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General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Monaragala District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-15)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Monaragala district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 19,686, followed by the Samagi Jana ... -
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Hambantota District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-15)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Hambantota district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 17,326, followed by the Samagi Jana ... -
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Kaluthara District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-14)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Kaluthara district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 29,076, followed by the Samagi Jana ... -
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Ratnapura District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-14)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Ratnapura district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 24,776, followed by the Samagi Jana ... -
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Galle District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-14)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Galle district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 32,296, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya ... -
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Trincomalee District
(Manthri.lk, 2024-11-15)This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Trincomalee district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 9,705, followed by the Samagi Jana ... -
"Bond Scam": 9 year Anniversary today (28th February)
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-28)Daily FT (28 February 2024) front page feature of the bond scam 9 year anniversary press release sent out in February 2024. The corresponding research shows that forensic audits on the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), ... -
How is the election budget spent? Half the cost in 2020 was voted to pay the workforce
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-11-12)The General Election is approaching, and the government expects to spend LKR 11 billion. This includes LKR 5 billion from the consolidated fund for 2024, with the remaining LKR 6 billion to be charged in next year's budget. ... -
අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)On May 26, 2023, Ada, Lankadeepa, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on the death of a woman who went to Malaysia for employment. The reports noted the involvement of another woman holding dual citizenship in Malaysia ... -
අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)On April 26, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Ada newspapers reported on the seizure of the kush drug worth 84 million by the customs. Aruna and Dinamina highlighted that these drugs were sent to Sri Lanka by a "Drawida/Demala ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)On May 04, 2023, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers reported on an incident where an individual was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport for carrying a plastic revolver and pistol. Dinamina and Divaina highlighted ... -
චීනා ද? චීන ජාතිකයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-30)On May 30, 2023, Ada, Dinamina, Aruna, Divaina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on the legal proceedings related to a Chinese national who entered Sri Lanka using a forged passport. News reportage on the incident by Ada ... -
"කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල් කිරීම් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-25)On May 18, 2023, Dinamina published two news reports which used the derogatory term "Kudda" (කුඩ්ඩා) in their headlines to describe persons addicted to drugs and drug traffickers. Use of such terms in media reporting is ... -
Chinese scammers called Cheennu in Sinhala press
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On October 14, 2024, four newspapers reported on Chinese nationals being arrested for being a part of online scams. News reportage on the incident by Ada used the appropriate term "Cheena jathikayan" (චීන ජාතිකයන්) in the ... -
Clean Sri Lanka වාහන මෙහෙයුම් වලට එරෙහිව පෞද්ගලික බස් හිමියන්ගේ සංගමයේ විරෝධතාවය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-06)On January 5, 2025, several Sinhala TV channels reported on the Clean Sri Lanka initiative and the concerns expressed by Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne regarding the programme. The infographic ... -
ලිංගික අතවරයක් වාර්තා කර ඇති අයුරු බලන්න!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-04)On January 3, 2025, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, and Divaina newspapers reported on an incident where a male police officer has sexually harassed a female police officer in police barracks. Both Lankadeepa and Aruna ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අදාළ ද? අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-04)On December 12, 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported an incident where a young woman working as a massage therapist at a spa was arrested for a monetary scam. In the report, her ethnicity is mentioned as "drawida tharuniya" ... -
"ගංජාකාරයා" - මාධ්යට උචිත ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On January 2, 2025, Lankadeepa newspaper published a report on the arrest of several individuals during a raid where a man was caught with marijuana. In the report the suspect is identified as "ganjakaraya" (ගංජාකාරයා) ... -
අනුරාධපුර ප්රදේශයේ දියණිය සමග මව දිවි තොරකර ගත් පුවත: සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තාකරණ ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On January 2, 2025, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, and Mawbima newspapers reported on an incident in which a mother died by suicide after murdering her two-year-old child. All four newspapers failed to publish helplines, mentioned ... -
"ගුරා" ද? "ගුරුවරයා" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-15)On May 10 and May 11, 2023, state-owned TV channel ITN and privately-owned Hiru TV channel reported on the incident where a tuition master sexually harassed 16 students in Kalutara. Both TV channels used the derogatory ...