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Is age just a number: MPs over the age of 60 – What should determine an MPs retirement?
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilDuring the interim budget 2022 reading President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that a mandatory retirement age of 60 will be imposed for state sector employees. These infographics show the details of MPs above 60 years of age. There are 70 MPs and the President who are above 60 years. Of this 70, 11 are cabinet ministers, which is more than 50% of the total 20 ministers of the Cabinet. Infographics highlights that of 70 MPs above 60, 47 MPs have not ever held ministerial portfolios while 23 have at least once held a ministerial portfolio in the 9th parliament. MPs over the 60 ranking in the top 20% and bottom 20% of Manthri.lk rankings are also given in these infographics. What should determine an MPs retirement? MPs' productive contribution in the Parliament or their age
Parliamentary report card: G.L. Peiris – August 2020 to February 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 February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (93/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (194) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Economy and Finance, Education and Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
Nishan De Mel and Our Post-trust Society - Part 1 and 2
No full text20 Minute Takes is a production of Christians for Social Action. These podcasts are hosted by Nikki Toyama-Szeto. The first episode of this two-part conversation was published on 7 December 2022 - URL: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1892897/11828484#
The second episode was published on 14 December 2022 - URL:
https://20minutetakes.buzzsprout.com/1892897/11870984-nishan-de-mel-our-post-trust-society-part-2#In these podcasts, Dr. Nishan De Mel shares his insights towards building trust and integrity of the society; highlighting the responsibility of Media
Sri Lanka’s Fitch Credit Rating Has Been Downgraded 7 Times During the Last 7 years (May 2015 – May 2022)
No full textThis entry contains 01 infographic available in English. It is also available on the Public Finance Platform.Sri Lanka’s credit rating has been downgraded 7 times over the course of 7 years. 5 of those downgrades occurred since April 2020. In contrast, its regional peers have maintained their credit ratings. The recent downgrade to RD (Restricted Default) on the 19th of May 2022 was immediately after the lapse of a one month grace period for an ISB coupon payment that was not paid on the 18th of April
වාර්ගිකත්වයන් අනවශ්ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of May 2022, articles published in Aruna, Lankadeepa and Dinamina negatively highlighted the ethnicity of individuals who were suspects of different offences, when the ethnicity was irrelevant to the story, which is a violation of media ethical guidelines
Summary of the Budget 2023
No full textThis infographic was posted during the release of the 2023 Budget speech on the Public Finance Platform in English, Sinhala and Tamil.Sri Lanka Budget 2023 anticipates higher revenue, expenditure and a 6.6% reduction in the budget deficit
වාර්ගිකත්වයන් අනවශ්ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 09 2022, Dinamina published an article where they have irrelevantly highlighted the ethnicity of a suspect as “Muslim” in a negative context
නිෂේධනාත්කම යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 4 writeups and 4 infographics (in Sinhala)In the month of June 2022, articles published in Sunday Aruna, Sunday Mawbima, Mawbima, Dinamina and Lankadeepa contained several derogatory terms such as ‘kudda’, ‘mas wedda’, and ‘math loliya’, which are disrespectful terms to describe people that leads to discriminating individuals in society and stereotyping.
In the month of June 2022, Ethics Eye published an infographic chart to highlight the usage of the derogatory term ‘kudda’ amongst Sinhala newspapers during the year 2020 and 2021
P0051_Kanchana W_Fuel prices
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: Fuel Price will be revised from 3am today. Fuel pricing formula that was approved by the cabinet was applied to revise the prices. Price revision includes all costs incurred in importing, unloading, distribution to the stations and taxes. Profits not calculated and included. Kanchana Wijesekara, Official Twitter Page of Kanchana Wijesekara, 24 May 2022
Party makeup of the 9th parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in EnglishThis infographic shows the Party makeup of the 9th parliament as of 20 August 2020. SLPP won 145 seats and SJB won 54 seats. ITAK and JJB won 10 and 3 seats respectively. Both EPDP and AITC won 2 seats each while all the other parties (i.e. SLFP, UNP, NC, TMVP, OPPP, TMTK, MNA, ACMC, and SLMC) won 1 seat each