The last solar eclipse of 2019 occurred on 26th December. People in Sri Lanka, India and several other countries witnessed it and shared its photos on social media. This was an annular solar eclipse, which creates a “ring of fire” around sun. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth […]
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Sathish Muthukrishnan is an Indian film actor and comedian working in the Tamil film industry. He had visited Sri Lanka last year (2018). But some news websites have carried stories that he had visited Sri Lanka in September 2019 We decided to check the fact in this story. Facebook Link | Archived Link Gossip Lanka […]
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Launched in 1979, SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of Sri Lanka, was the first carrier in the Indian sub-continent to join Oneworld alliance on May 2014. SriLankan Airlines has a route network of 109 cities in 48 countries, including codeshare operations in partnership with the world’s finest airlines. SriLankan is established as one of the […]
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President’s Counsel M. Ali Sabry, who leads SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s legal team was in the limelight last week with the Court of Appeal deciding to dismiss the writ petition which was filed seeking an Interim Order restraining Gotabaya Rajapaksa from holding out or claiming that he is a citizen of Sri Lanka and […]
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UNP working committee finally decided unanimously to approve UNP Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa as their Presidential candidate after a number of discussions on September 26th and subsequently various posts were published supporting this decision. We found one photo claim in which award-winning actress and famous TV host Nehara Peiris was seen holding a photograph of […]
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Since UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premasada started emerging as a possible presidential candidate over a month ago, questions have been raised over the validity of his educational qualifications. More specifically, several posts were shared on social media, questioning his basic educational qualifications at the local Ordinary Level (O/L) examinations. Even after Sajith Premadasa being declared […]
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Last Wednesday (18th of September), Chairman of the Election Commission, Mahinda Deshapriya notified that the much anticipated Presidential Elections would be held on the 16th of November by an extraordinary gazette notification. Hence as per the presidential election protocol (THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ACT, No. 15 OF 1981), the dates for accepting the nomination of candidates […]
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Kalpitiya is a peninsula that separates the Puttalam lagoon from the Indian Ocean located in the North-Western Province of Sri Lanka and has traditionally been considered a location for maritime trade and home to larger number of fishing communities. However, during recent times equipped with its natural pristine coastline, Kalpitiya peninsula has gradually become one […]
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In one of most hyped weddings of the year, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s elder son and parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa tied the knot with Limini Weerasinghe on 12th of September, with poruwa ceremony and registration taking place at Gangaramaya Temple followed by the wedding reception at Carton House, Tangalle same day evening. The event attracted a lot of […]
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With Sri Lankan Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) headed by former president Mahinda Rajapaksa announcing his brother Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Defense secretary during Rajapaksa regime) as the presidential candidate from the party number of posts have been shared on social media both in his favour and against. Even though United National Alliance led by United National Party […]
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