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නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-04)
In the month of April 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima and Silumina included derogatory terms such as “suddo”, "kuddo", "keleseemata", “kelesuvata” and "ganika"(සුද්දෝ, කුඩ්ඩා, ගණිකා, ...
Nalinda Jayatissa: tea and rubber
(factchecklka - Facebook, 3/6/2019)
TRUE: the tea industry adds $1.5 billion to the economy of this country and the rubber industry adds $0.8 billion.
- Nalinda Jayatissa, Mawbima, 4 February 2019
Eran Wickramaratne: Tourism Percentage of GDP
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
TRUE: Sri Lanka’s tourism sector accounts for 5% of gross domestic product.
- Eran Wickramaratne, Dinamina, 22 May 2019
Mahinda Rajapaksa: Women in universities
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/20/2019)
TRUE: Today, the percentage of women studying in universities exceeds 50 percent.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 2 October 2019
Wimal Weerawansa: MCC agreement
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/13/2019)
FALSE: …last week, the [US] Millennium Challenge Agreement was signed in Parliament. Once signed, a special economic corridor will be built from Trincomalee to Colombo Port.
- Wimal Weerawansa, Ada, 7 November 2019
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Rape statistics
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2019)
TRUE: 1,600 [young] girls are raped every year
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Divaina, 25 October 2019
Vijitha Herath: Interest Payments and Government Income
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/10/2019)
FALSE: According to the 2018 Central Bank Annual Report, when the total income was Rs. 1,920 billion, the interest payments were at Rs. 2,088 billion. There was a deficit of Rs. 168 billion.
- Vijitha Herath, Divaina, 28 May 2019
Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ...
Eran Wickramaratne: Female Labour Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/24/2019)
TRUE: Sri Lanka’s Labour Force Participation (LFP) was 36% for women versus 75% for men in 2016, which is the 14th largest gender gap in LFP globally. In 2016, young women have the highest unemployment rate in Sri Lanka; ...
එකම පුවතක්, සිරස්තල දෙකක්! ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-07-03)
On 3 July 2018, Mawbima and Divaina used two different headlines to report a statement made by State Minister Vijayakala, i.e. Mawbima: උතුරු-නැගෙනහිරට LTTEය යළි ඕනෑ - විජයකලා තප්පුලයි; Divaina: එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ.ය යළි අවශ්යය ...