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නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes four write-ups and four infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima published articles containing the term "චීනා" (Cheena), which is considered derogatory towards Chinese people. The Ada newspaper also reported the same incidents ethically, avoiding derogatory terms. On the 4th of April 2023, Aruna published an article containing the derogatory term "සුද්දී" (Suddi) while Mawbima reported it ethically. During the month of April 2023, Aruna and TV Derana reported on people with substance abuse using the derogatory term "මත්ලෝලීන්" (Mathlolin)
20231212_FC_P0091_HarshadeSilva_MultidimensionalPoverty
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when considering education, health, and the economy altogether, 12.5 million out of the 21 million in our country, [that is] more than 56%, can be categorised as poor.
Harsha de Silva, Parliament of Sri Lanka, 15 November 202
20230725_P0075_FC_UdayaGammanpila_DDRCondition
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: The IMF has not imposed a condition saying to restructure domestic debt. ….. That being the case, who has intimidated us to the point of doing this? What has happened is that foreign bondholders – sovereign bondholders – have imposed a condition saying that if their debt is restructured…then, something similar must also be done to domestic debt.
Udaya Gammanpila, Daily Mirror News YouTube page, 27 June 202
Parliament Summary - May 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of parliament in May 2023. There were 8 parliament sittings in May 2023. During the 8 parliament sittings, 78 written questions were asked but only 23 questions were answered. There were 2 motions at the adjournment time. Charles Nirmalanathan was the most contributed MP for the motions at the adjournment time. 20 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 8 parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders were 5, 5 and 11 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there was 1 Incorporation Bill whereas no Bill for the Public interest. There were 4 questions by the Private notice at the parliament in May 2023. 42 Point of orders were raised in total, and 38 point of orders were ruled as technical point of orders. 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. Sajith Premadasa was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the parliament in May 2023
Most Discussed Topics in parliament in July 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in July 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Susil Premajayantha - SLPP), Justice, Defence and Public order (Wijayadasa Rajapaksha - SLPP), Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation (Bandula Gunawardana- SLPP), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary affairs (Imthiaz Bakeer Markar- SJB) and Rights and Representation (Sivagnanam Shritharan - ITAK)
Tax revenue misses IMF target in 1st quarter!
No full textThis infographic is available on the Public Finance Platform and is in English.According to the 2022 Annual Report from the Ministry of Finance, tax revenue for the first quarter of 2023 experienced a surge of 56%, amounting to LKR 578 billion. This was a increase from the LKR 370 billion collected during the same period in 2022. Despite this growth, the Q1 2023 tax revenue collection fell short of the target set in agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was LKR 650 billion, by 11%. Moreover, the tax-to-GDP ratio for the first quarter of 2023 was reported to be 7.9%. This is lower than the annual target of 9.7% agreed upon with the IMF, indicating a gap of 1.8 percentage points that needs to be bridged in order to meet the target agreed upon with the IMF for the year
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: On tax paying labour force
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: "Only 120,965 persons or 2.6 percent of the labour force, who are earning over Rs.100,000 per month, are subjected to the PAYE tax."
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Daily Mirror, 11 February 202
Verite Research Debt Update - February 2023
No full text6p. The Verité Research Debt Update provides a regular update for investors, policy makers and analysts, on the latest developments in this space together with commentary and analysis on Sri Lanka’s path to resolving its economic crisis since suspending debt repayment in April 2022.This issue provides coverage and analysis on the financial assurance letters issued by China, India, The Paris Club and a group of private bond holders to the IMF on their commitment to support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring efforts. These are the key developments identified; 1) The communications are adequate for Sri Lanka to meet the technical criteria for IMF Board approval for the External Fund Facility (“EFF”) of $2.9 billion, which achieved a staff-level agreement in September 2022; 2)The Paris Club statement requested that any restructuring agreement treats all bilateral creditors equally, and on terms at least as favorable as
all commercial creditors; 3)The statement and letter respectively, from Paris Club and India supported the paths and targets agreed upon with the IMF, but did not express any commitment to specific short-term measures; 4) The letter from China committed to specific short-term debt relief measures, but it did not express confidence that Sri Lanka will achieve the projected long-term path of debt or the macro-fiscal targets for debt sustainability agreed upon with the IMF; 5) China and Bondholders (the “Bondholder Group”) expressed concerns regarding the IMF’s targets and projections and requested greater involvement and transparency in the analyses and formulation of those targets; 6) The Bondholder letter introduced new negotiating positions that pressed for constraints beyond those agreed upon with the IMF (see further analysis section for more details
Parliament Summary - April 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic includes the summary of Parliament in April 2023. There were 5 parliament sittings in April 2023. During the 5 parliament sittings, 50 written questions were asked but only 40 questions were answered. There were 2 motions at the adjournment time. Ishak Rahuman was the most contributed MP for the motions at the adjournment time. 21 announcements were made by the Speaker during the 5 Parliament sittings. The number of Bills, Regulations and Orders were 9, 1 and 2 respectively. Under Private Member's Bills, there were three Incorporation Bills whereas no Bills for the Public interest. There were 4 questions by the Private notice at the Parliament in April 2023. 19 Point of orders were raised in total and 17 were ruled as technical point of orders whereas 2 were ruled as disruptive point of orders. 31 statements were considered as expunged statements and Nimal Lanza was the most responsible MP for the expunged statements at the Parliament in April 2023
වඩාත් සුදුසු හා සංවේදී සිරස්තල (ය) ලෙස ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක් ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On the 3rd of August 2023, articles published in Lankadeepa, Dinamina and Mawbima had reported on the death of a Corporal in an insensitive manner