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Sri Lanka met 35 IMF commitments and failed 7 by end-July
No full textThese infographics are available on the Public Finance Platform and are in all three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.The share of Sri Lanka’s 100 trackable commitments in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme for which no data has been made available to assess progress — despite passing the agreed deadline — has increased from 9% in March to 15% in July. The lack of information to make a reasonable assessment about these commitments highlights a growing lack of visibility on the government’s progress on the IMF programme. The rise in the number of commitments, on which the achievement is “unknown”, could mean one of two things. One, the government has failed to meet these commitments and is not making the information public to delay the recognition of failure. Two, the government does not see the public or parliament as important stakeholders in programme implementation — and is uninterested in providing them with critical information
අරගලයේ නායකයන් සහ කාටුන
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On April 23, April 30, and May 14 2023 the Silumina newspaper published several cartoons under the Simple Man segment where there was problematic commentary regarding the leaders of the aragalaya (අරගලය) protest movement. The first cartoon comments on an individual related to the aragalaya who died by suicide in an insensitive manner. The second and third cartoons also target the leaders of the protest
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On November 25, 2023, during the 4th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Jeevan Thondaman's speech
පාස්ටර් ජෙරොම්ගේ ප්රකාශය වඩාත් නිවැරදිව වාර්තා කර ඇත්තේ කවුරුන්ද?
No full textThis entry has one infographic and one write-up (all in Sinhala).On 22 May 2023, newspapers reported on Pastor Jerome's apology to the Buddhists, Muslim and Hindu religious communities. Sinhala newspapers Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Divaina and English newspapers Daily Mirror and Ceylon Today published articles on this, but the manner in which the paper framed the headlines were different
Nandalal Weerasighe: Money Printing
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: The total base money printed in 2021 was Rs. 344 billion, whilst the net basis reserve money issued in 2022 was below Rs. 40 billion. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Daily FT, 11 February 202
බාලවයස්කරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය වක්රාකාරයෙන් හෙලිකිරීමක්?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On 5th of April 2023 an article published in the Lankadeepa newspaper revealed the identity of a woman who had physically abused two minors, including her daughter, for engaging in sexual activity. This disclosure also indirectly revealed the identity of the minor because it revealed the relationship between the minors and the woman, which is against media ethics guidelines
Gone for the Gold - Parliamentary report card: Ali Sabri Raheem
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This infographic was created as a response to the motion unanimously passed in the Parliament on 22nd September 2023 to temporarily remove Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem from all parliamentary committees. This infographic shows the contribution of the MP in 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to July 2023. This includes overall ranks, district ranks, attendance in parliament sittings, total number of productive interventions he made in 9th parliament. MP Ali Sabri Raheem contributed most to discuss about National Heritage, Media and Sports, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Labour and Employment
20230614_P0074_FC_RanjithSiyabalapitiya_PrimaryBalance
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: …we are coming step by step towards fiscal stability. Even the IMF calculated that for this first quarter, our primary account balance will be negative by Rs. 56 billion. But we have brought this quarter…to a positive Rs. 48 billion.
Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Parliament of Sri Lanka - Parliament Live - On-demand, 25 May 202
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Debt restructuring
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: Programme financing gaps: debt service reduction during 2023-27 should be sufficient to close external financing gaps. Under staff baseline scenario, US$17 billion in debt service reduction is required, including the arrears accumulated in 2022 So, we are trying to get a 17 billion debt reduction on that side. Do you want it or not. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Parliament Hansard, 6 April 202
බාලවයස්කරුවන් සම්බන්ධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 3 write-ups and 3 infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of Mach 2023, articles published in Dinamina, Ada, and Aruna revealed the identity of children by including a picture, revealing the name, age and school of the child.
The incidents of revealing child identity included: Nawalapitiya incident, Zaharan's daughter, Habarana incident. Divaina and Lankadeepa did not mention the school of the child in the Nawalapitiya incident