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    • කාන්තාවකගේ බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)
      A Mawbima article published on July 24, 2020 mentioned that a woman's physical appearance in an instance where it was irrelevant to the story being covered.

    • සැකකරුවන්ද? ඝාතකයින්ද? 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-24)
      Articles in Divaina and Aruna published on July 24, 2020 refer to "murderers" in the headline and "suspects" in the body of the article. Investigations were still ongoing.

    • දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම - වැනසීම වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය" හෝ බාල වයස්කරුවෙක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නම් "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" වැනි යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්‍ය වේ 

      Ethics Eye Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-07-27)
      Various articles published in June in Mawbima and Aruna use the term "keleseema" (pollution) in coverage on sexual abuse/a sex crime. One article names the underage victim.

    • Patali Champika Ranawaka: Loans from Japan 

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      FactCheck       (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

    • Mahinda Rajapaksa: Electricity access 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/16/2020)
      TRUE: We provided electricity to 99.9% of the country. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, Divaina, 24 June 2020

    • Gotabaya Rajapaksa: GDP growth 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/2/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: Prior to 2015, the economic growth rate was between 7% and 8%, but by 2019, it fell below 2%. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Divaina, 16 June 2020

    • Lakshman Kiriella: Bond scandal assets freeze 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/11/2020)
      PARTLY TRUE: The allegation is that the UNP caused a loss of LKR 10 billion through bonds. The country has not experienced a loss because the CBSL froze/impounded LKR 12 billion from Perpetual Treasuries. However, the ...

    • Bandula Gunawardana: Central Bank Liability 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2020)
      TRUE: When money is deposited in a financial institution, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka is only responsible for up to LKR 600,000. - Bandula Gunawardana, Department of Government Information Facebook Page, 4 June 2020

    • Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Child disability statistics 

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      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2/27/2020)
      FALSE: In Sri Lanka, 20 percent of children are having a mental or physical disability. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President's Official Twitter Page, 25 January 2020

    • President to address the UN 

      Divide;
      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/27/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the meeting that was to be held on September 24 between President Maithripala Sirisena and UN Secretary General. The entry also includes ...

    • Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 10/23/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the change of name of Adam's Peak from Sivanadipatha to Shri Padasthana. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue.

    • Protest for land in Pottuvil 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/11/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Tamil press covered the protest by families of Pottuvil urging their lands to be released. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue.

    • Protest in Nallur 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/14/2018)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press covered the protest by families of missing persons in Nallur, Jaffna. The entry also includes images of newspaper articles on the issue.

    • Protest in Kantale against Maaveerar naal 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/29/2018)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to the manner in which the protest in Kantale against Maaveerar Naal was reported in the Sinhala and Tamil press. The entry also includes 2 images of ...

    • Buddhist Archaeological sites under attack 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/30/2019)
      Based on a discussion with the Ellawala Medanandha Thera, Lakbima reports that Buddhist archeological sites in the North and the East have recently come under attack in unprecedented ways. The thera points out that even ...

    • Political participation of women 

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      Media Team       (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.

    • Labour participation of women in the North 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 1/18/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, Tamil and English pertaining to statement of the Governor of the Northern Province, Suren Raghavan on January 16, 2019. He stated that most of the women in the North are only teachers ...

    • Sirisena meets with the TNA regarding political prisoners 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/20/2019)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the the meeting between President Maithripala Sirisena and TNA on political prisoners was reported in the Sinhala and Tamil press. The entry also includes 4 ...

    • Vijitha Herath's stance on the 20th Amendment to the Constitution 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/20/2019)
      The entry contains writeups pertaining to the manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press covered JVP MP Vijitha Herath's stance on the 20th Amendment. The entry also includes an image of a newspaper article on the issue.

    • Tamil press doesn't want to forget; Sinhala press doesn't want forgiveness 

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      Media Team       (Colombo: Veritè Research, 2/28/2019)
      The entry contains writeups in Sinhala, English and Tamil on the press coverage on Ranil Wickremeisinghe's speech in Kilinochchi on 15 February, 2019, requesting to forgive and forget. The entry also includes images of ...