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Thalatha Atukorale: Prison statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/23/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number is serving sentences that are less than two years.
- Thalatha Atukorale, Dinamina, 10 April 2019
Udaya Gammanpila: Provident funds
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/10/2023)
TRUE: In addition to the provident fund of the general public, CBSL also maintains a separate provident fund for its officers […] CBSL invested its funds in places where it could get the highest returns and credited an ...
Sajith Premadasa: Fuel pricing
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/6/2020)
PARTLY TRUE: A litre of diesel is sold at Rs. 104 and this can be reduced to Rs. 61. A litre of 92 octane petrol is Rs. 137; it can be priced at Rs. 80.
- Sajith Premadasa, The Island, 11 March 2020
Dullas Alahapperuma: Forex Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/7/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: The largest foreign exchange earners contributing USD 7 billion to the economy of this country are the women of our country who perform drudgery in the Middle East. Number two is the apparel industry. USD 5.6 ...
Wimal Weerasansa: Total Export Income
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2023)
FALSE: The total export income has reduced by almost 10% this year when compared to last year. This is a huge reduction. Therefore, it is clear that the economic strategy the government is following under the guidance of ...
Nandalal Weerasighe: Money Printing
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/27/2023)
TRUE: The total base money printed in 2021 was Rs. 344 billion, whilst the net basis reserve money issued in 2022 was below Rs. 40 billion. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Daily FT, 11 February 2023
Janaka Ratnayake: Fuel price reductions
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/4/2022)
True: The price of petrol was reduced by 20 rupees last night. I had pointed out two weeks ago that the price of a litre of petrol… can be reduced by 150 rupees. – Janaka Ratnayake, PUCSL Press Release, 18 July 2022
Udaya Gammanpila: Debt to GDP ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/23/2020)
TRUE: In 2005, when we took over the country, Sri Lanka's debt burden was 103%... [we] reduced the debt burden to 72%. During the five years the UNP ruled the country, [they] once again increased it to 87%.
- Udaya Gammanpila, ...
Asela Gunawardana: Community Transmission
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/12/2021)
FALSE: “If it is to reach the community transmission level, the positive rate would have drastically spiraled parallel to the number of PCR tests. At present, Sri Lanka is not experiencing such a situation”.
- Asela ...