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Petrol Market Price vs. Formula Price in December 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-12-08)Fuel price update The market price of petrol 92 remained unchanged while the formula price shot up by LKR 6.71, widening the gap between the two to LKR 7.96. This is the largest gap between the two prices in an ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in November 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-11-04)On 01 November 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol reduced to LKR 294 from LKR 299 at the start of October, while the market price of Auto Diesel remained unchanged at LKR 277. Over that period, the prices computed ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in October 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-03)On 01 October 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol remained unchanged at LKR 299.00, while the market price of Auto Diesel had reduced to LKR 277.00 from the LKR 283.00 price at the start of September. Over that ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in August 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-08-01)Fuel prices remained unchanged in August 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol at LKR 305.00 and Auto Diesel at LKR 289.00. However, the formula price for petrol fell to LKR 296.10 from LKR 301.12 in July, while ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in September 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-02)Fuel prices reduced in September 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol falling to LKR 299.00 from LKR 305.00 in August, and Auto Diesel declining to LKR 283.00 from LKR 289.00 in the same time frame. However, the ... -
Budget 2026: Disclosure in line with the professional standards expected in Public Financial Management Act?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-02-05)The 2026 Budget, presented on 7 November 2025 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is the first full-year budget prepared under the Public Financial Management Act No. 44 of 2024 (PFM Act). That status matters. The PFM ... -
State of the Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-01)This 5th edition of the State of the Budget by Verité Research provides an independent analysis of the National Budget for 2026 presented to the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 7 November 2025. It evaluates the budget’s financial, ... -
Gearing up for Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-26)Sri Lanka has lacked effective and convenient channels for public participation in the budget process. In the Open Budget Survey 2023, Sri Lanka had the lowest participation score in a decade and ranked 82nd out of 125 ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය සඳහන් කිරීම මෙම පුවතට ඝෘජුවම අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/5/2024)For the first time in the history of Katunayake Airport, an individual who allegedly tried to flee to France using the airport’s business facilities was arrested by Border Investigation Unit officers of the Department of ... -
Is the external appearance relevant to the news?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/24/2024)On January 7, 2024, Hiru TV primetime news reported that the body of a woman had been exhumed by a person allegedly suffering from substance abuse disorder. The report referred to the deceased using the term “Beauty’s”. ... -
Which TV channels covered nullification of Duminda Silva's presidential pardon?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/23/2024)On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the invalidation of the presidential pardon granted by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who had been sentenced to death and imprisoned ... -
“කුඩ්ඩෙක්” - මෙවැනි යෙදුම් අනුමත කළ හැකි ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-27)On June 26 and 27, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper published two reports that used the derogatory term “Kuddek” (කුඩ්ඩෙක්) in their headlines and used “Mathlolin” (මත්ලෝලීන්) in the content to refer to drug users and drug ... -
යාපනයේ කාන්තාවක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-22)On July 22, 2024, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers reported on the suicide of a woman in Jaffna. Both newspapers published the story without mentioning any helplines and described the method and oversimplified reasons for ... -
“කුඩ්ඩන්” / “කුඩු ලෝලීන්” - ඍණාත්මක ලේබල් කිරීම් නොවේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-24)On July 24, 2024, Divaina, Dinamina, and Mawbima newspapers reported the arrest of three individuals at a private hospital for allegedly selling painkillers to drug users without a doctor’s prescription. All newspaper used ... -
බාලවයස් ලිංගික අපයෝජනයක් “ගැබිනියක කිරීමක්” ලෙසින් වාර්තා කිරීම නිවැරදිද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-09)On July 09, 2024, the Dinamina newspaper reported an alleged case of abuse involving a minor girl and a retired army officer. The headline used the trivialising phrase “Gabiniyaka kara” (ගැබිනියක කර), and the content ... -
Sri Lanka in South Asia: 2nd in GDP, 5th in government revenue share
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-06-30)Sri Lanka lifted its government revenue to 13.5 per cent of GDP in 2024, the highest level in more than a decade. Yet, it still trails most South Asian neighbours in terms of government revenue. Academic research indicates ... -
Sri Lanka’s Personal Income Taxpayer Base Lags Behind South Asian Peers Despite Recovery
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-08-15)The number of people registered for personal income tax (taxpayer base) in Sri Lanka recovered in 2024 to the high levels seen in 2019. However, despite this rebound, Sri Lanka still lags behind its regional peers. In ... -
Budget 2026: LKR 500 Bn Supplementary Allocation for Cyclone Ditwah Recovery Narrows Fiscal Space
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-01-12)On 19 December 2025, the Sri Lankan Parliament approved a supplementary allocation of LKR 500 billion (approximately USD 1.6 billion) to fund recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. However, ... -
2024 Budget Proposal Progress: Majority of the Proposals With Less Than 80% Financial Utilisation
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-11-03)In November 2023, the then Finance Minister, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, presented 50 expenditure budget proposals with a value of LKR 212,740 million to Parliament. Of these, 24 proposals worth over LKR 500 million ... -
Sri Lanka’s Budget Deficit Halved as Revenue Climbed up and Capex fell
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-24)Sri Lanka’s fiscal performance improved significantly during the first eight months of 2025. The budget deficit was reduced by more than fifty per cent compared to the same period last year, as increased revenue growth ...