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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
Budget Check 2021
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/17/2020)
For the very first time in Sri Lanka, the FactCheck team at Verité Research conducted the inaugural #BudgetCheck2021. The team carried out live fact checking on claims made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his 2021 ...
Ashok Abeysinghe: Government Revenue Estimates
(www.factcheck.lk , 1/20/2023)
FALSE: …The [2023] budget presented this time is seeking the highest revenue in the entire history of Sri Lanka. Compared to last year, this year’s revenue shows an increase of 70%. In Sri Lanka, at no point has the revenue ...
Maithripala Sirisena: Aragalaya
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2022)
FALSE: Irrespective of who is there [in positions of power], an unconstitutional event has already taken place in the country… The other thing is that none of the 225 MPs, the current president or prime minister can take ...
Gamini Lokuge: On the strength of EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/22/2021)
FALSE: The Employees Provident Fund has become the strongest fund in Asia today. - Gamini Lokuge, Parliament Hansard, 9 February 2021
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: Vehicle imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/20/2023)
TRUE: ...within that period [2015-2020], we have brought 2,498,714 vehicles...worth Rs. 1,331.51 billion...We have taxed [them to the value of] 991.12 billion.
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, YouTube Page of Parliament of Sri ...
College of Community Physicians: COVID-19 Burials
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/14/2021)
TRUE: WHO, CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had issued clear and extensive guidelines on handling dead bodies confirmed or suspected as having COVID-19… all these global pandemic control ...