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අගතිගාමී සිරස්තල
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-10)
Several articles from August, 2020 mentioned headlines as "Corona mothers" but some articles these persons were appropriately described as "mothers who contracted COVID19.
සැකකරුවන්ගේ සහ බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ පුද්ගලික තොරතුරු අනාවරණය කිරීම නොකළ යුතුය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-08-17)
On 17 August 2018, Divaina published an article disclosing name and other personal information of a minor suspect in a way that disrupts minor’s school life.
ඝාතනයට ලක් වූ තරුණියගේ ඡායාරූපය පුවතට අවශ්ය යැයි ඔබ සිතන්නේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-11)
In the month of November 2021, two articles published in Divaina and Mawbima included the photo of a victim of a previous murder by associating it with the discovery of human remains elsewhere, which is a media ethics ...
"කුඩ්ඩා" ද? සැකකරුවා ද? ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා නාමකරණය මින් කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09-28)
In the month of September 2021 an article published in daily Divaina reported on a murder suspect in derogatory terms while daily Dinamina reported on the same using ethical language.
රත්තනපිටියේ ආසාදිතයාට කොරෝනා හැදුනේ සුව වූ අයකුගෙන්! - සනාථ වී නොමැති කරුණු සනාථ වූ ලෙස පෙන්වන සිරස්තල
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-23)
The headline of a Mawbima article published on April 23, 2020 stated:"COVID19 patient contracted the virus from a cured patient"
However, the body of the article clarified that investigations were still underway to ...
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)
FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Rajapaksa era exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/5/2019)
PARTLY TRUE: In the ten years of the Rajapaksa administration, this country’s exports fell from 30% to 18%.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe, Divaina, 12 August 2019
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Government Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/6/2020)
FALSE: "When I was the Prime Minister, the government revenue was LKR 150,000 million. The revenue last month was LKR 50,000 million. LKR 90,000 million is needed to pay the salaries and pensions of the public servants." ...
Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales.
- Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered.
- MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima