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P0043_Sarath W_National Flag
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: No one will be allowed to distort & disrespect the national flag of our Motherland. Anyone found so shall be thoroughly investigated and charged accordingly under the provisions of our Penal Code.– Official twitter page of Sarath Weerasekera 4 February 2022
Restoring Efficient Tax Collection Methods: Withholding Tax and Pay-As-You-Earn
Get PDF8p. The Background Notes of Verité Research Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group provide preliminary assessments, stating appropriate assumptions to overcome constraints in the availability of data.The note estimates the additional revenue that can be collected from reinstating in Sri Lanka two methods of efficient tax collection that were discontinued in 2020. That is: the withholding tax (WHT) and the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) methods of tax collection. Without any change in the current, reduced, tax rates, and a WHT of 10% the additional revenue that can be collected is estimated to be 0.70% of GDP (which is LKR 184.2 billion in 2023)
මත් වීමට භාවිතා කරන ඖෂධ නමින් සඳහන් කිරීම පුවතට අවශ්ය ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 02 September 2022, Aruna published an article which contained the ethical violation of irresponsible reporting by revealing the names of addictive drugs when reporting on an incident of a group of youth in Badulla being caught using these substances
ඒකාකෘතික කිරීමක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of February 2022, Aruna published an article on an incident relating to an indigenous person, which includes a cartoon where indigenous people have been stereotyped
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 10 infographics and 10 writeups (both in Sinhala).In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to suicide reporting.
Articles published in Sinhala newspapers Divaina and Dinamina reported suicides without any helplines while describing the method of suicide.
Articles published in Aruna reported suicide while describing the method of suicide with no helplines.
Articles published in Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima as well as the English newspaper Sunday Observer reported suicide while giving it prominence, calling it ‘commits suicide’, described the method of suicide and did not include any helplines.
An article published on The Morning had successfully reported on suicide by publishing helplines, and by calling it ‘death by suicide’ as opposed to ‘committed suicide’.
The tv programme Derana Aruna and the newspaper Aruna reported on a suicide with prominence, calling it ‘commits suicide’, described the method of suicide and did not include any helplines.
Several tv channels such as Derana, ITN, Swarnawahini, Hiru and the newspapers Aruna, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Ada and Daily News reported on a suicide without including helplines. However, the newspapers Ceylon Today, Daily Mirror and The Morning had reported the same incident with helplines.
The Ada Derana website and Derana tv channel reported a suicide without any helplines.
The Sinhala newspaper Silumina reported a suicide by publishing a photo of the place of the attempted suicide, blamed the person who tried to commit suicide and had no helplines.
The tv channels Swarnawahini and ITN broadcasted an attempt to commit suicide where they clearly showed the method, sensitive content without censoring and did not carry any helplines.
Lankadeepa, Silumina and Mawbima reported on an attempted suicide without carrying any helplines
Most discussed topics in parliament in September 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in September 2022 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Bandula Gunawardane - SLPP), Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries (Mahinda Amaraweera – SLPP), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (S. M. M. Muszhaaraff – ACMC), Welfare and Social Services (Anura Priyadarshana Yapa – SLPP) and National Heritage, Media and Sports (Sivagnanam Shritharan – ITAK
2022 Budget Sittings - Most Active MPs
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic shows the most active 10 MPs during the 2022 budget sittings. They were Nalin Bandara Jayamaha (SJB), Sivagnanam Shritharan (ITAK), Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Johnston Fernando (SLPP), J.C. Alawathuwala (SJB), Mahindananda Aluthgamage (SLPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake (JJB), Chamal Rajapaksa (SLPP), Mujibur Rahuman (SJB) and Susil Premajayantha
යුද්ධයේ අවසන් අදියරේදී මියගියවුන් වෙනුවෙන් ගෝඨාගෝගම පැවැත්වුණු සැමරුම: රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තා කර තිබුණේ කෙසේද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, tv news telecasts covered the story of the event held at GotaGoGama to commemorate the dead during the last phase of the war. While Sirasa, Swarnavahini, Siyatha, Rupavahini, Hiru and Derana featured the news in their primetime news, ITN did not give any coverage to it
Most active MPs in parliament in May 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis Infographic shows the most active MPs in the 9th Parliament in May 2022. They are Sajith Premadasa - SJB, Shanamiyan Rasamanickam - ITAK, M.U.M. Ali Sabry – SLPP, Lakshman Kiriella – SJB, and Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe - SLPP
ශ්රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන මානව හිමිකම් චෝදනා සහ ඇමති අලි සබ්රි දැක්වූ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සිරස්තල වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (in Sinhala)On October 5, 2022, primetime tv news telecasts of Swarnavahini, Siyatha, Hiru, Derana, Sirasa, ITN and Rupavahini reported on the resolution on Sri Lanka at 51st session of UNHRC. Further, the channels reported the then foreign minister Ali Sabry's comments at a press conference held in Geneva. The headlines of the reportage are included in the infographic