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10 years since the end of the war: how did the front page headings of Sinhala and Tamil newspapers report on it

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)

This infographic provides the differences in the reportage between the Sinhala and Tamil press.

10 years since the end of the war: How did the Sinhala and Tamil press depict the commemorations?

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)

The manner in which Sinhala and Tamil press depicted the commemoration of 10 years after war through images on May 19 and 20. Sinhala press Commemorating war heroes - 15 images Commemorating Mullivaikkal - 03 images Tamil ...

28th anniversary of the Sathurukondan massacre

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/18/2019)

The difference between how the Tamil and Sinhala press covered the 28th remembrance event on the Sathurukondan massacre in Batticaloa.

Achieving fiscal targets: Long procrastination will continue = බාලගිරි දෝෂයකට හසුවී ඇති අයවැය ඉලක්කයන්

Verité Insights; January 2014
Media Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-01-22)

Sri Lanka’s national budgets reveals a persistent pattern of "long procrastination" in meeting fiscal targets. The government is chronically addicted to missing its budget revenue targets, suffering consistent double-digit ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Transport

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Media Team (www.factcheck.lk, 1/9/2020)

PARTLY TRUE: Only 52% of our country uses public transport… 48% of the people use private transportation. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Daily News, 30 November 2019

A background note on ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka

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Media Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-04-08)

An overview of ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka. The report examined recent developments on ethno-religious relations in Sri Lanka, mapped out the victims and actors of episodes of ethno-religious violence, the drivers ...

Black July: How did the press cover it?

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/31/2019)

The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press covered commemorative events of the 1983 Black July Sinhala press - 14 Tamil press - 56

Buddhist Archaeological sites under attack

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/30/2019)

Based on a discussion with the Ellawala Medanandha Thera, Lakbima reports that Buddhist archeological sites in the North and the East have recently come under attack in unprecedented ways. The thera points out that even ...

Busting capital expenditure myth = ප්‍රාග්ධන වියදම පිළිබඳ මිථ්‍යාවෙහි බිඳවැටීම

Verité Insights; February 2014
Media Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-02-19)

This Insight addresses the capital expenditure (Capex) myth by debunking the idea that Sri Lanka’s economic crises are driven by robust infrastructure spending. Instead, Verité highlights that actual Capex is consistently ...

A child dies in Tissamaharama reportedly from malnutrition: How well did the press cover it?

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Media Team (Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/30/2019)

The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported the death of a child in Tissamaharama reportedly due to malnutrition Sinhala press - 36 articles Tamil press - 03 articles

Cigarette taxes should be rescued from bureaucratic discretion = නිලධාරී අභිමතයට හසුවී ඇති සිගරට් මිල ගණන්

Verité Insights; July 2014
Media Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2014-07-16)

The focus of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is on raising taxes on tobacco, in order to raise prices and reduce consumption. This insight explains the serious consistency issues in Sri Lanka on setting taxes and prices ...

Creation of improved media governance and enabling environment for media sector - FINAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION REPORT – YEAR 01

Media Team (Veritè Research, 2019-06)

Verité Research (VR), in partnership with the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), commenced work in May 2018 on the role played by the Sinhala ...