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එක් සිදුවීමක්, සිරස්තල කිහිපයක්!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 26 September 2022 and 27 September 2022 Dinamina, Divaina and Lankadeepa published articles about the same incident (of asking the former first lady Ayoma Rajapaksa for a bribe), while referring to the person allegedly involved in various ways, which include, ‘aragalakaru’ (protestor), barber and suspect
MPs Attendance in Parliament - August to October 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis set of infographics show how Sri Lankan MPs attended Parliament during the 26 sittings held in August, September and October 2022. It also highlights the individual MPs (27) with less than 50% attendance during this period. They are R. Sampanthan (ITAK) – 8%; Dhammika Perera (SLPP) – 15%; Arundika Fernando (SLPP), Harin Fernando (SJB) and Premalal Jayasekara (SLPP) – 27%; Kumarasiri Rathnayaka (SLPP) and Palani Thigambaram (ITAK) - 31%; M.U.M. Ali Sabry (SLPP), Selvarajah Kajendren (AITC), Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (ITAK) and Tissa Vitarana (SLPP) – 35%; Dilum Amunugama (SLPP), Rohitha Abeygunawardhana (SLPP), Uddika Premaratne (SLPP), Vijitha Herath (JJB) and Waruna Liyanage (SJB) - 38%; Abdul Haleem (SJB), Roshan Ranasinghe (SLPP), S. Noharathalingam (ITAK), Seetha Arambepola (SLPP) and Siripala Gamlath (SLPP) - 42%; Dharmalingam Sithadthan (ITAK), Jayarathna Herath (SLPP), Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi (SLPP), Tiran Alles (SLPP), Udayakantha Gunathilaka (SLPP) and Wimal Weerawansa (SLPP – 46%)
Parliamentary report card: Dinesh Gunawardena – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Dinesh Gunawardena (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to February 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (397/414; 139/142), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 707; 9th -534) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order and Education
බාලවයස්කරුවන් සම්බන්ධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of October, 2022 articles published in Dinamina and Sunday Divaina disclosed the identity of minors in a manner that will cause their educational activities to be disrupte
බාලවයස්කරුවන් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණයේදී අනුගමනය කළ යුතු මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම කවරේද?
No full textThis entry includes 3 infographics and 1 write-up (in Sinhala)Here are 3 guidelines to be followed when reporting on children. The guidelines are meant to support the best intentions of ethical reporters: serving the public interest without compromising the rights of children. It includes guidelines regarding children's education and identity; guidelines for reporting on underage sex crimes and guidelines to be followed when interviewing underage children
"කරුණු පැහැදිලි කිරීම" - මෙය ප්රමාණවත් ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of January 2022, an article published on the front page of Daily Mirror (24-01-2022) mischaracterised a speech made by Sajith Premadasa, which was later clarified by Sajith Premadasa. The article which contained the clarification (25-01-2022) was not published on the front page and therefore was not given the same prominence as the wrong article before and did not contain an apolog
Earnings from Tourism: Are we getting it right?
No full textThis entry contains 03 infographics available in EnglishSri Lanka is expecting the earnings from tourism to play a significant role in driving the recovery of Sri Lanka’s foreign currency. However, there are important concerns accuracy of the estimated earnings from tourism. In 2018 Sri Lanka has the highest reported earnings from tourism of USD 4.4 Billion, while in 2019 the earnings from tourism dropped to USD 3.6 Billion. This earnings figure is a calculation done using three variables; 1. Number of tourists arrivals – (in 2019 – 1.91 Mn), 2. Average duration of stay by a tourist – (in 2019 – 10.4 days), 3. Foreign Exchange receipts per Tourists per day – (in 2019 – USD 181.23 per day). Problems with the Estimation - As mentioned above the foreign exchange receipts per tourist per day is calculated based on an exit survey done at the airport. Based on latest available data online (2018-19), the survey was done on 5,033 tourists and for 2019 foreign exchange receipts per tourist per day stands at USD 181.23 per day. However, this number seems exaggerated as for a couple it comes to USD 362 per night. With accommodation typically being the largest expenditure item for tourists, on average from 2012 to 2019 only 52% of tourist stay in hotels and only 11% out of the total tourists on average stayed in five-star hotels which could charge a premium for their room rates, while the rest of the tourists stay in other hotels or other supplementary accommodations which are unlikely to command a premium. Further, when comparing Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange receipts per tourists per day with Sri Lanka’s regional peers, the likely overestimation becomes evident, when compared to countries such as Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Nepal where on average Sri Lanka ranks the highest in tourist expenditure per day. According to the recent data, for the month of January 2022, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka estimates tourism 82,327 tourists to arrive yielding revenue of USD 268 Mn, this translates to USD 3,255 per tourist. Hence a tourist staying 10 days would have to spend USD 325 per day and a tourist staying 20 days would still be paying USD162 per day. Even though the average length of stay may have increased due to the pandemic, it is likely that if the tourist is staying longer, they will likely switch to a cheaper option to manage total cost
P0038_Gotabaya R_Foreign Loans
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: I have not taken a cent in foreign loans during my two years in office. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Newswire, 7 January 2022
වාර්ගිකත්වයන් අනවශ්ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 5 writeups and 5 infographics (in Sinhala)In the month of June 2022, Sinhala newspapers Silumina and Lankadeepa published articles that highlighted the ethnicity of suspects where it was irrelevant.
In the month of June 2022, the Sinhala newspaper Divaina published a one-sided, biased article on the Kurundi Viharaya controversy.
In the month of June 2022, the Tamil newspaper Thamilan where they highlighted ethnicity in a negative context.
In the month of June 2022, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina and Divaina published articles that highlighted the ethnicity and religion where it was irrelevant
ආබාධ සහිත පුද්ගලයන්, භාෂාව සහ දත්ත
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the month of May 2022, an article published in The Island used derogatory language to describe persons with disabilities in the content as "disabled persons" "handicaps", and "mentally disabled", while the headline resorted to a person first language