ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
2025 criminal shooting surge
Police reported 114 shooting incidents, 60 deaths and 57 injuries during 2025, with organised crime and narcotics rivalries a major driver.
Public accountability platform · Sri Lanka
Track what politicians say. And when they contradict themselves.
Beacon monitors 225 Sri Lankan MPs across news sources and parliament records, extracts their statements, and uses AI to detect contradictions.
1,780Articles
225MPs tracked
2,096Statements
162Contradictions
Last updated about 2 months ago
Latest Contradictions
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Nalinda Jayatissa· Jathika Jana Balawegaya (NPP)
“We have no intention of implementing power cuts at this juncture”
via Economy Next
then
“Not only the power, we also want to provide uninterrupted fuel supply as well”
via Economy Next
Cost of Living & CrisisRead more
Reviewed comparisonPublished after review
Namal Karunarathne· National People’s Power (NPP)
“the number of farming families benefiting from the said anicut”
via View source
then
“the quantity of paddy as a percentage of the expected paddy harvest in the aforementioned 'Yala' season”
via View source
Geopolitics & Foreign RelationsRead more
The Incident Record
Open the trackerAllegationAllegation / unresolved2025Very high attention
Crow Island / Kotahena police 'encounter' deaths
Two suspects arrested over a fatal Kotahena shooting were shot dead by police at Crow Island after police said they tried to seize officers' weapons while being taken to recover hidden firearms.
An allegation, arrest or indictment is not treated as guilt. This record documents that the allegation exists and how it was handled, not that it is true.
ConfirmedConfirmed failure2025Very high attention
Ganemulla Sanjeewa killed inside court
A gunman disguised as a lawyer entered the Hulftsdorp court complex and killed a high-risk remand prisoner.
Recent News Analysis
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Yum! Brands is selling Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion due to its struggles.
Daily MirrorJul 31
Rights, Justice & Societyneutral
Rajarata's new health faculty lacks funding details and operational plans. Officials announced the program to serve local and global health needs. No targets were set.
Daily MirrorJul 31
Macroeconomy & IMFnegative
Professor Wasantha Athukorala says Sri Lanka's defence force makes up 3.47% of its workforce. He claims this ratio tops regional peers.
Daily MirrorJul 31
MPs to Watch
All 225 MPs
Bimal Rathnayake
National People’s Power (NPP)#1
Ravi Karunanayake
New Democratic Front (NDF)#2
Ramanathan Archchuna
Independent Group 17 - Jaffna#3
Wasantha Samarasinghe
National People’s Power (NPP)#4
Sajith Premadasa
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)#7
Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam
Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK)#11
Chamara Sampath Dasanayake
New Democratic Front (NDF)#13
Nizam Kariapper
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)#15
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How it works
We monitor the news
Beacon ingests articles from 6 major Sri Lankan news sources every 30 minutes, plus Hansard parliamentary records.
AI extracts statements
Each article is scanned for politician quotes, which are attributed and stored with full source links.
Contradictions are flagged
We compare statements semantically. When a politician says something that contradicts a past statement, it's flagged for review.