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බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් “ගැබිනියක කිරීමක්” ලෙසින් වාර්තා කිරීම නිවැරදිද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-09)On July 09, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported an alleged case of abuse involving a minor girl and a retired army officer. The headline used the trivialising phrase “Gabiniyaka kara” (ගැබිනියක කර), and the content ... -
Sri Lanka in South Asia: 2nd in GDP, 5th in government revenue share
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-06-30)Sri Lanka lifted its government revenue to 13.5 per cent of GDP in 2024, the highest level in more than a decade. Yet, it still trails most South Asian neighbours in terms of government revenue. Academic research indicates ... -
Sri Lanka’s Personal Income Taxpayer Base Lags Behind South Asian Peers Despite Recovery
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-08-15)The number of people registered for personal income tax (taxpayer base) in Sri Lanka recovered in 2024 to the high levels seen in 2019. However, despite this rebound, Sri Lanka still lags behind its regional peers. In ... -
Budget 2026: LKR 500 Bn Supplementary Allocation for Cyclone Ditwah Recovery Narrows Fiscal Space
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-01-12)On 19 December 2025, the Sri Lankan Parliament approved a supplementary allocation of LKR 500 billion (approximately USD 1.6 billion) to fund recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. However, ... -
2024 Budget Proposal Progress: Majority of the Proposals With Less Than 80% Financial Utilisation
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-11-03)In November 2023, the then Finance Minister, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, presented 50 expenditure budget proposals with a value of LKR 212,740 million to Parliament. Of these, 24 proposals worth over LKR 500 million ... -
Sri Lanka’s Budget Deficit Halved as Revenue Climbed up and Capex fell
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-24)Sri Lanka’s fiscal performance improved significantly during the first eight months of 2025. The budget deficit was reduced by more than fifty per cent compared to the same period last year, as increased revenue growth ... -
ශ්රී ලංකා විදුලිබල සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත - ඡන්ද වීමසීම - දෙවැනිවර කියවීම
(2025-08-26)On 6 August 2025, Parliament held a vote on the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill during the second reading. The vote was passed with 121 votes in favour and 25 against. This is a significant bill that replaces ... -
இலங்கை மின்சார திருத்தச் சட்டமூலம் - வாக்குப்பதிவின் விபரங்கள் - இரண்டாம் மதிப்பீடு
(2025-08-26)On 6 August 2025, Parliament held a vote on the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill during the second reading. The vote was passed with 121 votes in favour and 25 against. This is a significant bill that replaces ... -
මුදල් ගෙවා පළ කළ දැන්වීමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-29)On July 28, 2024, Irida Lankadeepa, and on July 29, 2024, Lankadeepa and Ada, published an election campaign advertisement with the headline “Janadhipathi Ranil Thamai.” Lankadeepa and Ada allocated a small section on the ... -
පුද්ගල ප්රථම වාර්තාකරණයකට යොමු වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-26)On July 24, 2024, Mawbima and Lankadeepa, and on July 26, 2024, Aruna, reported on new efforts to facilitate voting for people with disabilities. While covering such initiatives is commendable, those newspapers used ... -
මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂයේ නායක දිලීත් ජයවීරගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් වූ පොත් එළිදැක්වීමක් සහ එහිදී ඔහු පළ කළ අදහස් ආවරණය කළ සහ නොකළ මාධ්ය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-25)On July 23, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the launch of the book “Buddhist Counselling on Becoming Wealthy”, held under the patronage of Mawbima Janatha Party leader Dilith Jayaweera, along with his remarks at the ... -
කොවිඩ්-19 අතරතුර ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ බලාත්මක කෙරුණු අනිවාර්ය ආදාහන ප්රතිපත්තිය පිළිබඳව සමාව අයැදීමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලැබීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සහ පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-24)On July 22, 2024, ITN, Siyatha, TV Derana, Hiru TV, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Rupavahini reported that the Cabinet approved a proposal to apologise to communities affected by the mandatory cremation of Muslim individuals ... -
ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර සරසවියේ සිසුවෙක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-25)On July 25, 2024, Dinamina and Ada newspapers reported on the suicide of a University of Sri Jayewardenepura student. Dinamina published the story without mentioning any helplines and described both the suicide method and ... -
‘ගණිකා නිවාස’ වෙනුවට ‘ලිංගික සේවා සපයන ස්ථාන’?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-20)On July 19, 2024, the Dinamina and Mawbima newspapers reported on the raid of two sex service establishments. Both newspapers used derogatory terms such as “Ganika niwasa” (ගණිකා නිවාස) and “Ganika madam” (ගණිකා මඩම්), ... -
15 හැවිරිදි සිසුන් දෙදෙනෙකු මිය යෑමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී සිංහල ප්රධාන පුවත් හා සිංහල පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-04)On July 03, 2024, Rupavahini, Hiru TV, TV Derana, Swarnavahini, ITN and Siyatha, and on July 04, 2024, the Divaina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, Ada and Mawbima newspapers reported the deaths of two 15-year-old students ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය අවශ්ය ද? වාර්ගිකත්වය සඳහන් කරන සහ නොකරන පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-12)On July 11, 2024, Dinamina and Aruna newspapers reported that a young man was arrested at Katunayake Airport for attempting to travel to Austria using another person’s passport. Aruna used appropriate terms such as “Lankikaya” ... -
Disability: Positive message, problematic language?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-19)On July 19, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines to promote better reporting on people with disabilities. These guidelines were developed based on Sinhala newspaper articles published on July 07 and 08, ... -
ක්ලබ් වසන්ත ඝාතන සිද්ධිය: ප්රධාන සැකකරුගේ පාපොච්චාරණය හා වෙඩි තැබූ අවස්ථාවේ CCTV දර්ශන රූපවාහිනී ප්රධාන පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-13)On July 10, 2024, TV Derana, Hiru TV, Sirasa, Rupavahini, and Swarnavahini reported on a statement given to the police by a suspect in the “Club Wasantha” murder case. Siyatha and ITN did not report the story. Although ... -
Budget 2026: Parliament and the Public Deprived of Real Numbers
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-12-12)Sri Lanka’s Constitution grants Parliament full control over public finances, exercised primarily through the debate and approval of the annual budget. In practice, however, the public finance and budgeting system has long ... -
Appropriation Bill 2026: Overall Summary and Ministry Allocations
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-14)The Appropriation Bill for 2026 sets government expenditure (excluding capital repayments) at LKR 7,128 billion. For 2026, the First Schedule allocates LKR 4,434 billion for non-debt-servicing: LKR 3,028 billion for recurrent ...