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උපකාරක අංක පළ කිරීම ප්රශංසනීයයි!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala)On the 3 August 2023, Sinhala TV channel Siyatha reported a news that included suicide helplines
IMF Programme: Performance Evaluation - September 2023
No full textThis entry contains 12 infographics; 4 each in Sinhala, Tamil and EnglishThe purpose of this analysis is to ensure that VR’s IMF Tracker can be used more effectively to raise public awareness on the monitoring of public finance. The analysis will feed into enhancing public participation and transparency in budget processes, which is urgently needed given Sri Lanka’s low performance in this respect. This set of infographics analyses the government’s progress on meeting 100 trackable IMF commitments for September 2023 and explains the EFF-supported program. According to the August analysis, Sri Lanka has so far met 40% of IMF commitments, while 21% of the commitments are unknown, 10% are not met and 29% are pending
Let’s Shield the EPF With the Instincts of Winston Churchill
Get PDF4p. This article was published as an opinion column by the Daily Mirror in print and is available online at https://www.dailymirror.lk/print/news-features/Lets-Shield-the-EPF-with-the-Instincts-of-Winston-Churchill/131-262469The private sector workers of Sri Lanka are required by law to transfer 23% of their incomes to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and the Employees’ Trust Fund (ETF) every month, towards their retirement savings. The EPF is managed by a special division within the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), and the Monetary Board of CBSL is tasked with overall stewardship of the Fund. Forensic audits were commissioned by the Central Bank to look into the abuse of bond transactions, as well as the EPF funds. These audits were limited to transactions that occurred prior to March 2015. Information that came to light during parliamentary hearings revealed specific transactions where the EPF was part of the nexus of ongoing “bond-scandals” in the period not covered by the forensic audit. Report number 3 of the Forensic Audits on the Central Bank, published in 2019, exposed large losses to the EPF caused by the collective irresponsibility and corruption within the CBSL. I am not aware of any prosecutions that have been initiated to date in this regard
Violation of Fiscal Rules: Budget 2024
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.The proposed 2024 budget violates the deficit rule set in the Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Law of 5% of GDP
20230314_FC_P0062_RanilWickremesinghe_IncomeTaxFiles
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. TRUE: In 2019, there were 1.5 million income tax files in total…when we abolished the PAYE tax, in December 2021, we [only] had 400,000 income tax files. It reduced from 1.5 million to 400,000.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, President's Media Division, 28 January 202
Parliament prorogation
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis set of infographics explain what a prorogation is, what happens when parliament is prorogued, and past prorogations in parliament. Since 1947 parliament has been prorogued 53 times and since the second republican constitution in1978, parliament has been prorogued 24 times
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking of Public Authorities
No full text1p. Available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis press release is on Verité Research's study on compliance with the Right to Information Act in Sri Lanka reveals that over 70% of public authorities disclose less than 40% of required information online. Ministries of Agriculture and Public Administration ranked highest, while the Offices of the President and Prime Minister scored among the least compliant. Language bias is evident, with English dominating online disclosures, and Sinhala and Tamil lagging behind. Despite a modest increase in the Government Openness Index from 25% in 2017 to 33% in 2022, transparency levels remain low
World Water Day 2023 - Water Supply and Drainage: Top Contributing MPS
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic shows the percentage of the total time spent on the topic (1.2%), and top contributing MPs to the topic and the productive time spent by individual MPs on this topic as a percentage of total time spent on the same collectively. i.e. Vasudeva Nanayakkara (12.5%), Chamal Rajapaksa (11.4%), Sanath Nishantha (6%), Charles Nirmalanathan (5.2%) and Nalin Bandara Jayamaha (4.4%)
Celebrating Parliaments - International Day of Parliamentarism 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated, on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was formed - to promote democratic governance, accountability, & cooperation among its members. The day was established in 2018 through a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution. This infographic further compares how the Sri Lankan parliament fares with its' South Asian peers based off three specific criteria: size of legislative body, youth participation and women representation
බිය, කම්පනය, හෝ අපහසුතාවයක් ඇති නොවන සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක්ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On May 15, 2023, Sinhala language newspapers Ada, Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima reported on the death of a young woman from Gampola who was a victim of homicide. Dinamina, Aruna, Mawbima, Lankadeepa, and Divaina reported on the incident in a sensationalist manner in the headlines, describing in detail how the young woman was killed and that she wasn't subjected to sexual assault using the term "dooshanaya" (දූෂණය), whereas Ada reported only the facts in the headline using proper term "apayojanaya" (අපයෝජනය) for sexaul assault. Media is advised to report such sensitive incidents in a manner that does not evoke fear and shock