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සැකකරුවන්ගේ සහ බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ පුද්ගලික තොරතුරු අනාවරණ කිරීම නොකළ යුතුය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-11)
In the month of November 2018, Divaina, Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles disclosing personal information and images of minor suspects which is a violation of media ethical guidelines.
කාන්තාවන් පිළිබඳ භාවාතිශය වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-02)
During the month of February 2018 Lankadeepa, and Divaina published articles which contained the ethical violations of sensational reporting, highlighting the appearance of women and stereotyping women whereas Daily Mirror ...
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)
FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region.
- Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News
Ranil Wickremesinghe - Mercer Index
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/9/2018)
TRUE: Although cities across Asia are growing apace, only three (Singapore, Tokyo, and Kobe) are in the top 50 of the Mercer Quality of Living Index. Colombo was the highest ranked South Asian city, but still only stood ...
Sunil Handunnetti: rural population
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/5/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: 74% of the population of Sri Lanka lives a rural lifestyle/in a rural setting.
- Sunil Handunnetti, 15 October 2018, Divaina
Bandula Gunawardana: Bond Commission report
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/14/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury bond scam report. The newspaper went on to say ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake - Provincial GDP = අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක - පළාත් දළ දේශීය නිෂ්පාදිතය = அனுரா குமார திசாநாயக்க - மாகாண மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/4/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: According to the Annual Report published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), the Western Province contributes to 52% of the GDP of the country…The rest of the provinces in the country collectively ...
Mangala Samaraweera: Media freedom
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/2/2018)
TRUE: Sri Lanka’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index has moved from 165 to 131.
- Mangala Samaraweera, 28 September 2018, Divaina
Maithripala Sirisena - Judicial Independence
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/17/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka is a country with a strong democratic foundation and the present government has also strengthened the independence of the judiciary. A recent survey on independence of the judiciary shows that Sri ...
Bandula Gunawardana: Singapore FTA
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/19/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: As a result of the gazette notification 2069/2, nearly 4000 products can be imported with zero tariffs as per the Sri Lanka–Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
- Bandula Gunawardana, 17 October 2018, Divaina