Now showing items 504-523 of 2023

    • Kabir Hashim: Poverty line 

      FactCheck.lk;P0071
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 6/29/2023)
      TRUE: “…by 2019…the poverty line[sic] of this country was 11%…it has grown to 25% by 2023. I believe it is more than that. But the World Bank has calculated that it is only 25%, which means that out of 22 million in this ...
    • Kalmunai hunger strike and Satyagraha: How much press coverage did they receive? 

      Divide scale posts;
      Media Team
      (Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/24/2019)
      The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported on the hunger strike and satyagraha in Kalmunai on upgrading Kalmunai North sub-Divisional Secretariat to a Divisional Secretariat. Sinhala press - 07 articles Tamil ...
    • Kanchana Wijesekara: Fuel prices 

      FactCheck;P0051
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk , 5/24/2022)
      TRUE: Fuel Price will be revised from 3am today. Fuel pricing formula that was approved by the cabinet was applied to revise the prices. Price revision includes all costs incurred in importing, unloading, distribution to ...
    • Kanchana Wijesekera: Electricity Generation Cost 

      FactCheck.lk ;E1610
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk , 1/27/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: If we are in a situation where there is no rainfall, provided that we are able to obtain all the coal we need by April, we would be able to provide electricity all 24 hours of the day, without interruptions…That ...
    • Kanchana Wijesekera: Forensic Audit Report 

      E556;
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 3/5/2020)
      FALSE: "Around 96 percent of the Rs.10,000 million ‘loss’ highlighted by the Forensic Audit Report into Bond transactions from the period 2005-2015 actually went to several government institutions which benefitted immensely. ...
    • Kanchana Wijesekera: Fuel Price Formula 

      FactCheck.lk;P0064
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 4/21/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: Fuel Cost Breakdown - Data for the formula from actual cost incurred during the immediate past 28 days period from 28th February - 28th March 2023….Price difference (between the formula base price per litre ...
    • Kanniya religious site: A Hindu Kovil or a Buddhist Temple? 

      Divide;
      Media Team
      (Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/23/2019)
      The entry contains the writeup pertaining to the tensed situation in Kanniya in English and Sinhala, Trincomalee in July 2019. In addition it also contains images of newspaper articles.
    • Keheliya Rambukwella: Domestic milk production 

      FactCheck;E1151
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2021)
      TRUE: [Local] milk production is still only around 40 per cent of the total requirement. - Keheliya Rambukwella, Daily News, 11 August 2021
    • Keheliya Rambukwella: GDP Growth 

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      Media Team
      (www.factcheck.lk, 1/16/2020)
      TRUE: When President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country in 2005, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was USD 20 billion. In ten years, we increased the GDP to USD 80 billion. - Keheliya Rambukwella, Dinamina, 4 December 2019
    • Keheliya Rambukwella: GDP growth 

      FactCheck;S1937
      FactCheck
      (www.factcheck.lk, 1/15/2020)
      TRUE: When President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country in 2005, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was USD 20 billion. In ten years, we increased the GDP to USD 80 billion. - Keheliya Rambukwella, Dinamina, 4 December 2019
    • Keheliya Rambukwella: Vaccination ranking 

      FactCheck;P0040
      Factcheck
      (www.factcheck.lk , 2/10/2022)
      FALSE: In terms of administering both doses of the vaccine, as of yesterday [January 1], we rank 4th in the world; as the highest percentage from the eligible population, we rank 4th out of 194 countries in the world.- ...
    • Labour participation of women in the North 

      Divide;
      Media Team
      (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 

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      FactCheck
      (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 

      Public Finance Infographics;Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team; Econ Team
      (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 ...
    • Lasantha Alagiyawanna: LPG Standards 

      FactCheck;P0036
      FactCheck
      (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 

      Parliamentary Research Team (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 

      Esufally, Sabrina; Gunatilleke, Gehan; Corea, Harindrini (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 ...
    • The Limits of the Presidential Portfolio and its Implications for the Office on Missing Persons 

      Esufally, Sabrina (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 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Abeyratne, Sirimal (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 

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      FactCheck
      (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