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P0048_Gotabaya R_International Sovereign Bonds
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: Every month we have to repay the loans that previous governments had obtained for various reasons. On ISBs, by 2015, we had only taken out USD 5 billion worth of them. During the time of the previous government, USD 15 billion worth of ISBs were taken out. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Headlinenews.lk, 26 February 2022
දුමින්ද සිල්වා සම්බන්ධ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of June 2022, Duminda Silva was arrested by the CID. The tv channels Sirasa, Derana, Rupavahini, Swarnawahini, ITN and Siyatha reported the news of his arrest, while the channel Hiru did not report the news
මාධ්යවේදී චමුදිත සමරවික්රමගේ නිවසට එල්ල වූ ප්රහාරය පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of February 2022, tv and print media largely reported on the attack on journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrema's house. Notably, Swarnavahini prime time news did not report the attack in the following days while Sirasa, Hiru, Derana, Rupavahini and ITN reported it in their prime time news telecasts. While Lankadeepa, Divaina, Aruna, Ada, Dinamina and Mawbima reported the attack as the lead news on their front pages the after the attacks, Aruna reported it only as a minor story on front page
E1462_Ruwan W_Debt increase
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.TRUE: Some people in the present government say that the country has come to this situation because we [yahapalana government] took loans. 80% of the loans we took were used for settling the loans obtained by Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government. – Ruwan Wijewardene, Daily News, 27 April 202
Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill – 2nd Reading Vote
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaPetroleum Products (Special Provisions) Amendment Bill provides for the importation, supply and distribution of fuel to parties other than the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Ceylon Indian Oil Company. The second reading of the bill was passed in the parliament on 18 October 2022 by a majority of 60 votes. This set of infographics show how MPs vote on it during the 2nd reading. 77 MPs voted in favour of the amendment while 17 voted against it. 1 MP abstained from voting and 129 MPs were absent
(අ)සංවේදී සිරස්තල සහ වාර්තාකරණ?
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of September 2022, Sunday Aruna reported of a woman abandoning a baby by calling her a demon (‘Mohini’), which is insensitive reporting. Additionally, Hiru TV also reported of a murder while questioning the victim’s child in a very insensitive and unethical way
සැකකරුවන්ගේ අනන්යතාවය හෙළිදරව් නොකරමු!
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 11 September 2022, Sunday Mawbima published an article which contained the ethical violation of revealing the identity of a suspect when reporting on a student suspected of hacking into a website with A/L examination results. On the hand, Sathi Aga Aruna and Sunday Divaina reported of the same incident on the same day without revealing the suspect’s identity, thereby displaying ethical reporting
Parliamentary report card: Prasanna Ranatunga– September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to April 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Prasanna Ranatunga (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to April 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (290/414; 130/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 52; 9th - 91) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Trade and Industry and Health
සිද්ධිය සැහැල්ලුකොට දක්වන භාවාතිශය සිරස්තල සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (in Sinhala)On October 14, 2022, Divaina and Ada reported about 3 people being arrested in the Aluthgama area for abducting a 23 year old girl. Divaina had sensationalised the news in a manner which trivialised the crime against the woman
Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index 2021 for Asia: Sri Lanka Country Report
No full textThis entry contains 1. Sri Lanka - Country report 2021 (13p.) and 2. The Asia report 2021 (106p.)The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) assesses the sustainability of the CSO sector across several countries from different regions. Since its beginning in 1997, it has expanded from covering 18 countries in Europe and Eurasia Region to 72 countries in 2021, including the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.
The index has been assessing the civil society sector in Sri Lanka since 2014. By using standard indicators to collect data each year, the CSOSI allows users to track developments and identify trends in the CSO sector over time. This index facilitates cross-country and cross-region comparisons while highlighting the advances and setbacks in seven key components or “dimensions” of the sustainability of civil society sectors. The dimensions include legal environment, organizational capacity, financial viability, advocacy, service provision, sectoral infrastructure, and public image.
This report finds that in 2021 Sri Lanka’s overall Sustainability Index recorded a slight improvement to a score of 4.7 from the 4.8 recorded in the previous year while remaining under the category of ‘Sustainability Evolving’. Sri Lanka participates in the index for the eighth time, and Verité Research acts as the local implementing partner for this initiative.USAI