Research Outputs: Recent submissions
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Interest Costs Have Been Eating Up Revenue
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024)In 2023, for the first time in history, the government spent 9% of its GDP on interest payments, which took up 80% of the government revenue. A high interest-to-revenue ratio can be severely detrimental to a country's ... -
කාන්තාවන් පමණක් සෘණාත්මකව ඉස්මතු කෙරෙන්නේ මන්ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 4, 2024, Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the arrest of three individuals for drug possession. The article notably singled out the woman in both the headline and the content, despite the involvement of a male ... -
දිවි තොර කර ගැනීම් වාර්තා කිරීමේදී සැලකිලිමත් වෙමු!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-11)On January 8, 2024, an article published in Lankadeepa newspaper reported on the suicide of a woman. The language used in the article placed blame on the victim and oversimplified the complex factors contributing to her ... -
"සුරූපී" නැවතත්? - කාන්තාවන් ඒකාකෘතික කිරීම් සහ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-09)On January 7, 2024, Hiru news covered an incident involving the exhumation of a woman's body from a cemetery. The report referred to the deceased using the terms "සුරූපී (Surupi)" and "සුරූපිනිය (Surupiniya)" which contribute ... -
"තරුණ තරුණියන් 50,000ක් ඇඟ මිරිකයි" - මෙම සිරස්තලය කෙතරම් යෝග්‍ය ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-01-08)On January 5, 2024, an article published in Aruna newspaper used the term "ඇඟ මිරිකයි (Aga Mirikai)" to refer to professional massage therapists working at spas. Such language perpetuates stigma and undermines the ... -
The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-04-06)During Avurudu 2024, the cost of preparing a Kevili table was 2% less than in 2023. The ingredients used were taken from the popular YouTube Channel Appe Amma. -
2023 Budget's revenue target missed by LKR 382 Bn
(Verité Research, 2024-08)The Ministry of Finance Annual Report, released on 31st May 2024, shows that in 2023, total revenue including grants fell short of the Budget target by LKR 382 billion or 11%. In 2023, actual total revenue and grants ... -
Shehan Semasinghe: FOREX crisis
(www.factcheck.lk, 2024-03-22)PARTLY TRUE: In 2022, when we were going through the gravest foreign exchange crisis this country has ever faced, one of the main factors for it was remittances from foreign workers. After that the income from tourism. ... -
IMF පළමු අදියරේ කැපවීම් 73කින් 60ක්ම ඉටු කරලා: වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච් කියයි = IMF first term commitments; 60 out of 73 were "met"
(Colombo: Upali Newspapers, 2024-01-29)Divaina front page and page 2 feature of the IMF tracker first term evaluation press release sent out in January 2024. This feature has been published in Sinhala. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics ... -
Delays in governance and transparency reforms in Lanka's IMF bailout programme, says Verite Research tracker
(Colombo: Upali Newspapers, 2024-01-29)The Island front page and page 02 (29 January 2024) feature a press release that further highlights delays in governance and transparency reforms of the IMF programme which was sent out in January 2024. This research was ... -
Sri Lanka tops South Asia with highest electricity charges: Publicfinance.lk
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Daily Mirror (9 February 2024) front page and page 3 feature 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 the ... -
දකුණු ආසියාවේ වැඩිම ලයිට් බිල ලංකාවේ: වෙරිටේ රිසර්ච්ගෙන් හෙළිදරව්වක් = Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Lankadeepa (9 February 2024) front page and page 6 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in ... -
දකුණු ආසියාවේ වැඩිම ලයිට් බිල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් = Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Ceylon Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Mawbima (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 feature the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release that was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in ... -
Sri Lanka only South Asian nation to not blacklist corrupt contractors
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-19)Daily FT (19 February 2024) 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 ... -
දකුණු ආසියාවේ ලොකුම ලයිට් බිල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ගෙවල්වලට = Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Upali Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Divaina (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka being the highest charges in South Asia, press release which was sent out in February 2024. This feature has been published in ... -
Sri Lanka has highest electricity charges in South Asia
(Colombo: Wijeya Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Daily FT (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka having the highest charges in South Asia press release which was sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by the ... -
SL tops S-Asia in electricity rates
(Colombo: Ceylon Newspapers, 2024-02-09)Ceylon Today (9 February 2024) front page and page 2 features the electricity rates of Sri Lanka press release sent out in February 2024. This research was conducted by the Public Finance, Economics Team at Verite Research. -
පුද්ගල-ප්‍රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිත කිරීම ප්‍රශංසනීයයි!
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-08-21)On 21st August 2023, Aruna newspaper reported that the government is taking action to remove all taxes on equipment needed by people with disabilities. The article commendably used person-first language to describe individuals ... -
නොමඟ යවන සුළු වාර්තාකරණයක්?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2023-07-20)On July 20, 2023, an article on the Colombo Times website published a headline claiming that Australian scientists had discovered a world with a developed civilization. However, the article's content clarified that the ... -
Petrol and Diesel vs. fuel price formula in July (2024)
(Colombo: Verite Research, 2024-07-03)Following the monthly fuel price revision for July, the market price of 92-octane petrol is LKR 16.67 above the fuel price formula, and the market price of Auto diesel is LKR 21.68 above the fuel price formula, as shown ...