Increased exposure to healthier air is a positive note among the many tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. As movement was restricted to prevent the spread of the disease, air quality in Colombo drastically improved leading to a 60% reduction in the average duration that people in Colombo were exposed to unhealthy air.
The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) assesses the sustainability of the CSO sector across several countries in different regions around the world.
This research brief introduces two ailments in the Sri Lankan media that have negative social ramifications on minorities: (1) racial profiling; and (2) language polarisation.
This report assesses the extent to which the government has implemented 12 gender-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These KPIs were developed by the former Ministry of Women and Child Affairs towards achieving Goal 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවය පිළිබඳ ප්රධාන කාර්ය සාධන දර්ශකයන් (ප්ර.කා.සා.ද.)12 ක් රජය කොතරම් දුරට ක්රියාත්මක කර ඇත්ද යන්න පිළිබඳව මෙම වාර්තාව ඇගැයීමට ලක් කරයි.
இந்த அறிக்கை அரசாங்கம் பாலினம் தொடர்பான 12 முக்கிய செயல்திறன் குறிகாட்டிகளை (KPIs) எந்த அளவிற்கு செயல்படுத்தியுள்ளது என்பதை மதிப்பீடு செய்கிறது.
Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) is the primary government agency responsible for collecting data, producing useful statistics, and disseminating it.
සංඛ්යාන තොරතුරු නිසි කලකට උත්පාදනය කිරීම හා ලබා දීම අතින් ‘කලාපීය පුරෝගාමියා’ බවට පත් වීම ජනලේඛන හා සංඛ්යාලේඛන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ අරමුණ වේ. මෙම විදසුන පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ ජනතාවට දත්ත ලබා ගැනීමට ඇති පහසුව, ඉක්මණ සහ පිරිවැය අතින් ජනලේඛන හා සංඛ්යාලේඛන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, සිය දැක්ම සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීමට අසමත් වී ඇති බවයි. එහෙත්, පහසුව, ඉක්මණ සහ පිරිවැය අතින් ශ්රී ලංකාව අභිබවා යමින් ජනලේඛන හා සංඛ්යාලේඛන දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවේ දැක්මට අනුව ශ්රී ලංකාව අත්කර ගැනීමට ප්රයත්න දරන කලාපිය පුරෝගාමියාගේ තත්වයට ඉන්දියාවට පත් වෙමින් ඇත.
As social media becomes more involved in personal, business, and political relations, it has become increasingly important to prevent the spread of hate speech and disinformation on social media. At present, hate speech and disinformation is moderated on social media by: (1) voluntary self-regulation by service providers, and (2) government regulation that imposes obligations and liability on users and service providers. In light of the numerous lapses in content moderation and the ever present of risk of censorship through government regulation of social media, several questions have arisen on how content moderation can be improved.
Investment into infrastructure is vital for development. However, in the context of weak governance, public investment into large and complex infrastructure can become a fertile ground for corruption and results in unsustainable, costly, and poor-quality infrastructure that fails to meet the intended objectives.