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2023 වර්ෂය තුළ වැඩි වශයෙන්ම උල්ලංඝනය වී තිබූ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම තුන සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම උල්ලංඝනය කිරීම් අතින් ඉහළින්ම සිටින පුවත්පත් තුන
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-30)On January 30, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published two infographics featuring charts that compare the instances of the three most violated media ethics in 2023 and the three newspapers with the highest number of media ... -
මහජන ආරක්ෂක අමාත්යංශය මඟින් පැවැත්වූ මාධ්ය සාකච්ඡාව රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-20)On January 18, 2024, the Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, conducted a media briefing with the heads of five departments from the Ministry of Public Security. This infographic shows how television channels reported ... -
කැලණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලයේ සිසුන් පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවය රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-31)On January 30, 2024, television news channels reported that police used tear gas and high-pressure water cannons to disperse a protest by the Kelaniya University Students' Union on January 29, 2024. It was held against the ... -
මාර්ගගත සුරක්ෂිතතා පනතට එරෙහිව දියත උයන මංසන්ධියේ පැවැත්වූ විරෝධතාවය රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-29)On January 24, 2024, the Socialist Youth Union and Civil Society Organisations held a protest against the Online Act on the Security of Online Systems at the Diyatha Uyana intersection in Baththaramulla. Sirasa, Hiru TV, ... -
“සුද්දෝ ඩබලක්”? “විදේශිකයෝ දෙදෙනෙක්”? - "සුද්දෝ" ලේබල් කිරීම් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-30)On December 26, 2024, Dinamina and Aruna newspapers reported that two foreigners defrauded a gemstone merchant in Rathnapura. Dinamina used the derogatory term "Suddo dabalak" (සුද්දෝ ඩබලක්) in its headline, which promotes ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයන් සැහැල්ලු කොට වාර්තා නොකරමු! - මෙම ප්රවෘත්ති වාර්තා අතරින් ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-31)On January 29, 2024, Aruna, Lankadeepa and Dinamina newspapers reported the arrest of an individual for the alleged sexual harassment of a female police officer. The headlines in Lankadeepa and Aruna trivialised the incident. ... -
“අමුතු නැටුමක්” ද? බාලවයස්කාර ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-16)On 10 January 2024, both Lankadeepa and Ada newspapers reported an incident involving the abuse of a 12-year-old girl by a dance teacher. Lankadeepa carried a trivializing headline, using the phrase “Amuthu Natumak” (අමුතු ... -
දුමින්ද සිල්වාට ලබාදුන් ජනපති සමාව ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයෙන් බල රහිත කෙරේ : රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-18)On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the invalidation of the presidential pardon granted by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who had been sentenced to death and imprisoned ... -
“මුස්ලිම්” බව අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-18)On December 28, 2023, Dinamina newspaper reported that the owner of a furniture store was arrested by police for possessing the drug "Thul," which was allegedly intended for sell among students in Horowpathana. The identity ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීමක් පිළිබඳව ප්රශංසනීය වාර්තාකරණයක්!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-19)On January 10, 2024, the "Ada" newspaper reported on the suicide of an individual detained at the Mount Lavinia Police Station. The article included helpline numbers, which is commendable and reflects responsible reporting. -
කාටූන් හරහා කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතිකරණය කිරීමෙන් වලකිමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-16)On January 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the arrest of two individuals in Bandaragama for verbally sexually harassing three female police officers in civilian clothes. The report included an inappropriate cartoon ... -
ආගමික කණ්ඩායමකට සම්බන්ධ බවට සැක කෙරෙන දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් හතක් සිංහල, ඉංග්රීසි පුවත්පත් සහ රූපවාහීනි සිංහල පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)This infographic illustrates how seven suicides, suspected to be linked to a religious group, were reported in Sinhala and English newspapers on 4 January 2024 and on prime Sinhala television news bulletins on 3 January ... -
‘ජාවාරම්කරු’ යෙදුම භාවිතා කිරීම එතරම් අපහසුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)On January 02, 2024, the Divaina had reported two news stories related to drug dealers who were referred to using the derogatory terms “Jawaramun” (ජාවාරමුන්) and “Jawaramaku” (ජාවාරමකු). This usage violates media ethical ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කෙතරම් යෝග්ය සිරස්තලයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-05)On January 5, 2024, Aruna newspaper reported on the arrest of two suspects on charges of organizing a beauty pageant and luring women into sexual crimes. Although the news content mentions that sexual harassment occurred, ... -
මත්ද්රව්ය ඇබ්බැහියකින් යුතු බවට පැවසෙන අයෙකුගේ දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා සහ පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)This infographic shows how a suicide incident in the Angampitiya, Padukka area, allegedly linked to drug addiction, was reported in newspapers and television channels. Hiru and Derana television channels on January 02, ... -
"සුද්දන්" ද? විදේශිකයන් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)On December 28, 2023, Dinamina reported that a group of foreign nationals had an accident while visiting Sinharaja Forest. The headline used the derogatory term "සුද්දන්ගේ" (Suddange) to refer to foreigners based on skin ... -
“සුරූපී” - අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)On December 28, 2023, Hiru news covered an incident of a sudden death of a nurse employed at the Colombo General Hospital. The report referred to the deceased nurse using the term "සුරූපී” (surupi)" which contributes to ... -
සැකකරු ආබාධ සහිත වීම පුවතට අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)On December 19, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa and Aruna newspapers reported an investigation incident leading to the arrest of a lecturer for brutally torturing a foster girl. The headline of the Dinamina news story used the ... -
Looking beyond the Economic Transformation Bill: Three Steps Sri Lanka Can Take to Increase the Supply of High-Quality Investment Zones
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07)This note proposes three steps Sri Lanka could take to construct and manage high quality Investment Zones, drawing from regional and global best practices. First, is enacting a separate, overarching legislation to ... -
Revised Fuel Price Formula – Methodology Update
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01)This document explains the updated methodology adopted by PublicFinance.lk for calculating fuel prices in Sri Lanka. It outlines the changes made to the original 2018 IMF-assisted fuel price formula used by the Ministry ...
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