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Verité Media aims to ensure that Sri Lanka’s mainstream media is accountable to its consumers, while fostering critical engagement among local consumers. It pursues this dual goal by empowering media consumers with accurate information and encouraging media outlets to uphold ethical standards and responsibility. These efforts ultimately seek to strengthen democracy in Sri Lanka through a well-informed citizenry.

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Macro-Media Political Analysis

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Flood of criticism managed

Dec 10, 2025

The opposition’s efforts to portray the cyclone response as another case of state failure have not resonated widely with the public, limiting their impact on generating negativity toward the government.

A rally for unity—without a united Opposition

Nov 18, 2025

The Nugegoda rally functions less as a protest against the Government than as a stage for smaller parties to stake their claim to leadership of the anti-government camp.

Reception of the Budget: Constraints, credibility, and the IMF

Nov 18, 2025

A Budget widely recognised as IMF-aligned is still gaining positive traction, shaped by public perceptions of pragmatic crisis management rather than ideological change.

FrontPage

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9 January 2026 | Vol. 12, #5

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

FrontPage sheds light on the different realities between Sri Lanka’s two main language communities. By reading today’s FrontPage, you can be better informed about the different priorities in the Sinhala and Tamil press.

8 January 2026 | Vol. 12, #4

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

FrontPage sheds light on the different realities between Sri Lanka’s two main language communities. By reading today’s FrontPage, you can be better informed about the different priorities in the Sinhala and Tamil press.

6 January 2026 | Vol. 12, #2

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

FrontPage sheds light on the different realities between Sri Lanka’s two main language communities. By reading today’s FrontPage, you can be better informed about the different priorities in the Sinhala and Tamil press.

This Week's Fact-Check

Ethics Eye

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ලිංගික අපරාධ සැහැල්ලු කොට වාර්තා නොකරමු!

Ethics Eye

"නරක වැඩ" ද? ලිංගික හිරිහැර ද? කතරගම පිහිටි විහාරස්ථාන භූමියකදී දරුවන්ට හා කාන්තාවන්ට ලිංගික හිරිහැර සිදු කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් සැක පිට හිමි නමක අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් බව අරුණ පුවත්පත (පෙබ. 19, 2025) වාර්තා කර තිබිණි. 1) පුවතක මුලින්ම ග්‍රහණය වන සිරස්තලය තුළ "නරක වැඩ" යන්න යෙදීම...

විදෙස් ජාතීන් හැඳින්වීමට කොන් කරන සුළු යෙදුම් භාවිතා නොකරමු!

Ethics Eye

චීන ජාතිකයින් සම්බන්ධ සෘණාත්මක පසුතලයක් ඇති පුවත් වාර්තා තුළ, ඔවුන්ව හැඳින්වීමට "චීනා" සහ "චීනුන්" වැනි යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීමෙන් පොදුවේ චීන ජාතිකයන් කෙරෙහි අවමානාත්මක හා කොන් කිරීමේ ආකල්පයක් සමාජය තුළ ජනිත නොවෙන්නේ ද, එසේම එවැනි ආකල්ප ඔස්සේ චීන ජාතිකයින් කෙරෙහි විදේශ...