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    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Sports and Youth Affairs 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-11)
      On December 4, 2023, during the 11th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from ...

    • Civil Society Governance Diagnostic Report on Sri Lanka: An Assessment of the Anti-Corruption Landscape of Sri Lanka 

      Parakrama, Arjuna (Colombo: Transparency International Sri Lanka, 2023)
      This Civil Society Governance Diagnostic Report on the Anti-Corruption Landscape of Sri Lanka (Report), prepared on the basis of extensive local consultation over a two-month period with a range of community and sectoral ...

    • Sri Lankan MPs Stand for Palestine 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-16)
      This infographic was created as a response to the news that a group of Sri Lankan MPs handed over a letter to the UN office in Sri Lanka appealing to the UN Secretary General to take necessary actions to stop on-going ...

    • MPs Attendance in Parliament - October 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-03)
      This infographic shows the attendance of MPs in the parliament during the 8 sittings in October 2023. The infographic highlights main incidents took place in the parliament during 8 sittings in October 2023 as well it shows ...

    • Contribution in Parliament - September 2023 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-10-31)
      This infographic shows the overall contribution of MPs in 9th parliament in September 2023. As per the analysis, 170 MPs contributed to parliament proceedings at least once whereas 55 MPs did not contribute at all during ...

    • Ranasinghe Runout - Parliamentary Report cards: Roshan Ranasinghe, Harin Fernando and Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-11-29)
      This infographic was created as a detailed responsive post in-terms of the removal of SLPP MP Roshan Ranasinghe from his portfolios as Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, and Irrigation. This removal came after he replaced ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Labour and Foreign Employment 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-07)
      On December 7, 2023, during the 14th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Labour and Foreign employment were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Ports, Shipping and Aviation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-08)
      On December 8, 2023, during the 15th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Agriculture and Plantation Industries 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-09)
      On December 9, 2023, during the 16th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Plantation Industries were passed. This infographic further highlights ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-11)
      On December 4, 2023, during the 11th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment were passed. This infographic further highlights key ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Technology and Investment Promotion 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-12)
      On December 12, 2023, during the 18th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Technology and Ministry of Investment Promotion were passed. This infographic further highlights ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Irrigation 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-01-11)
      On December 11, 2023, during the 17th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Irrigation were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Pavithra ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Foreign Affairs 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-07)
      On December 7, 2023, during the 14th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Ali ...

    • Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs 

      Parliamentary Research Team (Manthri.lk, 2023-12-06)
      On December 6, 2023, during the 13th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs were passed. This infographic further highlights key ...

    • Most Public Authorities Proactively Disclose Less Than 40% of the Required Information Online: Press Release 

      Legal Team (Colombo: Verité, 2023-09)
      This press release is on Verité Research's study on compliance with the Right to Information Act in Sri Lanka reveals that over 70% of public authorities disclose less than 40% of required information online. Ministries ...

    • IMF Programme: Performance Evaluation - December 2023 

      Econ Team (2024-01)
      The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its evaluation of Sri Lanka’s performance in the first phase or ‘first term’ of the ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, which commenced in March 2023. Verité ...

    • Eran Wickramaratne: Excise taxes 

      FactCheck.lk;P0092
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 1/12/2024)
      PARTLY TRUE: The government, despite taking the path of revenue-based stabilisation, has fallen significantly short of its targets. For instance, excise revenues have fallen short by approximately 43%, with collection at ...

    • Harsha de Silva: Multidimensional poverty 

      FactCheck.lk;P0091
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/14/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: The World Bank states that the poverty level which was at 13% in 2019 has by today, increased to at least 25%. The multidimensional Poverty Vulnerability of Oxford University and UNDP (sic) states that when ...

    • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka: Increase in debt during yahapaalanaya 

      FactCheck.lk;P0090
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 12/7/2023)
      FALSE: When Ranil Wickremesinghe came to power in 2015, our debt was LKR 8.5 trillion […] In 2020, the country’s debt […] stood at LKR 15 trillion […] Approximately, Ranil’s five years put the country more in debt by LKR ...

    • Gayantha Karunatilleka: Students-to-academic staff ratio 

      FactCheck.lk;P0089
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 11/30/2023)
      FALSE: Although the number of academic staff is dwindling [in recent months], the annual intake of students at universities has doubled since 2017. Gayantha Karunatilleka, NewsFirst, 19 October 2023