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Gayantha Karunatilleka: Income Inequality
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2021)
TRUE: 35% of our country's national income is enjoyed by 10% of the population. - Gayantha Karunatilleka, Divaina, 30 March 2021
Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/10/2021)
FALSE: Sri Lanka had imported 574,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser in 2020… Sri Lanka has become the top chemical fertiliser user in South Asia. We use 284 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare.- Nalaka Kottegoda, Daily ...
Mahinda Amaraweera: Public Sector Spending
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2021)
FALSE: More than 85% of government revenue goes to pay salaries and pensions to public servants.
- Mahinda Amaraweera, Media briefing Department of Government Information, 1 September 2021
Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)
TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021
Bandula Gunawardana: Sathosa Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/8/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: [Sathosa] was an institution that did not incur losses before 2015. Sathosa has lost 20 billion rupees during the last five years (2015 – 2019).
- Bandula Gunawardana, Daily News, 10 March 2021
Ramesh Pathirana: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/2/2021)
PARTLY TRUE: When compared with the countries in the South Asian region, the fuel price of our country is still lower than that of the other countries in the region. Among the countries in this region, only Pakistan provides ...
Eran Wickramaratne: Foreign investment
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/25/2021)
TRUE: There has been a big outflow of foreign investment from the stock exchange. In terms of rupee value, Rs. 51 billion outflows was registered in the year 2020…
- Eran Wickramaratne, Lanka Business Online, 18 January 2021
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
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 ...