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Sri Lanka’s Short-Term Outflows Exceed Usable Reserves
No full textThis infographic is available on the publicfinance.lk website at https://publicfinance.lk/en/topics/sri-lanka-s-short-term-outflows-exceed-usable-reserves-1645063456Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves have been consistently declining since June 2019 and as of January 2022, usable foreign exchange reserves stand at USD 792 Mn, while the twelve-month outflows at end of 2021 stand at USD 6,904 Mn, which is approximately 9 times the January 2022 reserve balance. These twelve-month (short-term) outflows refer to predetermined net drains on foreign currency assets and include foreign currency liabilities of both the government and the central bank of Sri Lanka
භාවාතිශකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාරධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).On October 18, 2022 Divaina and Dinamina reported a gruesome murder of a woman. The heading in Dinamina was reported in a sensationalist manner. On October 19 Aruna, Mawbima, Ada and Divaina, and on October 20 Dinamina published articles about a sex crime. The infographic features headlines and some of them sensationalize the news
Budget Promises: 2021 End Year Assessment Infographics
No full textThis IKR upload contains 01 document with the English infographics and 01 document with the Sinhala infographicsFor the end year assessment of the 2021 budget, 37 RTI requests were filed to 28 implementing government agencies for information on Expenditure Proposals and Verité filed 12 RTI requests with 9 implementing government agencies for the regulatory proposals. The proposals were categorized into five categories based on the level of openness similar to that done in previous years; “closed”, “restricted”, “uncooperative”, “responsive” or “open”. The proposals were also assessed according to how far they have been implemented under the categories of "undisclosed", "fulfilled", "substantial", "partial", "poor" and "broken". The findings were disseminated via 5 infographics in English and Sinhala.Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE
Most discussed topics in parliament in October 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in October 2022 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (Sajith Premadasa – SJB), Technology, Communications and Energy (Kanchana Wijesekara – SLLP), Economy and Finance (Shehan Semasinghe - SLPP), Justice, Defense and Public Order (Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha – SLPP) and Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation (Bandula Gunawardane – SLPP)
Parliamentary report card: Suren Raghavan – August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in SinhalaThis report card shows the contribution of MP Suren Raghavan (SLPP) in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (120/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (53) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Justice, Defense and Public Order; Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs; Economy and Finance
කාන්තාවන් පිළිබඳව වාර්තා කිරීමේදී, ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (all four in Sinhala).On July 14 2022, Dinamina published an article regarding serveral protesters who occupied the Prime Minister's Office being hospitalised in the attempt, which contained the ethical violation of highlighting gender in irrelevant contexts; only highlighting women when both women and men were among the hospitalised. Divaina, that published an article on the same incident did not highlight the gender of those who were hospitalised.
On 19 July 2022, Aruna published an article, which contained the ethical violation of discrimination against women by including an overly sexualized and sensational cartoon of a woman
අප්රේල් 4, 2022 දින රූපවාහිනී සිරස්තල: නව අමාත්යවරු පත්කිරීමක්ද? හිටපු අයම පත්කිරීමක්ද? ඔබේ අදහස?
No full textThis entry includes a writeup and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of April 2022, tv primetime news telecasts framed the appointment of a new appointment in different ways. Sirasa, Hiru, Swarnavahini and ITN specified in the headlines that old ministers have been reappointed as well. Hiru and Rupavahini headlines did not clarify to the viewers that old ministers were in the new cabinet
Parliamentary report card: Lohan Ratwatte – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to July 2021
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis report card shows the contribution of MP Lohan Ratwatte (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to July 2021 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (164/414; 59/86), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 5; 9th - 21) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Justice, Defense and Public Order, Trade and Industry, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation and Economy and Finance
Flow of External Loans to Sri Lanka
No full textFor the past five years (2017-2021) China has been the largest bilateral lender to Sri Lanka. In 2021, China disbursed a total of USD 947 MN, out of which USD 809 MN was obtained as market borrowings from the China Development Bank. The Asian Development Bank ( ADB ) has been the largest multilateral lender in the past 5 years and disbursed funds amounting to LKR USD 610 MN in 2021. In the first four months of 2022 a total of USD 968 MN has been disbursed. The largest bilateral lender in this period was India. Disbursements from India (USD 377 Mn) and ADB ( USD 360 Mn ) account for 76% of total disbursements in the first four months of 2022
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 01 2022
No full textSyndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around one thousand people is taken into consideration. The Mood of the Nation poll is conducted periodically by Verité Research and is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses. The sample and methodology are designed to limit the maximum error margin to under 3% at a 95% confidence interval, which meets the gold standard of surveys. The Mood of the Nation survey is designed to assess the approval, satisfaction, and confidence of the nation in relation to the government, the country, and the economy. The poll is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses from 1,000 plus Sri Lankan adults. The poll is conducted as a part of the syndicated survey instrument by Verité Research and the polling partner was Vanguard Survey (Pvt) Ltd. This instrument also provides other organisations the opportunity to survey the sentiments of Sri Lanka