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P0040_Keheliya R_Vaccination ranking
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.FALSE: In terms of administering both doses of the vaccine, as of yesterday [January 1], we rank 4th in the world; as the highest percentage from the eligible population, we rank 4th out of 194 countries in the world.- Keheliya Rambukwella, Daily Mirror Online, 2 January 2022
Parliament Summary – January 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis parliament summary for January 2022 provide following details: number of parliament sittings (4), Written questions asked (1) and answered (1), adjournment motion (1) and most contributed MP (Sajith Premadasa) to it, motion at adjournment time (1), Speaker’s announcements (3), Bills (4) – passed (1), first reading (4), second reading only (1), regulations (1), orders (1), expunged statements (13) and most responsible MP (Selvarajah Kajendran), point of orders - technical (13) and disruptive (4), private member’s bills – incorporation bills (1) and questions by private notice (1)
Sri Lanka Ports Authority – A Profitable SOE
No full textThis entry contains 01 infographic available in English. It is also available on the Public Finance PlatformThe SLPA has made an operating profit since 2015. The SLPA revenue has consistently witnessed a growth from 2015 to 2019 , with a marginal decline in 2020.From 2016 onwards the SLPA has managed to make a net profits. A key contributor to the changes in the net profit is the foreign exchange loss/ gain. This impacts the net profit via movement of the currency and the share of foreign loans. The impact of foreign exchange loss and gain has declined over the years with 2018 being an exception.
A key point to note is that in 2017 with the signing of the concession agreement with China merchant ports on the Hambanthota port, the loans obtained for the development of the port and repayment of such loans were shifted from the SLPA to the treasury as per the cabinet decision taken on the 25th of July 2017. Therefore, this would have had to have a favorable impact on the SLPA financials as is evident
P0050_Ali S_Tax revenue
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check.PARTLY TRUE: It [tax revenue as a percentage of GDP] decreased over time, under all these governments [every government since 1981] and today it has collapsed to a value of 8.7%. Mohamed Ali Sabry, Asian Mirror YouTube channel, 4 May 202
කිලිටි වූ යන අදහස දෙන 'දූෂණය - කෙලෙසීම' වැනි වදන් වෙනුවට 'ලිංගික අපරාධය - ලිංගික අපයෝජනය' යන යෙදුම් වඩාත් යෝග්ය වේ
No full textThis entry includes 5 write-ups and 5 infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of September 2022, Dinamina reported of a sex crime against a minor by calling it ‘dooshanaya’ which gives the notion that the victim is polluted, while Ada reported it calling it a ‘lingika apayojanaya’ which is a more appropriate term. Sunday Mawbima reported of a similar incident while victim blaming and calling the crime a ‘keleseem’ which also gives the notion that the victim is polluted. Similarly, Dinamina also reported of a sex crime, buy referring to the victim as ‘kiliti vu’ which means dirtied. Once again, Dinamin and Divaina reported of a sex crime against a minor using terms such as ‘keleseema’ and ‘dooshanaya’ while also blaming the victim, while Ada reported of the same incident by referring to the crime as ‘apayojanaya’. Additionally, Divaina reported of a sex crime against a minor by saying the victim was given in marriage thereby trivializing a criminal offence
පක්ෂග්රාහී වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of September 2022, Hiru, Sirasa, Siyatha, Swarnawahini, Rupavahini, Derana and ITN reported on the Board Level Agreement with the IMF in various and possibly biased ways, and only Hiru, Sirasa, Siyatha and Derana reported on food insecurity in Sri Lanka
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 2 write-ups and 2 infographics (both in Sinhala).On October 4, 2022 several tv primetime news telecasts covered the suppression of IUSF protests by the police. The infographic presents the headlines of Derana, Hiru, Swarnavahini, Sirasa, and Siyatha. ITN had only reported the news in the content, and not in the headlines. Rupavahini had not reported the news. On October 25, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Dinamina, Ada and Aruna reported about how a group of persons had carelessly driven vehicles inside Yala National Park. Aruna was the only newspaper that mentioned the involvement of a minister's son
වාර්ගිකත්වය අනවශ්ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes three write-ups and three infographics (both in Sinhala)During the month of February 2022, Mawbima, Sunday Divaina, Virakersari and Thinakaran published several articles, which contained the ethical violation irrelevantly and negatively highlighting the ethnicity of persons. The Sunday Divaina article reported on the Muhudu Maha Viharaya, claiming that Muslims are gradually occupying the surrounding lands, which has been written with a bias as it does not include any statements from Muslims in the area regarding the issue, and blames that particular community. In the meantime, articles published in Ceylon Today and Lankadeepa Online did not highlight the ethnicity of individuals involved in different incidents
E1372_Dullas A_IMF
No full textThis submission includes English, Sinhala, and Tamil versions of the fact check. TRUE: It was in 1950 that we entered into an agreement with the IMF to obtain its membership. As a member country, from 1960 until now, we have carried out certain transactions with the IMF on 16 occasions. I recall that 2.5 billion dollars was obtained in 2008 during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s tenure. That was the largest loan obtained from the IMF thus far. - Dullas Alahapperuma, Official Facebook Page of the Department of Government Information, 19 January 2022
Budget 2023: Second Reading Vote
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThe second reading of the Budget 2023 (Appropriation Bill) was passed in the parliament on 22 November 2022 by a majority of 37 votes. These infographics show how MPs voted in the second reading of the 2023 budget. 121 MPs voted in favour of the budget and 84 voted against. 1 MP abstained from voting and 18 MPs were absent