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Political Career of Dullas Alahapperuma
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThese infographics gives personal details (such as date of birth, educational qualifications, profession, family connections to politics) of Dullas Alahapperuma and details of his political career i.e. start date of political career, district elected, represented parties, positions and ministerial portfolios held. He has no family connections to politics and has not made his asset declaration public
අසංවේදී වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).On October 4, 2022 Aruna and Lankadeepa reported the death of an actor. Aruna had reported with an insensitive while the Lankadeepa headline seemed more appropriate for the news. On October 5 Aruna reported the disappearance of a student at the University of Peradeniya insensitively by limiting the reason to stress caused by a romantic relationship
Frequent changes to ministry compositions: Is it in the public interest?
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic is based on the analysis of gazettes published by the Department of Government Printing from January 2010 to December 2021. This analysis looks into the creation of ministries or shifting of institutions within the ministries. During this period, the ministry compositions were changed 81 times; President Mahinda Rajapaksa (January 2010 - January 2015) 9 times, President Maithripala Sirisena (January 2015 - November 2019) 28 times and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (2020-2021) 44 times
සිරස්තලය සහ පුවත් අන්තර්ගතය ගැලපේද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of January 2022, an article published on Aruna carried a misleading heading that does not match with the information in the content. Furthermore, it also used the term "duushanaya", which is a derogatory term to describe sexual crimes
අනවශ්ය බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes four write-ups and four infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of December 2021 and January 2022, several articles published in Mawbima, Divaina, Lankadeepa and Aruna described the physical appearance of women in different contexts as “ruumath”, “suruupi” as well as based on their skin colour where irrelevant, which leads to discrimination and stereotypes
Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 7
Get PDF22p.This is Verité Research’s latest study on the Sri Lankan government’s progress in fulfilling the commitments on reconciliation and accountability in UNHRC Resolution 30/1.
At the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Resolution 46/1 on Sri Lanka was adopted on 23 March 2021. The 49th UNHRC session began on 28 February 2022 and Sri Lanka’s progress in implementing Resolution 46/1 and the preceding Resolution 30/1 was taken up on 4 March and 7 March 2022.
This report analyses the government’s progress in fulfilling all 36 commitments made in UNHRC Resolution 30/1 from February 2021 to March 2022
නිෂේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ: සුද්දා
No full textThis entry includes two write-ups and two infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of January 2022, several articles published in Lankadeepa (11-01-2022) and Mawbima used the term "sudda" which is a derogatory term used to describe foreigners that leads to discrimination of foreigners based on skin colour. Meanwhile, Divaina, Dinamina, Ada, Aruna (21-01-2022) and Lankadeepa (21-01-2022) reported ethically by using the appropriate term "wideshikaya" to describe foreigners
අනවශ්ය බාහිර රූපය ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 4 write-ups and 4 infographics (both in Sinhala).During the months of October 2022, several articles published in Dinamina, Mawbima and Sunday Divaina contained the ethical violation of irrelevantly highlighting the physical appearance of women using terms such as "roomath" (රූමත්) and "suruupi" (සුරූපී). Also, the news items published on Sunday Divaina (16 October 2022) irrelevantly highlighted the ethnicity using the term 'Muslim' (මුස්ලිම්) and and Dinamina (06 October 2022) used the derogatory term 'Ganika' (ගණිකා)
Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - Round 03 2022 (Press Release)
No full textPress release English, Sinhala and TamilSyndicated Surveys by Verité Research which gauge public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around one thousand people is taken into consideration. The Mood of the Nation poll is conducted periodically by Verité Research and is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses. The sample and methodology are designed to limit the maximum error margin to under 3% at a 95% confidence interval, which meets the gold standard of surveys. The Mood of the Nation survey is designed to assess the approval, satisfaction, and confidence of the nation in relation to the government, the country, and the economy. The poll is based on an island wide nationally representative sample of responses from 1,000 plus Sri Lankan adults. The poll is conducted as a part of the syndicated survey instrument by Verité Research and the polling partner was Vanguard Survey (Pvt) Ltd. This instrument also provides other organisations the opportunity to survey the sentiments of Sri Lanka
අන්තර්කාලීන ආණ්ඩුව සහ අගමැතිකම: සජිත් ප්රේමදාසගේ ස්ථාවරය මාධ්ය ඇසින්
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala).In the months of May 2022 and April 2022, Lankadeepa and Divaina carried headlines on the fluctuating stance of SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa on the interim government, which ranges from completely opposing to joining an interim government to announcing his affirmation to accepting premiership