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    • Nayaru religious site: Polar narratives at play 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 3/12/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to the coverage of tensed situation in Nayaru during Thai pongal celebration in January 2019. The entry also includes images of newspaper excerpts regarding ...

    • The Need for Governance-Linked State-Contingent IMF Programmes: A Third Way for Sri Lanka 

      Peiris, Udara (Colombo: DailyFT, Colombo: Daily Mirror, Online: International Banker, 2023-04-27)
      The recent sovereign default of Sri Lanka has once again brought attention to the effectiveness of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF) approach. This programmes provides loans of short ...

    • Negative Terms 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-05-01)
      On April 30, 2020 Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles containing the term "Kudda" in their headlines

    • New Constitution: Is it 'federal' or is it 'unitary'? 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 4/10/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala and Tamil on the new constitution that was being drafted. The press discussed the terms 'unitary' and 'federal'. In addition, the entry also contains 6 images of newspaper excerpts ...

    • The new Ministers of Finance: Will their budget keep its promises? 

      VR Insight;August 2017
      Abeysinghe, Subhashini       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2017-08)
      An analysis of past budgets revel large deviations between budgeted allocations and actual expenditure. This shows that expectations set by the government during the budget speech are not honoured. This Insight analyses ...

    • Newly Appointed Cabinet Ministers - 20 December 2018 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2018-12-20)
      These infographics show the new Cabinet of Ministers who were sworn on 20th December 2018 in 8th Parliament.

    • Newly Appointed Parliament Heads 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-08-21)
      This infographic shows the newly appointed parliament heads for the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka.

    • The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading? 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)
      On 26 March 2020, ITN's 09.30 pm news ran a segment on the presidential pardon granted to Sunil Rathnayake. In this segment, Rathnayake's arrest and sentence was described as being part of the alleged 'Ranaviru Dadayama' ...

    • Newspapers that have violated ethical guidelines when reporting on COVID-19: 2020 April 01-30 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)
      On 30 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Healthcare ...

    • Nihal Thalduwa: Criticism of the President 

      FactCheck;P0036
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/5/2022)
      FALSE: It is prohibited to publish and exchange statements that insult the president on social media or any other media. The police is vested with the authority to take legal action against those who do so. – SSP Nihal ...

    • Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports 

      P0022;
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)
      TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ...

    • Niroshan Perera: Decline in industrial sector and exports 

      FactCheck.lk;P0085
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/20/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: …the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%. Niroshan Perera, YouTube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 23 August 2023

    • Nishan De Mel and Our Post-trust Society - Part 1 and 2 

      De Mel, Nishan (20 MinuteTakes, 2022-12-07)
      In these podcasts, Dr. Nishan De Mel shares his insights towards building trust and integrity of the society; highlighting the responsibility of Media.

    • No Confidence Motion Against Keheliya Rambukwella - Voting Breakdown 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-09-09)
      On September 8, 2023, the No Confidence Motion brought against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was defeated, by a margin of 40 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in ...

    • No Confidence Motion Against Speaker - Voting Breakdown 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2024-03-21)
      On March 21, 2024, the No Confidence Motion brought against the Speaker of Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, was defeated, by a margin of 42 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs ...

    • The nomination process of parliamentary election 2020 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-03-18)
      These Infographics show the Nomination process of Parliamentary election 2020. It includes with Nomination Period, The Preparation of Nomination Papers, Nomination Papers of Independent Groups, Handing Over Nomination ...

    • Northern Provincial Council: Citizens Budget 2022 

      Verité Research; UNICEF (Colombo: UNICEF, 2022)
      The citizens' budget was essentially a simpler, shorter, and less technical version of the government's budget that was specifically designed after crucial consultation with the public and civil society to present key ...

    • The Number of MPs to be Elected From Each Electoral District 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-03-18)
      This infographic shows the number of MPs to be elected from each electoral district at the Parliamentary election 2020 .

    • Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading 

      Parliamentary Research Team (2024-01-10)
      On January 9, 2024, the second reading of the Office for National Unity and Reconciliation Bill was passed with a majority of 41 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, ...

    • Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: A Monitoring Framework and Baseline Assessment 

      Wettimuny, Shamara; Esufally, Sabrina; Gunatilleke, Gehan (Verité Research, 2017-12)
      The methodology focuses on the online proactive disclosure of the central government. The methodology is based on international good practice and on the requirements for proactive disclosure set out under sections 8 and ...