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Udaya Gammanpila: Fuel price
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/10/2022)TRUE: The CPC incurs a loss of Rs. 19 from each 92-Octane Petrol litre…and a loss from a litre of diesel is Rs. 52…. The government levies Rs. 42 on a 92-Octane petrol litre…and Rs. 17 on a diesel litre. [The CPC’s loss ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: CBSL plan
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/7/2022)BLATANTLY FALSE: The Six-Month Road Map announced by Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) last year has proven to be a resounding success with expected inflows materialising. …..the envisaged inflows under the “Six-Month Road ... -
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Industrial GDP
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/31/2022)FALSE: Industrial sector is in a huge crisis at present, every government after 77’ is responsible for this.... The industrial sector which was at all times 54%, reduced to 27%. – Dayasiri Jayasekara, Ada Derana, 04 February 2022. -
වාර්ගිකත්වය ඍණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2019-01)During the month of January 2019, article published in Lankadeepa which contained the ethical violation of highlighting ethnicity where irrelevant and in negative contexts. -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2019-01)In the month of January 2019, articles published in Lankadeepa, Divaina, Ceylon Today and Mawbima included derogatory terms such as "kuddo", "ganika", "burai", "suddo", "කුඩ්ඩා", and "ගණිකාව" which violates media ethics. -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2022)FALSE: Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that. – Ajith Nivad Cabraal, Bloomberg, 18 February 2022. -
Sarath Weerasekera: National Flag
(www.factcheck.lk , 3/24/2022)FALSE: No one will be allowed to distort & disrespect the national flag of our Motherland. Anyone found so shall be thoroughly investigated and charged accordingly under the provisions of our Penal Code.– Official twitter ... -
ඒකාකෘතික කිරීමක්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-15)In the month of February 2022, Aruna published an article on an incident relating to an indigenous person, which includes a cartoon where indigenous people have been stereotyped. -
(අ)පක්ෂපාතී සිරස්තලයක්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-22)In the month of February, an article published in Sunday Aruna used a prejudicial and judgmental heading that views the "Jehovah" community in negative light based on their beliefs and practices. -
නිෂේධනාත්කම යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the month of February 2022, articles published in Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Sunday Divaina, Mawbima, Hiru and Dinamina published several derogatory terms such as "gura", "mas wedda", "kudda", and "ganikawa", which ... -
පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the month of February 2022, Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima published articles which contained the ethical violation of not using a person-first language when reporting on persons with disabilities. Derogatory terms used ... -
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the months of January 2022 and February 2022 several news reports relating suicide incidents violated media ethics guidelines as follows; Derana, Divaina and Aruna published news on an American beauty queen who ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the months of January 2022 and February 2022, several articles published in Anidda, Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Aruna contained ethical violations pertaining to gender discrimination; only highlighting women when both ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අනවශ්ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the month of February 2022, Mawbima, Sunday Divaina, Virakersari and Thinakaran published several articles, which contained the ethical violation irrelevantly and negatively highlighting the ethnicity of persons. ... -
මාධ්යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්රමගේ නිවසට එල්ල වූ ප්රහාරය පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02)During the month of February 2022, tv and print media largely reported on the attack on journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrema's house. Notably, Swarnavahini prime time news did not report the attack in the following days ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය, බාහිර රූපය හා කොන් කිරීම්?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-24)In the month of February 2022, Silumina published an article on the death of a woman, where her physical appearance was irrelevantly highlighted in the headline as "suruupi", and her alleged lover's ethnicity was irrelevantly ... -
නම නොමැතිව නොහැකිද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-23)In the month of February 2022, an article published in Silumina on a 13-year-old who had allegedly run away from home to meet a person that she had found online, irrelevantly revealed the identity of the minor who is ... -
"දුෂණය" වෙනුවට ලිංගික අපරාධය?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-15)In the month of February 2022, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Mawbima and Dinamina reported on a sexual crime against a German woman, where the crime was named as "duushanaya". It is a deorgatory term used to describe sexual crime, ... -
Bandula Gunawardana: Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/20/2022)FALSE: The debt stood at 2 trillion when Mahinda Rajapaksa took over the country. It stood at 7 trillion at the time he handed over the country. The debt only rose by 5 trillion in [those] 10 years. [But] The debt stood ... -
වැරදි තොරතුරු ?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-14)In the month of February 2022, an article published in Dinamina carried a misleading headline as it stated that Sri Lanka has the lowest fuel prices in South Asia. In the body of the article, it has been stated that Sri ...