Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s manifesto, published after his election on 8 January 2015, included a response to a long-standing demand to reform Sri Lanka’s electoral system. This paper examines the key ...

Public finance is crucial with direct impact to the general public. It has been highlighted that the public of Sri Lanka does not have a good understanding about public finance. This public finance manual has the objective ...

In the month of June 2022, Duminda Silva was arrested by the CID. The tv channels Sirasa, Derana, Rupavahini, Swarnawahini, ITN and Siyatha reported the news of his arrest, while the channel Hiru did not report the news.

In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to reporting of the Economic Crisis. During the month of June 2022, several tv channels, namely Sirasa, Siyatha, Swarnawahini, Hiru, ...

In the month of December 2018, Divaina, Mawbima, Thinakkural, Thinakaran, Virakesari Weekly and Virakesari, reported suicides without including suicide helplines while including method of suicide and explaining it in detail, ...

On 2 December 2018, Sunday Divaina, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa and Silumina published articles disclosing personal information and images of minor suspects which is a violation of media ethical guidelines.

In the month of December 2018, articles published in several newspapers contained misleading and sensational headlines and inaccurate information which is a violation of media ethical guidelines. On 2 December 2018, Sunday ...

In the month of December 2018, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Divaina, Sunday Lankadeepa and Sunday Divaina published articles, which contained ethnicity when it is not relevant to the news and violated the ethical guideline.

In the month of December 2018, articles published in Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima included derogatory terms such as "dooshanaya" (දූෂණය), “kelesa” (කෙළෙසා), “kelesu” (කෙළෙසූ), “kudda” (කුඩ්ඩා), “kuddo” (කුඩ්ඩෝ), ...

In the month of November 2018, Divaina, Lakbima, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Dinamina, Thinakaran and Thinakkural reported suicides without including suicide helplines while including method of suicide and explaining it in detail, ...