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    • MP Voting Record on Key Legislation: Anuradhapura District MPs 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2015-07-24)
      This infographic depicts Anuradhapura District MPs voting record on 18th Amendment, CJ Impeachment, Casino and 19th Amendment.

    • Budget Promises 2019 Education 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2019)
      Percentages out of the total budget for Education in 2018 and 2019 were compared, undisclosed progresses from 2018 proposals, top 5 MPs contributed to Education in Parliament, minister's contribution and parliament's ...

    • Budget Promises 2019: Education 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2019)
      Percentages out of the total budget for Education in 2018 and 2019 were compared, undisclosed progresses from 2018 proposals, top 5 MPs contributed to Education in Parliament, minister's contribution and parliament's ...

    • MP Voting Record on Key Legislation: Anuradhapura district MPs 

      Team, Manthri (Manthri.lk, 2015-07-24)
      This infographic depicts Anuradhapura District MPs voting record on 18th Amendment, CJ Impeachment, Casino and 19th Amendment.

    • මහ බැංකුවේ තිස් අවුරුදු බැඳුම්කර ඛේදවාචකය: ‘අහිමි වූයේ‘ කුමක් ද? = Central Bank’s 30 year Bond Debacle: What is the “Loss”? 

      විදසුන්;වෙළුම් 01 - කාණ්ඩය 01
      de Mel, Nishan       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-07)
      In February 2015 the Central Bank of Sri Lanka called an auction for one billion rupees on a 30 year bond. It then accepted 10 fold – 10 billion rupees – after the bids were in. This Insight identifies three errors in the ...

    • තොරතුරු හිඟයෙන් පීඩා විඳින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික අපනයනකරුවෝ 

      විදසුන්;වෙළුම් 02 - කාණ්ඩය 01
      Munas, Hasna       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-07)
      There are several causes to the problems facing Sri Lanka’s economy. The problem of bureaucratic inefficiency is exemplified by this case study: finding information about trade regulations is a significant barrier to ...

    • MP Voting Record on Key Legislation: Anuradhapura district MPs 

      Unknown author (2015-07-24)
      This infographic depicts Anuradhapura District MPs voting record on 18th Amendment, CJ Impeachment,  Casino and 19th Amendment.

    • Sinhala Press Coverage of COVID-19: January-March 2020 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-03)
      On 03 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the media ethics guidelines while reporting on COVID-19

    • COVID-19 and Prejudiced Points 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
      On 01 April 2020, Aruna ran an article quoting a vague source which claimed that hiding correct information is a trait of an individual's religion (which was also the religion of a COVID-19 patient)

    • The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading? 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
      On 26 March 2020, ITN's 09.30 pm news ran a segment on the presidential pardon granted to Sunil Rathnayake. In this segment, Rathnayake's arrest and sentence was described as being part of the alleged 'Ranaviru Dadayama' ...

    • Conspiracy theories presented without sources 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-01)
      On 31 March 2020, Divaina published an article containing a conspiracy theory regarding COVID-19 that had been refuted by factchecking sites. Divaina did not cite sources to back up its claim.

    • Eran Wickramaratne: All Borrowings Used to Repay Debt 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 8/22/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: Total borrowings by the Government have been completely used to repay debt. - Eran Wickramaratne, Daily FT, 19 June 2019

    • Udaya Gammanpila: Prison Expenditure 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/27/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: Today, most people in prisons are those imprisoned for being unable to pay fines. To maintain a prisoner, the government spends Rs. 671 per person per day. Accordingly, a person who is imprisoned for being ...

    • Mangala Samaraweera: Macroeconomic indicators 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/20/2019)
      PARTLY TRUE: …macroeconomic indicators showed positive trends with the country’s $7.6 billion foreign reserves, capable of covering four months of imports, the trade deficit declining to a five year low in February and Sri ...

    • Namal Rajapaksa: Education 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 9/21/2019)
      FALSE: Today 560,000 sit the Ordinary Level examination. 340,000 sit the Advanced Level examination. Around 65,000 – 100,000 pass the examination. Approximately 28,000 go to university. - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 11 July 2019

    • Dinesh Gunawardena: IDP Resettlement 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/25/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: “Sri Lanka also made significant progress in the resettlement of over 440,000 IDPs … presently it has risen to 93.76%.” - Dinesh Gunawardena, Daily FT, 28 February 2020

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Mihin and Sri Lankan Airlines debt 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Udaya Gammanpila: National anthem in Tamil 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/30/2020)
      FALSE: [According to Article 7 of the constitution] Sri Lanka's national anthem is "Sri Lanka Maatha"… if anything other than the words of "Sri Lanka Maatha" contained in the third schedule is considered to be the national ...

    • Sajith Premadasa: Women in politics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/24/2020)
      TRUE: …[we] have not been able to increase representation [of women] in parliament. Even today, representation of women in our parliament is at a level of 5.8%. Our government was able to increase representation of women ...

    • Keheliya Rambukwella: GDP Growth 

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      Media Team       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/16/2020)
      TRUE: When President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country in 2005, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was USD 20 billion. In ten years, we increased the GDP to USD 80 billion. - Keheliya Rambukwella, Dinamina, 4 December 2019