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சவுதி அரேபியாவில் உள்ள இராணுவத் தளத்திலிருந்து அமெரிக்கப் படைவீரர்கள் உபகரணங்களுடன் வெளியேறுவதைக் காட்டும் காணொளி என ஒரு காணொளி சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பகிரப்பட்டது.

Publisher’s rating: False

Sara Duterte's 24-day impeachment trial expenses has reached P600 million, as costs amount to P25 million per day

Publisher’s rating: False

تابلوی «ورود ایرانی و سگ ممنوع» در زمان حضور متفقین در ایران

Publisher’s rating: نادرست

සාදවල සහ මංගල උත්සවවල ජයමංගල ගාථා ගැයීමට සහ සංගීත වාදනය කිරීමට බලපත්‍රයක් අවශ්‍ය බව සමාජ මාධ්‍ය සටහන් මගින් ප්‍රකාශ වේ.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

Fact Crescendo says licensing fees apply to commercially used, copyright-protected music at commercial venues and organized events, but not to the traditional Jayamangala Gatha. It also says private family events held at home are excluded from the licensing scheme.

ادعای شلیک نخستین موشک به بیت رهبری از سوی «محبوبه پاپی»، خلبان ایرانی‌تبار

Publisher’s rating: شاخ‌دار

Actor Edu Manzano called Marcos 'the problem'

Publisher’s rating: False

அமைச்சர் இராமலிங்கம் சந்திரசேகர் தியாகி திலீபன் நினைவேந்தல் நிகழ்வில் கலந்துகொண்டதாக சமூக ஊடகங்களில் கூற்று பகிரப்பட்டது.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that Chandrasekar’s media secretary said the minister had not attended a Thileepan commemoration and that the circulating photo was edited. The review says reverse-image searches traced the underlying photo to a commemoration at Jaffna Municipal Council, where the minister’s face had been added.

Investigative journalist Tharindu Jayawardena said military intelligence emails Anojan's Facebook posts to the Saudi religious police in order to start a Tamil–Muslim clash, topple the NPP government and bring back Sinhala Buddhist rule.

Publisher’s rating: False

The Sports Minister made a statement about athlete Fathima Shafiya Yamick being left out of Sri Lanka's Asian Games squad.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that a fabricated news card falsely attributed to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage a claim that Yamick was dropped at the request of Muslim community and religious leaders. The outlet says the minister and his media office confirmed the card was fake, and it found no record of him making the remark. Yamick was genuinely left out of the squad, but the review says selections were made by Sri Lanka Athletics.

ඊබ්‍රාහීම් හාජ්ජියාර් නිදොස් කොට නිදහස් කළ බවට සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ සංසරණය වන සටහන

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says Ibrahim Hajjiar was not a defendant in the Easter Sunday case decided on 22 September 2026, so that case did not acquit him. It says a separate case against him was still being heard.

A video shows devotees in Karnataka vandalising barricades after authorities restricted Ganesh idol immersion

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The review finds that the video was recorded in Hyderabad, not Karnataka. It shows members of the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi removing barricades at Tank Bund while protesting restrictions on Ganesh idol immersion.

Dilith Jayaweera claimed on live TV that 75 percent of Sri Lankans are poor and that the share of the impoverished backing the government has doubled.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review found no official figure or recognized poverty estimate putting three in four Sri Lankans in poverty. It also says the rise in poverty largely traces to the 2022–2023 crisis, before the current government took office, and that available statistics cannot establish a poverty rate for government voters as a group.

විමල් වීරවංශ මහතා පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති බව සමාජ මාධ්‍ය සටහන් මගින් ප්‍රකාශ වේ.

Publisher’s rating: False

කටුනායක අධිවේගී මාර්ගය හලාවත දක්වා දීර්ඝ කිරීම ලංකාවේ ඉදිකරන අන්තිම අධිවේගී මාර්ගය වන බව පවසන වාර්තාව

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review found no official decision that the Katunayake–Chilaw extension would be the country’s last expressway or the current government’s last expressway project. It reports that a feasibility study was underway and that other expressway projects were also planned. The review says the President’s Media Division and the minister’s media secretary rejected the claim.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte is asking for support for his daughter, Sara Duterte, who is facing an impeachment trial.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

Former minister Rishad Bathiudeen told Anojan's mother that Buddhist extremists using Muslim names informed on Anojan to the Saudi government.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review reports that Bathiudeen’s remarks to Anojan’s family focused on efforts to save him, including appealing to Saudi and Sri Lankan authorities. It says his office confirmed he made no statement like the one attributed to him.

The video shows the 136-year-old Gauripur Jama Masjid near Kolkata airport being demolished by religious extremists to make way for a Ram temple.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review says the video shows a mob vandalising the house of Mustafa Pramanik in Pabna, Bangladesh, not the Gauripur Jama Masjid. It reports that the mosque was set to be relocated for airport security and runway expansion, and that it found no credible reports of the mosque being vandalised.

సౌదీ అరేబియాలోని రియాద్ విమానాశ్రయంపై జరిగిన వైమానిక దాడికి సంబంధించిన దృశ్యాలు.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

A video shows a pet python in a Vietnamese home swallowing a small girl whole.

Publisher’s rating: Altered

SLPP organizer Harini Wijetunga said NPP leaders fill party coffers with donations from the wealthy while Namal Rajapaksa, like Robin Hood, took from the rich to share with the poor.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo reports that Wijetunga did not make the attributed remark, and that her media division confirmed the posts were false. The review says she instead criticized the government for imposing heavy taxes after making Robin Hood-style promises to help the poor.