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A tense situation in Kanniya Trincomalee: How did the front page headings of Sinhala and Tamil press cover it?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/19/2019)Difference between Sinhala and Tamil press in coverage pertaining to protest in Kanniya, Trincomalee. -
Difference in press headlines on 19 July 2019
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/19/2019)Difference between headlines in the Sinhala and Tamil press on 19 July 2019. Main story - Sinhala - Rs. 17.57 billion given to Hizbullah to build the Batticaloa University (Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina) Main story - ... -
Was there a divide between the Sinhala and Tamil press headlines on 24 May 2019?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/24/2019)Difference between headlines in Sinhala and Tamil press on 24 May 2019. Main headlines published on 24 May 2019 in the Sinhala and Tamil press showed a divide in the topics of discussion. Some sections of the Sinhala ... -
Difference in Sinhala and Tamil press headlines on 05 June 2019
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/5/2019)Difference between headlines in the Sinhala and Tamil press. Main story - Sinhala - Three-member committee to accept complaints against Hizbullah, Salley and Bathiudeen (Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Ada, Divaina) Main story - ... -
How did the Sinhala and Tamil press front page headings capture the recent tensions on 14 May 2019?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/14/2019)Difference between headlines of Sinhala and Tamil press. Main headline - Sinhala - Islandwide curfew following tensions in Kuliyapitiya, Bingiriya, Hettipola (Lankadeepa. Ada, Mawbima, Divaina, Resa, Dinamina) Main headline ... -
Difference in press headlines on 21 June 2019
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/21/2019)Difference between headlines of Sinhala and Tamil press Main headline - Sinhala - Action against nine heads of police for failing to prevent Easter attacks (Lankadeepa, Ada, Mawbima) Main headline - Tamil - Upgrading of ... -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (19-25 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between the topics discussed in the SInhala and Tamil press between 29 - 25 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (12-18 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between the topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press between 12 - 18 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (05-11 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)Difference between topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press within 04 August and 11 August 2019 -
Gap between Sinhala and Tamil press reporting (29 July - 04 August 2019)
(Veritè Research, 2019-08)The difference between the topics discussed in the Sinhala and Tamil press between 29 July and 04 August 2019 -
Divide - Sinhala Headings - May 09, 2019
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/9/2019)Infographic of the headlines published in the Sinhala press on 2019 May 09. Featured newspapers - Divaina, Lankadeepa, Ada -
Maithripala Sirisena: absolute poverty
(factchecklka - Facebook, 4/4/2019)PARTLY TRUE: The absolute poverty ratio of the country has been reported as 6.7%... - Maithripala Sirisena, 4 February 2019, Independence Day Speech -
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: estate workers
(factchecklka - Facebook, 2/21/2019)TRUE: “They [estate workers] spend 50 percent of their earnings on food." - Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 25 January 2019, Daily News -
Sri Lanka Provincial Council Elections 2012
(2012-09)This report features a comprehensive analysis of the Provincial Council Elections held in September 2012, detailing the performance of major political parties, voting trends, and the emerging political landscape in post-war ... -
Sisira Jayakody: TNA dual citizenship
(factchecklka - Facebook, 8/2/2019)BLATANTLY FALSE: We know that some of the MPs of the Tamil National Alliance have dual citizenship. - Sisira Jayakody, 2 January 2019, Divaina -
Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: A Case Study of Administrative Failures
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-06)This briefing note documents the findings of an investigation carried out by Verité Research on the administrative gaps within Sri Lanka’s disaster management framework. The investigation was conducted using the instrument ... -
Ethics Eye: Bukiya - 27 February 2020
(2020-02-27)ඉරිදා මව්බිම පුවත්පතේ පළවන 'බුකිය' නම් වන කොලමෙන් උපුටා ගත් කොටස් කිහිපයක් මෙහි දක්වා ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අවධානයට පාත්ර විය යුතු කරුණු කිහිපයක් සාකච්ඡා කෙරේ. -
Mahinda Rajapaksa: economic growth
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/10/2018)FALSE: In the nine years I was in power, I increased the GDP per capita of this country by a multiple of three. In that period, the economic growth rate was 7.4%. - Mahinda Rajapaksa, 25 November 2018, Derana TV -
Maithripala Sirisena: Undernourishment
(factchecklka - Facebook, 1/9/2019)FALSE: Around 16 or 17 percent of Sri Lankans are undernourished. - Maithripala Sirisena, 18 October 2018, Lankadeepa -
Bandula Gunawardana: Bond Commission report
(factchecklka - Facebook, 11/14/2018)BLATANTLY FALSE: In early February 2018, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Jaffna District MP and party spokesman M.A. Sumanthiran sabotaged an adjournment debate on the treasury bond scam report. The newspaper went on to say ...