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නතාශාට ඇප: සිරස්තලයේ අවධානය කොයිබටද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07)
On 6 July 2023, the Sinhala newspaper Divaina published an article about Nathasha Edirisooriya receiving bail. But the manner in which the headline and sub-headline have been framed, does not give an accurate account of ...
ඒඩ්ස් සහ එච්.අයි. වී. පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2022-10)
On October 26, primetime news telecasts of Derana and ITN, on October 23 Sathi Aga Aruna and on October 24 Divaina reported on the spread of HIV virus. These reports fail to accurately identify the patients as 'HIV' infected ...
Improving Lankan Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities: The Business Case
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-30)
As we in Sri Lanka explore the pathways out of the current crisis, it is imperative that we acknowledge the mammoth contributions that women make to the economy, hidden and unpaid, and seriously consider how to improve ...
ලිංගික අතවර සහ භාවාතිශය විස්තර කිරීම්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09)
In the month of September 2021 articles published in daily Divaina, Dinmina, Mawbima and Sunday Divaina sensationalised incidents related to sexual assault which is a violation of media ethical guielines.
ලිංගික අපරාධයන් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී, සැහැල්ලු කොට දැක්වීම, හැගීම් කළඹවන සුළු ආකාරයෙන් වාර්තා කිරීම, වක්රාකාරව හෝ අනන්යතාවය හෙළි කිරීම, සහ 'දූෂණය' යන යෙදුම භාවිතා කිරීම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-02)
During the months of January and February in 2023, the newspapers, Lankadeepa, Aruna, Dinamina, Mawbima and Divaina published several articles on sex crimes which contained various ethical violations.
To be more detailed, ...
"Sugar Scam” is Not the Whole Iceberg: “Forestalling” Needs a Rule-of-Law Solution
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-11-09)
On 14 October 2020, taxes on imported sugar were slashed overnight from LKR 50 to LKR 25 cents per kilogram. That is a reduction of 99.5%. This led to much discussion in media and parliament about the large undue profits ...
Is Sri Lanka Addicted to Missing Revenue Targets?
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-10-30)
It is all too familiar that Sri Lanka has a problem in meeting its budgeted revenue targets. Recently, a government member of parliament (MP) who voted in favour of the budget last year, said that the tax increases that ...
Restoring Economic Stability in Sri Lanka: An Overview of the IMF Extended Fund Facility
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-04-13)
On March 20, 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board approved Sri Lanka's 17th IMF programme, under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, aimed at addressing the significant economic challenges faced by ...
The Debt Digest - March 2023
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-16)
The Debt Digest by Verité Research provides analytical commentary on the latest developments in Sri Lanka’s debt crisis. A key milestone in Sri Lanka’s path to recovery was the staff-level agreement with the IMF in September ...
Sri Lanka Falls Behind Least Developed Countries in Trade Facilitation: Here are Three Steps it Can Take to Reverse This Trend
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-07)
This note compares progress made by Sri Lanka against its regional competitors, other developing and least developed countries in facilitating trade by making import and export procedures of the country efficient, less ...