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Expenditure on the Education Sector : Regional Comparison
(2022-01-24)The UN has dedicated the 24th of January as the International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Sri Lankas’ Education Expenditure has been lagging behind regional peers. ... -
Sri Lanka's Fiscal Targets for 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)The infographic outlined that Government revenue was expected to be 11.3% of GDP in 2023, according to projections in the Budget 2023. -
Earnings from Tourism: Are we getting it right?
(2022-03)Sri Lanka is expecting the earnings from tourism to play a significant role in driving the recovery of Sri Lanka’s foreign currency. However, there are important concerns accuracy of the estimated earnings from tourism. ... -
Sectoral Allocations for the 2023 Budget
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-15)Sectoral allocations from the 2023 Budget, ranging from defence to water and sanitation. This was presented in the Budget speech for 2023. -
Harsha de Silva: Real Returns on EPF
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/29/2023)TRUE: […] In the [EPF] Act itself it specifies 2.5% return. […] at the time inflation was at around 1 percent, if you look at 5 years prior to 1958, the average would have been 1 percent. […] Over the years, some years ... -
100 years of COPA
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-19)The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 17, 2023. As an Oversight Committee, COPA is tasked with overseeing the use of public funds for executing public policies. This infographic ... -
Online Safety Bill is Constitutional
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-08)On November 8, 2023, the Deputy Speaker announced in Parliament that the Supreme Court determined that the Online Safety Bill is not inconsistent with the constitution. -
International Day of Democracy 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-15)The International Day of Democracy is celebrated, on September 15, providing an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. One way this is checked is through elections, as public participation in such ... -
More Tax on the EPF? - Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill Explained
(Manthri.lk, 2023-09-08)This infographic provides insight into the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill, discussing its purpose, background and implications. -
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities - Executive Summary
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09-04)Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ... -
Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2023
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-11-02)The Appropriation Bill for 2023 was presented to Parliament on the 18th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November. The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 26% increase in expenditure planned for 2023, while ... -
Gazetted Taxes are 4.3ppt to 15.4ppt of Income Higher than Proposals Affirmed in the Interim Budget
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-10-24)The infographics provide details on how the recent personal income tax changes will affect the amount of personal income tax paid by an individual. -
පුවතට අදාළ නොවන වාර්ගිකත්වය ඉස්මතු නොකරමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04-06)On the 4th of April 2023, Dinamina highlighted the suspect's ethnicity where it was irrelevant, while Ada reported it ethically without revealing the suspect's race. -
බුද්ධි ප්රබෝධ මිය යෑම සහ අසංවේදී, ගැටළු සහගත මාධ්ය වාර්තාකරණ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, Dinamina and Silumina newspapers published insensitive editorials and a cartoon that trivialised Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne's death and mental illness. -
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala and English newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Daily News and Daily Mirror, published articles on various topics (i.e. Journalist falsely seeks Asylum, Masses ... -
කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම්, කොන් කිරීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)On the 10th of April 2023, Aruna used a headline which objectified and sexualised women, while Lankadeepa reported the same news ethically. On the 2nd of April 2023, Silumina published an article containing women stereotypes, ... -
නිශේධනාත්මක නාමකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the months of March and April 2023, several Sinhala newspapers, i.e. Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, and Mawbima published articles containing the term "චීනා" (Cheena), which is considered derogatory towards Chinese ... -
කම්පනයකට මුහුණ දී සිටින්නන්ගෙන් ප්රකාශයන් ලබා ගැනීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් විය යුතු කරුණු
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-31)On August 31, 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethics guidelines for obtaining statements from affected parties. -
බාලවයස්කාර දරුවන් පිළිබඳ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-29)On 29th of August 2023, Ethics Eye published media ethical guidelines on reporting on minors. -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-04)During the month of April 2023, several Sinhala, English newspapers and Sinhala TV channels, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Daily News, Hiru TV news and Derana Aruna newspapers reading program, violated ...