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Reducing the Gap in Understanding Sri Lanka’s Gender Gap
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-03)The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) is a composite index that measures the extent of gender-based gaps in and among countries and tracks progress towards reducing these gaps over time. Sri Lanka is ... -
Reforming the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2018-03)This briefing note, on efforts to reform the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, No. 13 of 1951 (MMDA), is presented in three sections. The first section identifies the key stakeholders in the current reform process, mainly ... -
Regulating Social Media in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of the Legal and Non-Legal Regulatory Frameworks in the Context of Hate Speech and Disinformation
(Verité Research, 2021-11)This study explores the existing legal and non-legal frameworks to regulate the spread of disinformation and hate speech on social media. The study presents potential implications of the spread of disinformation and hate ... -
Rehabilitation of the A05 Road Corridor from Badulla to Chenkaladi Project - Loan Agreement 2015
(Colombo: Ministry of Finance, 2015-06-26)Included here is the loan agreement related to the Rehabilitation of the A05 Road Corridor from Badulla to Chenkaladi Project dated 2015.06.26 for the amount of USD 60 Million. The lender for this project was the OPEC Fund ... -
Relief Package: What it Entails and How Will it be Financed?
(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 ... -
Religious incidents in Mullaitivu: How did the press cover it?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 7/11/2019)Manner in which the SInhala and Tamil press covered tensions regarding the Nayaru/Gurukanda religious site in Mullaitivu from 30 June to 11 July 2019. Sinhala press - 11 articles Tamil press - 34 articles -
Removing PUCSL's Chairperson
(Manthri.lk, 2023-05-24)This infographic is created as a response to the Motion took place in Parliament on 24th May 2023 to remove Mr. Janaka Rathnayaka who was the Chairperson of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) from his ... -
Removing PUCSL's Chairperson - Voting Breakdown
(Manthri.lk, 2023-05-25)On May 24, 2023, the parliament voted to remove Janaka Ratnayake from his office as the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) chairperson with a majority of 10 in excess of the simple majority needed. The following ... -
Resignation of Muslim politicians: splitting or slapping?
(Colombo: Veritè Research, 6/24/2019)The entry contains writeups in all three languages and images of newspaper articles pertaining to the resignation of Muslim MPs against the hunger strike carried out by Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera demanding the resignation ... -
Resigned Muslim Ministers on June 03, 2019 - Sinhala
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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 ... -
Restoring Efficient Tax Collection Methods: Withholding Tax and Pay-As-You-Earn
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-06)The note estimates the additional revenue that can be collected from reinstating in Sri Lanka two methods of efficient tax collection that were discontinued in 2020. That is: the withholding tax (WHT) and the pay-as-you-earn ... -
Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed
(Verité Research, 2018-09)The submission includes a draft brief published by the legal team on the liquor ban imposed on women in Sri Lanka, titled “Restricting the Sale of Liquor to Women: The Public Debate is Misinformed”. On 10 January 2018, ... -
Restructuring Domestic Debt Must Be Credible, Fast, Comprehensive
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-06-08)With the possibility of restructuring domestic debt increasing, there are concerns about the impact of such a restructuring on the financial markets. A limited restructuring, in which only government debt held by the Central ... -
Retirement Funds Face Regressive Taxation in Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2023-09)In September 2023, Sri Lanka became the only country to restructure local currency debt by exclusively targeting retirement savings funds, excluding all others. This was justified by claiming that retirement savings were ... -
Reviewing the Data Dissemination Practices of Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics
(2021-02)In 2014, a data dissemination policy was introduced by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in Sri Lanka. The DCS is the primary agency responsible for the collection, compilation and dissemination of official ... -
Reviving Exports: The Relevance of Export Finance=අපනයන ප්රවර්ධනය සදහා අපනයන මූල්යකරණ පහසුකම්වල ඇති වැදගත්කම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This Insight analyses the importance of export finance as a tool to facilitate and promote exports in Sri Lanka. It identifies the bottlenecks that prevent effective use of export finance in the country and provides ... -
Right To Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka
(Verité Research, 2017-06)This briefing paper discusses the process through which the RTI Act was drafted and enacted, and recommends strategies to ensure better compliance. It is presented in three sections. The first section chronicles the drafting ... -
Rishad Bathiudeen: Export Services
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/9/2019)TRUE: … ICT/BPM, electronics, printing and packaging services – alone contributes to around $1.3 billion in export revenues every year. - Rishad Bathiudeen, Daily FT, 28 August 2019 -
Rohana Bandara: Sri Lanka's debt to China
(www.factcheck.lk, 6/3/2021)TRUE: 14% of Sri Lanka’s debt is owed to China… - Rohana Bandara, Dinamina, 10 May 2021