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Sri Lanka’s IMF Programme Was Supposed To Succeed by Improving Governance. Will It?
(2024-06)On June 12, the IMF board will sign off on Sri Lanka’s third disbursement under the current programme. But Sri Lanka is still failing on the governance improvements that are foundational for its economic recovery. According ... -
Public Report on the 2021 Budget - Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions Used in the Budget Estimates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-11)The 2021 budget presented to parliament on 17 November 2020 sets out the government’s proposals for raising public funds through taxation and proposals for expenditure during the year. These proposals form the key components ... -
Second term begins with 110 commitments 'Pending' Sri Lanka's IMF programme: Verité Research - 60 commitments "met" out of 73 due by November 2023
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-01-29)Daily Mirror Front page (29 January 2024) feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research -
විශ්වවිද්යාල ආචාර්යවරුන්ගේ විරෝධතාවය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)On 26 September the coverage given by TV channels for a protest carried out by university lecturers is as follows. Siyatha, Swaranwahini and Sirasa featured the protest in their headlines and content. Hiru, ITN and ... -
"කුකුල් කොටු භාරගත් මානව හිමිකම් නරි" - මෙම කතුවැකිය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)On 19 September 2023, Aruna editorial stated the when criminals are captured and are interrogated by the police, these criminals threaten the police saying that they will appeal to human rights groups. The editorial therefore ... -
පාස්කු ප්රහාරය පිළිබඳව බ්රිතාන්යයේ චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවේ හෙළිදරව්ව
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)Britain's Channel 4 released a documentary alleging that they had more information about the Easter Sunday attacks that took place in 2019. On 04 September 2023, this was how the local TV channels covered the news, prior ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-06)On 03 June 2023, Sinhala and Tamil newspapers reported that persons involved in the operations of a fraudulent office in close proximity to Department of Motor Traffic had been arrested. Divaina and Thinakaran mentioned ... -
Trend Analysis of Violence Against Christians in Sri Lanka: November 2022 - October 2023
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06)This study examines critical trends in religiously motivated violence against Christians between November 2022 and October 2023, based on data collated by the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL). The ... -
Judicial Responses to Religious Freedom: A Case Analysis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This study examines a cross section of case law in order to assess how far Sri Lanka’s judiciary has been willing to go to uphold the freedom of religion. The report is presented in three parts. The first part sets out the ... -
Fading Belief: Addressing the Lacunae in the Right to Religious Worship in Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-05)This report aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of FoRB and registration of places of worship in Sri Lanka, highlighting areas where improvements are needed to ensure the protection of the ... -
Better Moderation of Hate Speech on Social Media: A Sri Lankan Case Study for Reputational-Cost Approaches
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-07)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 ... -
Racial Profiling and Language Polarisation in Sri Lankan Media: A Problem Highlighted by “Ethics Eye” and “The Divide”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09)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 brief provides a short introduction to ... -
Prejudice and Patronage: An Analysis of Incidents of Violence against Christians, Muslims, Hindus in Sri Lanka (September 2019 – September 2020)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021)This study offers insights in key trends and drivers of religious violence from September 2019 to September 2020. A total of 63 incidents of violence against Christians as well as episodes of discrimination against Muslims ... -
Patterns and Risks of Religious Violence Against Christians (October 2020 – October 2021)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022)Ethno-religious violence has persisted in post-war Sri Lanka irrespective of changes to the country’s political leadership. The current study unpacks the macro-level and micro-level patterns of religious violence against ... -
Inaction and Impunity: Incidents of Religious Violence Targeting Christians, Muslims and Hindus (2015-2019)
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-01)Ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka is a chronic and systemic problem that has continued despite successive changes in government. This study examines the key trends of incidents of violence faced by minority Christian, ... -
Religious violence against Christians: Disruptions and Distractions - November 2021 to October 2022
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-10)Ethno-religious violence is an enduring feature in Sri Lanka irrespective of the changes to the country’s socio-political and economic landscapes. This study offers insights into key patterns of violence directed against ... -
Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index 2021 for Asia: Sri Lanka Country Report
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11)The Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) assesses the sustainability of the CSO sector across several countries from different regions. Since its beginning in 1997, it has expanded from covering 18 ... -
IMF reveal 'first term' evaluation of Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-01)Daily FT Front page feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research. -
SL needs 'B' credit rating for global market access
(Colombo, 2024-02-01)The Daily Morning Business front page features the presentation given by Nishan de Mel at a virtual event held by First Capital on the 30th of January 2024. The presentation touches on debt sustainability and global market access. -
නතාෂා එදිරිසූරිය අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සම්බන්ධ රූපවාහිනී සහ පුවත්පත් වාර්තා
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05)On 28 May 2023, Sinhala TV channels reported on the arrest of Nathasha Edirisooriya. The accusation levelled against Edirisooriya was that she insulted Buddhism during a comedy show at which she was performing. A majority ...