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Sri Lanka tops South Asia with highest electricity charges
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Daily Mirror (9 February 2024) front page and page A3 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by ... -
73 பொறுப்புகளில், 60 "சந்திக்கப்பட்டன" - வெரைட் ரிசர்ச் டிராக்கர் கூறுகிறார் = Out of 73 commitments, 60 were "met" - Verite Research tracker says
(Colombo: Express Newspapers (Ceylon) Limited, 2024-01-29)Virakesari page 03 (29 January 2024) feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This feature has been published in Tamil. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, ... -
Budget deficit shrinks
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-05-17)English newspaper DailyFT front page (17 May 2024) feature of the infographic on budget deficit over the years. This infographic was made by the Econ team. -
අමාත්‍යාංශ නැවත නැවත සැදීම සහ කැඩීමෙන් මහජනතාව ලොකු අපහසුතාවකට පත්වෙලා - වෙරිටේ රිසරිච් ආයනය කියයි = Public Faces Discomfort Over Making and Breaking of Ministries - Verité Research
(Colombo: Ceylon newspapers, 2024-05-10)Sinhala newspaper Mawbima page 5 (10 May 2024) feature of the presentation by Dr. Nishan De Mel at the launch press conference of the 'Blueprint for a Rational Government', organised by the PRT team. -
ලංකාවට අවශ්‍ය ඇමතිලා 15යි = Sri Lanka Only Need 15 Ministers
(Colombo: Liberty Publishers, 2024-05-10)Sinhala newspaper Aruna page 5 (10 May 2024) feature of the presentation by Dr. Nishan De Mel at the launch press conference of the 'Blueprint for a Rational Government', organised by the PRT team. -
Verite Research Shares Structure for a Rational and Efficient Government
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-05-10)English news paper DailyFT front page (10 May 2024) feature of the presentation by Dr.Nishan De Mel at the launch press conference of the 'Blueprint for a Rational Government', organised by the PRT team. -
අයි එම් එෆ් දෙවැනි වාරිකය ගන්න ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යන්නේ කැපවීම් 110ක් එක්ක - වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච් කියයි = Sri Lanka to commence the IMF second term with 110 commitments - Verite Research
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-01-29)Lankadeepa page 05 (29 January 2024) feature of the IMF tracker second term press release sent out in January 2024. This feature has been published in Sinhala. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics ... -
Report to the Hon. Minister of Finance as required under Section 64 and Section 68 of the Monetary Law Act
(2021-06-30)This report was submitted by Deshamanya Professor W.D. Lakshman, the Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka to Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Hon. Minister of Finance, under Section 64 and Section 68 of the Monetary Law Act. -
Sri Lanka’s IMF Programme Was Supposed To Succeed by Improving Governance. Will It?
(2024-06)On June 12, the IMF board will sign off on Sri Lanka’s third disbursement under the current programme. But Sri Lanka is still failing on the governance improvements that are foundational for its economic recovery. According ... -
Public Report on the 2021 Budget - Assessment of the Fiscal, Financial and Economic Assumptions Used in the Budget Estimates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-11)The 2021 budget presented to parliament on 17 November 2020 sets out the government’s proposals for raising public funds through taxation and proposals for expenditure during the year. These proposals form the key components ... -
Second term begins with 110 commitments 'Pending' Sri Lanka's IMF programme: Verité Research - 60 commitments "met" out of 73 due by November 2023
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-01-29)Daily Mirror Front page (29 January 2024) feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research -
විශ්වවිද්‍යාල ආචාර්යවරුන්ගේ විරෝධතාවය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)On 26 September the coverage given by TV channels for a protest carried out by university lecturers is as follows. Siyatha, Swaranwahini and Sirasa featured the protest in their headlines and content. Hiru, ITN and ... -
"කුකුල් කොටු භාරගත් මානව හිමිකම් නරි" - මෙම කතුවැකිය පිළිබඳ ඔබේ අදහස?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)On 19 September 2023, Aruna editorial stated the when criminals are captured and are interrogated by the police, these criminals threaten the police saying that they will appeal to human rights groups. The editorial therefore ... -
පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරය පිළිබඳව බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ චැනල් 4 නාලිකාවේ හෙළිදරව්ව
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09)Britain's Channel 4 released a documentary alleging that they had more information about the Easter Sunday attacks that took place in 2019. On 04 September 2023, this was how the local TV channels covered the news, prior ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-06)On 03 June 2023, Sinhala and Tamil newspapers reported that persons involved in the operations of a fraudulent office in close proximity to Department of Motor Traffic had been arrested. Divaina and Thinakaran mentioned ... -
Trend Analysis of Violence Against Christians in Sri Lanka: November 2022 - October 2023
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06)This study examines critical trends in religiously motivated violence against Christians between November 2022 and October 2023, based on data collated by the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL). The ... -
Judicial Responses to Religious Freedom: A Case Analysis
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015-09)This study examines a cross section of case law in order to assess how far Sri Lanka’s judiciary has been willing to go to uphold the freedom of religion. The report is presented in three parts. The first part sets out the ... -
Fading Belief: Addressing the Lacunae in the Right to Religious Worship in Sri Lanka
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-05)This report aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and registration of places of worship in Sri Lanka, highlighting areas where improvements are needed ... -
Better Moderation of Hate Speech on Social Media: A Sri Lankan Case Study for Reputational-Cost Approaches
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-07)As social media becomes more involved in personal, business, and political relations, it has become increasingly important to prevent the spread of hate speech and disinformation on social media. At present, hate speech ... -
Racial Profiling and Language Polarisation in Sri Lankan Media: A Problem Highlighted by “Ethics Eye” and “The Divide”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2021-09)This research brief introduces two ailments in the Sri Lankan media that have negative social ramifications on minorities: (1) racial profiling; and (2) language polarisation. This brief provides a short introduction to ...