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කාන්තා වෙසින් ඇවිල්ලා පිරිමියෙක් බොක්සිං ගහලා - මෙම පුවත ගැන ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-08)International news reports confirm that Imani Khalifa, representing Algeria in the 2023 Olympic boxing competition, is neither a man nor a transgender woman. However, on 7 August 2024, Dinamina published this story with ... -
වින්දිතයින් නම් “චීන ජාතිකයන්” - සැකකරුවන් නම් “චීන්නු” - ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-02)On August 1, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported on two incidents involving Chinese nationals. In reporting the incident where they were victims, the report used the term “චීන ජාතිකයන්” (Chinese nationals), and in the second ... -
සුරූපී අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-07)On 29 July 2024, Derana TV aired a news report about a man who posed as a police constable, deceived several women, robbed their jewellery and money, and then sexually assaulted them. The report referred to the women as ... -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - බාලවයස් අපයෝජන සහ ළමා හිංසන වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-05)On 5 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a four-slide post in its “Ethic of the Week” series. It offers guidance for media professionals on reporting underaged sex crimes and child abuse. -
සර්වජන බලය දේශපාලන සන්ධානයේ ජනපති අපේක්ෂකයා ලෙස දිලිත් ජයවීර නම් කිරීමේ පුවත සඳහා රූපවාහිනී පුවත් විකාශන තුළ ලබා දී තිබූ ගුවන් කාලය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-05)This infographic presents the airtime each Sinhala television channel allocated on 4th 2024 to reporting Dilith Jayaweera's election as the Sarvajana Balaya Political Alliance presidential candidate, as well as to his ... -
"ජාවාරමා" අගති රහිත වාර්තාකරණයකට ගැලපෙන්නේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)On 31 July 2024, Lankadeepa and Dinamina reported that a police constable attended a liquor party at the home of a local drug dealer and allegedly assaulted another person while on duty at the North Central Inter-Provincial ... -
Ethic of the week: Accuracy matters!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-12)On January 12, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post as part of its “Ethic of the Week” series. The post aimed to guide media professionals on accurate reporting and separating fact from fiction. -
Television and Sinhala Newspaper Coverage on the Accident and Death of State Minister Sanath Nishantha
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-26)On January 25 and 26, 2024, several newspapers, including Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Divaina, and TV news like Hiru, Rupavahini, Derana, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Siyatha, disclosed the identities of Sanath ... -
Ethics Eye is looking for Spotters!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 8, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a three-slide post on their facebook page encouraging followers and others to join the team as external media ethics violation spotters. -
Mere harm or statutory sex crime?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-05)On October 18, 2023, Dinamina newspaper reported two incidents: the sexual assault of a primary school student by a deputy principal and of a nine-year-old girl by her father. Dinamina described these suspected cases of ... -
Petrol Market Price vs. Formula Price in December 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-12-08)Fuel price update The market price of petrol 92 remained unchanged while the formula price shot up by LKR 6.71, widening the gap between the two to LKR 7.96. This is the largest gap between the two prices in an ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in November 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-11-04)On 01 November 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol reduced to LKR 294 from LKR 299 at the start of October, while the market price of Auto Diesel remained unchanged at LKR 277. Over that period, the prices computed ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in October 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-03)On 01 October 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol remained unchanged at LKR 299.00, while the market price of Auto Diesel had reduced to LKR 277.00 from the LKR 283.00 price at the start of September. Over that ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in August 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-08-01)Fuel prices remained unchanged in August 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol at LKR 305.00 and Auto Diesel at LKR 289.00. However, the formula price for petrol fell to LKR 296.10 from LKR 301.12 in July, while ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in September 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-02)Fuel prices reduced in September 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol falling to LKR 299.00 from LKR 305.00 in August, and Auto Diesel declining to LKR 283.00 from LKR 289.00 in the same time frame. However, the ... -
Budget 2026: Disclosure in line with the professional standards expected in Public Financial Management Act?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-02-05)The 2026 Budget, presented on 7 November 2025 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is the first full-year budget prepared under the Public Financial Management Act No. 44 of 2024 (PFM Act). That status matters. The PFM ... -
State of the Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-01)This 5th edition of the State of the Budget by Verité Research provides an independent analysis of the National Budget for 2026 presented to the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 7 November 2025. It evaluates the budget’s financial, ... -
Gearing up for Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-26)Sri Lanka has lacked effective and convenient channels for public participation in the budget process. In the Open Budget Survey 2023, Sri Lanka had the lowest participation score in a decade and ranked 82nd out of 125 ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය සඳහන් කිරීම මෙම පුවතට ඝෘජුවම අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/5/2024)For the first time in the history of Katunayake Airport, an individual who allegedly tried to flee to France using the airport’s business facilities was arrested by Border Investigation Unit officers of the Department of ... -
Is the external appearance relevant to the news?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/24/2024)On January 7, 2024, Hiru TV primetime news reported that the body of a woman had been exhumed by a person allegedly suffering from substance abuse disorder. The report referred to the deceased using the term “Beauty’s”. ...