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Patali Champika Ranawaka: Fuel prices
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-11-05)FALSE: We heard on the election stages the claim that […] [they] would reduce the fuel price, remove/reduce taxes. […] Actually, around two weeks ago octane 92 petrol was brought into the country at Rs.195. Similarly, ... -
Sajith Premadasa: Child poverty
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-08-14)TRUE: According to international statistics 25 percent of children in Sri Lanka are suffering from child poverty. […] Statistics have shown that 42 percent of our country's children are suffering from multidimensional ... -
Bandula Gunawardana: Expressways
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-07-16)PARTLY TRUE: The foreign loans obtained to construct the expressways and have not been repaid yet amount to Rs. 800 billion. The annual profit [from expressways] is Rs. 5 billion. Even if we continue to earn a profit of ... -
'සුද්දා' ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-17)On May 11, 2023, Aruna newspaper published an editorial related to the difficulties faced by foreign tourists travelling in Sri Lanka. The title and the content of the editorial used the derogatory term "Sudda" (සුද්දා) ... -
"මෙහෙකාරිය" ද? "ගෘහ සේවිකාව" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-17)On May 15, 2023, Aruna, Dinamina, and Divaina newspapers reported on the death of a domestic worker held in police custody. Aruna used the more appropriate "Gruha sevikawa" (ගෘහ සේවිකාව) to refer to the domestic worker, ... -
"ගුරා" ද? ගුරුවරයා ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-15)From May 10 to May 12, 2023, Dinamina, Divaina, Mawbima, and Ada newspapers reported on an incident where a tuitionmaster has sexually assaulted 16 students in Kalutara. Dinamina, Divaina, and Mawbima used the derogatory ... -
"අරගලය" අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-23)On May 23, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Mawbima reported on an incident where a special task force raided a sex work racket and arrested seven individuals. When reporting, three newspapers Dinamina, Lankadeepa, ... -
අරගලයේ නායකයන් සහ කාටුන
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-19)On April 23, April 30, and May 14 2023 the Silumina newspaper published several cartoons under the Simple Man segment where there was problematic commentary regarding the leaders of the aragalaya (අරගලය) protest movement. ... -
"සුද්දා", "සුද්දී": ලේබල්කරණයෙන් වළකිමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On April 17, 2023, two newspaper reports published in Aruna and Mawbima used derogatory terms "Sudda" and "Suddi" (සුද්දා, සුද්දී) in the heading to refer to foreigners based on their skin colour. Usage of such terms in ... -
"රූමත්" බව පුවතට අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On April 16, 2023 two newspapers Sathi Aga Aruna and Sunday Mawbima reported on an incident where an elementary school teacher was killed. In these reportages both newspapers highlighted the appearance of the teacher using ... -
ගණිකා මඩමක් වටලා කළමනාකරු හා කාන්තාවෝ 3ක් උසාවියට - "ගණිකා මඩම" අවශ්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-22)On 22nd February 2024, Dinamina reported an incident in which the police arrested four individuals involved in sex work. In this report, they used the term "Ganika" (ගණිකා) to describe the sex workers and their profession. ... -
අවිවාහක කතක කෙලෙසූ පී.සී. වසර හතක් හිරේට - 'කෙලෙසූ' - අවශ්‍ය ද? 'අවිවාහක' - අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-20)On 15th February 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported on a police officer being sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting a woman. In the headline, the term "Kelesima" (කෙලෙසීම) was used to describe the sexual assault, a ... -
මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය බෝම්බය - කතුවැකියක් සහ කාන්තාව ලිංගික වස්තුවක් ලෙසින් දැක්වීමක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-20)On 20th February 2024, the Divaina editorial reported on a drug-related incident involving a woman. In the editorial, they described the woman’s physical appearance, a practice that can contribute to the objectification ... -
එකම පුවත් පතක්, වාර්තාකරණ දෙකක්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 19th February 2024, Dinamina published two articles concerning an incident involving an undercover female police officer who boarded a bus to apprehend offenders and was sexually assaulted by a man. In one article, they ... -
දිවි තොර කරගත් අයෙකුට දෝෂාරෝපණය නොකරමු! - පුදුකුඩිඉරුප්පුවෙන් ඇසුණු සමාජ ශෝකාන්තය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-19)On 14th February 2024, the Lankadeepa editorial discussed an incident in Puthukkudiyiruppu where a mother tragically died by suicide. In this editorial, they described her decision as "foolish" and attributed it to a "weak ... -
Share කරන්න! ජීවිතයක් බේරා ගන්න!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 9th February, the Ethics Eye team published an infographic featuring suicide helplines, urging viewers to share and disseminate the information in order to potentially save lives. -
පාතාල මර්දනයට මිනීමැරුම් - බෙලිඅත්තේ සංහාරය (අපට කීමට ඇති කතාව)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On 24th January 2024, the Dinvaina editorial discussed the underworld and the crimes committed by its members. The editorial suggested that, while murder is inherently unethical, it may be justifiable as a means to combat ... -
"අස්වාභාවික" සමලිංගික ඇසුරක් ද? බාල වයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-09)On 8th February 2024, Mawbima and Dinamina newspapers reported an incident involving a 14-year-old underage boy who went missing during the Kandy Perahera and was later found in the company of a 24-year-old man. Both ... -
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපරාධ වගකීමෙන් වාර්තා කරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-10)On January 30th 2024, Dinamina reported on a sexual crime committed against a 10-year-old girl by her uncle. The headline included trivialising language, such as "Hadi Kala" (හදි කළ), which diminishes the severity of the ... -
සිරස්තලයේ "කුඩ්ඩා" - අන්තර්ගතයේ "සොරකම් කිරීමට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයා"
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-02-08)On February 7th 2024, Dinamina reported a death by electrocution, using the derogatory term "Kudda" කුඩ්ඩා (Junkie) in the headline to describe the victim. In the content, the victim was referred to as "the person who came ...