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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 ... -
ශ්රී ලංකා විදුලිබල සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත - ඡන්ද වීමසීම - දෙවැනිවර කියවීම
(2025-08-26)On 6 August 2025, Parliament held a vote on the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill during the second reading. The vote was passed with 121 votes in favour and 25 against. This is a significant bill that replaces ... -
இலங்கை மின்சார திருத்தச் சட்டமூலம் - வாக்குப்பதிவின் விபரங்கள் - இரண்டாம் மதிப்பீடு
(2025-08-26)On 6 August 2025, Parliament held a vote on the Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill during the second reading. The vote was passed with 121 votes in favour and 25 against. This is a significant bill that replaces ... -
මුදල් ගෙවා පළ කළ දැන්වීමක් ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-29)On July 28, 2024, Irida Lankadeepa, and on July 29, 2024, Lankadeepa and Ada, published an election campaign advertisement with the headline “Janadhipathi Ranil Thamai.” Lankadeepa and Ada allocated a small section on the ... -
පුද්ගල ප්රථම වාර්තාකරණයකට යොමු වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-26)On July 24, 2024, Mawbima and Lankadeepa, and on July 26, 2024, Aruna, reported on new efforts to facilitate voting for people with disabilities. While covering such initiatives is commendable, those newspapers used ... -
මව්බිම ජනතා පක්ෂයේ නායක දිලීත් ජයවීරගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් වූ පොත් එළිදැක්වීමක් සහ එහිදී ඔහු පළ කළ අදහස් ආවරණය කළ සහ නොකළ මාධ්ය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-25)On July 23, 2024, the Aruna newspaper reported the launch of the book “Buddhist Counselling on Becoming Wealthy”, held under the patronage of Mawbima Janatha Party leader Dilith Jayaweera, along with his remarks at the ... -
කොවිඩ්-19 අතරතුර ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ බලාත්මක කෙරුණු අනිවාර්ය ආදාහන ප්රතිපත්තිය පිළිබඳව සමාව අයැදීමට කැබිනට් අනුමැතිය ලැබීමේ පුවත රූපවාහිනී පුවත් සහ පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-24)On July 22, 2024, ITN, Siyatha, TV Derana, Hiru TV, Sirasa, Swarnavahini, and Rupavahini reported that the Cabinet approved a proposal to apologise to communities affected by the mandatory cremation of Muslim individuals ... -
ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර සරසවියේ සිසුවෙක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-25)On July 25, 2024, Dinamina and Ada newspapers reported on the suicide of a University of Sri Jayewardenepura student. Dinamina published the story without mentioning any helplines and described both the suicide method and ...