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Labour participation of women in the North
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/18/2019)The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to statement of the Governor of the Northern Province, Suren Raghavan on January 16, 2019. He stated that most of the women in the North are only teachers ... -
Lakshman Kiriella: Bond scandal assets freeze
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/11/2020)PARTLY TRUE: The allegation is that the UNP caused a loss of LKR 10 billion through bonds. The country has not experienced a loss because the CBSL froze/impounded LKR 12 billion from Perpetual Treasuries. However, the ... -
Large Scale Infrastructure Small Scale Disclosure
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09-04)Despite the Right to Information (RTI) Act’s proactive disclosure requirement, only 18% and 25% of information required to be disclosed on large-scale infrastructure projects were proactively disclosed online in 2022 and ... -
Large Scale Infrastructure, Small Scale Disclosure: Fertile Ground for Corruption
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-08-31)Large sums of money borrowed for large infrastructure projects is a key contributor to Sri Lanka’s Mountain of foreign debt, which the country is struggling to pay back. Lack of transparency, coupled with poor governance ... -
Lasantha Alagiyawanna: LPG Standards
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/13/2022)FALSE: This [LP gas] problem arose - especially this problem of the butane and propane composition - [because] the composition is not mentioned in the standards that have been formulated by the SLSI. - Lasantha Alagiyawanna, ... -
Least Active MPs - August 2020 to February 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-06-16)This infographic shows the least active MPs between August 2020 and February 2023, marking 2.5 years since the inaugural meeting of the 9th Parliament. It was found that the bottom 64 MPs contributed less than the top 5 ... -
A Legal and Institutional Assessment of Sri Lanka's Justice System for Children
(Verité Research, 2017-08)Justice for children encompasses legislation, policies, procedures and mechanisms specifically applicable to children who are victims (and witnesses) of crime and children in conflict with the law. UNICEF commissioned a ... -
Let’s Shield the EPF With the Instincts of Winston Churchill
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-07-06)The private sector workers of Sri Lanka are required by law to transfer 23% of their incomes to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) every month, towards their retirement savings. The EPF ... -
The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons
(Verité Research, 2017-02)The Nineteenth Amendment (19A) to the Constitution placed limitations on the powers of the Executive President. This briefing note will examine these limitations in the context of the President’s powers to assign subjects ... -
Logistics and Services in the Sri Lankan Economy
(Manila : Asian Development Bank Institute, 2017-10)Authors examine the growth, performance, and policy issues of the Sri Lankan service and logistics sectors. The government has clear priorities for these sectors, building on the country’s locational advantage. The policy ... -
Lohan Ratwatte: Credit Line for Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2021)BLATANTLY FALSE: This is a credit line…If that credit line is not used, it will go to waste—it must be put to use. Our government will not go into debt by importing those vehicles. - Lohan Ratwatte, Newsfirst.lk, 12 June 2021 -
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-08)China was the leading provider of external finance to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development during 2010-2016 accounting for 37% of the total. Sri Lanka borrowed USD 5,895 million from China for infrastructure development ... -
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments - Presentation
(2022-09-22)China was the leading provider of external finance to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development during 2010-2016 accounting for 37% of the total. Sri Lanka borrowed USD 5,895 million from China for infrastructure development ... -
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered. - MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima -
Mahinda Amaraweera: Public Sector Spending
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2021)FALSE: More than 85% of government revenue goes to pay salaries and pensions to public servants. - Mahinda Amaraweera, Media briefing Department of Government Information, 1 September 2021 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Debt
(factchecklka - Facebook, 3/21/2019)FALSE: "In the past four years, the UNP-led government has borrowed the equivalent of 50% of the total national debt that was outstanding as at the end of December 2014 from the loans taken in the six decades after gaining ... -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Debt-to-GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-01)PARTLY TRUE: My government reduced the debt-to-GDP ratio from 90% at the end of 2005 to 69% at the end of 2014. Mahinda Rajapaksa, NewsFirst.lk, 8 December 2023 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: economic growth
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/10/2018)FALSE: In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three. In that period, the economic growth rate was 7.4%. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, 25 November 2018, Derana TV -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020 -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Export Agriculture Crops
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2021)TRUE: The revenue from export agricultural crops stood at Rs. 63,000 million in 2019. Within one year we have been able to increase it to Rs. 73,000 million. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Dinamina, 3 March 2021