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Eran Wickramaratne: All Borrowings Used to Repay Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/22/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: Total borrowings by the Government have been completely used to repay debt.
- Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 19 June 2019
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)
TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021
Maithripala Sirisena: absolute poverty
(factchecklka - Facebook, 4/4/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: The absolute poverty ratio of the country has been reported as 6.7%...
- Maithripala Sirisena, 4 February 2019, Independence Day Speech
Rajitha Senaratne: COVID-19 testing statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: [The number in Sri Lanka considered to have contracted Covid-19] is determined only by the number of people that have been tested for the virus. Symptoms of Covid-19 appear only in 15% [of the infected]. Others ...
Sajith Premadasa: Income inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/3/2019)
FALSE: While the richest 20 per cent enjoy 54 per cent of the national income, the poorest 20 per cent of the country enjoys only 4 percent of it.
- Sajith Premadasa, Lankadeepa, 9 July 2019
Eran Wickramaratne: Excise taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/12/2024)
PARTLY TRUE: The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at ...
Ranjith Madduma Bandara: Drowning statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/25/2019)
About 800 deaths due to drowning are reported annually.
Bandula Gunawardane: Total Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/3/2022)
PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka increased exports by 23% amidst challenging environment faced both locally and globally. Total exports are USD 12.3 billion in 2020 and USD15.12 billion in 2021. - Bandula Gunawardane, Official ...
Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)
In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka.
- Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Foreign Loans
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/27/2022)
FALSE: I have not taken a cent in foreign loans during my two years in office. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Newswire, 7 January 2022,