SLIC donates Rs. 10 m to ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund | Daily FT

🇱🇰 public Sri Lanka · Mar 26, 2026 · 156 words

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What to know about SLIC donates Rs. 10 m to ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund

SLIC, a financial institution, donated Rs. 10 million to the 'Rebuild Sri Lanka' Fund following the Ditwah cyclone. The donation was formally transferred to the Treasury Secretary at a government ministry. Company executives emphasized their commitment to social responsibility and national recovery efforts.

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What happened

Friday Mar 27, 2026 Thursday, 26 March 2026 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} From left: SLIC General CEO Dr.

Why it matters

Harshana Suriyapperuma, SLIC Chairman Nusith Kumaratunga, SLIC Life CEO Nalin Subasinghe and CFO Sriyani Kulasinghe SLIC donated Rs.

Common ground

10 million to the ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund in support of families affected by the recent ‘Ditwah’ cyclone.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: SLIC donates Rs. 10 m to ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that SLIC Chairman Nusith Kumaratunga, SLIC Life CEO Nalin Subasinghe, SLIC General CEO Dr. Sameera Dharmasena, and SLIC Life CFO Sriyani Kulasinghe were present at the occasion?
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.ft.lk/business/SLIC-donates-Rs-10-m-to-Rebuild-Sri-Lanka-Fund/34-790…

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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “SLIC Chairman Nusith Kumaratunga, SLIC Life CEO Nalin Subasinghe, SLIC General CEO Dr. Sameera Dharmasena, and SLIC Life CFO Sriyani Kulasinghe were present at the occasion.”

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The specific list of attendees (Nusith Kumaratunga, Nalin Subasinghe, Dr. Sameera Dharmasena, and Sriyani Kulasinghe) is mentioned in the context of the claim but is not independently corroborated by the provided web search results. The web search results confirm the donation event but do not list the attendees.

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Claim 2: “SLIC donated Rs. 10 million to the ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund in support of families affected by the recent ‘Ditwah’ cyclone.”

CORROBORATED

The claim that SLIC donated Rs. 10 million to the 'Rebuild Sri Lanka' Fund in support of families affected by the 'Ditwah' cyclone is reported by multiple independent web search results (Daily FT and Daily Mirror).

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Claim 3: “The contribution was formally handed over to the Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on 16 March 2026.”

CORROBORATED

The claim regarding the donation, the fund, the cyclone, and the handover to the Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma, is consistently reported across multiple web search results, although the exact date (16 March 2026) is only explicitly mentioned in one source's context, while others confirm the core event details.

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