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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
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