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කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry has two infographics and two write-ups (all in Sinhala).On 03 June 2023, Sinhala and Tamil newspapers reported that persons involved in the operations of a fraudulent office in close proximity to Department of Motor Traffic had been arrested. Divaina and Thinakaran mentioned that a woman was among the 3 persons who were arrested. This was discriminatory reporting because women were highlighted in negative contexts. However, Lankadeepa, Veerakesari and Dinamina did not mention that a woman was among those who were arrested, thereby refraining from discriminating against women in their reporting.
On 12 June Dinamina and Lankadeepa reported on a road accident that had occurred between a trishaw and a van. Both papers highlighted that the driver was a woman
අපහාසාත්මක යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම තුළින් පුද්ගලයින් වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම
No full textThis entry has 2 infographics and 2 write-ups (both in Sinhala).From 10 to 30 June 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina, Divaina and Aruna published articles which referred to drug addicts as "කුඩ්ඩන් " (kuddan).
On 19 July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina and Aruna published articles which mentioned how a group of people who had pretended to be homosexual persons seeking for partners, had exploited certain persons, but had been arrested. Dinamina referred to homosexual persons as "සමරිසි" (samarisi) whereas Aruna addressed them as "සමනලුන් " (samanalun)
Is Maldives going down Sri Lanka's path?: Concern on Budget Deficits
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform and is in English.Besides 2017 and 2018, Sri Lanka’s annual Primary Balance has consistently been a deficit with 2021 reporting the largest deficit of 6 percent. Maldives follows a consecutive negative trend in their Primary Balance with the largest deficit of 21 percent in 2020. These numbers signal a similar path to Sri Lanka for Maldives in terms of their Primary Balances. When looking at Budget Balances, Sri Lanka and Maldives appear to be following a similar trend. Both countries exhibit a similar trend of having large deficits. For both Maldives and Sri Lanka the largest deficits are seen in 2020, 23% for Maldives and 13% for Sri Lanka. Running persistent deficits would add a significant debt burden to the economy as they need to be financed by borrowing making it vulnerable to an economic crisis
Sri Lanka met 25% of IMF commitments and failed 1 by March
No full textThese infographics were posted on the Public Finance Platform and are in all three languages: English, Sinhala and Tamil.Sri Lanka had met 25% of the trackable programme commitments of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as at the end of March 2023 but had failed on one. Many of the commitments met were classified as “prior actions” and met prior to the programme being approved by the IMF Board. The Failed Commitment is the establishment of an online transparency platform. Lack of Information is also a concern. As at end March, 9% of the identified commitments had their progress status in the tracker classified as “unknown”. This means the information required to make an assessment was not available
Unreachable Public Representatives
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.Manthri.lk sent out three email campaigns from 27 October to 7 November 2023 with read tracking, to check how many MPs open their emails. 176/225 emails bounced which indicates that either their inboxes were full, or their official emails weren't working. It was also found that out of the 49 emails that were delivered, only 37 MPs opened at least one email while 188 MPs (84% of parliament) did not even open even one email
පේරාදෙණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ මහා ශිෂ්ය සංගමය විසින් පැවැත්වුණු විරෝධතාවය වාර්තා කළ සහ නොකළ රූපවාහිනී මාධ්ය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On May 23, 2023, the Student Union of the University of Peradeniya held a protest against several reasons including student suppression and the Anti-Terrorism Act. The table in the infographic depicts the polarisation between privately-owned and state-owned media based on their primetime news broadcasts. Privately-owned Sirasa, Swarnavahini, Derana, Hiru, and Siyatha TV channels reported on this protest, whereas state-owned ITN and Rupavahini TV channels did not report on the protest
බාල වයස්කාර දැරියට දොස් පැවරීමක්
No full textThis entry includes 1 infographic and 1 write-up. (In Sinhala)On July 10, 2023, Aruna and Dinamina Sinhala newspapers had reported how a 14-year-old girl who had told her home that she was going to tuition classes was found by the police 8 months after she went missing. The headline used by Dinamina is slightly different from Aruna but both newspapers had framed the report in a way that placed the blame on the girl, who was under the age of consent
"අරගලය" අදාළ ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On May 23, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, and Mawbima reported on an incident where a special task force raided a sex work racket and arrested seven individuals. When reporting, three newspapers Dinamina, Lankadeepa, and Aruna highlighted that the racket was led by an individual associated with the aragalaya (අරගලය) protest movement in the heading when irrelevant to the context of the news, whereas Mawbima did not mention such in the heading. Such media reporting contributes towards the discrediting of the protest movement. The reports also used the derogatory term "Ganika" (ගණිකා) in the heading, which stigmatises those who engage in sex work
Most discussed topics in parliament during budget 2023 sittings
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis Infographic shows the most discussed topics in parliament during budget 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – SLPP), Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation (Prasanna Ranatunga – SLPP), Agriculture, Plantation, Livestock and Fisheries (Mahinda Amaraweera - SLPP), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs (Ali Sabry – SLPP) and Justice, Defence and Public Order (Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe – SLPP)
Cabinet Reshuffle: Parliamentary Report Cards of Newly Appointed Ministers
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On October 23, 2023, a cabinet reshuffle took place, during which the ministerial portfolios of four MPs - Keheliya Rambukwella, Ramesh Pathirana, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Mahinda Amaraweera - were changed. Considering this, VR's Manthri Team analysed their performance during the 8th and 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to August 2023. This includes overall ranks, district ranks, attendance in parliament sittings, total number of productive interventions they made in 8th and 9th parliaments. The topics they have contributed most are Justice, Defense & Public Order, Economy and Finance, Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Trade & Industry, Education, Natural Resources & Environment, Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock & Fisheries, Health, Technology, Communications & Energy and Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation