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    • Budget Under the President 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This Infographic shows how the budget was spent under the President.

    • The Most Active MPs During the Budget Debates 2017 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This Infographic shows the most active MPs during the budget debates 2017.

    • How Does the Budged Process Work 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      this infographic depicts the process of passing the budget.

    • Where Does the Budget Go:The Top Five Ministries 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This Infographic shows the percentage of the 2017 budget divided among top five ministries and the other ministries.

    • Budget 2017: Second Reading Vote 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2017 budget.

    • Budget 2017: Third Reading Vote 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2016-12-15)
      This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 3rd reading of the 2017 budget.

    • Budget allocation: Education 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Education in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament.

    • Budget Allocation: Defence 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Defence in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament..

    • Budget allocation: Agriculture 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)
      This infograpic depicts the percentage allocated for the Agriculture in the Budget 2017 and the extent to which this topic have been discussed in Parliament.

    • Mujibur Rahman: COVID-19 foreign financing 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/11/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: We know that our country has received a large amount of money from abroad to control [the COVID-19 pandemic] ... In general, when everything is added up, [Sri Lanka] has received about LKR 200,000 million. - ...

    • Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: Covid-19 community transmission 

      E650;
      FactCheck       (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

    • Rajitha Senaratne: COVID-19 testing statistics 

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      FactCheck       (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 ...

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Presidential Immunity 

      E623;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/13/2020)
      FALSE: “…Even if [former President Sirisena] has committed a crime, he cannot be prosecuted as he enjoys immunity in terms of Article 35(1) of the Constitution… No law has stripped Presidential immunity against criminal ...

    • Sajith Premadasa: Fuel pricing 

      E608;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 5/6/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: A litre of diesel is sold at Rs. 104 and this can be reduced to Rs. 61. A litre of 92 octane petrol is Rs. 137; it can be priced at Rs. 80. - Sajith Premadasa, The Island, 11 March 2020

    • 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

    • GMOA: COVID-19 Statistics 

      P0008;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 4/2/2020)
      FALSE: “We are in a worst situation compared to Italy at the end of the first 7 days (from 1st Local Case). Peak of the COVID-19 in Sri Lanka can be expected during New Year Season if we do not take more aggressive decisions ...

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • 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

    • Kanchana Wijesekera: Forensic Audit Report 

      E556;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/5/2020)
      FALSE: "Around 96 percent of the Rs.10,000 million ‘loss’ highlighted by the Forensic Audit Report into Bond transactions from the period 2005-2015 actually went to several government institutions which benefitted immensely. ...

    • Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed 

      Legal Team (Verité Research, 2018-09)
      The submission includes a draft brief published by the legal team on the liquor ban imposed on women in Sri Lanka, titled “Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed”. On 10 January 2018, ...