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කාටූන් හරහා කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතිකරණය කිරීමෙන් වලකිමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-16)On January 11, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the arrest of two individuals in Bandaragama for verbally sexually harassing three female police officers in civilian clothes. The report included an inappropriate cartoon ... -
ආගමික කණ්ඩායමකට සම්බන්ධ බවට සැක කෙරෙන දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් හතක් සිංහල, ඉංග්රීසි පුවත්පත් සහ රූපවාහීනි සිංහල පුවත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)This infographic illustrates how seven suicides, suspected to be linked to a religious group, were reported in Sinhala and English newspapers on 4 January 2024 and on prime Sinhala television news bulletins on 3 January ... -
‘ජාවාරම්කරු’ යෙදුම භාවිතා කිරීම එතරම් අපහසුද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-04)On January 02, 2024, the Divaina had reported two news stories related to drug dealers who were referred to using the derogatory terms “Jawaramun” (ජාවාරමුන්) and “Jawaramaku” (ජාවාරමකු). This usage violates media ethical ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් කෙතරම් යෝග්ය සිරස්තලයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-05)On January 5, 2024, Aruna newspaper reported on the arrest of two suspects on charges of organizing a beauty pageant and luring women into sexual crimes. Although the news content mentions that sexual harassment occurred, ... -
මත්ද්රව්ය ඇබ්බැහියකින් යුතු බවට පැවසෙන අයෙකුගේ දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා සහ පුවත්පත් වාර්තා කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)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, ... -
"සුද්දන්" ද? විදේශිකයන් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-03)On December 28, 2023, Dinamina reported that a group of foreign nationals had an accident while visiting Sinharaja Forest. The headline used the derogatory term "සුද්දන්ගේ" (Suddange) to refer to foreigners based on skin ... -
“සුරූපී” - අදාළ ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)On December 28, 2023, Hiru news covered an incident of a sudden death of a nurse employed at the Colombo General Hospital. The report referred to the deceased nurse using the term "සුරූපී” (surupi)" which contributes to ... -
සැකකරු ආබාධ සහිත වීම පුවතට අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-02)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 ... -
Looking beyond the Economic Transformation Bill: Three Steps Sri Lanka Can Take to Increase the Supply of High-Quality Investment Zones
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07)This note proposes three steps Sri Lanka could take to construct and manage high quality Investment Zones, drawing from regional and global best practices. First, is enacting a separate, overarching legislation to ... -
Revised Fuel Price Formula – Methodology Update
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01)This document explains the updated methodology adopted by PublicFinance.lk for calculating fuel prices in Sri Lanka. It outlines the changes made to the original 2018 IMF-assisted fuel price formula used by the Ministry ... -
Youth Labour Market Assessment: Sri Lanka - 2018
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018)The 2018 Youth Labour Market Assessment builds on the groundwork laid down in the preceding year and provides information and guidance for project interventions. With this objective in mind, researchers engaged in a variety ... -
Weekly Air quality update: Week ending 02 August 2025
(2025-08-02)This infographic displays the air quality in the cities of Badulla, Colombo 07, Puttalam, Pelawatte, Monaragala, Maharagama, Kiribathgoda and Kandy cities for the week of July 27 to August 2, 2025. It was developed under ... -
Stealth Reduction of Cigarette Tax Rates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01)The tax-in-price for cigarettes in Sri Lanka has reduced dramatically since 2020, falling below both the international benchmark of 75% and past norms in Sri Lanka. It fell to 68.8% for the most sold brand (MSB) and 69.9% ... -
"අයිස් ලෝලියෙක්", "මතට ලොල්" - සුදුසු ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-22)On November 19, 2023, the privately-owned Derana TV and Hiru TV channels reported an incident in which they used derogatory terms such as "Ice loliya" (අයිස් ලෝලියා), “Mathata lol pemvatha” (මතට ලොල් පෙම්වතා) and “Pemvathiya ... -
"ජාවාරමා" ද? "ජාවාරම්කරු" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-11-01)On November 1, 2023, the Divaina, Aruna, Lankadeepa, and Dinamina newspapers reported the arrest of a drug dealer who was referred to using the derogatory term "Jawarama" (ජාවාරමා). This usage violates media ethical guidelines. -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in June 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-06-04)Fuel prices remained unchanged in June 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 petrol at LKR 293.00 and auto diesel at LKR 274.00. However, the formula price has dropped for both petrol and diesel. The market price of ... -
Revenue was raised by 5.4% of GDP in 3 years
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-05-16)Between 2021 and 2024, Sri Lanka’s government revenue and grants rose from 8.3% to 13.7% of GDP— a 65% increase in just three years. This marks a significant turnaround from the historic low of 2021, when tax cuts substantially ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in May 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-05-03)In May 2025, the prices of both Petrol 92 and Auto Diesel were reduced in Sri Lanka. Petrol 92 dropped by LKR 6 per litre, while Auto Diesel saw a more significant cut of LKR 12 per litre. This marks the fourth consecutive ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in April 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-04-02)In April 2025, the market price of Petrol 92 Octane reduced by LKR 10 aligning itself to the reduction in the cost reflective formula price. The price of Auto Diesel, however, did not reduce even though the formula price ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in March 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-03-05)Since December 2024, the market prices of 92-octane petrol and auto diesel have remained at LKR 309 and LKR 286 per litre, respectively, despite fluctuations in formula prices between January 2025 and March 2025. According ...