Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to six main stories. The six stories were on the: (i) 16 years since the end of the armed conflict;...
Features
May 5, 2025 – May 16, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube.
May 5, 2025 – May 18, 2025
This week’s cartoons
May 5, 2025 – May 18, 2025
This week’s memes
Election outcome through the privately owned media lens
Convergence on the performance and divergence on the drivers
Election outcome through the state press
Dinamina spotlights the Opposition’s losses, Thinakaran spotlights the government’s gains
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: May 5 – 18
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past two weeks the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) 2025 Local Government Election outcome;...
ITAK demands the revoking of the gazette to reportedly seize land in the north-east
How did Sinhala & Tamil TV channels cover it?
April 28, 2025 – May 2, 2025
The TV coverage of the issues The data on television coverage is based on the monitoring of the primetime news telecasts of selected Sinhala language TV channels uploaded to YouTube. * The headlines of the ITN primetime news telecast for May 1 and the Rupavahini...
Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Apr.28 – May 4
Signposts the differences and nuances in reporting between Sinhala and Tamil language newspapers. Over the past week the Sinhala and Tamil press converged in relation to five main stories. The five stories were on the: (i) preparations for the 2025 Local Government...










