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නිෂේධනාත්කම යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම: ගුරාද? ගුරුවරයාද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (in Sinhala)On 13th of February 2023 Aruna published reported of the death of a teacher and three students in an accident, by referring to the teacher with the derogatory term 'gura', while Ada reported the same incident using the term 'guruwaraya'
Budget 2024 - Voting Breakdown - Third Reading
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On December 13, 2023, the third reading of the Budget 2024 (Appropriation Bill) was passed with a majority of 41 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs that were absent and had abstained from the vote. 122 votes were cast in favour of the bill, while 81 votes were cast against it and 20 MPs were absent. Only one MP abstained from voting
Infrastructure Watch 2023: Infographics
No full textThis entry contains 18 infographics: 6 each in Sinhala, Tamil and EnglishSection 9 of the RTI Act No. 12 of 2016 mandates the Minister responsible for an infrastructure project to must disclose project information. In 2022, Verité Research assessed government compliance with the RTI Act's proactive disclosure provisions for 60 large-scale infrastructure projects valued at Rs. 1.08 trillion, implemented between 2019 and 2021. In 2023, Verité Research assessed government compliance with the RTI Act's proactive disclosure provisions for 60 large-scale infrastructure projects valued at Rs. 2.54 trillion, implemented between 2019 and 2022. Despite the Right to Information (RTI) Act’s proactive disclosure requirement, only 18% and 25% of information required to be disclosed on large-scale infrastructure projects were proactively disclosed online in 2022 and 2023 respectively. The information, when available online, was mostly available in English – even though the RTI Act mandates disclosure in Sinhala and Tamil, with English required only if feasible. In 2022, 18% of the information was available in English, but only 5% in Sinhala and 4% in Tamil. This trend continued in 2023, where 25% was available in English, with only 8% in Sinhala and 8% in Tamil
අගතියට පත් වූ අය හට වරද පැටවීමක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (both in Sinhala) - published on Ethics Eye platform 8 August 2023On the 6 August 2023 article published in Sunday Aruna used the term "රූමත්" (Rumath) to highlight physical appearance where it was irrelevant and blamed the murder victims, stating they lacked a good character certificate
රූපවාහිනි නාලිකාවල පළවූ පුවත් සිරස්තල තුළින් ඉස්මතුවූ මාධ්ය ධ්රැවීකරණය
No full textThis entry has 3 infographics and 3 write-ups (all in Sinhala).On 27 June 2023 Sinhala TV news channels reported on the President's statement about the domestic debt restructuring process. Rupavahini, Sirasa, Derana and Swarnawahini highlighted on the debt restructuring process will not harm the banking system and public funds. ITN stated that the president had stated on how debt would be restructured during the next five years. Siyatha stated that the parliamentary debate on this would be happening, while Hiru news did not report on this at all.
On 26 July 2023, there was coverage about the protest at Manning market. The headlines of the various news channels focused on different aspects of the story. ITN, Rupavahini and Derana headlines stated that the reason for the arrest of protesters was because they had violated a court order. Sirasa, Hiru and Siyatha focused only on the arrest of the protesting sellers. Swarnawahini mentioned that those arrested had been granted bail.
On July 27, 2023, TV Sinhala main news broadcasts covered the President's All-Party Conference to discuss the 13th Constitutional Amendment and Reconciliation. Rupavahini stated that participants who were sceptical about the summit were able to discard their suspicion after it was over. ITN and Swarnawahini stated that the president had said it was important for political parties to do their part towards reconciliation, while he too worked towards it. Derana stated that the conference ended without a consensus, with certain political parties requesting for provincial council elections. Siyatha stated that the conference was unsuccessful, while Hiru stated that during the conversations for reconciliation the need for provincial council elections had emerged
Parliament Summary - March 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of parliament in March 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in March 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 78 written questions were asked but only 27 questions were answered. There were 5 Adjournment motions and Ranjith Siyambalapitiya was the most contributed MP for the Adjournment motions. 12 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 8 parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders was 6, 7 and 0 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there was 1 Incorporation Bill whereas no Bills for the Public interest. There were 6 questions by the Private notice at the Parliament in March 2023. 66 Point of orders were raised in total and 58 were ruled as technical point of orders whereas 8 were ruled as disruptive point of orders. 30 statements were considered as expunged statements and Chaminda Wijesiri was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the parliament in March 2023
Most Active MPs in Parliament in April 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This Infographic shows the Most Active MPs of the 9th Parliament in April 2023. They are Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Premanath C. Dolawatte, Shehan Semasinghe, Mahinda Amaraweera and Bandula Gunawardana. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya is the most contributed MP in the Parliament in April 2023. Further, all the above 5 MPs are members of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
බාලවයස්කාර දරුවන් පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 4 infographics (in Sinhala).On 29th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethical guidelines on reporting on minors
20230227_FC_P0060_RanjithSiyambalapitiya_ImportShortage
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. FALSE: …It is because this step was taken [ban imports on certain items] that essential items such as fuel, medicine and fertiliser can be imported without any shortages…
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Newswire, 26 January 202
MPs Attendance in Parliament - March 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the Parliament during the 8 sittings in March 2023. This infographic highlights the number of MPs who had less than 80% attendance and also the number of MPs who had less than 50% attendance for parliament sittings in March 2023. These numbers are 127 and 35 respectively. The bar graph in the infographic illustrates the number of MPs who were present and absent during all 8 parliament sittings