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Parliament Summary - August 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-04)This infographic includes the summary of parliament in August 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in August 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 78 written questions were asked but only 54 questions were answered. ... -
හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තා කිරීමක් අවශ්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-03)On 27 July 2023, Swarnavahini's reportage on a student who died in an accident used the term "මල් කැකුළක්" (Mal kakulak), which sensationalised the incident. On July 27 2023, Hiru reported the news ethically, avoiding ... -
Most Active MPs in Parliament in August 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-03)This Infographic shows the Most Active MPs of the 9th Parliament in August 2023. They are Buddhika Pathirana, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Premanath C. Dolawatte, Susil Premajayantha, and Lakshman Kiriella. Buddhika Pathirana ... -
Most Discussed Topics - in parliament in August 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-03)This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in August 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are National Heritage, Media and Sports (Buddhika Pathirana ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයකට මුහුණ පෑ අයෙකු අපවිත්‍ර වූ බවට හඟවන "දූෂණය", "කෙළෙසීම" වැනි යෙදුම් උචිත වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-25)On the 25 of August 2023, Ethics Eye published this infographic emphasising the use of ethical term 'ලිංගික අපරාධය' instead of using terms like 'දූෂණය' and 'කෙළෙසීම' which give the sense that the survivor of a sex crime ... -
Will the Increase in Cigarette Taxes Meet Budgeted Revenue?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-01-05)This infographic outlines the fact that, though there was an increase in excise taxes on tobacco at the start of January in 2023, this will still not help Sri Lanka reach its revenue target for the year. -
Northern Provincial Council: Citizens Budget 2022
(Colombo: UNICEF, 2022)The citizens' budget was essentially a simpler, shorter, and less technical version of the government's budget that was specifically designed after crucial consultation with the public and civil society to present key ... -
වඩාත් සුදුසු හා සංවේදී සිරස්තල (ය) ලෙස ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-04)On the 3rd of August 2023, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina and Mawbima had reported on the death of a Corporal in an insensitive manner. -
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments - Presentation
(2022-09-22)China was the leading provider of external finance to Sri Lanka for infrastructure development during 2010-2016 accounting for 37% of the total. Sri Lanka borrowed USD 5,895 million from China for infrastructure development ... -
Expelling of SJB MPs - Parliamentary Report card: Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara
(Manthri.lk, 2023-07-19)This report card was created as a response to the removal of SJB MPs Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party for accepting ministerial portfolios as the Minister of Tourism and Lands and Minister of Labour ... -
Running for President - Parliamentary Report card: Sajith Premadasa
(Manthri.lk, 2023-05-17)This infographic is created as a response to the decision of Working Committee of SJB to name SJB party leader Sajith Premadasa as the party's next presidential candidate. This report card shows the contribution of MP ... -
උපකාරක අංක පළ කිරීම ප්‍රශංසනීයයි!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-14)On the 3 August 2023, Sinhala TV channel Siyatha reported a news that included suicide helplines. -
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08)In the months of July and August 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima and Lankadeepa published articles that contain terms that trivialize sex crimes and the term "දුෂණය" (Dushanaya). -
අගතියට පත් වූ අය හට වරද පැටවීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-08)On the 6 August 2023 article published in Sunday Aruna used the term "රූමත්" (Rumath) to highlight physical appearance where it was irrelevant and blamed the murder victims, stating they lacked a good character certificate. -
උඩවලවේ නියඟය සහ ජල ගැටලුව: රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල ඔස්සේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-06)This infographic shows how the ITN, Rupavahini, Sirasa, Derana, Hiru, Swarnavahini and Siyatha news headlines (on 6 August 2023) reported on the damage to crops due to lack of water from Samanalawewa in Udawalawe. -
පියෙකු ද? "නරුම" පියෙකු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-30)In the month of July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Silumina and Sunday Lankadeepa published articles that used the term "නරුම පියා " (Naruma piya) to describe the suspect which is demonising. Also, the article published in ... -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-07)On the 20 July 2023 an article published in Colombo Times claims that a group of scientists has discovered a planet with an advanced civilization, although foreign media claims that it is merely an unusual object. -
Executive Dominance: How Big is the Sri Lankan Executive, in Comparison to Other South Asian Countries?
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-19)VR's Manthri Team analysed executive dominance within South Asian legislatures. This infographic delves into comparing the size of the Sri Lankan executive with its South Asian peers, including reflecting the actual numbers ... -
කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-26)On the 26th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published a set of guidelines to be followed when portraying women in media. -
අපරාධ සහ සමාජ ප්‍රශ්න පිළිබදව වාර්තා කිරීමේ දී පිළිපැදිය යුතු මාධ්‍ය ආචාරධර්ම
(2023-08)On the 24th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published a set of ethical guidelines on how to report on crime and social issues.