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අජාන් බ්රහ්මවංසෝ හිමිට ශ්රී ලංකාවේදී ගුවන් යානය මගහැරීම පිළිබඳව පළවූ උන්වහසේගේ අදහස් රූපවාහිනී නාලිකා විකාශය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-06)The buddhist clergyman Ajaan Brahamvansoo had to remain for 12 hours due to his flight getting grounded at the Bandaranayake International Airport. On 04 June, Swaranawahini and on 05 June Sirasa broadcast footage during ... -
පාස්ටර් ජෙරොම්ගේ ප්රකාශය වඩාත් නිවැරදිව වාර්තා කර ඇත්තේ කවුරුන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-05)On 22 May 2023, newspapers reported on Pastor Jerome's apology to the Buddhists, Muslim and Hindu religious communities. Sinhala newspapers Mawbima, Lankadeepa and Divaina and English newspapers Daily Mirror and Ceylon ... -
Inside the Chamber - Bills and Acts - What is the difference?
(Manthri.lk, 2024-01-31)This infographic is useful to understand the difference between a bill and an act. This explains how a bill; a proposed law becomes an act once it is successfully passed through all the stages of the legislative process. ... -
Inside the Chamber - What happens if parliament is prorogued?
(Manthri.lk, 2024-01-26)This infographic provides insight about the changes happen in the parliament after the prorogation. The infographic highlights what happens to certain positions, business and committees in the parliament after the prorogation. ... -
Inside the Chamber - A temporary recess of Parliament - Prorogation
(Manthri.lk, 2024-01-24)This infographic provides the important facts about the prorogation, which is a temporary recess of the parliament that will not extend for more than 2 months. This infographic further highlights the history of prorogations ... -
Inside the Chamber - Anatomy of a Parliamentary Sitting
(Manthri.lk, 2024-01-19)This infographic provides insight about how a normal sitting day at Parliament is organized. The infographic also highlights how the sitting days are decided and duration for each sitting day. Then it provides information ... -
Inside the Chamber - The Mace - A Symbol of Authority
(Manthri.lk, 2024-01-17)This infographic provides insight into mace in parliament, which is the symbol of authority in the Chamber. The infographic explains about the origin and the importance of the mace. Further, the last slide of the infographic ... -
Most discussed topics in Parliament in March 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2024-04-20)This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in March 2024 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Economy and Finance (Shehan Semasinghe - SLPP), ... -
Most discussed topics in Parliament in April 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2024-05-20)This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in April 2024 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Justice, Defence and Public Order (Tiran Allas - SLPP), ... -
Most Active MPs in Parliament in April 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2024-05-20)This Infographic shows the Most Active MPs of the 9th Parliament in April 2024. They are Lakshman Kiriella, Tiran Alles, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Madhura Withanage and Sajith Premadasa. Lakshman Kiriella is the most ... -
Parliament Summary - March 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2024-04-20)This infographic includes the summary of parliament in March 2024. There were 7 parliament sittings in March 2024. During the 7 parliament sittings, 64 written questions were asked but only 17 questions were answered. There ... -
Parliament Summary - April 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2024-05-20)This infographic includes the summary of parliament in April 2024. There were 5 parliament sittings in April 2024. During the 5 parliament sittings, no written questions were asked. There were two motions at the adjournment ... -
Blacklisting corrupt contractors: SL falls behind other South Asian countries: Verité Research
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-19)Daily Mirror Front page and page 2 feature of the Blacklisting press release sent out in November 2023. The corresponding research titled “Backwards in Blacklisting: Gaps in Sri Lanka’s Procurement Framework Enable Corruption” ... -
Inside the Chamber - What if a seat of a MP becomes vacant?
(Manthri.lk, 2024-02-09)This infographic provides insight into how parliament fills vacant seats. It delves into the possible situations whereby a seat becomes vacant, the process that governs the filling of such vacancies, including the instances ... -
Public Finance Training for Journalists and Civil Society Organizations - 2023 (Presentation)
(2023)Verité Research conducted a series of public finance training sessions specifically designed for journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The objectives of the training were to improve journalists' and CSOs' ... -
Gender-based Budgeting for 2024: More Tokenism or True Commitment?
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-12-07)With the committee stage debates on Budget 2024 still ongoing, our interest has been piqued by a term that has gained relatively little attention since it was mentioned in the Budget Speech presented on 13 November 2023: ... -
Zoned Out: Export Ambitions Hindered by Land Limitations
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-10-12)The experiences of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, show that foreign direct investment (FDI) into export-oriented sectors is critical to accelerate growth in manufactured ... -
The Troubling Lack of Compliance by Public Authorities With RTI Act
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-09-28)Today (28 September) marks the international day for universal access to information. This year’s theme is ‘the importance of the online space for access to information'. Public access to information is an essential element ... -
Schrodinger’s Banks: The Immediate Need for Policies to Ensure Financial Stability
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-09-14)Sri Lanka is entering into a new, dangerous phase in its economic recovery. Although macroeconomic stabilisation has made progress, financial stabilisation needs immediate attention. The combination of covid-era loans and ... -
Large Scale Infrastructure, Small Scale Disclosure: Fertile Ground for Corruption
(Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-08-31)Large sums of money borrowed for large infrastructure projects is a key contributor to Sri Lanka’s Mountain of foreign debt, which the country is struggling to pay back. Lack of transparency, coupled with poor governance ...