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Prof. W.D. Lakshman: Banking Sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/30/2020)
TRUE - The banking sector remains strong with total capital adequacy ratio above 16 per cent, net stable funding ratio above 130 per cent, liquidity coverage ratio above 175 per cent and statutory liquid asset ratio above ...
Kanchana Wijesekera: Fuel Price Formula
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/21/2023)
PARTLY TRUE: Fuel Cost Breakdown - Data for the formula from actual cost incurred during the immediate past 28 days period from 28th February - 28th March 2023….Price difference (between the formula base price per litre ...
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: CBSL plan
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/7/2022)
BLATANTLY FALSE: The Six-Month Road Map announced by Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) last year has proven to be a resounding success with expected inflows materialising. …..the envisaged inflows under the “Six-Month Road ...
Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe: IMF
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/16/2022)
TRUE: An Extended Fund Facility (EFF) - which allows longer repayment periods - may be best suited to the country, it typically requires deeper structural reforms. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Daily News, 19 April 2022.
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)
TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: Forest Cover
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/5/2021)
TRUE: Sri Lanka's forest cover is only 29.2 percent.
- Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, Lankadeepa, 9 December 2020
Udaya Gammanpila: Powers of Executive Presidency
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2019)
FALSE: …there has been no major change from the Presidency before the 19th Amendment to the current office of the president. Only three powers of the presidency were removed by the 19th Amendment.
- Udaya Gammanpila, ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Rajapaksa budget
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/2/2021)
FALSE: There are 4 Rajapaksas who represent the cabinet. There is also a state minister as well. How much of funds have been allocated to that family—to the ministries they represent? The total expenditure is 5,200 billion ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Money printing
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/9/2023)
TRUE: We put the Central Bank there [in charge] without meddling in it. Henceforth, according to the law, we won’t be able to print money. We have lost our ability to borrow (obtain loans) from the Bank of Ceylon and the ...
Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ...