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Infrastructure: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-14)The NPP's 2024 Presidential Election manifesto outlines new promises to improve infrastructure development in key sectors, including transportation, telecommunications, postal services, power and energy, and ports, shipping, ... -
Defense and public security: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-14)The NPP's 2024 Presidential Election manifesto proposes several new promises to improve defense sector; - A programme to provide housing to police officers who do not own a house - Raising the salaries and allowances ... -
Agriculture: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-13)The NPP Presidential Election manifesto for 2024 outlines several new promises to address the existing challenges in the agricultural sector, including low production efficiency, high costs, and the decline of key export ... -
Health: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-13)The manifesto stresses the need for accessible, high-quality healthcare services for all citizens without financial hardship. To meet global standards and improve Sri Lanka's health system, substantial reforms are proposed, ... -
Social welfare: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-12)The NPP Presidential Election manifesto for 2024 outlines various promises to support vulnerable groups in Sri Lanka. The focus appears to be on improving the welfare of low-income families, people with disabilities, senior ... -
Education: Key NPP manifesto promises
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-02-11)There were several new promises made by the president in his manifesto to solve the existing issues (such as high dropout rates, inequality and affordability) in the education sector and for its development. Many of ... -
Government introduces new expenditure and relief through supplementary budget
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-12-23)On 05 December 2024, the government presented supplementary estimates totaling LKR 219.4 billion for the year, which was not included in the original 2024 budget. Supplementary allocations are typically introduced to address ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා වාර්තාකරණය කුමක්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-16)On 10 August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported the murder of a former police officer who was tied to a tree and beaten to death. Aruna used insensitive and sensationalised language in its headline to describe the incident. ... -
ඔබ තෝරාගන්නා සිරස්තල(ය) කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-10)On 9 August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported on the murder of a man in his mid-fifties, who was beaten to death by relatives of both himself and his girlfriend over his relationship with a 19-year-old woman. Newspapers ... -
මෙම සිරස්තලය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස? - අන්නාසි ගසක් ගලවන්න ගිය දෙදරු පියා ගල් තලාවකින් පත බෑවෙයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-04)On August 4th 2023, Aruna newspaper reported an incident in which an individual tragically lost their life after falling from a rock while attempting to remove a pineapple bush. The newspaper used sensationalised and ... -
Appropriation Bill 2025: Ministerial allocations
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-07)The Appropriation Bill for 2025, presented to Parliament on 9 January 2025, allocates funds for government spending for the full year of 2025 – following the Vote on Account which only allocated funds for the first 4 months ... -
වඩාත් සුදුසු හා සංවේදී සිරස්තල(ය) ලෙස මින් ඔබ තෝරා ගන්නේ කුමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-04)On 3rd August 2023, Sinhala newspapers reported an incident where a corporal tragically passed away due to a sudden health issue while attempting to retrieve a deceased body in the Great Western mountain range. Lankadeepa ... -
2025 Vote on Account: Revenue and expenditure - Revenue increase is less than the increase in primary expenditure
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-12-13)On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account, allocating funds for the first four months of the year. For January to April 2025, primary expenditure—which includes both recurring and capital spending but ... -
Vote on Account 2025: Which ministries got the highest allocations?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-12-12)On 6 December, Parliament approved the 2025 Vote on Account (VOA) without a vote, allocating funds for government spending in the first four months of the year. The Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil ... -
Maldives' primary deficit woes
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-20)The Maldives’ primary deficit has increased since 2020, raising concerns about the country’s debt sustainability. This contrasts with Sri Lanka, where the primary deficit also increased but recovered, following its suspension ... -
Public debt growth slows
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024)Sri Lanka’s public debt rose at a slower pace in the first three quarters of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Whilst domestic debt and foreign debt increased, the growth was notably lower than in the previous year. -
Budget Promises: 2023 End Year Assessment - Infographics
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-06)For the end-year assessment of the 2023 budget, the top 25 expenditure proposals, worth LKR 49.3 billion, along with seven regulatory proposals, were tracked. The proposals were categorized into five groups based on their ... -
2023 මැයි දින සැමරුම් සිංහල පුවත්පත් මුල් පිටු සිරස්තල ඇසුරින්
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05-02)On May 2, 2023, several Sinhala language newspapers reported on the International Worker's Day (මැයි දින) celebrations organised by various political parties on May 1, 2023 in their front page headlines. Mawbima and ... -
Maldives Trend of Declining Reserves - Risks SL-Like Situation in the Next 2 Years
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-12-05)The external reserves of the Maldives have been on a declining trend since June 2020. At that time, the gross reserves held by the Maldives Monetary Authority amounted to USD 702.5 million, sufficient to finance 5.2 months ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in January
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-01-29)On 01 January 2025, the market prices of 92-octane petrol and auto diesel remained unchanged. However, the Public Finance Fuel Price Tracker indicates that both fuel types continue to be priced above their respective formula ...
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