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Eran Wickramaratne: Excise taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/12/2024)PARTLY TRUE: The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: Female Labour Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/24/2019)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s Labour Force Participation (LFP) was 36% for women versus 75% for men in 2016, which is the 14th largest gender gap in LFP globally. In 2016, young women have the highest unemployment rate in Sri Lanka; ... -
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 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Reserves
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/24/2022)TRUE: Compared to 2019 and 2021, the decrease in foreign reserves is 80% in Sri Lanka. But other countries in the [South Asian] region have seen an escalation of their reserves. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 25 January 2022 -
Eran Wickramaratne: Sri Lanka's record cost of interest
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/30/2021)TRUE: 70% of government revenue is spent on interest on loan repayment. Lebanon is the only country in the world that pays higher interest than Sri Lanka as a percentage of national revenue. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily ... -
Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)TRUE: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product. - Eran Wickramaratne, Dinamina, 22 May 2019 -
Ethics Eye: Bukiya - 27 February 2020
(2020-02-27)ඉරිදා මව්බිම පුවත්පතේ පළවන 'බුකිය' නම් වන කොලමෙන් උපුටා ගත් කොටස් කිහිපයක් මෙහි දක්වා ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානයට පාත්ර විය යුතු කරුණු කිහිපයක් සාකච්ඡා කෙරේ. -
G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed… - G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020 -
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 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (03-09 June)
(Veritè Research, 2019-06)The gap between the Sinhala and Tamil press during the week - infographic -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (05-11 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press within 04 August and 11 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (1-7 July)
(Veritè Research, 2019-07)The grid containing topics that were discussed by the Sinhala and Tamil press during the week -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (10-16 June)
(Veritè Research, 2019-06)A grid briefly explaining the topics discussed by the Sinhala and Tamil press during the week -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (12-18 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between the topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press between 12 - 18 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (14-30 June)
(Veritè Research, 2019-06)The grid containing main topics discussed by Tamil and Sinhala press during the week -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (17-23 June)
(Veritè Research, 2019-06)The grid containing the topics that were covered by the Sinhala and Tamil press during the week -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (19-25 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between the topics discussed in the SInhala and Tamil press between 29 - 25 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (29 July - 04 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)The difference between the topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press between 29 July and 04 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting: 22-28 July 2019
(Veritè Research, 2019-07)Infographic depiction of the difference between the Sinhala and Tamil press from 2019 July 22-28. -
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