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පොලිස්පතිට පොලිස් ස්ථානාධිපතිවරු මාරු කරන්න පුලුවන්ද?

පොලිස්පති චන්දන වික්‍රමරත්න විසින් ප්‍රධාන පොලිස් පරීක්ෂකවරුන් සහ පොලිස් පරීක්ෂකවරුන් 260 දෙනෙකුට මීට දින කිහිපයකට ඉහත දී ස්ථාන මාරුවීම් ලබා දෙනු ලැබ තිබිණ. පොලිස්පතිවරයා වෙනුවට...
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Was it a teacher who paid the train fare for the Colombo-Kandy train?

  A photo with a caption titled ‘the teacher who bought an entire train to visit the aragalaya’ is being circulated on social media.   However...
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Is this a statement made by Sunil Handunneththi?

“The intelligentsia has already rejected Port City. Those connected to the government will pay a visit” A post with the title "You will have to...
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Fake news circulating that the senior actress Irangani Serasinghe has passed away

Many posts are being shared on social media stating that Mrs Irangani Serasinghe has passed away with captions reading "rest in peace". Our...
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Is this a photo of the ferry crash in Kinniya?

The photograph used for the front page news on 24th November 2021 regarding the ferry crash in Kinniya that took place on November 23,...
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Does Pandora Papers carry 93 Sri Lankan names?

The news in circulation Divaina newspaper On October 1, 2021, a news item titled “93 Pandora billionaires in Sri Lanka” was published in the Divaina newspaper. The...
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The images of an unusual creature resembling a human-pig combination is a silicone baby sculpture

In the last few days, posts have been circulating on social media, with a collection of photographs and videos taken at the birth of...
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The rumor that babies die drinking cough syrup mixed with milk is false!

A post urging everyone to be careful when treating kids stating that a mother used cough syrup from a drugstore to treat the cough...
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අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ගේ ගුවන් ගමන ප්‍රමාද වූයේ ඇයි?

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