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    • 'ජාවාරමුන්' ද? 'ජාවාරම්කරුවන්' ද? 

      Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-12-16)
      In the month of November 2021, articles published in Mawbima, Aruna and Lankadeepa Online used the term "Jawaramun", which is a derogatory term used to describe individuals who are involved in racketeering.

    • දිවි තොරකරගැනීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම කඩවීම් පුවත්පත් හා රූපවාහිනී මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කර ඇත්තේ කෙසේද? 

      Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-12)
      During the months of December 2021 and November 2021, Dinamina, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Divaina, Mawbima, Hiru, Ada, Silumina, Swarnavahini and Derana published several news on suicide, which contained the following ethical ...

    • Nihal Thalduwa: Criticism of the President 

      FactCheck;P0036
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/5/2022)
      FALSE: It is prohibited to publish and exchange statements that insult the president on social media or any other media. The police is vested with the authority to take legal action against those who do so. – SSP Nihal ...

    • Keheliya Rambukwella: Vaccination ranking 

      FactCheck;P0040
      Factcheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 2/10/2022)
      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.- ...

    • MPs with 100% Attendance in Parliament 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2021-04-30)
      This infographic shows the MPs who had 100 per cent attendance in 9th Parliament from August 2020 to March 2021.

    • Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Foreign Loans 

      FactCheck;P0038
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/27/2022)
      FALSE: I have not taken a cent in foreign loans during my two years in office. - Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Newswire, 7 January 2022,

    • Bandula Gunawardane: Total Exports 

      FactCheck;P0039
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 2/3/2022)
      PARTLY TRUE: Sri Lanka increased exports by 23% amidst challenging environment faced both locally and globally. Total exports are USD 12.3 billion in 2020 and USD15.12 billion in 2021. - Bandula Gunawardane, Official ...

    • Lasantha Alagiyawanna: LPG Standards 

      FactCheck;P0036
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/13/2022)
      FALSE: This [LP gas] problem arose - especially this problem of the butane and propane composition - [because] the composition is not mentioned in the standards that have been formulated by the SLSI. - Lasantha Alagiyawanna, ...

    • "මෙහෙකාරිය" ද? ගෘහ සේවිකාව ද? 

      Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-12-06)
      An article published in Lankadeepa in the month of November 2021 and an article published in Aruna in the month of December 2021 used the term "mehekariya" which is a derogatory and backward term to describe domestic ...

    • Gota Meter - Public and Financial Services 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-17)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the Public and financial services sector.

    • Gota Meter - Agriculture and Irrigation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-11)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the agriculture and irrigation sector.

    • Gota Meter - Power and Energy 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-15)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the power and energy sector.

    • Gota Meter - Housing and Urban Development Sector 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-15)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the housing and urban development sector.

    • Gota Meter - Water supply and Sanitation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-16)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the water supply and sanitation sector.

    • Gota Meter - Social Protection 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-17)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the social protection sector.

    • Gota Meter - Environment 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-14)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the environment sector.

    • Gota Meter - Justice 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-17)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the justice sector.

    • Gota Meter - Health 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-18)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the health.

    • Gota Meter - Education 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-19)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the education.

    • Gota Meter - Technological Development 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2020-12-19)
      This Infographic shows the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who made election pledges under the technological development sector.