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“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 ... -
Youth Labour Market Assessment: Sri Lanka - 2018
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018)The 2018 Youth Labour Market Assessment builds on the groundwork laid down in the preceding year and provides information and guidance for project interventions. With this objective in mind, researchers engaged in a variety ... -
Weekly Air quality update: Week ending 02 August 2025
(2025-08-02)This infographic displays the air quality in the cities of Badulla, Colombo 07, Puttalam, Pelawatte, Monaragala, Maharagama, Kiribathgoda and Kandy cities for the week of July 27 to August 2, 2025. It was developed under ... -
Stealth Reduction of Cigarette Tax Rates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01)The tax-in-price for cigarettes in Sri Lanka has reduced dramatically since 2020, falling below both the international benchmark of 75% and past norms in Sri Lanka. It fell to 68.8% for the most sold brand (MSB) and 69.9% ... -
"අයිස් ලෝලියෙක්", "මතට ලොල්" - සුදුසු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-22)On November 19, 2023, the privately-owned Derana TV and Hiru TV channels reported an incident in which they used derogatory terms such as "Ice loliya" (අයිස් ලෝලියා), “Mathata lol pemvatha” (මතට ලොල් පෙම්වතා) and “Pemvathiya ... -
"ජාවාරමා" ද? "ජාවාරම්කරු" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-01)On November 1, 2023, the Divaina, Aruna, Lankadeepa, and Dinamina newspapers reported the arrest of a drug dealer who was referred to using the derogatory term "Jawarama" (ජාවාරමා). This usage violates media ethical guidelines. -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in June 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-06-04)Fuel prices remained unchanged in June 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 petrol at LKR 293.00 and auto diesel at LKR 274.00. However, the formula price has dropped for both petrol and diesel. The market price of ...