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අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-29)On May 26, 2023, Ada, Lankadeepa, Dinamina, and Aruna newspapers reported on the death of a woman who went to Malaysia for employment. The reports noted the involvement of another woman holding dual citizenship in Malaysia ... -
අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-22)On April 26, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Ada newspapers reported on the seizure of the kush drug worth 84 million by the customs. Aruna and Dinamina highlighted that these drugs were sent to Sri Lanka by a "Drawida/Demala ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-04)On May 04, 2023, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers reported on an incident where an individual was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport for carrying a plastic revolver and pistol. Dinamina and Divaina highlighted ... -
චීනා ද? චීන ජාතිකයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-30)On May 30, 2023, Ada, Dinamina, Aruna, Divaina, and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on the legal proceedings related to a Chinese national who entered Sri Lanka using a forged passport. News reportage on the incident by Ada ... -
"කුඩ්ඩා" ලේබල් කිරීම් අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-25)On May 18, 2023, Dinamina published two news reports which used the derogatory term "Kudda" (කුඩ්ඩා) in their headlines to describe persons addicted to drugs and drug traffickers. Use of such terms in media reporting is ... -
Chinese scammers called Cheennu in Sinhala press
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On October 14, 2024, four newspapers reported on Chinese nationals being arrested for being a part of online scams. News reportage on the incident by Ada used the appropriate term "Cheena jathikayan" (චීන ජාතිකයන්) in the ... -
Clean Sri Lanka වාහන මෙහෙයුම් වලට එරෙහිව පෞද්ගලික බස් හිමියන්ගේ සංගමයේ විරෝධතාවය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-06)On January 5, 2025, several Sinhala TV channels reported on the Clean Sri Lanka initiative and the concerns expressed by Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne regarding the programme. The infographic ... -
ලිංගික අතවරයක් වාර්තා කර ඇති අයුරු බලන්න!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-04)On January 3, 2025, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, and Divaina newspapers reported on an incident where a male police officer has sexually harassed a female police officer in police barracks. Both Lankadeepa and Aruna ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අදාළ ද? අවශ්ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-04)On December 12, 2024, Dinamina newspaper reported an incident where a young woman working as a massage therapist at a spa was arrested for a monetary scam. In the report, her ethnicity is mentioned as "drawida tharuniya" ... -
"ගංජාකාරයා" - මාධ්යට උචිත ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On January 2, 2025, Lankadeepa newspaper published a report on the arrest of several individuals during a raid where a man was caught with marijuana. In the report the suspect is identified as "ganjakaraya" (ගංජාකාරයා) ... -
අනුරාධපුර ප්රදේශයේ දියණිය සමග මව දිවි තොරකර ගත් පුවත: සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තාකරණ ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-03)On January 2, 2025, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, and Mawbima newspapers reported on an incident in which a mother died by suicide after murdering her two-year-old child. All four newspapers failed to publish helplines, mentioned ... -
"ගුරා" ද? "ගුරුවරයා" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-15)On May 10 and May 11, 2023, state-owned TV channel ITN and privately-owned Hiru TV channel reported on the incident where a tuition master sexually harassed 16 students in Kalutara. Both TV channels used the derogatory ... -
"චීනා" ද? "චීන ජාතිකයා" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-24)On May 23, 2023, Ada, Dinamina, Mawbima, and Aruna newspapers reported on an incident where a Chinese national entered Sri Lanka using a forged passport. News reportage on the incident by Ada, Dinamina, and Mawbima used ... -
"මෙහෙකාරිය" ද? ගෘහ සේවිකාව ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-23)On May 22, 2023, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Divaina newspapers reported on the death of a domestic worker held in police custody. All three newspapers used the outdated and derogatory term "Mehekariya" (මෙහෙකාරිය) in the report. ... -
'සුද්දා' ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-17)On May 11, 2023, Aruna newspaper published an editorial related to the difficulties faced by foreign tourists travelling in Sri Lanka. The title and the content of the editorial used the derogatory term "Sudda" (සුද්දා) ... -
"මෙහෙකාරිය" ද? "ගෘහ සේවිකාව" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-17)On May 15, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Divaina newspapers reported on the death of a domestic worker held in police custody. Aruna used the more appropriate "Gruha sevikawa" (ගෘහ සේවිකාව) to refer to the domestic worker, ... -
"ගුරා" ද? ගුරුවරයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-15)From May 10 to May 12, 2023, Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima, and Ada newspapers reported on an incident where a tuitionmaster has sexually assaulted 16 students in Kalutara. Dinamina, Divaina, and Mawbima used the derogatory ... -
"අරගලය" අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-23)On May 23, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Mawbima reported on an incident where a special task force raided a sex work racket and arrested seven individuals. When reporting, three newspapers Dinamina, Lankadeepa, ... -
අරගලයේ නායකයන් සහ කාටුන
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-19)On April 23, April 30, and May 14 2023 the Silumina newspaper published several cartoons under the Simple Man segment where there was problematic commentary regarding the leaders of the aragalaya (අරගලය) protest movement. ... -
"සුද්දා", "සුද්දී": ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On April 17, 2023, two newspaper reports published in Aruna and Mawbima used derogatory terms "Sudda" and "Suddi" (සුද්දා, සුද්දී) in the heading to refer to foreigners based on their skin colour. Usage of such terms in ...