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MP Premadasa’s child poverty figures add up
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 poverty.
Hiru News | July 22, 2024
Posted on: 15 August, 2024
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MP Alahapperuma ably presents past data on children with disabilities
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.
Parliament of Sri Lanka YouTube channel | June 5, 2024
Posted on: 8 August, 2024
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MP Abeysinghe flies too low on foreign departures
500 individuals from our country go abroad on a daily basis. In the recent past, between 180,000 and 200,000 individuals per month have gone abroad. The reason why they go abroad is because it’s difficult to live in this country.
Dinamina | December 21, 2023
Posted on: 14 March, 2024
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MP Wickramaratne travels with some trouble on the SL passport
[The] Sri Lankan passport [is] …97th among global passports…What does it mean? It means that…you have access to 40 countries without a visa. Sri Lanka has very little access to other countries to get a visa on arrival. Among those countries are Pakistan, Singapore, and Dominica…
Eran Wickramaratne’s YouTube Page | December 8, 2023
Posted on: 22 February, 2024
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MP Gammanpila raises false alarm on declining Sinhala population
"According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. That gap has been filled by the Tamil and Muslim people who arrived from the north and east.”
Aruna | August 3, 2023
Posted on: 14 September, 2023
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa: over-energetic on electricity access
We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country.
Divaina | June 24, 2020
Posted on: 16 July, 2020
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Minister Bandara right on number of deaths due to drowning
Deaths reported as being due to drowning are about 800 annually.
Dinamina | May 15, 2019
Posted on: 25 July, 2019
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Minister Samaraweera is correct: Sri Lanka’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has increased by 34 places
Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131
Divaina | September 28, 2018
Posted on: 12 October, 2018
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