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"දූෂණය" සහ "කෙලෙසීම" යන යෙදුම් පුවත්පත් තුළ භාවිතය: 2022 සහ 2023 වර්ෂ අතර සංසන්දයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-05)On 5th February 2024, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic with charts comparing the usage of the terms "Dooshanaya (දූෂණය)" and "Kelesima (කෙලෙසීම)" in Sinhala newspapers between 2022 and 2023. The infographic ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමන සිරස්තලයද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-11)On February 6th 2024, Sinhala newspapers reported the arrest of a teacher on suspicion of arson. Among these publications, Mawbima used the derogatory term "Gura" (ගුරා) to describe the suspect. In contrast, Lankadeepa, ... -
එක් පුවතක්, වාර්තා කිහිපයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)On May 10, 2023, Mawbima, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on an incident where an individual threatened a genecology specialist in the Kurunegala hospital, requesting an abortion for his girlfriend. While Dinamina ... -
අවමානයන් සහ අගෞරවයන් දිගින් දිගටම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-12)On May 9, 2023, Dinamina newspaper published an insensitive editorial that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death by suicide and mental illness. The editorial contained derogatory terms such as "namba" (නාම්බා) ... -
එක් පුවතක්, සිරස්තල දෙකක් වඩාත් විශ්වසනීය සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)On May 4, 2023, Mawbima reported the new viral flu was a Covid variant, quoting the Sri Lanka Medical Association's President. However, the English language newspaper The Morning which published the same news, reported ... -
Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Consistency with International Standards
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10-22)Sri Lanka has distinct personal laws that apply to specific ethnic and religious groups, including Kandyan Law, Muslim Law, and Tesawalamai Law. This infographic 'Dissecting Personal Laws in Sri Lanka: Consistency with ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: Formal and Alternative Mechanisms - Presentation
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-09-26)This presentation addresses the complexities of regulating hate speech and disinformation on social media in Sri Lanka. It outlines the formal regulatory framework, analyzing laws such as the ICCPR Act, Penal Code, and ... -
Personal Laws: An Analysis on Legal Gaps and Context
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-12)Sri Lanka has specific personal laws applicable to distinct ethnic and religious groups, such as Kandyan law, Muslim law and Tesawlamai law. Critics, both domestically and internationally, have raised concerns about ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: An analysis of the legal and non-legal frameworks in the context of hate speech and disinformation - Summary Report
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-03)This is the summary report of the study which explores the existing legal and non-legal frameworks to regulate the spread of disinformation and hate speech on social media. The study presents potential implications of the ... -
Balancing India and China: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
(Verité Research, 2024-12-31)Sri Lanka’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean has placed it at the center of intensifying geopolitical competition and rivalry between China and India. This report examines Sri Lanka’s experience in balancing its own ... -
"සුරූපිනියක්" ද? "තරුණියක්" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-20)On May 12, 2023, Lankadeepa and Dinamina newspapers reported on an incident where a young woman was arrested for stealing from beauty salons. Lankadeepa used the term "surupiniya" (සුරූපිනිය) to describe this woman in the ... -
අනන්‍යතාවය අවශ්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)On May 17, 2023, privately-owned Hiru TV channel's prime time news broadcasted a segment about a scam that is being operated near the Immigration and Emigration Department in Battaramulla. This segment was broadcasted ... -
ඍණාත්මක සන්දර්භයන් තුළ කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)On May 24 and May 26, 2023, Tamil language newpspapers Thinakaran, Thinakkural, and Virakesari published several articles that contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted women when ... -
එක් වරදක් කාන්තාව පමණක් ඉස්මතු වීමක්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)During the months April and May 2023, one article in privately-owned Mawbima newspaper and several articles in state-owned Dinamina newspapers contained violations pertaining to gender discrimination. These reports highlighted ... -
ලෝක නිදහස් මාධ්‍ය දර්ශකයේ ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ස්ථානය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-03)On May 3, 2023, Reporters without Borders published the 2023 Press Freedom Index in commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day 2023. The infographic depicts Sri Lanka's rank in the index, which is 135 out of 180 countries, ... -
Asia Democracy Research Network: Promoting Democracy through Direct Public Engagement: The Sri Lankan Experience
(Seoul: The East Asia Institute, 2022-07-14)This report uncovers that Sri Lanka operates under a semi-presidential system, with formalized tools for direct democracy like referendums, private members bills, public petitions, and parliamentary questions. However, the ... -
සැකකරුවෙකුගේ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළිදරව් කිරීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-13)On May 11, 2023, Dinamina newspaper published a report on an incident where a young woman was arrested for by the police for stealing from four different beauty salons in the country. Dinamina report revealed the identity ... -
ඝාතනයක් සහ පුවත් සිරස්තල: ඔබේ තෝරා ගැනීම කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-18)On May 15, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Lankadeepa reported on an incident where an old woman confessed to killing her husband 33 years ago. Aruna and Lankadeepa reported on the incident in a sensationalist manner, describing ... -
බිය, කම්පනය, හෝ අපහසුතාවයක් ඇති නොවන සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)On May 15, 2023, Sinhala language newspapers Ada, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima reported on the death of a young woman from Gampola who was a victim of homicide. Dinamina, Aruna, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, ... -
High tax rate, low tax revenue: Sri Lanka’s corporate income tax (CIT) rate was among South Asia's highest but CIT revenue was among the lowest
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-11-29)Sri Lanka's Corporate Income Tax (CIT) collection is notably lower than other South Asian countries, despite having a higher tax rate. In 2023, Sri Lanka’s CIT revenue was 2.0% of GDP, with a CIT rate of 30%. In contrast, ...
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