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LKR 9.4 Bn in tax revenue was forgone by the government in 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 31/05/2025)This infographic shows how LKR 9.4Bn in tax revennue was forgone by the government in 2024 by failing to meet WHO's benchmark of 75% tax- in price for the most sold cigarette brand. -
Maldives Ends 2024 with negative net reserves
(Colombo: Verité Research, 30/04/2025)For the first time in its history, the Maldives' net international reserves fell below zero at the end of October 2024. This marks a critical point in the country’s external position and raises concerns about the adequacy ... -
Maldives' debt on a dangerous upward path despite 5% GDP growth
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/6/2025)Maldives’ public debt rose to 134% of GDP in 2024, despite 5% GDP growth. The increase began during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued due to persistent borrowing and high fiscal deficits, raising serious concerns ... -
Tax concessions account for half of the budget deficit
(Colombo: Verité Research, 31/03/2025)All sorts of tax concessions (reported as “tax expenditure”) costs the government almost a trillion rupees a year in potential revenue. In the financial year 2023/24 the tax expenditure statement published by the government ... -
Apparel exports to US could fall by 20%
(Colombo: Verité Research, 3/4/2025)On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. With apparel comprising 64 percent of these exports—valued at nearly USD 1.8 billion in 2023—Sri Lanka’s apparel ... -
Maldives' Interest Burden Doubles in 3 years
(Colombo: Verité Research, 27/03/2025)In 2024, the Maldives is expected to spend 5.1% of its GDP on interest payments for government debt, up from 2.6% in 2021. In 2019, it was only 1.7% which is one-third of the current level. With increased borrowing to ... -
Presidential Election 2024 : TV News Coverage of the Candidates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-28)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Dilith Jayaweera, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, and Nuwan Bopage on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected from TV Derana, ... -
අසංවේදී සිරස්තලයක්? - සායනයකට ගිය කත බසයකට දිවි පුදයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-23)A person died after being struck by an SLTB bus traveling from Colombo to Tangalle. Aruna News reported the incident on 15 August 2024, using a headline that did not comply with media ethical guidelines. -
පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු - "ආබාධිත" වෙනුවට "ආබාධ සහිත" ?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-21)On 16 August 2024, an article in Aruna used the derogatory term “ආබාධිත” (abadhitha) in its headline and content to describe a family with disabilities. Media is encouraged to use person-first language when reporting on ... -
දරුවන්, ලිංගික අපරාධ සහ ආචාර ධාර්මික මාධ්ය - මාර්ගෝපදේශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-30)On 30 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team released guidelines for media professionals on ethical reporting involving children. -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - මැතිවරණ කාලයේ මුද්රිත මාධ්ය හැසිරෙන්න ඕන මෙහෙමයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-20)On 20 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a five-slide post in its “Ethic of the Week” series. This note offers guidance for print media professionals on election reporting. -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - මැතිවරණ කාලයේ විද්යුත් මාධ්ය හැසිරෙන්න ඕන මෙහෙමයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-26)On 26 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a five-slide post in its “Ethic of the Week” series. This note offers guidance for digital media professionals on election reporting. -
ඔබ අනුමත කරන වාර්තාකරණය?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-13)On 12 August 2024, Aruna and Dinamina used the term "දූෂණය" (dushanaya) in both headlines and content when reporting the Thanamalwila sexual assault incident. In contrast, Ada and Divaina used the more appropriate term ... -
ඇයි "රූමත්" ?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-09)On 8 August 2024, Lankadeepa and Dinamina reported the arrest of an individual who used a photo of an international school teacher to maintain a fake Facebook account and falsely labeled her a sex worker. Both newspapers ... -
"චීන්නු" ද? "චීන ජාතිකයන්" ද? - නිෂේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-15)On 12 August 2024, Lankadeepa reported an incident at a hotel in Wadduwa involving Chinese and Nepalese nationals, using the derogatory term “චීන්නු” (Chennu) in the headline and “චීන ජාතිකයන්” (Chinese nationals) in the ... -
සිරස්තල තුළ "ජාවාරමා" මාධ්යට උචිත භාෂාවක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-14)On 12 August 2024, Aruna and Dinamina newspapers, and on 12 and 13 August 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper, reported the arrest of a drug dealer, using the derogatory term "ජාවාරමා" (Jawarama) in headlines and "ජාවාරම්කරුවා" in ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමක් පිළිබඳ වගකීම් සහගත වාර්තාකරණයක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-11)On 11 August 2024, Aruna newspaper published a report on suicide that included several ethical violations: oversimplifying the cause of suicide, disclosing the method used, not publishing helpline information, publishing ... -
"කෙළෙසීම්", "දූෂණය" ද? "ලිංගික අපයෝජනය" ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-16)On 16 August 2024, Aruna reported two sexual assault incidents using the terms "කෙළෙසීම" (keleseema) and "දූෂණය" (dooshanaya), which imply the victims are "polluted." Referring to survivors as dirty or impure in the media ... -
පොලිස් නිලධාරියෙකු විසින් තිදෙනෙකු ඝාතනය කර, දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම සිංහල පුවත්පත් මුල්පිටු සහ රූපවාහිනී ප්රධාන පුවත් සිරස්තල තුළ වාර්තා කර තිබූ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-14)This infographic shows how the triple murder and suicide involving a police officer in Inginiyagala, Monaragala on August 4, 2024, was prominently covered in Sinhala television headlines that day and in the front pages of ... -
ලිංගික අපරාධ සහ පසුගාමී ආකල්ප - තණමල්විල හරි පුදුම ඉස්කෝලේ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-13)The Divaina editorial of 13 August 2024 aims to highlight the Thanamalwila sexual assault incident. However, instead of fulfilling this purpose, it appears to spread unfounded and prejudiced views on sexual abuse, while ...