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The NPP Govt.’s half-time score card unimpressive - Opinion | Daily Mirror

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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National people’s Front (NPP) Government has been in power for the past two years and five months.”
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The claim states the NPP government has been in power for two years and five months. However, the evidence from Wikipedia and Lanka-e-News indicates the NPP won the presidency in September 2024. As of the current date (August 2025 per the evidence), they have been in power for less than a year, directly contradicting the 'two years and five months' claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The National People's Power (NPP), known in Sinhala as the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB), is a centre-left [11] to left-wing [12][13][14][15] political alliance in Sri Lanka. It is the current ruling …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People's_Power
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web search NEUTRAL — The Marxist-Leninist JVP was responsible for two bloody insurrections in 1971 and 1987-89 that killed tens of thousands of Sri Lankans.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/14022025-breaking-the-cycle-of…
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web search NEUTRAL — NPP Government Must Remember Its Promises to Ordinary Sri Lankans - And Its Responsibilities -By LeN Political Editor (Lanka-e-News -02.Aug.2025, 10.00 PM) It was an extraordinary moment in Sri Lanka'…
https://www.lankaenews.com/news/4670/en
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“Both the sons of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, are being prosecuted by courts on various corruption charges.”
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Evidence confirms Yoshitha Rajapaksa faces money laundering charges (The Hindu), but there is no specific evidence provided regarding the second son being prosecuted simultaneously for corruption charges.
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web search NEUTRAL — Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the sixth president of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015; the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2005, 2018, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa
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web search NEUTRAL — Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former Sri Lankan president, faces money laundering charges amid renewed anti-corruption efforts.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lanka-former…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mahinda Rajapaksa's 10-year reign as Sri Lankan president ended with allegations of nepotism and corruption.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGxaKEPjC0
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“immediate past President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested.”
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Multiple independent sources (The New York Times, and other news reports) confirm that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on corruption charges around August 22, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwye3y3dyn6o
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Sri Lankan President Arrested on Corruption Charges. The ex-leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was arrested amid government investigations into widespread bribery and graft.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/world/asia/sri-lanka-rani…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Arrested on Corruption Charges - The New York Times.Former Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested. 22 Aug 2025. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“‘The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption’ has initiated an investigation into the alleged assets of six ministers of the current NPP Government under the Money Laundering Act.”
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The Daily Mirror reports that the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption initiated an investigation into six NPP ministers under the Money Laundering Act. No other independent source corroborates this specific number of ministers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Colombo, Dec 30 (Daily Mirror) - The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption has initiated an investigation into the alleged assets of six ministers of the current NPP governmen…
https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Six-ministers-under…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that it is investigating bribery allegations against him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PLxeZ1JfsI
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web search NEUTRAL — The MoU between the CIABOC and the FIU would enable both institutions to exchange information, which is vital for prevention, detection and prosecution of money laundering, bribery or corruption, and …
https://www.ft.lk/Front-Page/FIU-signs-MoU-with-Commission-t…
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“According to the then Acting IGP, in 2024 there were 93 incidents of underworld gang shootings.”
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The web search results for this claim are irrelevant, returning results about film shootings and unrelated gang violence, with no mention of an Acting IGP reporting 93 shootings in 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — Parashakthi Shooting in Sri Lanka, Chakkare omg his smile #sivakarthikeyan. Beautiful cricket stadiums for your next filming project in Sri Lanka, contact: producer@crewforshoots.com #srilanka #filmlo…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/film-shooting-sri-lanka
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web search NEUTRAL — The Area's Gang Leader Was Killed And Dismembered By Members Of His Gang.Pumping Some Shots Into Rival Gang Member.
https://alivegore.com/cartel/
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web search NEUTRAL — Смотрите онлайн «Tahong (2024) English Sub» от автора This is Cinema. Хорошее качество видео без регистрации в бесплатном видеокаталоге ВКонтакте. Опубликовано 27 сентября 2024.
https://vk.com/video-223142615_456239131
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“the average wage in the public sector varies between Rs. 57,000 to 60,000.”
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The provided evidence discusses minimum wages in USD or general wage boards, but does not provide the specific average public sector wage range of Rs. 57,000 to 60,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — Minimum Wages in Sri Lanka was 38.644 USD/Month in 2023. Latest statistics on minimum and average salaries in Sri Lanka.
https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/minimum-wages/sri-lank…
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web search NEUTRAL — Download the aloSIM app today & use our code JAYKAROLINA for $3 USD OFF your first eSIM https://alosim.onelink.me/NWPY/jaykarolina Traveling Soon? Don’t ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOpQqF1mxk
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web search NEUTRAL — Minimum wages are determined by sector specific tripartite wage boards for more than 40 trades in Sri Lanka. Minimum wage may be determined on hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis by Wage Boards con…
https://wageindicator.org/en-lk/work-in-sri-lanka/labour-law…
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“the cost of providing two meals per family per day is over Rs. 100,000.”
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The search results returned general definitions of 'cost' and links to Costco Wholesale, providing no data on the cost of meals for families in Sri Lanka.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost
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web search NEUTRAL — Official website for Costsco Wholesale. Shop by departments, or search for specific item(s).
https://www.costco.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop Costco.ca for electronics, computers, furniture, outdoor living, appliances, jewellery and more. Enjoy low warehouse prices on name-brand products delivered to your door.
https://www.costco.ca/
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“the latest UNICEF report shows that about 56,000 children in Sri Lanka are suffering from acute malnutrition.”
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The claim states 56,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition. However, a Parliamentary Special Committee report cited in the evidence states about 16,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition, directly contradicting the figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Parliamentary Special Committee’s report on child malnutrition, about 16,000 children in Sri Lanka are suffering from acute malnutrition. The report also reveals that one-quarter of t…
https://www.dailyreporter.lk/top-stories/160000-children-in-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A UNICEF report last month showed that over 5.7 million people, including 2.3 million children, require humanitarian assistance in Sri Lanka, making it among the top ten countries with the highest num…
https://economynext.com/crisis-hit-sri-lanka-looks-for-foste…
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web search NEUTRAL — Children are scarce, the elderly are not too many, longevity has not yet set in the death rate being high and the country has a bulge of working age adults. Currently all labour intensive industries i…
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/20-of-lankan-popu…
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“The report adds that 2.2 million children in Sri Lanka need humanitarian assistance.”
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No evidence was gathered or provided for this specific claim.
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“Government recently announced an increase in the VAT rate on financial services from 18 to 20.5 percent”
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No evidence was gathered or provided for this specific claim.
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