2024 Election Update: Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election

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...

April 28, 2025 – May 4, 2025

This week’s cartoons

April 28, 2025 – May 4, 2025

This week’s memes

Local government elections

Certain about the outcome; Concern with the conduct

Pillayan’s arrest

How did Diviana and Virakesari view Gammanpila’s defence?

April 21, 2025 – April 25, 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.

Major stories in the Sinhala and Tamil press: Apr.21 – 27

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) exposition of the sacred tooth relic; (ii)...