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Basil Rajapaksa: Poultry and eggs
(www.factcheck.lk, 12/9/2021)TRUE:Sri Lanka…[is] already [close to being] self-sufficient in eggs and poultry. - Basil Rajapaksa, Budget Speech, 12 Novemeber 2021 -
The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-07-21)In 2021, the country’s tax revenue as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)reached its lowest level since 1959 – dropping to just 8%. Increasing tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the most important measures of Sri Lanka’s ability ... -
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 ... -
Betting and Gaming Levy Act Amended
(Manthri.lk, 2023-08-10)This infographic was created as a response to the second and third reading of the amendment to the Betting and Gaming Levy Act which was passed in the parliament without a division on 9th August 2023. The infographic ... -
Black July: How did the press cover it?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/31/2019)The manner in which the Sinhala and Tamil press covered commemorative events of the 1983 Black July Sinhala press - 14 Tamil press - 56 -
Blacklisting corrupt contractors: SL falls behind other South Asian countries: Verité Research
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-19)Daily Mirror Front page feature of the Blacklisting press release sent out in November 2023. The corresponding research titled “Backwards in Blacklisting: Gaps in Sri Lanka’s Procurement Framework Enable Corruption” was ... -
Bloomberg Markets Predicts LKR's Possible Depreciation Against USD
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-06-02)Bloomberg reported that the Sri Lankan rupee may deteriorate as a result of upcoming debt repayments. In March 2023 Verite Research took the view that greater volatility in exchange rates increases uncertainty and risk for ... -
Brief - The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional
(Verité Research, 2018-09)The submission includes a draft brief on “The Cabinet Decision to Ban Women from Purchasing Liquor is Unconstitutional”. Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media ... -
Buddhist Archaeological sites under attack
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 11/30/2019)Based on a discussion with the Ellawala Medanandha Thera, Lakbima reports that Buddhist archeological sites in the North and the East have recently come under attack in unprecedented ways. The thera points out that even ... -
Budget 2017: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2017-02-15)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2017 budget. -
Budget 2017: Third Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2016-12-15)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 3rd reading of the 2017 budget. -
Budget 2018: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2017-11-17)This infograpic depicts how MPs voted in the 2nd reading of the 2018 budget -
Budget 2021 - Most Active MPs
(Manthri.lk, 2021-02-09)This infographic shows the members of Parliament who contributed the most to the 2021 Budget Debate which lasted for 21 days in Parliament -
Budget 2022 - Most discussed topics during budget sittings: November - December 2021
(Manthri.lk, 2022-01-23)This infographic shows the most discussed topics during the budget 2022 sittings in November and December 2021. The topics and the top contributing MPs to those were: Economy and Finance – Shehan Semasinghe (SLPP), Urban ... -
Budget 2022: Allocations under the President, Prime Minister and Finance Minister
(Manthri.lk, 2021-11-30)This Infographic shows how the budget was spent under the President (Gotabhaya Rajapaksa), Prime Minister (Mahinda Rajapaksa) and Finance Minister (Basil Rajapaksa). Based on budget estimates 2022 vol. 1-3, budget speech ... -
Budget 2022: Second reading vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-09-04)These infographics show how MPs voted on the second reading of the 2022 interim budget in September. 120 votes received in favour and 5 votes received against. 56 were absent while 43 were abstained. It also shows how the ... -
Budget 2022: Second Reading Vote – How Did MPs Vote?
(Manthri.lk, 2021-11-23)This infograpic shows how MPs voted in the second reading of the 2022 budget. 153 MPs voted in favour of the budget, 60 against and 11 abstained. -
Budget 2022: Third Reading Vote – How Did MPs Vote?
(Manthri.lk, 2021-12-10)This infograpic shows how MPs voted in the third reading of the 2022 budget. 157 MPs voted in favour of the budget, 64 against and 3 abstained. -
Budget 2023: Expenditure under the President and Prime Minister
(Manthri.lk, 2022-11-29)This set of infographics provides how the budget was spent under President, Ranil Wickremesinghe and PM, Dinesh Gunawardena. More than half of the expenditure in the budget 2023 is under the President (31.1%) and PM (25.2%). ... -
Budget 2023: Second Reading Vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-11-23)The second reading of the Budget 2023 (Appropriation Bill) was passed in the parliament on 22 November 2022 by a majority of 37 votes. These infographics show how MPs voted in the second reading of the 2023 budget. 121 MPs ...