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Nalaka Godahewa: Tax targets
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/26/2023)FALSE: […] The expected tax income for 2023 is Rs 3,130 billion [a 70% increase from 2022]. It is not something practical. Since the tax net is not functioning properly, the tax burden will fall on the same people who paid ... -
Harsha de Silva: Real Returns on EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2023)TRUE: […] In the [EPF] Act itself it specifies 2.5% return. […] at the time inflation was at around 1 percent, if you look at 5 years prior to 1958, the average would have been 1 percent. […] Over the years, some years ... -
පුවතට අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04-06)On the 4th of April 2023, Dinamina highlighted the suspect's ethnicity where it was irrelevant, while Ada reported it ethically without revealing the suspect's race. -
බුද්ධි ප්රබෝධ මිය යෑම සහ අසංවේදී, ගැටළු සහගත මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, Dinamina and Silumina newspapers published insensitive editorials and a cartoon that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death and mental illness. -
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala and English newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Daily News and Daily Mirror, published articles on various topics (i.e. Journalist falsely seeks Asylum, Masses ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)On the 10th of April 2023, Aruna used a headline which objectified and sexualised women, while Lankadeepa reported the same news ethically. On the 2nd of April 2023, Silumina published an article containing women stereotypes, ... -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima published articles containing the term "චීනා" (Cheena), which is considered derogatory towards Chinese ... -
කම්පනයකට මුහුණ දී සිටින්නන්ගෙන් ප්රකාශයන් ලබා ගැනීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් විය යුතු කරුණු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-31)On August 31, 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethics guidelines for obtaining statements from affected parties. -
බාලවයස්කාර දරුවන් පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-29)On 29th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethical guidelines on reporting on minors. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, several Sinhala, English newspapers and Sinhala TV channels, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Daily News, Hiru TV news and Derana Aruna newspapers reading program, violated ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08)During the months of July and August 2023, several Sinhala, Tamil and English newspapers, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Thamilan, Virakesari and Daily News, published several articles which contained ... -
හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තා කිරීමක් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-03)On 27 July 2023, Swarnavahini's reportage on a student who died in an accident used the term "මල් කැකුළක්" (Mal kakulak), which sensationalised the incident. On July 27 2023, Hiru reported the news ethically, avoiding ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයකට මුහුණ පෑ අයෙකු අපවිත්ර වූ බවට හඟවන "දූෂණය", "කෙළෙසීම" වැනි යෙදුම් උචිත වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-25)On the 25 of August 2023, Ethics Eye published this infographic emphasising the use of ethical term 'ලිංගික අපරාධය' instead of using terms like 'දූෂණය' and 'කෙළෙසීම' which give the sense that the survivor of a sex crime ... -
වඩාත් සුදුසු හා සංවේදී සිරස්තල (ය) ලෙස ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-04)On the 3rd of August 2023, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina and Mawbima had reported on the death of a Corporal in an insensitive manner. -
උපකාරක අංක පළ කිරීම ප්රශංසනීයයි!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-14)On the 3 August 2023, Sinhala TV channel Siyatha reported a news that included suicide helplines. -
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08)In the months of July and August 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles that contain terms that trivialize sex crimes and the term "දුෂණය" (Dushanaya). -
අගතියට පත් වූ අය හට වරද පැටවීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-08)On the 6 August 2023 article published in Sunday Aruna used the term "රූමත්" (Rumath) to highlight physical appearance where it was irrelevant and blamed the murder victims, stating they lacked a good character certificate. -
උඩවලවේ නියඟය සහ ජල ගැටලුව: රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-06)This infographic shows how the ITN, Rupavahini, Sirasa, Derana, Hiru, Swarnavahini and Siyatha news headlines (on 6 August 2023) reported on the damage to crops due to lack of water from Samanalawewa in Udawalawe. -
පියෙකු ද? "නරුම" පියෙකු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-30)In the month of July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Silumina and Sunday Lankadeepa published articles that used the term "නරුම පියා " (Naruma piya) to describe the suspect which is demonising. Also, the article published in ... -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-07)On the 20 July 2023 an article published in Colombo Times claims that a group of scientists has discovered a planet with an advanced civilization, although foreign media claims that it is merely an unusual object.