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සිසු ගැටුමක් නිසා ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්යාලය තාවකාලිකව වසා දැමීම - රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)A clash between students from two faculties at the University of Jayewardenepura occurred on September 12, 2024. As a result, university activities have been temporarily suspended to ensure student safety. This infographic ... -
“ගණිකා” - ගර්හාත්මක ආකල්පයන්ට තුඩු දෙන වාර්තාකරණ නොවේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 13/09/2024)On 6 September 2024 Lankadeepa and Mawbima reported on raids of sex service establishments that were operated under the guise of massage parlors, using the derogatory terms “ගණිකා නිවාස” and “ගණිකා මඩම්” in both headlines ... -
දේශප්රේමී ජාතික පෙරමුණේ සම්මන්ත්රණයේදී ඇති වූ උණුසුම් තත්ත්වය -රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් ඇසින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)On 12 September 2024, an unidentified group disrupted a Patriotic National Front political conference in Colombo, causing heightened tensions. This infographic shows how ITN, Rupavahini, Hiru, Sirasa, Siyatha TV, Derana ... -
ජනාධිපතිවරණයට පෙර සතියේ සති අග පුවත්පත්වල මුල් පිටු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 15/09/2024)These infographics display the front pages of Sunday Sinhala and English newspapers from the final week before the 2024 Presidential Election. All newspapers (i.e. Silumina, Sunday Aruna, Sunday Mawbima, Sunday Lankadeepa, ... -
Presidential Election 2024 - Top Four Candidates by Airtime Allocation on Each Television Channel - 29 August to 4 September 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 14/09/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, Sajith Premadasa, Namal Rajapaksa and Dilith Jayaweera on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. ... -
"මුස්ලිම්" වාර්ගිකත්වය පුවතට අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 12/9/2024)On September 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the release on bail of a suspect in a cheque bounce case. The report mentioned the suspect's ethnicity, which was not relevant to the news. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් නිරතුරුවම මනෝවිද්යාත්මක ප්රවේශයක් භාවිතා කරමු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)The Dinamina newspaper editorial published on 10 September 2024 for World Suicide Prevention Day omits the emergency number and presents overly simplified explanations for suicides. The editorial would be more beneficial ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Disaanayaka, and Namal Rajapaksa on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම - උපකාරක අංක සඳහන් කර නැත!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/9/2024)On 23 August 2024, TV Derana reported a suicide on its main evening news, omitting emergency helpline numbers and describing the method used. The media is encouraged to follow ethical guidelines when reporting on murders ... -
TV news coverage of the Presidential Candidates - 22 August to 28 August 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 11/9/2024)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Dilith Jayaweera, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, and Nuwan Bopage on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected from TV Derana, ... -
ඔබ දැන සිටියාද දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වසංගතයක් ලෙසින් පැතිර යාමට ඉඩ ඇති බව ...
(Colombo: Verité Research, 10/9/2024)On 10 September 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a four-slide post offering guidance to media professionals on the importance of adhering to ethical guidelines when reporting on suicide. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 4/9/2024)On September 3, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported a suicide attempt in Japan and a related accident resulting in the deaths of two Japanese nationals. The report used emotive language and did not include helpline numbers. -
"චීනා" - චීන ජාතිකයන් කෙරෙහි ගර්හාත්මක ආකල්පයක් ඇති නොකරන්නේ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 6/9/2024)On September 6, 2024, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Dinamina newspapers reported a case involving a Chinese national wanted by Interpol for financial fraud in China. Lankadeepa and Aruna used the derogatory term "චීනා" (Cheena) ... -
Article 157 - An Alternative Law-Making Process Under the Sri Lankan Constitution
(Manthri.lk, 2026-03-16)A different way of making laws in Sri Lanka? Article 157 of the Constitution allows certain international agreements and treaties to be given the force of law. Interestingly, Manthri.lk observed that the Resolution on the ... -
දායකත්වයෙන් සහ පැමිණීමෙන් ඉදිරියෙන්ම සිටින මන්ත්රීවරියන් - 10 වන පාර්ලිමේන්තුව
(Manthri.lk, 2026-03-15)In line with the International Women’s Day on 08 March, Manthri.lk looked at the parliamentary performance and attendance of women MPs in the 10th Parliament. The MPs overall rank is also reflected alongside their top 5 ... -
Women MPs Leading in Perfomance and Attendance - 10th Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2026-03-13)In line with the International Women’s Day on 08 March, Manthri.lk looked at the parliamentary performance and attendance of women MPs in the 10th Parliament. The MPs overall rank is also reflected alongside their top 5 ... -
Accountability: Why the Sri Lankan Economy Collapsed and How to Revive it
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-07)This paper argues that the root cause of Sri Lanka’s 2022 economic collapse lies not merely in recent missteps, but in long-standing policies that weakened citizens’ ability to hold their government responsible. Despite ... -
Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul: Measuring the Commercial Debt Burden Created by Concessional Debt
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02)The paper develops an analytical method and metric for evaluating the extent to which a nation’s budget support commercial debt is necessitated by the obligation to repay concessional project loans of the past. This is ... -
Forensic Audit of Central Bank 2019: Assessment of losses to the EPF
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02)This note examines the bond and equity market forensic audit reports to ascertain the scale of the EPF’s losses in the past. It also highlights a significant underestimation of the actual losses, as the forensic audit ... -
Property Taxes in Sri Lanka: Proposal for a More Effective Valuation Method
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025)This paper focuses on reforming Sri Lanka’s main property tax, commonly known as the rate assessment system, which currently generates only tiny amounts of revenue for local councils. Despite its potential to provide ...