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Most Active MPs in Parliament in September 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This Infographic shows the Most Active MPs of the 9th Parliament in September 2023. They are Sajith Premadasa, Sudharshana Denipitiya, Susil Premajayantha, Lakshman Kiriella and Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Sajith Premadasa is the most contributed MP in the Parliament in September 2023
ගැටළු සහගත, වගකීම් විරහිත වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (both in Sinhala)On 4th of February 2023 Dinamina published reported of an incident where an individual who is referred to as an election contestant of the NPP (National People's Power) has allegedly hit another person, without any sources, no verifiable information or the name of a journalist, thereby making it irresponsible and problematic reporting
"හිටපු කොටියා" ද? විත්තිකරුවෙක් ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On 7th April 2023, an article published in the Divaina newspaper used the term “Hitapu Kotiya” to describe a suspect who was allegedly a former member of the LTTE and had been released from a court case regarding drugs. This kind of reporting contributes to the stigma against former LTTE members who are being rehabilitated and living peaceful lives. In contrast, other newspapers such as Ada, Mawbima, and Dinamina described the former LTTE member as a suspect or a fisherman without using discriminatory terms
සැකකරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය හෙළි කළ යුතුද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and a infographic (both in Sinhala).On the 21st of August 2023 articles published in Dinamina, Mawbima and Aruna reported on a fire that arose in a forest in Athugala due to the negligence of a couple. Dinamina had unethically revealed the identity of the suspectes while Mawbima and Aruna had ethically reported it, without revealing the identity of the suspects
Parliament Summary - June 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of parliament in June 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in June 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 77 written questions were asked but only 40 questions were answered. There was one motion at the adjournment time. 12 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 8 parliament sittings. The number of Bills and Regulations were 4 and 6 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there was 1 Incorporation Bill whereas no Bill for the public interest. There were 6 questions by the Private notice at the parliament in June 2023. 34 Points of order were raised in total, and 30 points of order were ruled as technical points of order. Only 4 were ruled as disruptive point of orders in the parliament during this month. 25 statements were considered as expunged statements at the parliament. Diana Gamage was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the parliament in June 2023
අජාන් බ්රහ්මවංසෝ හිමිට ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී ගුවන් යානය මගහැරීම පිළිබඳව පළවූ උන්වහසේගේ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා විකාශය කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry has one write-up and one infographic (both in Sinhala).The buddhist clergyman Ajaan Brahamvansoo had to remain for 12 hours due to his flight getting grounded at the Bandaranayake International Airport. On 04 June, Swaranawahini and on 05 June Sirasa broadcast footage during their news bulletins covering the views shared by the monk while he had been grounded at the airport. However, it was observed that the footage shown by the two channels were different. After careful analysis, it was ascertained that the clip shown by Sirasa was accurate. But the video shown by Swarnawahini was of a speech given by the monk much earlier, on 20 May 2023, which had been broadcast by the Western Australia Buddhist Association
The EPF is the Single Largest Holder of Government Treasury Bonds
No full textThis infographic was published on the Public Finance Platform in English.On June 28, 2023, the Sri Lankan government unveiled its Domestic Debt Restructuring plan. A key component of this plan is the restructuring of bond holdings associated with superannuation funds, which are funds set up for retirement benefits
20230208_FC_E1638_PataliChampikaRanawaka_FuelBill
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. PARTLY TRUE: …the current normalcy in the country is at a low-level equilibrium. This is an uneasy equilibrium.... Our normal [monthly] fuel bill stood at US 200 million…
Patali Champika Ranawaka, Daily Mirror, 12 January 202
IMF Programme Progress
No full textThis IKR entry contains 01 infographic available in English.The infographic covers three points; 1) the IMF analysis projects a decline in Sri Lankas debt to GDP; 2) effective interests rates to decline; and 3) progress on IMF commitments
What Caused the Rise in Tax Revenue from 2021 to 2022?
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.In the Central Bank's Annual Report for 2022, the government's revenues witnessed a notable surge of 38%, soaring from Rs 1,484 billion to Rs 2,013 billion. A closer examination of the revenue breakdown reveals that a substantial portion of this growth stems from increments in Value Added Tax (VAT), Personal Income Tax and Corporate Tax, which experienced respective increments of Rs 155 billion and Rs 212 billion. Improving fiscal consolidation will be of paramount importance as Sri Lanka advances in its IMF program