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Daily Mirror LK · 🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · · 206 words · By DM Editorial
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What to know about Record entrepreneur loans expected in 2026: Sunil Handunneththi - Breaking News

Reply To: Name - Reply Comment By Mangala Pavithrani Colombo, March 31 (Daily Mirror) - Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunneththi, announced that 2026 will witness the highest number of loans granted to entrepreneurs in recent…

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What happened

Reply To: Name - Reply Comment By Mangala Pavithrani Colombo, March 31 (Daily Mirror) - Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunneththi, announced that 2026 will witness the highest number of loans granted to entrepreneurs in recent…

Why it matters

Addressing the Central Province Entrepreneurship Awards Ceremony as the chief guest, the Minister said the government is placing significant emphasis on empowering local industrialists and expanding access to finance.

Common ground

He revealed that a substantial allocation of Rs.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A special award for the 'Best Import Alternative Industry' will be introduced from next year, aimed at encouraging businesses that contribute to saving foreign exchange”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia for 'Best Import Alternative Industry' awards.
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Claim 2: “A digitalised One-Stop Centre will be set up in the near future, enabling entrepreneurs to obtain necessary approvals and licenses efficiently, without bribery or political interference”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia for digital One-Stop Centre initiatives.
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Claim 3: “2026 will witness the highest number of loans granted to entrepreneurs in recent history”
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Wikipedia entries for 2026 only describe historical events (Iran war, deaths) and unrelated topics. No evidence about loan grants to entrepreneurs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026 the United States and Israel started an armed conflict with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian offic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
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Claim 4: “District and Divisional Secretaries have been instructed to establish Land Banks to address persistent challenges faced by entrepreneurs in acquiring land for industrial activities”
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Wikipedia entries about Sri Lanka districts, divisional secretariats, and Bangladesh's order of precedence do not mention Land Bank initiatives for entrepreneurs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Batticaloa District (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය maḍakalapuva distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batticaloa_District
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The districts of Sri Lanka are further divided into administrative sub-units known as divisional secretariats (Sinhala: ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාස, romanized: Prādēśīya lēkam koṭṭhāsa ; Tamil: பிரதேச செ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The order of precedence in Bangladesh, officially known as Warrant of Precedence, is a symbolic hierarchy that lays down the relative precedence in terms of ranks of important functionaries belonging …
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Claim 5: “A substantial allocation of Rs. 87 billion had been made in 2025 to facilitate entrepreneurship credit”
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Wikipedia entries about Audi RS 4, Chhaava film, and RS Berkane contain no financial data or allocations for entrepreneurship credit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Audi RS 4 is the high-performance variant of the Audi A4 range produced by Audi Sport GmbH for AUDI AG, a division of the Volkswagen Group. It sits above the Audi S4 as the fastest, most sports-fo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chhaava (transl. Lion cub) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language epic historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhaava
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Arabic: نادي النهضة البركانية), commonly referred to as RS Berkane, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Berkane. It competes in the Botola Pro, the top f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS_Berkane
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