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Gayantha Karunatilleka: Students-to-academic staff ratio
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/30/2023)FALSE: Although the number of academic staff is dwindling [in recent months], the annual intake of students at universities has doubled since 2017. Gayantha Karunatilleka, NewsFirst, 19 October 2023 -
Sunanda Madduma Bandara: Local Government elections
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/23/2023)FALSE: […] all the local government elections held after 1991 have been postponed without being held within the stipulated time. […] Sunanda Madduma Bandara, Lankadeepa, 25 October 2023 -
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Money printing
(www.factcheck.lk, 11/9/2023)TRUE: We put the Central Bank there [in charge] without meddling in it. Henceforth, according to the law, we won’t be able to print money. We have lost our ability to borrow (obtain loans) from the Bank of Ceylon and the ... -
Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/14/2023)FALSE: According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. ... -
Eran Wickramaratne - Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/12/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If we look at remittances, the highest amount of remittances have been received in 2016, 2017, 2018. Thereafter, some arrived in 2020 and after that, it has declined steadily. Remittances peaked at around USD ... -
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Casino taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/5/2023)PARTLY TRUE: […] Effective April 1, 2023, we hope to impose a fee of USD 50 on every Sri Lankan who enters such a place of business of gaming. This law was in place since 2015. From 2015, the stated law was to charge USD ... -
Anuradha Jayaratne: Prison population
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/21/2023)TRUE: As of today, the total number of inmates in prisons are 28,468. […] the number of drug-related offenders has increased rapidly. As per today 50.3% of the total inmates are people who were imprisoned for drug related ... -
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 -
Nalaka Godahewa: Tax targets
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/26/2023)FALSE: […] The expected tax income for 2023 is Rs 3,130 billion [a 70% increase from 2022]. It is not something practical. Since the tax net is not functioning properly, the tax burden will fall on the same people who paid ... -
Harsha de Silva: Real Returns on EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2023)TRUE: […] In the [EPF] Act itself it specifies 2.5% return. […] at the time inflation was at around 1 percent, if you look at 5 years prior to 1958, the average would have been 1 percent. […] Over the years, some years ... -
පුවතට අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04-06)On the 4th of April 2023, Dinamina highlighted the suspect's ethnicity where it was irrelevant, while Ada reported it ethically without revealing the suspect's race. -
බුද්ධි ප්රබෝධ මිය යෑම සහ අසංවේදී, ගැටළු සහගත මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, Dinamina and Silumina newspapers published insensitive editorials and a cartoon that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death and mental illness. -
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala and English newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Daily News and Daily Mirror, published articles on various topics (i.e. Journalist falsely seeks Asylum, Masses ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)On the 10th of April 2023, Aruna used a headline which objectified and sexualised women, while Lankadeepa reported the same news ethically. On the 2nd of April 2023, Silumina published an article containing women stereotypes, ... -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima published articles containing the term "චීනා" (Cheena), which is considered derogatory towards Chinese ... -
කම්පනයකට මුහුණ දී සිටින්නන්ගෙන් ප්රකාශයන් ලබා ගැනීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් විය යුතු කරුණු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-31)On August 31, 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethics guidelines for obtaining statements from affected parties. -
බාලවයස්කාර දරුවන් පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-29)On 29th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethical guidelines on reporting on minors. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, several Sinhala, English newspapers and Sinhala TV channels, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Daily News, Hiru TV news and Derana Aruna newspapers reading program, violated ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08)During the months of July and August 2023, several Sinhala, Tamil and English newspapers, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Thamilan, Virakesari and Daily News, published several articles which contained ... -
හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තා කිරීමක් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-03)On 27 July 2023, Swarnavahini's reportage on a student who died in an accident used the term "මල් කැකුළක්" (Mal kakulak), which sensationalised the incident. On July 27 2023, Hiru reported the news ethically, avoiding ...