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Contribution of Former MP Chandrani Bandara in the 8th Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2020-03-10)This infographic depicts the parliamentary contribution of the former female MP Chandrani Bandara in the 8th parliament of sri lanka from September 2015 - September 2019. -
Contribution of Former MP Anoma Gamage in the 8th Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2020-03-10)This infographic depicts the parliamentary contribution of the former female MP Anoma Gamage in the 8th parliament of Sri Lanka from September 2015 - September 2019. -
Contribution of Former MP Sriyani Wijewickrama in the 8th Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2020-03-10)This infographic depicts the parliamentary contribution of the former female MP shriyani wijewickrama in the 8th parliament of sri Lanka from September 2015 - September 2019. -
Who Are the MPs with the Most Expunged Statements
(Manthri.lk, 2020-06-08)This Infographic shows the MPs, that made the most number of expunged statements in the 8th Parliament from Sept.2015 -Feb.2020. -
8TH PARLIAMENT IS DISSOLVED
(Manthri.lk, 2020-03-06)This Infographic Shows the way President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka on 3rd March 2020 by virtue of the powers vested in him by Articles 70 and 33 (2) c of the Constitution and S.10 of the ... -
A Rational Method for Cabinet Formation in Sri Lanka: A White Paper
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-08)Ministries are the overarching bodies that house relevant government bodies such as departments and authorities in charge of a particular subject area. They are responsible for the formulation and approval of national level ... -
Analysis on Attendance: JVP shines through - September 2015-February 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06-07)From September 2015-February 2019, a total of 325 sessions were held in Parliament. This analysis reveals some striking results of MPs attendance in parliament. -
Analysis on Questions by Private Notice: September 2015-March 2019
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06-07)An analysis of the the questions by private notice facility in Parliament by the manthri.lk team reveals some striking results. The period analysed was September 2015-March 2019. (A question by private notice is a parliamentary ... -
What is the purpose of a written question?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2019-05-03)Introduction of a written questions and showing the real opposition by performance of each party and the highest performed MPs. -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Office on Missing Persons Act
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/3/2020)FALSE: “In August of 2016, without even allowing for a parliamentary debate on the matter, the Yahapalana government forcibly enacted the Office on Missing Persons Act.” -Mahinda Rajapaksa, Aruna, 29 June 2020 -
Harsha De silva: Government debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/1/2020)TRUE: …the government made a hue and cry [those days] saying that the debt rose by Rs. 5,700 billion in five years, didn’t they? However, during their time, it has risen by [approximately] Rs. 1,000 billion in just four ... -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Postal Department
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/12/2020)TRUE: "The Postal Department is currently running at a loss of about Rs 6 billion. It generates an income of Rs 8 billion annually. The department’s expenditure runs to about Rs 14 billion on account of having overtime ... -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Government Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2020)FALSE: "When I was the Prime Minister, the government revenue was LKR 150,000 million. The revenue last month was LKR 50,000 million. LKR 90,000 million is needed to pay the salaries and pensions of the public servants." ... -
National Freedom Front: Auditor General's duties under 20A
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)TRUE: The provision under which companies registered under the Registrar of Companies and of which the government is the majority shareholder, have been removed from the audit process of the Auditor General [in the proposed ... -
Wigneswaran: Unemployment disparity
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/31/2020)FALSE: “Unemployment in our war-affected areas have exceeded 10% while the national average proportion of unemployment is less than 6%.” - C. V. Wigneswaran, Daily FT, 12 September 2020 -
Mahinda Rajapakse: Budget Deficit
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/19/2020)FALSE: “…the budget deficit which my government brought down to 5.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, has increased to over 9.6 percent of the GDP by 2019… outstanding unpaid bills amounted to Rs. 243 billion, ... -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Foreign debt payment
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/26/2020)TRUE: We have to pay close to USD 400 million a month in [foreign] debt. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Lankadeepa, 12 October 2020 -
Mahindananda Aluthgamage: Agriculture
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/7/2020)FALSE: 40% of the population is directly employed in agriculture. - Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Mawbima, 17 August 2020 -
Sajith Premadasa: Government's tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/4/2020)FALSE: In the first seven months of 2020, the government's tax revenue was reduced by 40.9 percent in comparison with that same period last year. - Sajith Premadasa. Divaina, 7 October 2020 -
Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ...