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General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Hambantota District
No full textThis infographic is available only in English.This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Hambantota district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 17,326, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 1,623 votes, and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 1,293 votes. The total number of valid votes cast was 21,676, while 572 votes were classified as "sleeping votes.
ස්පා කෙල්ල? සම්බාහන සේවිකාව? ඔබ තෝරාගන්නේ කුමක්ද?
No full textThis entry includes only an infographic (in Sinhala) and no writeups.On January 24 2024, Aruna and Lankadeepa newspapers reported on an incident involving a person stealing money from a masseuse's bank account. In their coverage, the masseuse was referred to as "ස්පා කෙල්ල (Spa Kella)" and "ස්පා කත (Spa Katha)" terms which may be considered disrespectful. In contrast, Dinamina and Ada newspapers used the more appropriate term "සම්බාහන සේවිකාව (Sambahana Sewikawa)". This post by Ethics Eye invites the audience to reflect on which terminology is more suitable and respectful when addressing a masseuse
මත්ද්රව්ය බෝම්බය - කතුවැකියක් සහ කාන්තාව ලිංගික වස්තුවක් ලෙසින් දැක්වීමක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On 20th February 2024, the Divaina editorial reported on a drug-related incident involving a woman. In the editorial, they described the woman’s physical appearance, a practice that can contribute to the objectification and stereotyping of women, as well as sensationalising the report. Furthermore, the editorial used the derogatory term "Kudukarayan" (කුඩුකාරයන්) to refer to individuals involved in the drug crime. Such language can reinforce the stigma against survivors of drug abuse
පාතාල මර්දනයට මිනීමැරුම් - බෙලිඅත්තේ සංහාරය (අපට කීමට ඇති කතාව)
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On 24th January 2024, the Dinvaina editorial discussed the underworld and the crimes committed by its members. The editorial suggested that, while murder is inherently unethical, it may be justifiable as a means to combat the underworld. Such statements risk trivialising the gravity of murder, even when involving criminals, and could contribute to the generalisation and normalisation of police brutality
General Election 2024 - Postal Vote Results - Kaluthara District
No full textThis infographic is available only in English.This infographic presents the postal vote results for the Kaluthara district in the 2024 General Election. The National People's Power (NPP) secured the highest number of votes with 29,076, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 3,340 votes, and the New Democratic Front (NDF) with 1,913 votes. The total number of valid votes cast was 36,810, while 936 votes were classified as "sleeping votes.
Sri Lanka only South Asian nation to not blacklist corrupt contractors
No full textFront page and page 2Daily FT (19 February 2024) front page and page 2 feature of the Blacklisting press release sent out in November 2023. The corresponding research titled “Backwards in Blacklisting: Gaps in Sri Lanka’s Procurement Framework Enable Corruption” was conducted by Subhashini Abeysinghe, Bulani Weerawardane, Ishini Randeniya, Aarathi Sirinivasan, Mathisha Arangala and Jason Hingert from the Economics Team at Verite Research
Contribution in Parliament - June 2024
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic shows the overall contribution of MPs in 9th parliament in June 2024. As per the analysis, 71 MPs did not contribute at all during June 2024. This infographic indicates the top 5 contributors of the month. They were Susil Premajayantha (SLPP), Sajith Premadasa (SJB), Buddhika Pathirana (SJB), Kanchana Wijesekara (SLPP) and Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLPP)
MPs Attendance in Parliament - March 2024
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the parliament during the 7 sittings in March 2024. The infographic highlights 31 MPs who were absent for the No - Confident Motion against the speaker. Further, this infographic provides a breakdown of 20 MPs who had less than 50% attendance during the 7 sittings in March 2024. Those breakdowns are 5 MPs with 0% attendance, 7 MPs with 17% attendance and 8 MPs with 33% attendance
Contribution in Parliament - May 2024
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.This infographic shows the overall contribution of MPs in 9th parliament in May 2024. As per the analysis, 144 MPs contributed to parliament proceedings at least once whereas 81 MPs did not contribute at all during May 2024. This infographic indicates 5 most active MPs of the month. Those MPs are Sajith Premadasa (SJB), Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Susil Premajayantha (SLPP), Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (SLPP) and S.M.M. Muszhaaraff (ACMC)
දකුණු ආසියාවේ වැඩිම ලයිට් බිල ලංකාවේ: වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච්ගෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් = Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
No full textFront page and page 6Lankadeepa (9 February 2024) front page and page 6 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in Sinhala. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research