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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 January 2022 and February 2022 several news reports relating suicide incidents violated media ethics guidelines as follows;
Derana, Divaina and Aruna published news on an American beauty queen who took her own life, which contained the following ethical violations relating to suicide; mentioning the method of suicide, publishing suicide notes, and not mentioning helplines. International media outlets such as The Guardian, Good Morning America and Associated Press that reported on the same did not include any of the above ethics violations.
Sunday Aruna published an article on a suicide incident which contained the ethical violations of mentioning the method of suicide, mentioning the place of suicide, publishing news on suicide with prominence, simplifying reasons for suicide and not publishing helplines.
Divaina, Lankadeepa, Swarnavahini, Aruna, Mawbima, Daily News, Sirasa, Mawbima, Daily News, Ceylon Today, Daily Mirror, The Morning and The Island reported on a murder-suicide involving a Sri Lankan in Australia, which violated the following media ethics on suicide; Divaina, Lankadeepa, Swarnavahini, Aruna, Mawbima, Ceylon Today and Daily News gave prominence to the news on suicide. Divaina, Lankadeepa, Swarnavahini, Aruna, Mawbima, Daily News, Sirasa and The Island did not contain emergency helplines. Divaina, Lankadeepa and Swarnavahini sensationalised the suicide incident. Additionally, Divaina also mentioned the method of suicide and blamed the victim. In the meantime, Ceylon Today and The Island published emergency helplines in compliance with ethical guidelines.
Aruna, Divaina, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, Ada and Hiru reported on a suicide and a suicide attempt, where all the media outlets mentioned the method of suicide and did not publish helplines. All except for Hiru also gave excessive details on the suicide attempt. Aruna and Divaina contained the violation of reporting suicide with prominence
Sri Lanka’s Annual Average Sovereign Foreign Debt Repayments Amount to USD 4.4 bn from 2022 to 2027
No full textThere are 2 infographics available in English.Sri Lanka's revenue has been insufficient to cover its recurrent expenditure since 1983. The gap between recurrent expenditure and capital expenditure in the country continues to grow, proving to be difficult to reduce, while revenue too has not kept pace with expenditure levels for decades. To close the growing revenue-to-recurrent-expenditure gap, serious revenue-boosting measures would be required
Parliament Summary – February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis parliament summary for February 2022 provides following details: number of parliament sittings (8), Written questions asked (58) and answered (34) and most contributed MP (Mohomad Muzammil – 15), adjournment motion (1) and most contributed MP (Kanchana Wijesekara) to it, motion at adjournment time (4) and most contributed MP (Chaminda Wijesiri), Speaker’s announcements (18), Bills (11) – passed (7), first reading (4), regulations (4), orders (2), point of orders - technical (46) and disruptive (14), private member’s bills – incorporation bills (2) and questions by private notice (5) and most contributed MP (Sajith Premadasa), Expunged statements (33) and most responsible MPs (Johnston Fernando – 7 and Shanakiyan Rasamanickam -7)
Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality: Attendance of Committee Members
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala9th parliament appointed a Select Committee to look into and report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality with special emphasis on looking into gender based discriminations and violations of women’s rights in Sri Lanka. This infographic shows the attendance for the three meetings held on 4th July, 8th August and 21st October in 2021. Out of the 25 members of the committee, only Sudharshini Fernandopulle has attended all 3 meetings. It also shows that the State Minister of Women and Child Development, Pre-school and Primary Education, School Infrastructure and Education Servises, Piyal Nishantha has not attended even a single meeting
Report to the Hon. Minister of Finance as Required Under Sections 64 and 68 of the Monetary Law Act
Get PDF4p.This report dated 27 January 2022, was submitted by Ajith Nivard Cabraal, the Governor and the Chairman of Monetary Board of Sri Lanka to Basil Rajapaksa, the Hon. Minister of Finance, under Section 64 and Section 68 of the Monetary Law Act
Parliamentary report card: Vidura Wickramanayaka– 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 Vidura Wickramanayaka (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 (255/414; 106/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 38; 9th - 44) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. National Heritage, Media and Sports, Economy and Finance, EducationTrade and Industry and Natural Resources and Environment
නිවැරදි මූලාශ්ර ඔස්සේ ලබාගත් පුවත් සහ පුවතට අදාළ නිවැරදි ඡායාරූප පමණක් පල කරමු!
No full textThis entry includes 3 write-ups and 3 infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of September 2022, Mawbima reported of a death of a Russian oil trader with a picture of the assassination of a past Japanese Prime Minister, thereby resorting to inaccurate reporting. Meanwhile, Sunday Mawbima and Sunday Aruna also published a story about allegedly poisonous rice with unverified sources and therefore inaccurate information. Additionally, Derana reported a news related to the economy with a misleading graph, which can also fall under the violation of inaccurate reporting
Parliamentary report card: Nimal Lanza – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis report card shows the contribution of MP Nimal Lanza (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 February 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (218/414; 117/130), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 94; 9th -82) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order and Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 02 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
Most active MPs in parliament in April 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most active MPs in the 9th Parliament in April 2022. They are Hesha WIthanage - SJB, Sajith Premadasa - SJB, Lakshman Kiriella – SJB, Ranil Wickremesinghe – UNP and Mujibur Rahuman - SJB