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Ruwan Wijewardena: Covid-19 death analysis
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/23/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: It is said that 10 patients are dying every hour. The rate at which patients are dying is 1.5%. Sri Lanka has become the country that reports the highest death rate in Asia due to COVID-19.
- Ruwan Wijewardena, ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Income Tax Files
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/9/2023)
TRUE: In 2019, there were 1.5 million income tax files in total…when we abolished the PAYE tax, in December 2021, we [only] had 400,000 income tax files. It reduced from 1.5 million to 400,000.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)
FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News
Ranil Wickremesinghe - Mercer Index
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/9/2018)
TRUE: Although cities across Asia are growing apace, only three (Singapore, Tokyo, and Kobe) are in the top 50 of the Mercer Quality of Living Index. Colombo was the highest ranked South Asian city, but still only stood ...
Basil Rajapaksa: Poultry and eggs
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/9/2021)
TRUE:Sri Lanka…[is] already [close to being] self-sufficient in eggs and poultry. - Basil Rajapaksa, Budget Speech, 12 Novemeber 2021
Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/14/2023)
FALSE: According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. ...
Sunil Handunnetti: rural population
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting.
- Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina
Bandula Gunawardana: Bond Commission report
(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 ...
Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2021)
FALSE: In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 12 July 2021
Sanath Nishantha: GDP growth rankings of Sri Lanka and China
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/26/2021)
BLATANTLY FALSE: When we handed over the country to the Yahapalanaya government, China had the highest GDP growth rate in the world, and Sri Lanka was second.
- Sanath Nishantha, Lankadeepa, 30 July 2021