Media: Recent submissions
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College of Community Physicians: COVID-19 Burials
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/14/2021)TRUE: WHO, CDC and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control had issued clear and extensive guidelines on handling dead bodies confirmed or suspected as having COVID-19… all these global pandemic control ... -
G.L. Peiris: Presidential Immunity under 19A
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)FALSE: As long as 19A is in force, the president has to waste his time in courts…That is why immunity is needed… - G.L. Peiris, Aruna, 8 September 2020 -
Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ... -
GL Peiris: 19A Dissolution
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/16/2020)TRUE: Before the 19th Amendment, when a new president was elected, he had the power to dissolve parliament and to call for an election to elect a parliament that would be in alignment with his policies… [After the 19th ... -
Wimal Weerawansa: Net Export Earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/27/2020)FALSE: For the first time since the open economy was introduced in 1977 by J.R. Jayawardena, the country’s export earnings exceeded import expenditure. - Wimal Weerawansa, Mawbima,13/07/2020 -
Ali Sabry: IGP removal
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution. - Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020 -
Harsha de Silva: Loan Collateral
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/20/2020)Also, for the first time in Sri Lanka’s history, when Sri Lanka, as a sovereign state, asked the international community for a loan, they asked for collateral. This is because the international community has identified ... -
Rajitha Senaratne: Malaria Elimination
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2020)In 2016, I eliminated Malaria from Sri Lanka. - Rajitha Senaratne, Divaina, 24 June 2020 -
Prof. W.D. Lakshman: Banking Sector
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/30/2020)TRUE - The banking sector remains strong with total capital adequacy ratio above 16 per cent, net stable funding ratio above 130 per cent, liquidity coverage ratio above 175 per cent and statutory liquid asset ratio above ... -
එච්.අයි.වී අසාදිතයින්ද? ඒඩ්ස් රෝගීන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-09-03)In the month of September, 2020 articles published in Aruna and Daily Mirror showed headlines carrying news related to HIV infection where the terms AIDS patients or those that have contacted HIV been reported which conveys ... -
මේ පුවතේ සදොස් තැන් තිබේ නම් ඒ පිළිබඳව කරුණු දැක්වීමක් කළ යුතු නොවේද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-09-02)In the month of September, 2020 article published in Aruna reported “India alert on the 13th” where SLMC leader, Rauff Hakeem stated via a tweet on 27 that this report was factually incorrect & misleading and in this ... -
"හාම්පුතා" වැනි නාමකරණයන් තවමත් මාධ්ය තුළ යොදාගැනීම පිලිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-09-02)In the month of September, 2020 article published in Aruna used the term "Hamputha" which shows the "employer-employee" relationship more as "master-servant" relationship. -
එච්. අයි . වී. අසාදිතයන්ද? ඒඩ්ස් රෝගීන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-31)In the month of August, 2020 articles published in Divaina, Aruna, Dinamina published news regarding HIV and AIDS patients which conveyed a negative idea. -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ ?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08)In August, 2020 articles published in Aruna, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Dinamina, Weekend Aruna referred to persons addicted to drugs using terms such ... -
කාන්තාව පමණක් විශේෂ වුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08)Several articles published in August 2020 in Aruna, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Dinamina, Weekend Aruna frequently highlighted the presence and gender ... -
කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන "දූෂණය - කෙළෙසීම" වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට "ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08)Several articles published in August 2020 in Aruna, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, Sunday Divaina, Sunaday Dinamina, Weekend Aruna referred to survivors of sexual assault using ... -
මෙවන් යෙදුම් සහිත සිරස්තල කෙතරම් දුරට සදාචාර සම්පන්නද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-31)In the month of August, 2020 article published in Aruna carried a report with the headline where it used the term ‘COVID-woman’ to refer to a person who had contracted COVID19 which is not ethical. -
මෙම පුවත ගැන ඔබේ අදහස කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-31)In the month of August, 2020 article published in Aruna paper published a cartoon which conveys a negative idea. -
මෙවන් යෙදුම් සහිත සිරස්තල කෙතරම් දුරට සදාචාර සම්පන්නද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08-31)In the month of August, 2020 article published in Aruna used the term ‘COVID-woman’ to refer to a person who had contracted COVID-19 which is not ethical. -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2020-08)In the month of August, 2020 articles published in Mawbima, Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Lankadeepa, Sunday Dinamina, Weekend Aruna violated various media ethics guidelines ...