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බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය හෙළිකිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (both in Sinhala)During the months December 2021 and of January 2022,Silumina (09-01-2022), Derana (22-12-2021), Aruna, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Dinamina (24-12-2021), The Island (23-12-2021), Silumina, Sunday Aruna, Sunday Mawbima and Sunday Lankadeepa (26-12-2021) violated the ethical violation of revealing the identity of minors in a way that threatens the safety of minor witnesses in crimes and disrupts minors' school life. Meanwhile, ITN, Swarnavahini, Sirasa (22-12-2021), Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima, Aruna, Ceylon Today, Daily News, Daily Mirror, Ada (23-12-2021) complied with the media ethics guidelines on reporting on minors by not revealing their identities
කාන්තාවකගේ විවාහක අවිවාහක බව අදාළ නොවන හැඳින්වීම් ක්රමයක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of January 2022, Lankadeepa published on a parliamentary debate, where MPs were referred to be their marital status as Mr., Mrs., and Ms, which discriminates women based on their marital status. By contrary, Aruna published on a similar parliamentary debate, where MPs were only referred to their designation, which is gender-neutral
Constitutional Council Comparison: 21A Vs. 22A
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThese infographics compare the appointment of Independent Commissions and Appointment for Public Service/Judiciary by the Parliamentary Council in the current constitution and the Constitutional Council proposed by both the 21st and 22nd amendments
රාජ්ය ආයතන නිලධාරිනියන්ට "පහසු ඇඳුමට ඉඩක්" - "ගැලපෙන ඇඳුමට ඉඩක්" - "රාජ්ය නිලධාරිනියන්ගේ සාරි ගලවයි" - මේ සිරස්තල පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (both in Sinhala)There was a difference between headlines published in Dinamina and Ada on September 22, 2022 and Sunday Aruna on October 2, 2022 regarding the circular issued stating that school teachers can report to work in casual attire. While Ada and Dinamina reported it using words like පහසු ඇඳුම and ගැලපෙන ඇඳුම, Sunday Aruna headline was රාජ්ය නිලධාරිනියන්ගේ සාරි ගලවයි
Average Time Taken to Restructure Debt
No full textThis entry contains 01 infographic available in English. It is also available on the Public Finance Platform.A country resorts to debt restructuring when its public debt is unsustainable. Debt restructuring involves a substantive default on existing debt contracts. This can occur through an orderly or disorderly process. An orderly default (pre-emptive default) is when (1) a country does not miss a debt service payment or (2) misses a debt service payment after securing consent from creditors to do so. A disorderly default is when a country misses a debt service payment and fails to secure consent from creditors to do so.
This infographic shows that countries who restructure their debt after a disorderly default takes a longer time to restructure debt, as opposed to countries that restructure debt after an orderly default
Parliamentary report card: Ranil Wickremesinghe – 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 MP Ranil Wickremesinghe (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 March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (354/414; 52/71), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 667; 9th - 56) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance and Justice, Defense and Public Order
ආර්ථික අර්බුදය පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
No full textThis entry includes six writeups and six infographics (Both in Sinhala).During the months of March 2022 of April 2022, several newspapers and tv news covered the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka from various angles.
On power cuts: On March 30, 2022, Derana, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, Hiru and ITN reported the scheduled power cuts in the headlines of their main primetime news telecast, while Rupavahini did not include it in their headline.
Death in fuel queue: On April 10, 2022, ITN and Rupavahini did not metion about the two deaths that occurred at fuel queues, while Sirasa, Hiru, Rupavahini, and Derana reported the incidents.
Downgrading Sri Lanka in debt rating: On April 14, 2022 ITN and Rupavahini did not report that Sri Lanka was further downgraded in the debt ratings by Fitch Ratings. Derana, Sirasa, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported the news.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's speech to the new cabinet: ITN and Rupavahini did not cover on April 18, 2022 that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated while addressing the new cabinet that he regretted not seeking IMF support earlier and not providing chemical fertiliser to the farmers. Sirasa, Hiru, Derana and Swarnavahini reported on the speech.
Sri Lanka ranking as the country with the 3rd highest inflation: On April 25, 2022, while Derana, Siyatha, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported that Prof. Hanke of Johns Hopkins University ranked Sri Lanka third among the countries with highest inflation in the world, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini did not cover the news.
On gas price increase and request to increase electricity bills: Sirasa, Derana, Swarnavahini, Siyatha and ITN covered the gas price increase and the request to increase electricity charges in the headlines. Hiru included the increase in gas price, but did not report on the electricity charges. Rupavahini did not report either events on April 26, 2022 in the headline
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 02 2022 (Press Release)
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
"සුරූපී" බව පුවතට අදාළද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of February 2022, Aruna, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Mawbima reported on a dancer committing suicide, where her physical appearance was highlighted as "suruupi" (beautiful) which was irrelevant to the context. The articles further did not comply with the media ethics guidelines on suicide; mentioned the method of suicide, published photos of the deceased and did not publish helplines
The lure of Chinese loans : Sri Lanka’s experiment with a special framework to finance its infrastructure investments
Get PDFThe Economics and Legal Research Teams of Verité Research compiled the study. The team comprised of Subhashini Abeysinghe, Mathisha Arangala, Uween Jayasinha, Senith Abeyanayake, Samali Jinadasa and Siyama Ansar. Review and editorial support was provided by Venya De Silva. 39p.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 during this period. More than half of these loans from China (53%) came through a special regulatory framework set up in 2010, enabling the government to entertain unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public funded infrastructure projects circumventing the normal competitive procurement process. This research paper delves into the design and the actual practice of this special regulatory framework. Based on published and unpublished official documents and conversations with the officials, the paper unravels the flaws in the design and the execution of the special framework. In depth investigation of a water supply scheme implemented via the special framework demonstrates how the flaws in the design and the implementation led to outcomes different from the ones expected at the time the framework was established. It reveals the hidden costs the country incurred to secure funds for its infrastructure development and the ineffectiveness of the oversight processes in place to detect and prevent malpractices and irregularities