• Budget Promises: Beyond Parliament - 2020 End Year Assessment 

  Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2021-10)

  Due to the absence of a budget speech in 2020, the public finance platform tracked 24 cabinet decisions—a combination of expenditure and regulatory policy decisions—made from January to June 2020. The decisions tracked ...

• රූපවාහිනි නාලිකාවල පළවූ පුවත් සිරස්තල තුළින් ඉස්මතුවූ මාධ්‍ය ධ්‍රැවීකරණය 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  On 27 June 2023 Sinhala TV news channels reported on the President's statement about the domestic debt restructuring process. Rupavahini, Sirasa, Derana and Swarnawahini highlighted on the debt restructuring process will ...

• අඟුරුවාතොට ම‍රණය: "රූමත්" හෝ "හැඩකාර" බව අදාළ වන්නේද? 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  On 23rd and 24th July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Aruna, Sathi Aga Aruna, Divaina and Lankadeepa reported on the death of a mother and her baby. The papers referred to the mother's appearance by using words such as "රූමත්" ...

• හැඟීම් කළඹවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්? 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  On 24 July 2023, Sinhala newspapers published articles on an incident in Vavuniya where a group of masked persons attacked a home and set in on fire, which resulted in the death of a female. The newspapers Mawbima, ...

• කාන්තාවන්ගේ බාහිර ස්වරූපය අනවශ්‍ය ලෙස ඉස්මතු කිරීම 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)

  On the 3rd of September 2023, the Sinhala newspaper Sathi Aga Aruna published an article surrounding the death of a female servant who had been working for a businesswoman. The newspaper had referred to the deceased female's ...

• පේරාදෙණිය ශික්ෂණ රෝහලේදී එන්නත් ආසාත්මිකතාවයකින් සිදුවුවා යැයි කියන තරුණියකගේ මරණය: රූපවාහිනී පුවත් වාර්තාකරණ 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  In July 2023, Sinhala TV channels covered the funeral of a girl who had passed away at the Peradeniya hospital. The reason for her death was because of complications that arose due to a vaccine that had been administered ...

• How have successive governments in Sri Lanka progressed on key commitments? 

  Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 9
  Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08)

  Caption: How have successive governments in Sri Lanka progressed on key commitments under #UNHRC Resolution 30/1?

• Over Estimation of Social Security Contribution 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (2021-12-10)

  Budget 2022 proposed a Social Security Contribution (SSC) tax to rebuild the Sri Lankas Economy from the COVID- 19 pandemic. SSC is charged at 2.5% on an annual turnover exceeding LKR 120 million. This tax is proposed to ...

• Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 9 

  Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 9
  Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08)

  Sinhala Caption: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ වර්තමාන තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳ ලිඛිත අලුත් කිරීමක් සැප්තැම්බර් 11 දින පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිල සැසිවාරයේ දී, සිදුවීමට නියමිතයි. 30/1 යෝජනාවලිය යටතේ ඇති කැපවීම් හි ප්‍රගතිය ...

• Sri Lanka: Resolution 30/1 Implementation Monitor: Statistical and Analytical Review No. 9 

  Statistical and Analytical Review;No. 9
  Legal Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-08)

  A written update on Sri Lanka is scheduled for 11 September at the 54th session of the UNHRC. Verite research's UNHRC monitor is the first and only platform that tracks Sri Lanka's progress on commitments made under ...

• අපහාසාත්මක යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම තුළින් පුද්ගලයින් වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  From 10 to 30 June 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina, Divaina and Aruna published articles which referred to drug addicts as "කුඩ්ඩන් " (kuddan). On 19 July 2023, Sinhala newspapers Dinamina and Aruna published articles ...

• හැඟීම් කළඹවනසුළු සිරස්තල, නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම 

  Ethics Eye;
  Ethics Eye (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)

  On 7 July 2023, Sinhala newspaper Aruna published three news reports i.e. arrest of 58 people including 39 women in Jaffna after conflict between some groups, arrest of three young women at a brothel run in a building ...

• Sources of Financing for Top 5 Ministries That Received the Highest Allocation in the 2022 Budget 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (2022-01-25)

  Based on the 2022 approved Budget estimates in 2020, 87% of government expenditure was financed via domestic sources and 13% was financed via foreign sources. In 2021 91% of expenditure is estimated to be financed domestically ...

• Relief Package: What it Entails and How Will it be Financed? 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (2022-02-01)

  In response to rising living cost with inflation rate of 12.1%1 in December 2021, the cabinet of ministers approved a relief package amounting to LKR 229 billion on the 3rd of January 2022. The following infographic depicts ...

• Wimal Weerawansa: Income and Wealth Inequality 

  FactCheck.lk;P0100
  FactCheck (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-07)

  PARTLY TRUE: The wealthiest 1% in Sri Lanka enjoy 31% of the national income. Similarly, the 10% at the highest stratum of society, inclusive of that 1%, enjoy 64% of the national income […]. After that, the 50% at the ...

• Dr. P.K.G Harishchandra: Reserves 

  FactCheck.lk;P0099
  FactCheck (www.factcheck.lk, 2024-02-29)

  PARTLY TRUE: “[…] We've been able to build up reserves to 4.4 billion by the end of last year.” Assistant Governor Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) P. K. G. Harischandra, CBSL Monetary Policy Review No. 01 of 2024, 23 ...

• How much Does Sri Lanka Allocate for the Defense Sector ? 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-03)

  The allocation for the Ministry of Defense is significantly higher than the allocation for Ministry of Health over the years in Sri Lanka. Over the last two years allocation for Ministry Defense has been more than doubled. ...

• Ownership of Sri Lanka’s Outstanding Foreign Debt in 2020 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-15)

  Sri Lanka owes approximately 40% of its total central government debt to foreign creditors in the form of bilateral debt, multilateral debt and financial markets. The infographic shows the distribution of ownership of the ...

• Sri Lanka’s Short-Term Outflows Exceed Usable Reserves 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-02-15)

  Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves have been consistently declining since June 2019 and as of January 2022, usable foreign exchange reserves stand at USD 792 Mn, while the twelve-month outflows at end of 2021 stand at USD ...

• Sri Lanka’s Imports Were 4% Higher in 2021 When Compared to 2019 

  Public Finance Infographics;
  Econ Team (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-03-03)

  Sri Lanka’s Imports have grown by 4%, (USD 700 Million) from 2019 to 2021. One of the main contributors for this growth is the increase in the Medical and Pharmaceuticals imports by 60% which amounts to USD 330 Million. ...

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