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Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 01 2022 (List of Publications)
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
Parliamentary report card: Keheliya Rambukwella – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Keheliya Rambukwella (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (205/414; 72/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 50; 9th - 53) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order, National Heritage, Media and Sports and Technology, Health
Share of Foreign debt has increased to 47% of total debt by April 2022
No full textForeign debt as a percentage of total outstanding government debt increased from 37% at the end of 2021 to 47% in the first quarter of 2022. On average for the past decade domestic debt has accounted for 56% and foreign debt has accounted for 44% of total outstanding government debt. The rupee value of the country’s foreign debt increased by 68% from February to April 2022, following the depreciation of the exchange rate in March 2022. This was the main contributing factor for the increase in total outstanding government debt.
Parliamentary report card: Bandula Gunawardane – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Bandula Gunawardane (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (375/414; 135/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 820; 9th - 213) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Economy and Finance, Trade and Industry and Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
ලිංගික අපරාධ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes seven write-ups and seven infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of December 2021 and January 2022, Mawbima, Divaina (12-01-2022), Lankadeepa (04/20-01-2022), Lankadeepa Online, Aruna, Sunday Aruna, Sunday Divaina and Silumina published several articles on sexual crimes, which contained the following ethical violations; using the derogatory terms "duushanaya" and "keleseema", trivialisation of sexual crimes in the headlines, and using sensational headlines. On the contrary, Lankadeepa (27-12-2022 / 04-01-2022), Divaina (06/25-01-2022), and Hiru (17-01-2022) ethically reported on sexual crimes using appropriate terminology
ඒඩ්ස් සහ එච්.අයි.වී. පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 1, 2022, the two newspapers Dinamina and Divaina published articles on many AIDS patients being found in the country. While both these articles state AIDS in the title, within the text they state that these patients are those who have HIV. These two articles were found to be misleading as AIDS is the late stage of HIV, and both these articles use the two terms interchangeably
Most discussed topics in parliament in April 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in April 2022 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Sajith Premadasa - SJB), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (Hesha Withanage – SJB), Health (Channa Jayasumana – SLPP), Education – Ramesh Pathirana (SLPP) and Justice, Defense and Public Order (Prasanna Ranatunga – SLPP)
Parliamentary report card: Tiran Alles – August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Tiran Alles (SLPP) in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to March 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (50/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (1) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
Government Revenue and Grants Over The Past Decade
No full textRevenue and Grants declined by LKR 91 BN from 2020 to 2021.
Parliamentary report card: Jayantha Samaraweera – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to January 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis report card shows the contribution of MP Jayantha Samaraweera (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 January 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (281/414; 92/134), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 162; 9th -43) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation, Economy and Finance, and Health