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Kanniya religious site: A Hindu Kovil or a Buddhist Temple?
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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