official letter of the United National […]
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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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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested on the 22nd and later transferred from Prison Hospital to Colombo National Hospital, is currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit. Several politicians visited the General Hospital to check on Mr. Wickremesinghe’s well-being. Meanwhile, many social media posts mentioned that Prime […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel The former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was taken into custody by the Criminal Investigation Department, was later hospitalised, citing several complications. A viral video clip claiming to be scenes of the former President being hospitalised created a lot of stir on social media platforms. Let’s look at the video in […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Former President Ranil Wickremasinghe will go down in history as the first executive President in Sri Lanka who was arrested. However, as the court ruling on whether he would be granted bail or would remain under arrest until the next hearing dragged on, many mainstream news reports and social media […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his party, the NPP, made promises regarding reducing corruption and waste, even before the election cycle. They had also criticised former presidents, in particular, for using more than one helicopter for long-distance travelling. In such a context, a social media post that claimed that President […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Following the recent presidential election, social media has been flooded with rumors and misleading posts about former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Many of these posts have spread false information or taken statements out of context, creating confusion about his actions and role after leaving office. Social Media Posts A claim is […]
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Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel Many were puzzled by the viral social media posts implying that the current President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, also among the candidates vying for the presidency term, had ended his campaign by accepting defeat just one week before the much-anticipated polls. However, our investigation found these speculations baseless as Mr Wickreamsinghe continues […]
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