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Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(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 ...
Mangala Samaraweera: Media freedom
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/2/2018)
TRUE: Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131.
- Mangala Samaraweera, 28 September 2018, Divaina
Maithripala Sirisena - Judicial Independence
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/17/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka is a country with a strong democratic foundation and the present government has also strengthened the independence of the judiciary. A recent survey on independence of the judiciary shows that Sri ...
Bandula Gunawardana: Singapore FTA
(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
Harin Fernando: employment trends
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/12/2018)
TRUE: Minister Fernando pointed out that employment has increased from 7.7 million in 2014 to 8.2 million in 2017.
- Harin Fernando, 3 October 2018, Daily News
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
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම කඩවීම්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-06)
In the month of June 2018, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima published several articles using the derogatory term "දුෂණය" (Dooshanaya) to describe sexual violence. On 17 June Lakbima published an article which contained the ...
මූලාශ්ර නොමැති වගකීම් විරහිත වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-06)
In the month of June 2018, articles published in DailyFT and Divaina, reported news with misleading information and without sources which is irresponsible reporting.
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-09)
In the month of September 2018, articles published in Mawbima, Divaina, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Lakbima, and Sunday Mawbima included derogatory terms such as "kuddo" (කුඩ්ඩෝ), “kuddek” (කුඩ්ඩෙක්) , “kudda” (කුඩ්ඩා), "dooshanaya" ...
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම කඩවීම්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07-12)
On 12 July 2018, Mawbima published an article using the derogatory term "දුෂණය" (Dooshanaya) to describe sexual violence. It also disclosed the relationship between victim and perpetrator/suspect when reporting the incident.