A claim has been going viral on Facebook and WhatsApp about a new trend of “number plate hijacking” in Sri Lanka, which supposedly started with one incident in the Sapugaskanda area of the Western province. 

Claim: Video shows final moments inside the South Korean plane before it crashed at an airport on December 29, 2024. Fact:...

A video has recently been circulating across social media platforms, claiming to show a state-owned helicopter being used to move President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's mother from a hospital in Anuradhapura to a private hospital owned by Lanka Hospitals PVT LTD in Colombo 5. 

Several social media users are sharing a post claiming that the current Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Harini Amarasuriya does not hold a PhD or a Doctor of Philosophy degree as she and her party the National People’s Power (NPP) had claimed during their Presidential and Parliamentary election campaigns over the past six months.

Claim: Minister Sunil Handunnetti has announced a decision to provide stitched uniforms for school students starting from next year (2025).Fact: Handunnetti announced that they...

Claim: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has cancelled the windmill project with Adani group.Fact: Cabinet Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa confirmed that the government has not...