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Was a mermaid washed ashore at the Negombo beach?

FactSeeker - June 11, 2021

Fake message in circulation as an announcement by the Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka

A photograph circulates on Facebook with a large number of dead fish washed ashore as was captured in coastal areas in Sri Lanka

Fake news that Bhagya Abeyratne has won the SLIM Nielsen Award

Did Sajith Premadasa hold a placard reading “Losers could emerge as environmentalists”?

Fake news about deforestation

FactSeeker - March 22, 2021 0

Fake news regarding Harini Amarasuriya

FactSeeker - February 17, 2021 0

False news about environmental destruction

FactSeeker - February 17, 2021 0

Photographs of elephants portrayed as the twins born in the Minneriya...

FactSeeker - September 9, 2020 0

Fake photograph with a hotel in Deniyaya owned by Yoshitha Rajapaksa

FactSeeker - August 25, 2020 0

A fake news circulates as a statement made by State minister...

FactSeeker - August 21, 2020 0

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