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IMF Programme: Performance Evaluation - February 2024
No full textThis IKR entry contains 03 infographics available in English, Sinhala and Tamil. The IMF Tracker is available on the parliament monitoring platform manthri.lk of Verité Research, at https://manthri.lk/en/imf_tracker.Sri Lanka verifiably failed to meet 33% of the commitments due by end-February 2024 in its International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, according to the February update of Verité Research’s ‘IMF Tracker’. Many of these commitments that are classified as ‘not met’ on IMF Tracker were designed to improve governance. These include commitments related to publishing information (transparency), and those that require the passage of governance-improving legislation. The IMF has recognised poor governance as being at the heart of Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, and Sri Lanka is the first Asian country to have had an IMF-led Governance Diagnostic Assessment. The status of 36% of the commitments are classified as ‘unknown’, which means sufficient data was not made available to assess their progress. By end-February, 31% of the commitments were verifiably ‘met’. The second round of IMF programme funding came in December 2023. Under the updated agreement, Sri Lanka was due to meet 45 commitments by end-February. The IMF Tracker dashboard classified 14 (31%) of these as ‘met’, 15 (33%) as ‘not met’, and 16 (36%) as ‘unknown’. Of the 15 ‘not met’ commitments, six are on publishing information. Four are on actions relating to adopting new laws: (a) Obtaining parliamentary approval on Banking Act; (b) Introducing automatic indexation of excises to inflation; (c) Making legislative change to set up a debt management agency; (d) Presenting the public finance management law to parliament. These four actions, which are aimed at addressing governance problems, have remained neglected despite being included in the IMF staff-level agreement in September 2022. IMF Tracker is the only platform that is publicly tracking Sri Lanka’s commitments under its 17th IMF programme. It is available on the parliament monitoring platform manthri.lk of Verité Research, at https://manthri.lk/en/imf_tracker
දිවි තොරකර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ මෙම පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ කෙතරම් වගකීම් සහගත ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On February 1st 2024, an article published in the Divaina newspaper disclosed the identity of a minor who died by suicide, including a picture of the victim, and published the simplified reason for the suicide. Similarly, Hiru News reported the same incident on January 31st, 2024, also publishing the simplified reason for the suicide and showing a graphic illustration of the method used. Both media outlets failed to publish suicide helplines. All of the above-mentioned actions are violations of media ethical guidelines
පුද්ගල ප්රථම වාර්තාකරණයකට යොමු වෙමු!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 24, 2024, Mawbima and Lankadeepa, and on July 26, 2024, Aruna, reported on new efforts to facilitate voting for people with disabilities. While covering such initiatives is commendable, those newspapers used derogatory terms such as “Abadhitha Prajawa” (ආබාධිත ප්රජාව), “Drushyabaditha” (දෘශ්යාබාධිත), “Shrawyabaditha” (ශ්රව්යාබාධිත), and “Anda Prajawa” (අන්ධ ප්රජාව), which may contribute to the marginalisation of people with disabilities and are considered unethical. Media is advised to maintain neutrality, use person-first language, and avoid terms that negatively highlight disabilities
සැකකරු ආබාධ සහිත වීම පුවතට අදාළ වේද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On December 19, 2023, Dinamina, Lankadeepa and Aruna newspapers reported an investigation incident leading to the arrest of a lecturer for brutally torturing a foster girl. The headline of the Dinamina news story used the derogatory term " (රෝද පුටුවෙන් යන
සරසවි ඇදුරාගෙන්)" (from the wheelchair-bound Sarasawi Aduragen). The media is advised to refrain from using such derogatory terms, especially in a negative context, not relevant to the news. However, adhering to media ethics, Aruna and Lankadeepa newspapers reported the same news without mentioning the lecturer's disability
මත්ද්රව්ය ඇබ්බැහියකින් යුතු බවට පැවසෙන අයෙකුගේ දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා සහ පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).This infographic shows how a suicide incident in the Angampitiya, Padukka area, allegedly linked to drug addiction, was reported in newspapers and television channels. Hiru and Derana television channels on January 02, 2024, and Lankadeepa newspaper on January 01, 2024 described the method of suicide and did not mention helplines, thereby failing to adhere to media ethical guidelines. Furthermore, TV Derana provided prominent coverage of the suicide
"සුරූපී" අදාළ ද?
Full text linkThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On June 9, 2024, the Silumina newspaper reported the tragic death of a 19-year-old woman. The report referred to the deceased woman using the term “surupi” (සුරූපී), which contributes to harmful stereotypes and sexual objectification of women, thereby violating media ethics
බාලවයස් අපයෝජනයක් “අඹුසැමියන් ලෙස හැසිරීමක්” ලෙස වාර්තා කිරීම නිවැරදිද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 05, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported a case of sexual assault involving a 15-year-old boy and an adult woman. The newspaper used a trivialised headline and included derogatory terms such as “Pasal pemwatha” (පාසල් පෙම්වතා) and “Ambu samiyan lesa hasirunu” (අඹුසැමියන් ලෙස හැසිරුණු) to describe the incident in the content too. Even if such abuse appears consensual, the victim is a minor, and the failure to clearly state that this is a punishable offense may lead society to perceive such acts as less serious. Therefore, the media is advised to avoid derogatory or trivialising language and adhere to ethical reporting standards
කොළඹ රෝහලක හෙද නිලධාරිනියක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).On July 18, 2024, Dinamina and Aruna newspapers reported the suicide of a nurse working at a hospital in Colombo. Both reports omitted helplines and described the reason and method of suicide in detail, and included a photograph of the deceased which clearly violates media ethical guidelines. Dinamina also gave the story undue prominence. Media is advised to avoid such reporting, especially on sensitive incidents, as it may contribute to further suicides
ව්යසනයක් අතරතුර වාර්තා කටයුතුවල නිරත වීමට මාධ්යවේදීන් සඳහා ප්රවේශයක්
No full textThis entry includes 4 infographics with 1 writeup (Both in Sinhala).On June 03, 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a set of guidelines to be followed when reporting on disaster situations
"කොන්දලා" ද? "කොන්දොස්තරවරුන්" ද?
No full textThis entry includes an infographic and a write up (in Sinhala).On July 3, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper reported a complaint from passengers against a bus conductor for charging incorrect fares. The headline used the derogatory term “Kondala” (කොන්දලා), which can stereotype and marginalise the profession and is considered unethical. However, in the article content, Mawbima used the appropriate term “Kondostharavarun” (කොන්දොස්තරවරුන්). Media is advised to maintain neutrality and avoid language that negatively highlights any profession