People around the world, including Sri Lankans, are fascinated to learn more about space related events and astronomy. Great interest is received on social media also for posts concerned with astronomy and space travel. Below is an investigation about social media claims which went viral, claiming that a young Muslim girl had been selected as […]
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Litro Gas Lanka caters to the bulk of Sri Lanka’s domestic LPG gas requirements. The diminishing foreign reserves in Sri Lanka meant that importing LPG gas to the country had become a challenging task, over the past few months. However, Litro started distribution of 12.5kg cylinders since 11th July once again and Litro Chairman Mr. […]
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Below is our investigation to find out the accuracy of the viral posts which claimed that one of the SL army soldiers had lost his life, after being seriously attacked during the clashes between SL security forces and the protesters on 13th July at Polduwa junction, a location nearby to the Sri Lanka parliament. Social Media […]
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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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President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa left the country on early hours of 13th July. Many were anticipating the news of his official resignation letter of vacating the office. As a result, a letter claiming to be President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official resignation letter was widely shared, which however didn’t even carry his signature! On t14th July evening, the same […]
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Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a severe political and economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country in the early hours of 13th July, the day he was said to officially resign, appointing Ranil Wickremasinghe as the Acting President. Earlier, on the eve of July 09, after the protestors had taken control of the President’s House and Presidential […]
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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 is in a precarious situation, entangled with a severe political and economic crisis. Country has become a default state and the government is trying hard to restructure foreign loans and carry out necessary reforms to rescue the country from the current economic crisis. The Sri Lankan government decided to seek the support from […]
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Beauty pageants garner a lot of attention around the world. Sri Lanka also has had few ladies who have participated and won various beauty pageant titles around the world. Recently, we noticed a series of social media claims claiming that Ms. Janitha Perera , who has Sri Lankan origins, had won the Miss Universe Australia 2022 title. […]
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A short video clip shared was widely shared among social media users in Sri Lanka, claiming to be a food parcel containing a ‘rat’s head’. However, our investigation found out the hotel had actually served rabbit meat during this incident. Social Media Posts Photos and videos circulated on social media stating that a food parcel obtained […]
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