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CBSL governor reports debt reduction with reduced accuracy
The national debt burden had decreased from 105 percent to 95 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Daily News | June 5, 2026
Posted on: 16 August, 2026
Partly True
Partly True
CBSL governor reports debt reduction with reduced accuracy
The national debt burden had decreased from 105 percent to 95 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Daily News | June 5, 2026
Posted on: 16 August, 2026
Premadasa on reserves: lands on destination through questionable path
The target for reserves when the IMF agreement ends in March 2027 is that it must be 14.2 billion. Today, we have only 7 [billion]. We have not been able to achieve even 50% of that target.
Ada Derana Sinhala Youtube Channel, speaking at a SJB event to set up a teachers' union | May 24, 2026
Posted on: 7 August, 2026
Partly True
Partly True
Premadasa on reserves: lands on destination through questionable path
The target for reserves when the IMF agreement ends in March 2027 is that it must be 14.2 billion. Today, we have only 7 [billion]. We have not been able to achieve even 50% of that target.
Ada Derana Sinhala Youtube Channel, speaking at a SJB event to set up a teachers' union | May 24, 2026
Posted on: 7 August, 2026
Records contradict MP Namal’s biting claim on dengue cases this year
It’s so clean that the highest number of dengue patients in Sri Lanka’s history were recorded this year.
NewsCenter Facebook page | June 23, 2026
Posted on: 2 August, 2026
False
False
Records contradict MP Namal’s biting claim on dengue cases this year
It’s so clean that the highest number of dengue patients in Sri Lanka’s history were recorded this year.
NewsCenter Facebook page | June 23, 2026
Posted on: 2 August, 2026
Tilvin: Wrong excuse for PC election delay – it can’t be the money
“Money was allocated in the last budget with the aim of holding the provincial council election. However, it was then that, as you all know, Cyclone Ditwah arrived. Therefore, while the money allocated for the budget remained as it is, we had to allocate Rs. 500 billion for Ditwah. And so, that was the money set aside to hold the election. Therefore, we will not be able to hold the election this year. “
NewsFirst Sri Lanka, Speaking during the inauguration of the Jaffna JVP office | May 24, 2026
Posted on: 17 July, 2026
False
False
Tilvin: Wrong excuse for PC election delay – it can’t be the money
“Money was allocated in the last budget with the aim of holding the provincial council election. However, it was then that, as you all know, Cyclone Ditwah arrived. Therefore, while the money allocated for the budget remained as it is, we had to allocate Rs. 500 billion for Ditwah. And so, that was the money set aside to hold the election. Therefore, we will not be able to hold the election this year. “
NewsFirst Sri Lanka, Speaking during the inauguration of the Jaffna JVP office | May 24, 2026
Posted on: 17 July, 2026
Sri Lanka’s prisons are packed with four times the people they are built to hold
“At present, facilities are available in prisons only for 11,000 inmates. Around 10,000 inmates are serving sentences while the remaining 30,000 are suspects”
Lankadeepa | June 16, 2026
Posted on: 10 July, 2026
True
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