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New Constitution: Is it 'federal' or is it 'unitary'?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 4/10/2019)The entry contains writeups in Sinhala and Tamil on the new constitution that was being drafted. The press discussed the terms 'unitary' and 'federal'. In addition, the entry also contains 6 images of newspaper excerpts ... -
The news on ITN: Is there a basis for it? Is it not misleading?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-02)On 26 March 2020, ITN's 09.30 pm news ran a segment on the presidential pardon granted to Sunil Rathnayake. In this segment, Rathnayake's arrest and sentence was described as being part of the alleged 'Ranaviru Dadayama' ... -
Newspapers that have violated ethical guidelines when reporting on COVID-19: 2020 April 01-30
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-04-30)On 30 April 2020 Ethics Eye published an infographic summarising the number of times Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima (and their Sunday variants) violated the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Healthcare ... -
Nihal Thalduwa: Criticism of the President
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/5/2022)FALSE: It is prohibited to publish and exchange statements that insult the president on social media or any other media. The police is vested with the authority to take legal action against those who do so. – SSP Nihal ... -
Nimal Siripala De Silva: Tea Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/4/2021)TRUE: Tea export volumes in 2020 declined by 9.2% or 27 million kilos to 265.5 million kilos from the previous year, whilst in value terms, the performance was down by Rs. 10.4 billion or 4.3% to Rs. 230.1 billion from ... -
Niroshan Perera: Decline in industrial sector and exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/20/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%. Niroshan Perera, YouTube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 23 August 2023 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka per capita income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/11/2018)FALSE: Today, it [Sri Lanka] is a middle income country with a per capita income of US $ 13,000. This is the highest per capita income in the region. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, 3 October 2018, Daily News -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2020)TRUE: As a country, Japan has given the most in loans at low interest rates. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 16 June 2020 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Mihin and Sri Lankan Airlines debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 2/6/2020)FALSE: Through SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, every person in the country has been made a debtor to the value of LKR 12,500. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Divaina, 28 August 2019 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Money Printing
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/21/2021)TRUE: Rs. 130 billion rupees has been printed from November 1 to December 1. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Aruna, 11 December 2020 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Sugar and Fats Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/1/2021)TRUE: Compared to 2019, sugar imports have increased by 38% and oil and fat imports have increased by 237%. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Parliament Hansard, 11 February 2021 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: True on SL’s uneasy equilibrium, false on fuel bill savings
(www.factcheck.lk , 2/13/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …the current normalcy in the country is at a low-level equilibrium. This is an uneasy equilibrium.... Our normal [monthly] fuel bill stood at US $ 550 million. It has now been cut down to US $ 200 million… Patali ... -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Yahapalanaya revenue increase
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/29/2020)PARTLY TRUE: When the Yahapalana government came into power, state revenue was LKR 1.05 trillion. Our government doubled this income to LKR 2.1 trillion within 5 years. - Patali Champika Ranawaka, Lankadeepa, 6 February 2020 -
Patterns and Risks of Religious Violence Against Christians (October 2020 – October 2021)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022)Ethno-religious violence has persisted in post-war Sri Lanka irrespective of changes to the country’s political leadership. The current study unpacks the macro-level and micro-level patterns of religious violence against ... -
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: CEB profits and electricity access
(www.factcheck.lk , 5/19/2022)PARTLY TRUE: In 2014… we did so much work and reduced the electricity bill by 25 percent. – Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, DailyNews, 14 March 2022. -
Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi: Covid-19 community transmission
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/4/2020)TRUE: …No [COVID-19] patients were reported from the community in the period of close to three weeks that elapsed, because the disease did not spread amongst the community. - Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Ada Derana, 20 May 2020 -
Political participation of women
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/18/2019)Dinamina and Divaina report on a statement made by Sudharma Kulathunga, an executive member of the organisation ‘Women for Justice’. The entry also includes newspaper images of the said issue. -
Political Prisoners
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/19/2019)The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press reported on the hunger strike launched by eight political prisoners in the Anuradhapura prison. -
Prejudice and Patronage: An Analysis of Incidents of Violence against Christians, Muslims, Hindus in Sri Lanka (September 2019 – September 2020)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021)This study offers insights in key trends and drivers of religious violence from September 2019 to September 2020. A total of 63 incidents of violence against Christians as well as episodes of discrimination against Muslims ...