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    • Nalaka Godahewa: Population dependence on agriculture sector 

      FactCheck;S2933
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/19/2021)
      FALSE: Although the contribution by the agriculture sector to the country’s economy is less than 10%, the segment of the population that is dependent on the sector for income is one-third of this country’s population, [that ...

    • Nalaka Godahewa: Tax targets 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/26/2023)
      FALSE: […] The expected tax income for 2023 is Rs 3,130 billion [a 70% increase from 2022]. It is not something practical. Since the tax net is not functioning properly, the tax burden will fall on the same people who paid ...

    • Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/10/2021)
      FALSE: Sri Lanka had imported 574,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser in 2020… Sri Lanka has become the top chemical fertiliser user in South Asia. We use 284 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare.- Nalaka Kottegoda, Daily ...

    • Nalinda Jayatissa: tea and rubber 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 3/6/2019)
      TRUE: the tea industry adds $1.5 billion to the economy of this country and the rubber industry adds $0.8 billion. - Nalinda Jayatissa, Mawbima, 4 February 2019

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Chief Government Whip 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2022)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: If we are to convene parliament, the chief government whip and other key positions must be sworn in as cabinet ministers, if they are to remain in those positions. It was due to this that Hon. Johnston ...

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2021)
      FALSE: In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 12 July 2021

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Education 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/21/2019)
      FALSE: Today 560,000 sit the Ordinary Level examination. 340,000 sit the Advanced Level examination. Around 65,000 – 100,000 pass the examination. Approximately 28,000 go to university. - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 11 July 2019

    • Nandalal Weerasighe: Money Printing 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/27/2023)
      TRUE: The total base money printed in 2021 was Rs. 344 billion, whilst the net basis reserve money issued in 2022 was below Rs. 40 billion. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Daily FT, 11 February 2023

    • National Freedom Front: Auditor General's duties under 20A 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
      TRUE: The provision under which companies registered under the Registrar of Companies and of which the government is the majority shareholder, have been removed from the audit process of the Auditor General [in the proposed ...

    • The National Involuntary Resettlement Policy: Dispelling Misconceptions and Assessing Compliance 

      Gunatilleke, Gehan; Nathaniel, Vidya (Verité Research, 2014-09)
      Development induced displacement takes place mainly through the formal acquisition of private lands. At present, the Land Acquisition Act, No. 9 of 1950 (LAA) governs acquisition of land in Sri Lanka. This law authorises ...

    • Natural Disaster Insurance Coverage 

      Fernando, Sachintha; Jayasekera, Vinura (Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-04)
      Despite an increasing number of natural disasters in recent years, Sri Lanka suffers from a limited uptake of natural disaster insurance coverage. Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are especially vulnerable ...

    • Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better Reporting Can Help – A Case Study on China Debt 

      Nishan, de Mel; Subhashini, Abeysinghe; Mathisha, Arangala (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)
      This brief shows that the failure to factor external debt outside central government agencies leads to an underestimation of Sri Lanka’s debt. This underlying informational problem is illustrated in three sections. The ...

    • Navigating Sri Lanka's Debt: Better reporting can help – a case study on China debt = ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ණය කළමනාකරණයට නිවැරදි වාර්තාකරණයේ වැදගත්කම – චීන ණය පිළිබඳ සිද්ධි අධ්‍යයනයක් 

      Briefing Note;February 2021
      de Mel, Nishan; Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Arangala, Mathisha       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-02)
      The published information on debt underestimates Sri Lanka’s overall external public debt burden and its distribution amongst external lenders. This problem arises because Sri Lanka’s reporting of external debt is limited ...

    • Nayaru religious site: Polar narratives at play 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 3/12/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to the coverage of tensed situation in Nayaru during Thai pongal celebration in January 2019. The entry also includes images of newspaper excerpts regarding ...

    • Negative Terms 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-01)
      On April 30, 2020 Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles containing the term "Kudda" in their headlines

    • New Constitution: Is it 'federal' or is it 'unitary'? 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 4/10/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala and Tamil on the new constitution that was being drafted. The press discussed the terms 'unitary' and 'federal'. In addition, the entry also contains 6 images of newspaper excerpts ...

    • The new Ministers of Finance: Will their budget keep its promises? 

      VR Insight;August 2017
      Abeysinghe, Subhashini       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2017-08)
      An analysis of past budgets revel large deviations between budgeted allocations and actual expenditure. This shows that expectations set by the government during the budget speech are not honoured. This Insight analyses ...

    • Newly Appointed Cabinet Ministers - 20 December 2018 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2018-12-20)
      These infographics show the new Cabinet of Ministers who were sworn on 20th December 2018 in 8th Parliament.

    • Newly Appointed Parliament Heads 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-08-21)
      This infographic shows the newly appointed parliament heads for the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.

    • The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading? 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
      On 26 March 2020, ITN's 09.30 pm news ran a segment on the presidential pardon granted to Sunil Rathnayake. In this segment, Rathnayake's arrest and sentence was described as being part of the alleged 'Ranaviru Dadayama' ...