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    • Ranjith Madduma Bandara: Drowning statistics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/25/2019)
      About 800 deaths due to drowning are reported annually.

    • Vijitha Herath: Interest Payments and Government Income 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
      FALSE: According to the 2018 Central Bank Annual Report, when the total income was Rs. 1,920 billion, the interest payments were at Rs. 2,088 billion. There was a deficit of Rs. 168 billion. - Vijitha Herath, Divaina, 28 May 2019

    • Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Tilak Marapana: Release of military acquired lands 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/13/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: Of the 71,172.56 acres of state-owned land occupied by the security forces, 63,257.48 acres were released between May 2009 and 12 March 2019. This is a release of 88.87% of the initially occupied land. - Tilak ...

    • COVID-19: Is ethnicity relevant? 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-03-20)
      On 19 March 2020 Mawbima published a news item on COVID-19 that emphasised irrelevant details including the ethnicity of a patient and (negative) details about patients

    • Ranil Wickremesinghe: Penal code on foreign terrorist organizations 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/2/2019)
      FALSE: “To take part in a foreign armed uprising is not an offence here…. there is no law to prevent you from that." - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Interview with SkyNews, 26 April 2019

    • Thalatha Atukorale: Prison statistics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/23/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: There are close to 22,000 inmates in prisons. Of them, a large number is serving sentences that are less than two years. - Thalatha Atukorale, Dinamina, 10 April 2019

    • John Amaratunga: Tourism earnings 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/16/2019)
      TRUE: When he took office in 2015, there were 1.5 million tourist arrivals and in 2018, it increased to 2.3 million. Tourism revenue was USD 2.5 billion and reached USD 4.3 billion in the same time period. - John Amaratunga, ...

    • Maithripala Sirisena: Women in the public sector 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)
      FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women. - Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019

    • 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

    • Harshana Rajakaruna: MPs not speaking in Parliament 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/28/2019)
      TRUE: As a whole, 95% of MPs have spoken [in parliament in 2018]. It is only 5% who haven't spoken. - Harshana Rajakaruna, Silumina, 3 March 2019

    • Rajitha Senaratne: Cigarette taxes 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 3/14/2019)
      FALSE: "We have acted appropriately against the use of tobacco and imposed a 90% tax on tobacco in an attempt to reduce tobacco usage." - Rajitha Senaratne, Daily News, 20 February 2019

    • Mahinda Rajapaksa: Debt 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 3/21/2019)
      FALSE: "In the past four years, the UNP-led government has borrowed the equivalent of 50% of the total national debt that was outstanding as at the end of December 2014 from the loans taken in the six decades after gaining ...

    • Rajitha Senaratne: WHO on SL Health Service Rank 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/30/2019)
      FALSE: Within the world healthcare system, the fact that the best health service is provided by Cuba and Sri Lanka has been accepted by the World Health Organization. - Rajitha Senaratne, Mawbima, 4 February 2019

    • Sagala Ratnayaka: Health and Education Budget Allocation 

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      FactCheck       (factchecklka - Facebook, 2/27/2019)
      FALSE: Last year the allocation for the education and health sectors in the country made up 25% of the total budget. - Sagala Ratnayaka, Mawbima, 4 February 2019

    • 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

    • 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

    • Religious incidents in Mullaitivu: How did the press cover it? 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/11/2019)
      Manner in which the SInhala and Tamil press covered tensions regarding the Nayaru/Gurukanda religious site in Mullaitivu from 30 June to 11 July 2019. Sinhala press - 11 articles Tamil press - 34 articles

    • 10 years since the end of the war: How did the Sinhala and Tamil press depict the commemorations? 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)
      The manner in which Sinhala and Tamil press depicted the commemoration of 10 years after war through images on May 19 and 20. Sinhala press Commemorating war heroes - 15 images Commemorating Mullivaikkal - 03 images Tamil ...

    • Kalmunai hunger strike and Satyagraha: How much press coverage did they receive? 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/24/2019)
      The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported on the hunger strike and satyagraha in Kalmunai on upgrading Kalmunai North sub-Divisional Secretariat to a Divisional Secretariat. Sinhala press - 07 articles Tamil ...