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දකුණු ආසියාවේ ලොකුම ලයිට් බිල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ගෙවල්වලට = Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Upali Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Divaina (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in ... -
Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Daily FT (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka having the highest charges in South Asia press release which was sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by the ... -
SL tops S-Asia in electricity rates
(Colombo: Ceylon Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Ceylon Today (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka press release sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research. -
පුද්ගල-ප්‍රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිත කිරීම ප්‍රශංසනීයයි!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-21)On 21st August 2023, Aruna newspaper reported that the government is taking action to remove all taxes on equipment needed by people with disabilities. The article commendably used person-first language to describe individuals ... -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-20)On July 20, 2023, an article on the Colombo Times website published a headline claiming that Australian scientists had discovered a world with a developed civilization. However, the article's content clarified that the ... -
Petrol and Diesel vs. fuel price formula in July (2024)
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-07-03)Following the monthly fuel price revision for July, the market price of 92-octane petrol is LKR 16.67 above the fuel price formula, and the market price of Auto diesel is LKR 21.68 above the fuel price formula, as shown ... -
How did the government revenue rise by 53% in 2023?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-06-03)The Central Bank's Annual Economic Review for 2023 shows that government revenue increased significantly by 53% (LKR 1,062 billion) compared to 2022. This growth was driven by a broad range of taxes, with VAT contributing ... -
How did the government finance its expenditure in 2023?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-05-27)The 2023 fiscal numbers, recently released through the Central Bank of Sri Lanka's Annual Economic Review, reveal that the Government of Sri Lanka's total expenditure for 2023 was LKR 5,357 billion. A significant portion ... -
Where do 92 Octane and Auto Diesel stand after the recent price reduction? (June 2024)
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-06-14)On 31 May 2024, fuel prices in Sri Lanka were reduced. The price of 92-octane petrol was lowered by LKR 13, bringing it to LKR 355 per litre, while Auto diesel saw a reduction of LKR 16, lowering the price to LKR 317 per ... -
2023 government expenditure surge matches the increase in interest payments
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-06-26)Government spending increased by 20% in 2023, reaching LKR 5,357 billion, up from LKR 4,473 billion in 2022. This LKR 884 billion increase was primarily due to an LKR 890 billion rise in interest payments. In contrast, ... -
Inside the Chamber - Voting in Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2024-03-13)This infographic provides insights into the voting process in parliament. It explains the importance of a quorum, the various voting methods, and the Speaker's role in announcing the results. Voting can be conducted by ... -
Contribution in Parliament - March 2024: 78 MPs with no contribution
(Manthri.lk, 2024-05-17)In March 2024, 147 MPs contributed to parliamentary proceedings at least once, while 78 MPs did not contribute at all during the 7 sittings held. The following compilation of infographics highlights the list of MPs with ... -
Blacklisting corrupt contractors: SL falls behind other South Asian countries
(Colombo: Express Newspapers (Ceylon), 2024-02-19)Virakesari page 9 (19 February 2024) feature of the Blacklisting press release sent out in November 2023. The corresponding research titled “Backwards in Blacklisting: Gaps in Sri Lanka’s Procurement Framework Enable ... -
Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited, 2024-02-09)Virakesari (9 February 2024) page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in Tamil. This ... -
වැරැදි පාරේ රස සොයාගෙන ගිය නැටුම් ගුරුවරයා වසර 20ක් හිරේ: බාලවයස් අපයෝජනයක් පිළිබඳ අනුමත කළ හැකි වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-17)On the 17th of July 2024, Divaina Sinhala newspaper violated media ethics by simplifying the sexual crime, as 'rasa soyagena giya' (රස සොයාගෙන ගිය) committed towards an underaged male student by his dancing teacher. -
'ගණිකා නිවාස' වෙනුවට 'ලිංගික සේවා සපයන ස්ථාන?': ලිංගික ශ්‍රමිකයින් කොන් කිරීමට ලක් කරන යෙදුම් භාවිතයෙන් ඉවත් කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-20)On the 19th of July 2024, Dinamina and Mawbima Sinhala newspapers referred to a sex establishment as “Ganika Niwasa” (ගණිකා නිවාස) thereby violating the media ethics. -
ගුරා ද? ගුරුවරයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-16)On July 15, 2024, Lankadeepa and Dinamina Sinhala newspapers reported the arrest of a dance teacher accused of sexually abusing female students by referring to the teacher with the derogatory term “Gura” (ගුරා). -
චීන ජාතිකයා සහ චීනා: ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-16)The foreign news of the arrest of a Chinese national who tried to carry more than a hundred snakes at a border checkpoint was reported by the Sinhala newspapers Lankadeepa on July 15, 2024 and Aruna on July 12, 2024 using ... -
වැලිපැන්න ප්‍රදේශයේ සිසුවියක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-15)This infographic shows how a suicide incident of a schoolgirl in Welipanna area was reported in the Sinhala newspapers published on July 15, 2024. Without following media ethical guidelines, Ada, Aruna and Dinamina have ... -
"වින කළ" යන්න තුළින් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් සිදු වූ බවක් ඔබට හැ‍ඟේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-15)On July 11, 2024, the Aruna Sinhala newspaper trivialized the news of the sexual abuse of two 8-year-old lay monks by the chief monk of the temple. Dinamina Sinhala newspaper published the same news using the term ‘ලිංගික ...