Minister Sagala Ratnayaka exaggerates budget allocation for health and education
On 4 February 2019, Mawbima reported that Minister of Ports and Shipping and Southern Development Sagala Ratnayaka made the above statement. The 2017 Central Bank Annual Report shows that:
Mawbima | February 4, 2019
Posted on: 27 February, 2019
False
MP Dissanayake right on poverty of estate workers
“They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food."
Daily News | January 25, 2019
Posted on: 21 February, 2019
True
Sisira Jayakody: Invents claim on dual citizenship of MPs
We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship.
Divaina | January 2, 2019
Posted on: 8 February, 2019
Blatantly False
President wrong on undernourishment figures
Around 16 or 17 percent of Sri Lankans are undernourished.
Lankadeepa | October 18, 2018
Posted on: 9 January, 2019
False
Anura Priyadharshana Yapa: not quite correct on mobile phone taxes
When a mobile phone user in our country pays Rs. 5,000 [as the mobile phone bill], Rs. 1,600 of it goes towards paying taxes.
Divaina | October 26, 2018
Posted on: 20 December, 2018
Partly True
MP Mahinda Rajapaksa: Twice ‘FALSE’ on GDP growth
In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three.
TV Derana | November 25, 2018
Posted on: 10 December, 2018
False
Bandula Gunawardena: claim wrong by 99 percent
As a result of the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), nearly 4,000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the gazette notification 2069/2.
Divaina | October 17, 2018
Posted on: 5 December, 2018
Blatantly False
MP Sumanthiran is partly correct: 14 Tamil journalists were killed, but not all were murdered
If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered.
Mawbima | October 25, 2018
Posted on: 19 November, 2018
Partly True
MP Gunawardena false on two counts: wrong on the report, wrong on the language
In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury Bond Scam Report.
The Island | October 24, 2018
Posted on: 14 November, 2018
Blatantly False
MP Handunnetti’s data on urbanisation: quoted correctly, interpreted wrong
74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting.
Divaina | October 15, 2018
Posted on: 2 November, 2018
Partly True