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National Freedom Front: Auditor General's duties under 20A
(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
(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
(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
(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 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Mihin and Sri Lankan Airlines debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/6/2020)FALSE: Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Divaina, 28 August 2019 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Money Printing
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/21/2021)TRUE: Rs. 130 billion rupees has been printed from November 1 to December 1. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 11 December 2020 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Sugar and Fats Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/1/2021)TRUE: Compared to 2019, sugar imports have increased by 38% and oil and fat imports have increased by 237%. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Parliament Hansard, 11 February 2021 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: True on SL’s uneasy equilibrium, false on fuel bill savings
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/13/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …the current normalcy in the country is at a low-level equilibrium. This is an uneasy equilibrium.... Our normal [monthly] fuel bill stood at US $ 550 million. It has now been cut down to US $ 200 million… Patali ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2020)PARTLY TRUE: When the Yahapalana government came into power, state revenue was LKR 1.05 trillion. Our government doubled this income to LKR 2.1 trillion within 5 years. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Lankadeepa, 6 February 2020 -
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: CEB profits and electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk , 5/19/2022)PARTLY TRUE: In 2014… we did so much work and reduced the electricity bill by 25 percent. – Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, DailyNews, 14 March 2022. -
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: Covid-19 community transmission
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/4/2020)TRUE: …No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community. - Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Ada Derana, 20 May 2020 -
Prof. W.D. Lakshman: Banking Sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/30/2020)TRUE - The banking sector remains strong with total capital adequacy ratio above 16 per cent, net stable funding ratio above 130 per cent, liquidity coverage ratio above 175 per cent and statutory liquid asset ratio above ... -
Rajitha Senaratne: Cigarette taxes
(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 -
Rajitha Senaratne: COVID-19 testing statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2020)PARTLY TRUE: [The number in Sri Lanka considered to have contracted Covid-19] is determined only by the number of people that have been tested for the virus. Symptoms of Covid-19 appear only in 15% [of the infected]. Others ... -
Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka. - Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020 -
Rajitha Senaratne: WHO on SL Health Service Rank
(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 -
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 ...