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Ranil Wickremesinghe: Penal code on foreign terrorist organizations
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/2/2019)
FALSE: “To take part in a foreign armed uprising is not an offence here…. there is no law to prevent you from that."
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Interview with SkyNews, 26 April 2019
Mangala Samaraweera: Rupee appreciation
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/11/2019)
TRUE: "During the past 2 months, the rupee has appreciated by 2.5%."
- Mangala Samaraweera, Daily News, 13 March 2019
Rishad Bathiudeen: Export Services
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/9/2019)
TRUE: … ICT/BPM, electronics, printing and packaging services – alone contributes to around $1.3 billion in export revenues every year.
- Rishad Bathiudeen, Daily FT, 28 August 2019
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
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers
(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
Maithripala Sirisena: Women in the public sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)
FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women.
- Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019
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 ...
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඍණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කිරීම්, ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-07)
During the month of July 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa and Dinamina, contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; only highlighting women when both women and men have been arrested over an ...