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ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ඇමෙරිකාවට ගියාද?

පසුගිය ජුලි මාසයේ ජනතා උද්ඝෝෂණ හමුවේ පදවියෙන් ඉල්ලා අස් වූ හිටපු ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ, දෙසැම්බර් 26 වෙනි දින සිය පවුලේ සාමාජිකයින් ද සමග ඇමෙරිකා...
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A fake message claiming that the Canadian government is recruiting people for government jobs for the year 2022

  A message with the below description about Canadian government job recruitment is being circulated on WhatsApp; ''CANADIAN GOVERNMENT JOB RECRUITMENT 2022 This is open to all...
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Fake message stating that the People’s Bank gives away a cash prize of Rs. 30,000

A message is circulating on social media stating that a cash prize of Rs. 30,000 could be won in celebration of the People's Bank's...
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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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False information as instructions issued by the I.D.H Hospital

A series of health instructions said to be issued by the I.D.H Hospital to control the contamination of Covid-19 virus is shared on WhatsApp...
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False news that Shihan Mihiranga has been infected with Corona

Many news items and posts are circulating on social media stating that the famous singer Shihan Mihiranga has been infected with COVID- 19. The...
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Fake news stating that Wasantha Samarasinghe has made a donation

A news item circulates on social media reading, "Wasantha Samarasinghe donates the bus he used for his election campaign to the SLTB on behalf...
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Ajahn Brahm Thero delayed by SLA facilitator, says CAA

Ajahn Brahmawanso (Ajahn Brahm) Thero of Thailand, who was scheduled to leave for Singapore on May 31, could not...
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අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ගේ ගුවන් ගමන ප්‍රමාද වූයේ ඇයි?

සිංගප්පූරුව බලා පිටත් වීමට නියමිතව සිටි තායිලන්තයේ අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ට නියමිත ගුවන් යානයේ ගමන් කළ නොහැකි වූයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකන්...
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Rosy Senanayake yet to hand over official residence?

Former Mayor of Colombo Rosy Senanayake has handed over her official residence and official car to the Municipal Council,...
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Ajahn Brahm Thero delayed by SLA facilitator, says CAA

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අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ හිමියන්ගේ ගුවන් ගමන ප්‍රමාද වූයේ ඇයි?

සිංගප්පූරුව බලා පිටත් වීමට නියමිතව සිටි තායිලන්තයේ අජාන් බ්‍රහ්මවංශ...
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