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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
Tilak Marapana: Release of military acquired lands
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/13/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: Of the 71,172.56 acres of state-owned land occupied by the security forces, 63,257.48 acres were released between May 2009 and 12 March 2019. This is a release of 88.87% of the initially occupied land.
- Tilak ...
Mahindananda Aluthgamage: Agriculture
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2020)
FALSE: 40% of the population is directly employed in agriculture.
- Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Mawbima, 17 August 2020
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ...