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එකම පුවත් පතක්, වාර්තාකරණ දෙකක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 19th February 2024, Dinamina published two articles concerning an incident involving an undercover female police officer who boarded a bus to apprehend offenders and was sexually assaulted by a man. In one article, they ... -
දිවි තොර කරගත් අයෙකුට දෝෂාරෝපණය නොකරමු! - පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පුවෙන් ඇසුණු සමාජ ශෝකාන්තය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 14th February 2024, the Lankadeepa editorial discussed an incident in Puthukkudiyiruppu where a mother tragically died by suicide. In this editorial, they described her decision as "foolish" and attributed it to a "weak ... -
Share කරන්න! ජීවිතයක් බේරා ගන්න!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 9th February, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring suicide helplines, urging viewers to share and disseminate the information in order to potentially save lives. -
පාතාල මර්දනයට මිනීමැරුම් - බෙලිඅත්තේ සංහාරය (අපට කීමට ඇති කතාව)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On 24th January 2024, the Dinvaina editorial discussed the underworld and the crimes committed by its members. The editorial suggested that, while murder is inherently unethical, it may be justifiable as a means to combat ... -
"අස්වාභාවික" සමලිංගික ඇසුරක් ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 8th February 2024, Mawbima and Dinamina newspapers reported an incident involving a 14-year-old underage boy who went missing during the Kandy Perahera and was later found in the company of a 24-year-old man. Both ... -
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපරාධ වගකීමෙන් වාර්තා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-10)On January 30th 2024, Dinamina reported on a sexual crime committed against a 10-year-old girl by her uncle. The headline included trivialising language, such as "Hadi Kala" (හදි කළ), which diminishes the severity of the ... -
සිරස්තලයේ "කුඩ්ඩා" - අන්තර්ගතයේ "සොරකම් කිරීමට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයා"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On February 7th 2024, Dinamina reported a death by electrocution, using the derogatory term "Kudda" කුඩ්ඩා (Junkie) in the headline to describe the victim. In the content, the victim was referred to as "the person who came ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු කිරීම අවශ්‍යද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 1st 2024, Dinamina reported on an arrest involving the possession of drugs, sea cucumbers, and other illegal goods. In the article, the ethnicity of one of the suspects was highlighted, which could contribute ... -
ජාතික ජනබලවේගයේ නායක අනුර කුමාර සහ ඉන්දීය විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යවරයා අතර හමුව: රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-06)On February 5th 2024, TV news reported that NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake visited India to meet with the Indian Foreign Minister. All major private media outlets, including Hiru, Derana, Siyatha, Sirasa, and Swarnavahini, ... -
"ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්" ද? ලිංගික අතවරයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 5th 2024, an article published in the Aruna newspaper reported on a sex crime involving a policewoman and an OIC. The headline used the sensationalised term "One Nathi Wadak" (ඕනේ නැති වැඩක්) to describe the ... -
දිවි තොරකර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ මෙම පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ කෙතරම් වගකීම් සහගත ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On February 1st 2024, an article published in the Divaina newspaper disclosed the identity of a minor who died by suicide, including a picture of the victim, and published the simplified reason for the suicide. Similarly, ... -
Mangala Wijesinghe: Services exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-12-04)TRUE: Last year, service exports recorded 3.1 billion dollars in revenue compared to 2022, reflecting a 69% growth, mainly driven by ICT, logistics, transport and construction. Mangala Wijesinghe, Sri Lanka Business, 16 ... -
Prof. Anil Jayantha: Debt borrowing
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-30)TRUE: […] the Central Bank has issued treasury bills of LKR 465.1 billion during the period between September 27 and October 15, […] LKR 400 billion out of the total of LKR 465.1 billion has been utilised for debt ... -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: IT professionals
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-23)PARTLY TRUE: Currently, there are 26 million software engineers in the world, but there are only 85,000 in Sri Lanka. Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, JVP Sri Lanka YouTube Page, 13 August 2024 -
Dilith Jayaweera: Gas prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-16)PARTLY TRUE: Our president [Ranil Wickremesinghe] […] increased the price of gas by fourfold, increased the price of [crude] oil by fourfold, increased the price of petrol […] After that, he said, “Look, there are no queues ... -
Eran Wickramarantne: Sri Lanka savings
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-10-02)FALSE: Savings are low in Sri Lanka. In general, Sri Lanka's savings are at most 15% or 20%. In India it is 30% to 35%. In China, it is more than 50%. We do not have that. Eran Wickramaratne, Parliament, 7 June 2024 -
Madhura Withanage: Tax and non-tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-25)TRUE: Especially, tax revenue increased by LKR 1,700 Bn in the first six months of 2024. That is a growth of 42.6%. We have been able to achieve a growth of 44.7% of the annual estimate. Also, non-tax revenue has increased ... -
Ali Sabry: Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-11)PARTLY TRUE: In 1991, Bangladesh only exported goods worth roughly USD 2.2 Bn. Vietnam exported goods worth around USD 3 Bn. Sri Lanka exported goods worth around USD 2.8 Bn. Today, by 2024, Bangladesh’s exports have reached ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Government salaries
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-09-03)TRUE: If the VAT concession had not been granted, the salaries of government employees could be raised by Rs. 30,000 per month. That is the truth. Patali Champika Ranawaka, Patali Champika Ranawaka’s Facebook, 10 July 2024 -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Foreign remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-21)TRUE: Even today, our country is running on the foreign currency sent by you [Sri Lankans living overseas]. […] our country has gas, fuel, and medicines, firstly because of the foreign exchange you all send, and secondly, ...