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பொலிஸ் மா அதிபர் தென்னகோனை நீக்கும் தீர்மானம் - வாக்குப்பதிவின் விபரங்கள்
(Manthri.lk, 2025-08-13)On 5 August 2025, Parliament held a vote to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, in accordance with Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002. The Resolution was carried ... -
එක් පුවතක් සහ පුවත්පත් තුනක් - “සුරූපිනියන්” / “සුරූපී” සහ “ගණිකා”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-08)On 14 June 2024, Lankadeepa and on 16 June 2024, Divaina and Sati Aga Aruna newspapers reported on the arrest of an actress accused of using women for prostitution. In their reporting, these newspapers repeatedly and ... -
“චීනා” සුදුසු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-26)On 25 June 2024, Aruna and Dinamina newspapers reported on the arrest of a Chinese national for stealing jewellery from an aircraft. In their coverage, Dinamina used the appropriate term "Cheena jathika" (චීන ජාතික) in ... -
“ඇඟ මිරිකන තැන”ද? “ස්පා”ද? - වඩාත් යෝග්ය සිරස්තලය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-24)On June 19, 2024, Aruna and Dinamina newspapers reported a police investigation into a case of theft of money at a massage parlour in Wadduwa. In their headlines, Aruna used the derogatory term “Aga mirikana thena” (ඇඟ ... -
ආබාධ සහිත පුද්ගලයින් හැඳින්වීමට පුද්ගල-ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-18)On June 13, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper published an article that contained an ethical violation by failing to use person-first language when describing persons with disabilities. The derogatory term “abadhitha” (ආබාධිත) ... -
රෝයල් පාක් ඝාතනයේ චූදිතයාට ලබා දුන් ජනාධිපති සමාව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි බැවින් ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විසින් බල රහිත කිරීම රූපවාහිනී රාත්රී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-11)On June 6, 2024, a three-judge Supreme Court bench unanimously decided to nullify former President Sirisena’s decision to pardon Don Samantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha, who was convicted of killing Ivon Johnson at the Royal ... -
එකම කතුවැකියක් තුළ “සුරූපී”, “රූමත් ගණිකා” හා “කුඩ්ඩෙක්”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-19)On June 14, 2024, the Divaina newspaper published an editorial that violated media ethics by using inappropriate language. The editorial included terms such as “Rumath” (රූමත්) and “Suruupi” (සුරූපී), which contribute to ... -
අරගලයේ ක්රියාකාරීන් එක්ව ‘ජන අරගල සන්ධානය’ නමින් නව දේශපාලන සන්ධානයක් ඇරඹීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් විකාශ සහ සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-22)A new political alliance called the "People's Struggle Alliance" was launched on June 19, 2024, with the participation of a group of activists and civil society representatives involved in the recent ‘Aragalaya’ (struggle), ... -
පොලිස්පති තෙන්නකෝන් ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම පිණිස වූ යෝජනා සම්මතය - ඡන්ද වීමසීම
(Manthri.lk, 2025-08-13)On 5 August 2025, Parliament held a vote to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, in accordance with Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002. The Resolution was carried ... -
Resolution to Remove IGP Tennakoon - Voting Breakdown
(Manthri.lk, 2025-08-13)On 5 August 2025, Parliament held a vote to remove the Inspector-General of Police, Deshabandu Tennakoon, in accordance with Section 17 of the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act, No. 5 of 2002. The Resolution was carried ... -
"සුරූපී" අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-11)On June 9, 2024, the Silumina newspaper reported the tragic death of a 19-year-old woman. The report referred to the deceased woman using the term “surupi” (සුරූපී), which contributes to harmful stereotypes and sexual ... -
ව්යසනයක් අතරතුර වාර්තා කටයුතුවල නිරත වීමට මාධ්යවේදීන් සඳහා ප්රවේශයක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-03)On June 03, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines to be followed when reporting on disaster situations. -
“රූමත්” බව අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-10)On May 30, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper reported a murder incident, and on May 31, 2024, the Lankadeepa newspaper reported an incident of a drunk person trespassing into a house. In both reports, the newspapers unnecessarily ... -
“සිපගැනීමක්” ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අතවරයන් සැහැල්ලු කොට දැක්වීමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-05)On June 04, 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported a case of sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl by a tuition teacher. The newspaper used a trivial headline containing the derogatory term “Gura” (ගුරා) and “Sipagath” (සිපගත්). ... -
"කොට කොට යනවා" යැයි කීවාට විශ්රාමික සෙබළාගේ ගෙල කැපූ කොන්දාට වැඩ වරදී - මෙම සිරස්තලය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-17)On 11 January 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported an incident in which a bus conductor injured a passenger. The headline used the derogatory term "Konda" (කොන්දා), which could contribute to marginalising the profession and ... -
කාන්තාවක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමට තැත් කිරීම සහ ඇයව ගම්වාසීන් සහ පොලිසිය විසින් බේරා ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-01)On May 30, 2024, TV Derana and Hiru TV reported that a woman attempted suicide and was rescued by villagers and the police. Both channels did not mention any helpline numbers in their reporting and described how she attempted ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම: උපකාරක අංක සඳහන් කර නැත!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-07)On June 06, 2024, TV Derana reported on the suicide of a boy without mentioning any helplines and described the method of suicide in their coverage, which is a violation of media ethical guidelines. -
ලිංගික අපරාධ සුළු කොට නොදක්වමු?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-29)On January 23, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported an incident in which a person was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 21-year-old woman. In the headline, the newspaper used the derogatory term “Athapatha Ge” ... -
මැතිවරණ වසර දෙකකට කල් දැමීමට රංගේ බණ්ඩාර කළ යෝජනාවට එල්ල වූ විරෝධය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔහු යළිත් මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දැක්වීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී රාත්රී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ ආවරණය කළ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-04)On June 03, 2024, the General Secretary of the United National Party, Range Bandara, held a media briefing at Sirikotha, the party headquarters, regarding the proposed postponement of the presidential and general elections ... -
ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නා වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-18)On January 11, 2024, Sinhala newspapers reported the murder of a female Civil Aviation Officer, who was killed with a sharp weapon near the Kahathuduwa Expressway entrance on January 9, 2024, and the subsequent arrest of ...