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Mahinda Rajapaksa: Women in universities
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/20/2019)
TRUE: Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 2 October 2019
Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)
Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ...
Wimal Weerawansa: MCC agreement
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/13/2019)
FALSE: …last week, the [US] Millennium Challenge Agreement was signed in Parliament. Once signed, a special economic corridor will be built from Trincomalee to Colombo Port.
- Wimal Weerawansa, Ada, 7 November 2019
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Mihin and Sri Lankan Airlines debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/6/2020)
FALSE: Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Divaina, 28 August 2019
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)
TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Rape statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2019)
TRUE: 1,600 [young] girls are raped every year
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Divaina, 25 October 2019
Vijitha Herath: Interest Payments and Government Income
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
FALSE: According to the 2018 Central Bank Annual Report, when the total income was Rs. 1,920 billion, the interest payments were at Rs. 2,088 billion. There was a deficit of Rs. 168 billion.
- Vijitha Herath, Divaina, 28 May 2019
Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ...
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: Covid-19 community transmission
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/4/2020)
TRUE: …No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community.
- Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Ada Derana, 20 May 2020
Eran Wickramaratne: Female Labour Force Participation
(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; ...