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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
Partly True
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
Partly True
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
False
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
Partly True
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
True
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
True