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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. -
වැරදි තොරතුරු වලින් මුලා නොවන්නට ...
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-28)On the 28th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published a set of guidelines to be followed when sharing information, to prevent the spread of misinformation. -
මෙම පුවතට වාර්ගිකත්වය අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-23)On the 21st of August 2023, Dinamina published an article highlighting the ethnicity of the suspects of an incident involving illegal butchery of cattle. -
සැකකරුවන්ගේ අනන්‍යතාවය හෙළි කළ යුතුද?
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08-22)On the 21st of August 2023 articles published in Dinamina, Mawbima and Aruna reported on a fire that arose in a forest in Athugala due to the negligence of a couple. Dinamina had unethically revealed the identity of the ... -
Parliamentary report card: Dayasiri Jayasekara – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to July 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-06)On September 6, 2023, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara announced that the president of SLFP, Maithripala Sirisena, has suspended his party membership and removed him from his position as general secretary. VR's Manthri Team analysed ... -
Parliamentary report card: Chamara Sampath Dasanayake – August 2020 to June 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-09)On August 8, 2023, State Minister of Primary Industries Chamara Sampath Dasanayake was criticised by opposition MPs for using 'unparliamentary language' in parliament, while a group of students were also in attendance. ...