FactCheck: Recent submissions
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Patali Champika Ranawaka: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-11-05)FALSE: We heard on the election stages the claim that […] [they] would reduce the fuel price, remove/reduce taxes. […] Actually, around two weeks ago octane 92 petrol was brought into the country at Rs.195. Similarly, ... -
Sajith Premadasa: Child poverty
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-14)TRUE: According to international statistics 25 percent of children in Sri Lanka are suffering from child poverty. […] Statistics have shown that 42 percent of our country's children are suffering from multidimensional ... -
Bandula Gunawardana: Expressways
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-16)PARTLY TRUE: The foreign loans obtained to construct the expressways and have not been repaid yet amount to Rs. 800 billion. The annual profit [from expressways] is Rs. 5 billion. Even if we continue to earn a profit of ... -
Mangala Wijesinghe: Services exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-12-04)TRUE: Last year, service exports recorded 3.1 billion dollars in revenue compared to 2022, reflecting a 69% growth, mainly driven by ICT, logistics, transport and construction. Mangala Wijesinghe, Sri Lanka Business, 16 ... -
Prof. Anil Jayantha: Debt borrowing
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-30)TRUE: […] the Central Bank has issued treasury bills of LKR 465.1 billion during the period between September 27 and October 15, […] LKR 400 billion out of the total of LKR 465.1 billion has been utilised for debt ... -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: IT professionals
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-23)PARTLY TRUE: Currently, there are 26 million software engineers in the world, but there are only 85,000 in Sri Lanka. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, JVP Sri Lanka YouTube Page, 13 August 2024 -
Dilith Jayaweera: Gas prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-16)PARTLY TRUE: Our president [Ranil Wickremesinghe] […] increased the price of gas by fourfold, increased the price of [crude] oil by fourfold, increased the price of petrol […] After that, he said, “Look, there are no queues ... -
Eran Wickramarantne: Sri Lanka savings
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-02)FALSE: Savings are low in Sri Lanka. In general, Sri Lanka's savings are at most 15% or 20%. In India it is 30% to 35%. In China, it is more than 50%. We do not have that. Eran Wickramaratne, Parliament, 7 June 2024 -
Madhura Withanage: Tax and non-tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-25)TRUE: Especially, tax revenue increased by LKR 1,700 Bn in the first six months of 2024. That is a growth of 42.6%. We have been able to achieve a growth of 44.7% of the annual estimate. Also, non-tax revenue has increased ... -
Ali Sabry: Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-11)PARTLY TRUE: In 1991, Bangladesh only exported goods worth roughly USD 2.2 Bn. Vietnam exported goods worth around USD 3 Bn. Sri Lanka exported goods worth around USD 2.8 Bn. Today, by 2024, Bangladesh’s exports have reached ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Government salaries
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-03)TRUE: If the VAT concession had not been granted, the salaries of government employees could be raised by Rs. 30,000 per month. That is the truth. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Patali Champika Ranawaka’s Facebook, 10 July 2024 -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Foreign remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-21)TRUE: Even today, our country is running on the foreign currency sent by you [Sri Lankans living overseas]. […] our country has gas, fuel, and medicines, firstly because of the foreign exchange you all send, and secondly, ... -
Dullas Alahapperuma: Children with disabilities
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-07)TRUE: The latest census indicates that 34 percent of school-age children with disabilities in this country do not receive even a basic education [...]. However, these statistics are from 2012, from the last census. Dullas ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Foreign loans taken
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-31)PARTLY TRUE: Our country’s total foreign debt is USD 37 billion. However, this person [the one who posted on social media] is citing a false figure... [He] claims that we obtained loans of up to [USD] 100 billion [from USD ... -
Hesha Withanage: SriLankan Airlines losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-06-05)TRUE: By the end of the 2023 financial year, the losses of SriLankan Airlines amounted to Rs. 609 billion […] Every family in this country, […] has been placed in a position where they have to pay Rs. 107,000. Hesha ... -
Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Unemployment
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-05-29)PARTLY TRUE: The country's unemployment rate rose to 5.5% in 2020. It was the highest unemployment rate experienced by Sri Lanka since 2009. The government was able to bring that figure down to 4.7% by 2023. Sunanda Madduma ... -
Thushara Indunil: Increase in costs
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-05-22)FALSE: The cost of many goods and services increased to levels that couldn’t be borne [by the people]. The cost of many goods and services increased by 300% [sic] when compared to 2020. That means, the cost of goods and ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Borrowing loans
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-05-08)TRUE: Even though the @CBSL reported that a $ 2 billion loan repayment was made, $ 3 billion was borrowed from multilateral sources during the same period. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Patali Champika Ranawaka’s X account, ... -
Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Sri Lanka's real growth
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-05-01)FALSE: Sri Lanka’s per capita GDP was USD 140 in 1959. Following the economic crisis, in 2020, it stood at USD 3,474. This also shows that there has been a massive change in the income level of the country as well as the ... -
Anupa Pasqual: University admission
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-04-24)FALSE: Only 40,000 of these 400,000 students [that enter Grade 1] are given the opportunity to go to university. 90% do not get into university and are left to drift aimlessly. Anupa Pasqual, Parliament of Sri Lanka ...