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    • Mangala Samaraweera: Rupee appreciation 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/11/2019)
      TRUE: "During the past 2 months, the rupee has appreciated by 2.5%." - Mangala Samaraweera, Daily News, 13 March 2019

    • Mano Ganesan: Food Insecurity 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 1/12/2023)
      CORRECT: Food insecurity in Sri Lanka is highest in the estate sector at 51%, while it is 43% in the urban sector and 34% in the rural sector. The World Bank has reported that the country’s poverty rate has climbed to 26% ...

    • Manusha Nayanakkara: Rise in remittances 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/11/2023)
      TRUE: Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increased to US$ 568.3 million in March 2023 from US$ 318.4 million in March 2022. This is a 78.5% (US$ 249.9 million) increase compared to the inflows recorded in March ...

    • Mavai Senathirajah: Lands released in the North 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/11/2019)
      TRUE: 75% of the lands occupied by the security forces in the Northern Province have been released to the public. - Mavai Senathirajah, Dinamina, 16 August 2019

    • MFC01 - Monitoring Database - February 2019 - English 

      Amjah, Shamana (2019-02)

    • MFC01 - Monitoring Database - January 2019 - English 

      Shamana, Amjah (Verite Research, 2019-01)

    • MFC01 - Monitoring Database - March 2019 - English 

      Amjah, Shamana (2019-03)

    • Mujibur Rahman: COVID-19 foreign financing 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/11/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ... In general, when everything is added up, [Sri Lanka] has received about LKR 200,000 million. - ...

    • Nalaka Godahewa: Population dependence on agriculture sector 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/19/2021)
      FALSE: Although the contribution by the agriculture sector to the country’s economy is less than 10%, the segment of the population that is dependent on the sector for income is one-third of this country’s population, [that ...

    • Nalaka Godahewa: Tax targets 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/26/2023)
      FALSE: […] The expected tax income for 2023 is Rs 3,130 billion [a 70% increase from 2022]. It is not something practical. Since the tax net is not functioning properly, the tax burden will fall on the same people who paid ...

    • Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption 

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      FactCheck       (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 ...

    • Nalinda Jayatissa: tea and rubber 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 3/6/2019)
      TRUE: the tea industry adds $1.5 billion to the economy of this country and the rubber industry adds $0.8 billion. - Nalinda Jayatissa, Mawbima, 4 February 2019

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Chief Government Whip 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/4/2022)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: If we are to convene parliament, the chief government whip and other key positions must be sworn in as cabinet ministers, if they are to remain in those positions. It was due to this that Hon. Johnston ...

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Education 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/21/2019)
      FALSE: Today 560,000 sit the Ordinary Level examination. 340,000 sit the Advanced Level examination. Around 65,000 – 100,000 pass the examination. Approximately 28,000 go to university. - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 11 July 2019

    • Nandalal Weerasighe: Money Printing 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • National Freedom Front: Auditor General's duties under 20A 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
      TRUE: The provision under which companies registered under the Registrar of Companies and of which the government is the majority shareholder, have been removed from the audit process of the Auditor General [in the proposed ...

    • Nihal Thalduwa: Criticism of the President 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/5/2022)
      FALSE: It is prohibited to publish and exchange statements that insult the president on social media or any other media. The police is vested with the authority to take legal action against those who do so. – SSP Nihal ...

    • Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)
      TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ...

    • Niroshan Perera: Decline in industrial sector and exports 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/20/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: …the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%. Niroshan Perera, YouTube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 23 August 2023