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Total SOE Losses in the first four months of 2022 Outweigh Annual Losses in 2021
No full textDuring the first four months of 2022 the cumulative loss of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) amounted to LKR 860 BN. This figure outweighs the annual loss of SOEs in 2021. The top 3 contributors to the increase of the loss were (1) Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) (2) Sri Lankan Airlines and the (3) Ceylon Electricity Board. The loss was driven by the exchange rate loss due to the depreciation of the currency by 58% in the first four months of 2022. Certain SOE’s with higher level of exposure to foreign debt were more vulnerable to the depreciation of the currency. The CPC was one such SOE that was severely impacted by the exchange rate. The CPC’s losses in the first four months of 2022 amounted to LKR 628 BN which is 73% of the total SOE loss. The foreign exchange loss of the CPC amounted to 550 BN , which is 21 times higher than the same figure of LKR 26 BN reported in the in the same period in 2021
පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හමුවේ රජය විසින් සහන ලබාදෙන බවට පැවසෙන පුවත්, ප්රධාන රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of January 2022, different TV news reported the relief package given by the government in the face of the economic crisis differently. ITN and Rupavahini only showed the opinions of the people who were in favour of the relief package. Hiru and Swarnavahini showed public opinion for and against the relief package, while Sirasa and Derana did not feature any public opinio
Most discussed topics in parliament in February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in February 2022 at the 9th Parliament and the top contributing MPs to those topics. Topics and contributors are Justice, Defense and Public Order (M.U.M. Ali Sabry - SLPP), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (Dayasiri Jayasekara - SLPP), Economy and Finance (Shehan Semasinghe – SLPP), Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries (Rohana Bandara – SJB) and Trade and Industry (Lasantha Alagiyawanna – SLPP)
උපකාරක අංක යෙදුවාට ස්තූතියි!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (both in Sinhala)In the month of March 2022 Sunday Lankadeepa published an article on mental health in Sri Lanka, which complied with media ethics and published suicide helplines
වැරදි තොරතුරු ?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of February 2022, an article published in Dinamina carried a misleading headline as it stated that Sri Lanka has the lowest fuel prices in South Asia. In the body of the article, it has been stated that Sri Lanka's fuel prices are a few cents (in USD) higher than Pakistan's fuel prices
Parliamentary report card: G.L. Peiris – August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP G.L. Peiris (SLPP) in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to March 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (97/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (119) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Justice, Defense and Public Order, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs and Education
Sectoral Allocations for the 2023 Budget
No full textThese infographics were prepared during the reading of the 2023 Budget speech and are available on the public Finance Platform in English, Sinhala and Tamil.Sectoral allocations from the 2023 Budget, ranging from defence to water and sanitation. This was presented in the Budget speech for 2023
පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of February 2022, Aruna, Divaina and Mawbima published articles which contained the ethical violation of not using a person-first language when reporting on persons with disabilities. Derogatory terms used to describe persons with disabilities, such as “golu” and “manda maanasika” have been used in the reportage
ලිංගික අපරාධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 4 write-ups and 4 infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 02, 2022, Aruna and Dinamina published an article on a sexual harassment of a minor by their teacher. These two articles stereotyped women. However, Ada published the same news story ethically without stereotyping.
On December 02, 2022, Aruna published an article on sexual harassment of a minor with sensationalized headlines. The same news story was published by Ada adhering to ethical guidelines.
On December 07, 2022 Aruna published an article on sexual harassment of a minor by stating that the girl was defiled (කෙලෙසීම) in the headline.
On December 18, 2022, Divaina published an article trivializing a sexual harassment of a minor
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes five write-ups and five infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of December 2021 and January 2022, Derana, Hiru, Sirasa, Divaina, Aruna, Mawbima, Daily News, Daily Mirror, Ada, The Island and Dinamina several articles published on suicide, which contained the following ethical violations; describing the method of suicide, not publishing helplines, using the inappropriate term "committed suicide", showing sensitive footage, revealing the identity of the victims and publishing suicide notes