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Wimal Weerawansa: Industrial Income and Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/31/2021)
TRUE: Industries occupy a special place in the national manufacturing process in Sri Lanka which is about 26.4% of the national GDP, and only a very low percentage of about 10% contributes to exports. - Wimal Weerawansa, ...
S. M. Marikkar: COVID-19 Vaccination
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/18/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region. - S.M. Marikkar, Aruna, 26 May 2021
Nalaka Godahewa: Population dependence on agriculture sector
(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 ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Export Agriculture Crops
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2021)
TRUE: The revenue from export agricultural crops stood at Rs. 63,000 million in 2019. Within one year we have been able to increase it to Rs. 73,000 million.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Dinamina, 3 March 2021
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)
TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/29/2021)
TRUE: The tourism industry has collapsed completely following the Easter Sunday attacks and following this COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the collapse of the tourism industry, we have lost USD 5 billion per year that the country ...
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: ISB debt
(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 ...
Sajith Premadasa: Sugar Scam
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/9/2021)
TRUE: Sri Lanka has lost Rs. 20 billion as a result of the sugar scam.
- Sajith Premadasa, Official Facebook page of Sajith Premadasa, 27 August 2021
Dullas Alahapperuma: Forex Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/7/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: The largest foreign exchange earners contributing USD 7 billion to the economy of this country are the women of our country who perform drudgery in the Middle East. Number two is the apparel industry. USD 5.6 ...
Asela Gunawardana: Community Transmission
(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 ...