Browsing Research Outputs by Subject "fact check"

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    • Ajith Nivard Cabraal: ISB debt 

      E925;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/26/2021)
      PARTLY TRUE: As of now (February 2021), the total ISBs outstanding is USD 14 billion, which is only 16.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s total debt. None of the other creditors who hold 83.3 percent of Sri Lanka’s debt seem to show ...

    • Ali Sabry: IGP removal 

      S2435;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)
      FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution. - Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி 

      S189;
      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers 

      E302;
      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 2/21/2019)
      TRUE: “They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food." - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 25 January 2019, Daily News

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Rape statistics 

      S1832;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2019)
      TRUE: 1,600 [young] girls are raped every year - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Divaina, 25 October 2019

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Transport 

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      Media Team       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/9/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: Only 52% of our country uses public transport… 48% of the people use private transportation. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Daily News, 30 November 2019

    • Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: mobile phone taxes 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: When a mobile phone user in our country pays Rs. 5,000 [as the mobile phone bill], Rs. 1,600 of it goes towards paying taxes. - ANura Priyadharshana Yapa, 26 October 2018, Divaina

    • Asela Gunawardana: Community Transmission 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/12/2021)
      FALSE: “If it is to reach the community transmission level, the positive rate would have drastically spiraled parallel to the number of PCR tests. At present, Sri Lanka is not experiencing such a situation”. - Asela ...

    • Ashok Abeysinghe: Health budget allocations 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/17/2019)
      TRUE: In 2010, LKR 53.1 billion was allocated for free healthcare; in 2015, we allocated LKR 139.5 billion. In 2016, [it was] LKR 174 billion. In 2019, an amount of LKR 194.5 billion were allocated. This means that 10% of ...

    • Ashok Abeysinghe: Passenger transport 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/7/2019)
      TRUE: As of now, the number of passengers travelling by train is about 400,000… In [bus] passenger transport, the private sector does about 75%, and SLTB buses do 25%. - Ashok Abeysinghe, Divaina, June 24

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Active Liability Management Act 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/26/2019)
      FALSE: This government passed an act to obtain annual loans from foreigners without limitations. This act was passed by misleadingly naming it the Active Liability Management Act. According to this, they can obtain any ...

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Bond Commission report 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 11/14/2018)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury bond scam report. The newspaper went on to say ...

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Central Bank Liability 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2020)
      TRUE: When money is deposited in a financial institution, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is only responsible for up to LKR 600,000. - Bandula Gunawardana, Department of Government Information Facebook Page, 4 June 2020

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Sathosa Losses 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/8/2021)
      PARTLY TRUE: [Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019). - Bandula Gunawardana, Daily News, 10 March 2021

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Singapore FTA 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 11/19/2018)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: As a result of the gazette notification 2069/2, nearly 4000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement. - Bandula Gunawardana, 17 October 2018, Divaina

    • Dinesh Gunawardena: IDP Resettlement 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/25/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: “Sri Lanka also made significant progress in the resettlement of over 440,000 IDPs … presently it has risen to 93.76%.” - Dinesh Gunawardena, Daily FT, 28 February 2020

    • Eran Wickramaratne: All Borrowings Used to Repay Debt 

      E487;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/22/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: Total borrowings by the Government have been completely used to repay debt. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 19 June 2019

    • Eran Wickramaratne: Female Labour Force Participation 

      P0002;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/24/2019)
      TRUE: Sri Lanka’s Labour Force Participation (LFP) was 36% for women versus 75% for men in 2016, which is the 14th largest gender gap in LFP globally. In 2016, young women have the highest unemployment rate in Sri Lanka; ...

    • Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP 

      S952;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
      TRUE: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product. - Eran Wickramaratne, Dinamina, 22 May 2019

    • GMOA: COVID-19 Statistics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/2/2020)
      FALSE: “We are in a worst situation compared to Italy at the end of the first 7 days (from 1st Local Case). Peak of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka can be expected during New Year Season if we do not take more aggressive decisions ...