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    • Sajith Premadasa: Income inequality 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Sajith Premadasa: Sugar Scam 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/9/2021)
      TRUE: Sri Lanka has lost Rs. 20 billion as a result of the sugar scam. - Sajith Premadasa, Official Facebook page of Sajith Premadasa, 27 August 2021

    • Sajith Premadasa: Women in politics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/24/2020)
      TRUE: …[we] have not been able to increase representation [of women] in parliament. Even today, representation of women in our parliament is at a level of 5.8%. Our government was able to increase representation of women ...

    • Sanath Nishantha: GDP growth rankings of Sri Lanka and China 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/26/2021)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: When we handed over the country to the Yahapalanaya government, China had the highest GDP growth rate in the world, and Sri Lanka was second. - Sanath Nishantha, Lankadeepa, 30 July 2021

    • Sarath Weerasekera: National Flag 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 3/24/2022)
      FALSE: No one will be allowed to distort & disrespect the national flag of our Motherland. Anyone found so shall be thoroughly investigated and charged accordingly under the provisions of our Penal Code.– Official twitter ...

    • Sencholai bombings: How did the press cover it? 

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      Media Team       (c, 8/11/2019)
      The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported the bombings in Sencholai in 2006. Sinhala press - 00 articles Tamil press - 19 articles

    • Shantha Bandara: Finance Act 2021 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/21/2021)
      TRUE:…noteworthy is the fact that [the Finance Act No. 18 of 2021] will not invalidate the Prevention of Money Laundering Act or any other finance law in the country. - Shantha Bandara, Divaina, 10 September 2021

    • Shavendra Silva: A war hero for the Sinhala press, an accused war criminal for the Tamil press 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/1/2019)
      The entry includes the English writeup of how the Sinhala and Tamil press perceived Army Commander Shavendra Silva.

    • Sinhala and Tamil Language Press Coverage of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) 

      Media Team (Veritè Research, 2019)
      The manner in which theSinhala and Tamil press reported on the Office on Missing Persons

    • Sinhala Press Coverage of COVID-19: January-March 2020 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)
      On 03 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the media ethics guidelines while reporting on COVID-19

    • Siripala Gamlath: UNHRC Resolution 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/19/2020)
      FALSE: The other dangerous consequence of co-sponsoring [UNHRC Resolution 30/1] is that this country’s ‘war heroes’ can be taken before an international court at any instance. - Siripala Gamlath, Divaina, Aruna, 25 February 2020

    • Sirisena meets with the TNA regarding political prisoners 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/20/2019)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the the meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and TNA on political prisoners was reported in the Sinhala and Tamil press. The entry also includes 4 ...

    • Sisira Jayakody: TNA dual citizenship 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 8/2/2019)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship. - Sisira Jayakody, 2 January 2019, Divaina

    • Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/23/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the change of name of Adam's Peak from Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue.

    • Sudath Samaraweera: Community transmission 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/11/2020)
      FALSE: “If positive cases are reported without the origin, then it can be identified as a community transmission. In other words, community transmission takes place when cases are reported with no connection to the existing ...

    • Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Local Government elections 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 11/23/2023)
      FALSE: […] all the local government elections held after 1991 have been postponed without being held within the stipulated time. […] Sunanda Madduma Bandara, Lankadeepa, 25 October 2023

    • Sunil Handunnetti: rural population 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)
      PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting. - Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina

    • Susil Premajayantha: Efficiency of IMF process 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/26/2023)
      BLATANTLY FALSE: On previous occasions, we obtained money from the IMF after pledging to fulfil their conditions...this time round, we had to first fulfil those conditions to obtain assistance. It was only Sri Lanka that ...

    • Tamil press doesn't want to forget; Sinhala press doesn't want forgiveness 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/28/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, English and Tamil on the press coverage on Ranil Wickremeisinghe's speech in Kilinochchi on 15 February, 2019, requesting to forgive and forget. The entry also includes images of ...

    • A tense situation in Kanniya Trincomalee: How did the front page headings of Sinhala and Tamil press cover it? 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/19/2019)
      Difference between Sinhala and Tamil press in coverage pertaining to protest in Kanniya, Trincomalee.