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10 years since the end of the war: how did the front page headings of Sinhala and Tamil newspapers report on it
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)This infographic provides the differences in the reportage between the Sinhala and Tamil press. -
10 years since the end of the war: How did the Sinhala and Tamil press depict the commemorations?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 5/20/2019)The manner in which Sinhala and Tamil press depicted the commemoration of 10 years after war through images on May 19 and 20. Sinhala press Commemorating war heroes - 15 images Commemorating Mullivaikkal - 03 images Tamil ... -
2017 වසරේදී පුවත්පත් තුළ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම කඩවූ ආකාරය කෙබඳුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-01)This infographic describes media ethics violations i.e. revealing identity and personal details of minors and suspects, publishing without sources and not revealing the identity of the reporter, reporting suicides without ... -
2019 ජනාධිපතිවරණ අපේක්ෂකයන් පිළිබඳව රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය අනාවරණය කවරාකාරද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-11)Based on data collected from prime time news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels (i.e. TV Derana, Hiru, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini), this infographic shows how the channels covered the three main candidates ... -
2019 ජනාධිපතිවරණ අපේක්ෂකයන් හා ඔවුන්ගේ මංගල රැලි පිළිබඳව රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය අනාවරණය කවරාකාරද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2019-10)Based on data collected from prime time news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels (i.e. TV Derana, Hiru, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini), these infographics show how the channels covered the three main candidates ... -
2021 මැයි 06 මහරගම නගර සභාවේ ගැටුම්කාරී තත්වය රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා ඔස්සේ විකාශය කර තිබූ අයුරු
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-05-13)In the month of May 2021, news channels broadcast a conflict in the Maharagama Municipal Council in an unethical manner. -
2022 වසරේ ගෝලීය සාගිනි දර්ශකයේ 64 වන ස්ථානයට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව පත්වීම පිළිබඳව රූපවාහිනී වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)On October 17, 2022 Sinhala Primetime news telecasts reported on Sri Lanka being ranked 64th out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. Siyatha, Sirasa, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported this news while Rupavahini, ... -
28th anniversary of the Sathurukondan massacre
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/18/2019)The difference between how the Tamil and Sinhala press covered the 28th remembrance event on the Sathurukondan massacre in Batticaloa. -
54 persons including 13 girls arrested for partying illegally: ඇතැම් පුවතක කාන්තාවන් පමණක් ඉස්මතු වනුයේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-01)During the month of January 2021, Divaina and Daily Mirror published 2 articles which contained women discriminatory reporting. Ex- highlighting women where it is not necessary and demeaning them. -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: All Party Convention statement
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/28/2022)FALSE: During 2015-2019, Sri Lanka’s economic growth had collapsed gradually from 7% to 2%. Although foreign debt increased by USD 15 billion, foreign reserves had reduced by USD 1 billion. – Ajith Nivard Cabraal, News19.lk, ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: CBSL plan
(www.factcheck.lk, 4/7/2022)BLATANTLY FALSE: The Six-Month Road Map announced by Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) last year has proven to be a resounding success with expected inflows materialising. …..the envisaged inflows under the “Six-Month Road ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: COVID-19 Expenditure
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/14/2021)FALSE:The Government has spent more than Rs. 700 billion on controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and providing relief to people and that it is exactly half of the overall income of this country last year which was Rs. 1,380 ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Foreign Reserves
(www.factcheck.lk, 1/28/2021)TRUE: We had USD 8.2 billion in reserves… When the good governance government handed us the government, there was only USD 7.6 billion in reserves. - Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Mawbima, 7 January 2021 -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: ISB debt
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/26/2021)PARTLY TRUE: As of now (February 2021), the total ISBs outstanding is USD 14 billion, which is only 16.7 percent of Sri Lanka’s total debt. None of the other creditors who hold 83.3 percent of Sri Lanka’s debt seem to show ... -
Ajith Nivard Cabraal: Tourism earnings
(www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2022)FALSE: Tourism is a 10-billion-dollar industry, and for the last two years we have not been able to enjoy the fruits of that. – Ajith Nivad Cabraal, Bloomberg, 18 February 2022. -
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 -
Ali Sabry: IGP removal
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/10/2020)FALSE: The then IGP may not have been at fault for the Easter attack. However, if the president wants to remove him, he cannot do so under this constitution. - Ali Sabry, Lankadeepa, 16 August 2020 -
Ali Sabry: Tax revenue
(www.factcheck.lk , 6/9/2022)PARTLY TRUE: It [tax revenue as a percentage of GDP] decreased over time, under all these governments [every government since 1981] and today it has collapsed to a value of 8.7%. Mohamed Ali Sabry, Asian Mirror YouTube ... -
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Increase in debt during yahapaalanaya
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/7/2023)FALSE: When Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015, our debt was LKR 8.5 trillion […] In 2020, the country’s debt […] stood at LKR 15 trillion […] Approximately, Ranil’s five years put the country more in debt by LKR ... -
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