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Mangala Samaraweera: Rupee appreciation
(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
Rishad Bathiudeen: Export Services
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/9/2019)
TRUE: … ICT/BPM, electronics, printing and packaging services – alone contributes to around $1.3 billion in export revenues every year.
- Rishad Bathiudeen, Daily FT, 28 August 2019
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers
(factchecklka - Facebook, 2/21/2019)
TRUE: “They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food."
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 25 January 2019, Daily News
Maithripala Sirisena: Women in the public sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/6/2019)
FALSE: of [public sector employees], 70% are women.
- Maithripala Sirisena, Dinamina, 28 March 2019
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Rajapaksa era exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/5/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: In the ten years of the Rajapaksa administration, this country’s exports fell from 30% to 18%.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Divaina, 12 August 2019
Maithripala Sirisena: SOE losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/24/2019)
TRUE: The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incur losses in the tens of millions [of rupees] per day.
- Maithripala Sirisena, Divaina, 4 June 2019
Nalinda Jayatissa: tea and rubber
(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
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
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Women in universities
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/20/2019)
TRUE: Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 2 October 2019
Wimal Weerawansa: MCC agreement
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/13/2019)
FALSE: …last week, the [US] Millennium Challenge Agreement was signed in Parliament. Once signed, a special economic corridor will be built from Trincomalee to Colombo Port.
- Wimal Weerawansa, Ada, 7 November 2019