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    • Incidents of Violence - Parliamentary report cards: Uddika Premarathne and Selvarajah Kajendran 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-09-18)
      This infographic was created as a response to the two attacks against AITC MP Selvarajah Kajendran and SLPP MP Uddika Premarathne. This infographic shows the contribution of both MPs in 9th parliament. It is based on ...

    • Foregoing Competition to Secure Funding for Public Infrastructure: One third of funding secured was non-concessional 

      Econ Team; Legal Team (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-04)
      In 2010, Sri Lanka established a unique framework, overseen by the Standing Cabinet Appointed Review Committee (SCARC), to handle unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public infrastructure funding. These USPs inherently bypass ...

    • Appointment of Acting Ministers: Parliamentary report cards - Shehan Semasinghe and Premitha Tennakoon 

      Parliamentry Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-05-05)
      This infographic was created as a response to the appointment of two acting ministers by the President during his visit to the United Kingdom to attend the coronation of King Charles III. Accordingly, current State Minister ...

    • MPs Attendance in Parliament - September 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-13)
      This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the parliament during the 8 sittings in September 2023. This infographic also highlights the 9 MPs who have not attended a single meeting during these 8 sittings in September. ...

    • Gone for the Gold - Parliamentary report card: Ali Sabri Raheem 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-09-22)
      This infographic was created as a response to the motion unanimously passed in the Parliament on 22nd September 2023 to temporarily remove Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem from all parliamentary committees. ...

    • දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම​ 

      Ethics Eye;
      Ethics Eye       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08)
      During the months of July and August 2023, several Sinhala, Tamil and English newspapers, i.e. Aruna, Dinamina, Divaina, Lankadeepa, Mawbima, Thamilan, Virakesari and Daily News, published several articles which contained ...

    • Sri Lanka Ports Authority – A Profitable SOE 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-05)
      The SLPA has made an operating profit since 2015. The SLPA revenue has consistently witnessed a growth from 2015 to 2019 , with a marginal decline in 2020.From 2016 onwards the SLPA has managed to make a net profits. A ...

    • A Sri Lankan Household Spends 24% of Average Monthly Expenditure for One Full Tank of Petrol 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-05)
      Sri Lanka's fuel prices increased rapidly within the last few months, even though the Government representatives stated that Sri Lanka still had the lowest fuel prices in the region. However, with the latest fuel prices ...

    • Sri Lanka’s Fitch Credit Rating Has Been Downgraded 7 Times During the Last 7 years (May 2015 – May 2022) 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-05)
      Sri Lanka’s credit rating has been downgraded 7 times over the course of 7 years. 5 of those downgrades occurred since April 2020. In contrast, its regional peers have maintained their credit ratings. The recent downgrade ...

    • Average Time Taken to Restructure Debt 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-06)
      A country resorts to debt restructuring when its public debt is unsustainable. Debt restructuring involves a substantive default on existing debt contracts. This can occur through an orderly or disorderly process. An orderly ...

    • Reallocation of Funds Can Help Finance an Election 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-06)
      The infographic depicts the cost of an election in comparison to selected spending decisions undertaken by the government in 2022. In 2022 the government allocated LKR 19 billion for domestically funded defence projects ...

    • Supplementary Estimate 2022: What it Entails and Its Impact on the Budget Balance 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-06)
      Supplementary Estimates are made when the government needs to spend money for which it has not received parliamentary approval. Such provisions are intended to be utilized for urgent and unforeseen expenditure. On 8th June ...

    • Sri Lanka’s Revenue to GDP Ratio Reaches Its Lowest Level Since 1959 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Econ Team       (2022-06)
      Data on Sri Lanka’s revenue to GDP ratio is available from 1959 onwards. The average tax to GDP ratio from 1959 to 2021 is 16%. In 2021 the tax to GDP ratio dropped to 8%, which the lowest ratio since 1959 and is half ...

    • IMF Tracker Update: September 2023 

      Rajkulendran, Raj Prabhu (Verité Research, 2023-10)
      The purpose of this analysis is to ensure that VR’s IMF Tracker can be used more effectively to raise public awareness on the monitoring of public finance. The analysis will feed into enhancing public participation and ...

    • How has the Amended (Interim) Budget Changed Allocations for 2022? 

      Public Finance Infographics;
      Team, Economics       (Colombo: Verite Research, 2022-10-05)
      The infographics contain the difference in allocations between the interim budget and the approved budget in 2022. Defence, health and education saw a rise in approved budget allocations compared to the interim.

    • Syndicated Surveys: Mood of the Nation - October 2023 (Round 06) 

      Econ Team (Verité Research, 2023-11-06)
      Syndicated Surveys by Verité Research gauges public sentiment on Sri Lankans' various social and political viewpoints. The data is collected through a telephone interview and a nationwide randomised sample of around one ...

    • Infrastructure Watch 2023: Infographics 

      Pabasara, Chathuni (Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-09-06)
      Section 9 of the RTI Act No. 12 of 2016 mandates the Minister responsible for an infrastructure project to must disclose project information. In 2022, Verité Research assessed government compliance with the RTI Act's ...

    • Political Career of Ali Zahir Moulana 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-17)
      These infographics gives personal details (such as date of birth, educational qualifications, profession, family connections to politics) of Ali Zahir Moulana and details of his political career i.e. start date of political ...

    • Parliamentary Report card: Ajith Mannapperuma - September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to August 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-20)
      This infographic is created as a response to the suspension of SJB MP Ajith Mannapperuma from parliament for a month for grabbing the Mace in parliament. This report card shows the contribution of MP Ajith Mannapperuma ...

    • Parliamentary Report card: Naseer Ahamed 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-06)
      This infographic is created as a response to the Supreme court determination to uphold the expulsion of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress MP and former minister of Environment; Naseer Ahamed from his party. This report card shows ...