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කාන්තාවන් කොන් කිරීම සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07)In the month of July 2021, articles published in Lankadeepa and Divaina highlighted the gender of those involved in crimes, while Derana Aruna broadcast discriminatory content based on gender, which violate media ethics. -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07)In the month of July 2021, articles published in Lankadeepa, Aruna, Divaina, and Mawbima included derogatory terms such as "kuddo", "wanaseema", "dooshanaya", "keleseema", and "china" which violates media ethics. -
මාධ්‍ය ආයතනයන්හි සිදුවන ලිංගික හිංසනයන් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණයන්
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07-11)In the months of June and July 2021, Anidda, The Morning, Daily News, The Island, Ceylon Today, and Daily FT reported incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace while Sunday Times, Sunday Observer, Daily Mirror, ... -
බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළි කිරීම සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-08-03)In the month of July 2021 article published in Mawbima revealed the identity of a minor which is a media ethics violation, whereas Aruna did not reveal the identity. -
පුවතට අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07)In the month of July 2021, articles published in Divaina, Lankadeepa, Aruna and Dinamina unnecessarily revealed the ethnicity of those involved in crimes, which violates media ethics. -
Namal Rajapaksa: Controlling COVID-19
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/21/2021)FALSE: In the South Asian Region, the country that has most successfully controlled the pandemic is Sri Lanka - Namal Rajapaksa, Mawbima, 12 July 2021 -
Dayasiri Jayasekara: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/29/2021)TRUE: The tourism industry has collapsed completely following the Easter Sunday attacks and following this COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the collapse of the tourism industry, we have lost USD 5 billion per year that the country ... -
Sajith Premadasa: Fisheries Industry
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/1/2021)TRUE: The fisheries industry contributes to 1.1% of Sri Lanka's GDP, according to the 2019 CBSL report. - Sajith Premadasa, Divaina, 3 June 2021 -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Money Printing and Debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/25/2021)PARTLY TRUE: From the day this government came into power to March this year, LKR 831 billion has been printed. - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Mawbima, 3 May 2021 -
Patali Champika Ranawaka: Public sector debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/5/2021)TRUE: The CBSL has reported that the public sector debt is 109.7% of the GDP. This is the highest it has ever been in history. If we disregard the government’s undervaluation of sovereign bonds, this figure will exceed ... -
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021 -
Lohan Ratwatte: Credit Line for Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/8/2021)BLATANTLY FALSE: This is a credit line…If that credit line is not used, it will go to waste—it must be put to use. Our government will not go into debt by importing those vehicles. - Lohan Ratwatte, Newsfirst.lk, 12 June 2021 -
S. M. Marikkar: COVID-19 Vaccination
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/18/2021)PARTLY TRUE: Not even 2 million of the Sri Lankan population has been vaccinated as of now. We have vaccinated the least number of people in the region. - S.M. Marikkar, Aruna, 26 May 2021 -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07-09)In the month of July 2021 articles published in Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima reported suicide incidents without including helplines, which violates media ethics. -
දිවි අහිමි කර ගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-07-05)In the month of July 2021 articles published in Aruna and Divaina reported suicides without including helplines while including method of suicide, which violates media ethics. -
Bandula Gunawardana: Tax Revenue
(www.factcheck.lk, 8/12/2021)PARTLY TRUE: The tax revenue in 2014 at the end of Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government was Rs. 1,050 billion. Thereafter, its successor the Good Governance Government imposed tax rates to collect more than Rs. 1,700 billion a ... -
Udaya Gammanpila: CPC Losses
(www.factcheck.lk, 7/15/2021)FALSE: Due to the fact that oil has continuously been purchased at high prices and sold at low prices, the accumulated loss for CEYPETCO, as at end 2020, is Rs. 331 billion - Udaya Gammanpila, Minister Gammanpila's Official ... -
Nalaka Kottegoda: Fertiliser Consumption
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/10/2021)FALSE: Sri Lanka had imported 574,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser in 2020… Sri Lanka has become the top chemical fertiliser user in South Asia. We use 284 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare.- Nalaka Kottegoda, Daily ... -
Wimal Weerawansa: Industrial Income and Exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/31/2021)TRUE: Industries occupy a special place in the national manufacturing process in Sri Lanka which is about 26.4% of the national GDP, and only a very low percentage of about 10% contributes to exports. - Wimal Weerawansa, ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Vehicle Imports
(www.factcheck.lk, 5/20/2021)TRUE: The number of vehicles imported to Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019 was 2,515,546. And the amount spent on these vehicles imported amounts to Rs. 1,239 billion. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Daily News, 6 June 2021