Verité in the News

    Thirteen MPs ‘silent’ during Parliamentary debates last year
    by |03 February 2020|Verité in the News
    Originally published in - DailyNews Thirteen MPs had either not spoken or had spoken only once during debates in Parliament last year, a statisticalanalysis by ‘Manthri.lk’ website run by Verité Research revealed. The analysis was based on Parliament Hansard reports...
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    Poison In The Air: Monitoring Sri Lanka’s Air Quality
    by |03 February 2020|Verité in the News
    Early last November, Colombo woke up to an unusual smog lingering over the city. At first, many thought it was a mist brought about by the impending cold weather. But by late morning, news had begun to filter through that...
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    Balancing short and long term interests vital for Sri Lanka in 2020 (Commentary)
    by |03 January 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from - Mongabay By Nalaka Gunawardene Image courtesy - Nalinka Abeysinghe Sri Lanka enters 2020 at a time of political transition. With a new president in office and a parliamentary election due in the next few months, public and...
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    Sri Lanka hereditary legislators may top the House of Lords
    by |01 November 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - economynext Out of 225 members of Sri Lanka’s parliament, 102 members are from political families, whose ancestors of close relatives have also been in the house, a legislator has said, which if correct, tops the hereditary peers...
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    Sri Lanka should set up professional debt management unit: Academic
    by |09 October 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - DailyMirror By Nishel Fernando As Sri Lanka increasingly indicates characteristics of a debt trap scenario, an academic urges the government to consider setting-up a professional debt management unit to manage the debt efficiently. “A typical debt trap...
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    “Plan to fail” perfectly sums up Sri Lanka’s power sector crisis
    by |01 October 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - DailyMirror Image courtesy - DailyMirror As the authorities continue to practice the “plan to fail” approach based on outdated planning models incentivised by emergency power purchases, experts and academics warn another power crisis could materialise in 2023,...
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    Sri Lanka’s Hill Country Tamils marginalized despite ending statelessness: report
    by |01 October 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - economynext Sri Lanka’s ‘Hill Country Tamils’, who for generations produced its main agricultural export, Ceylon tea, remains marginalised despite gaining formal citizenship requring remedies, a new study said. ” . . . the mere granting of ‘formal...
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    Experts call for clear energy policies
    by |01 October 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - Sunday Observer By Lalin Fernandopulle The energy sector - much like many other sectors in the economy, is in shambles with lack of, direction, consistency and clarity in policy, thereby plunging the country further into the abyss,...
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    A Look Back at Manthri.lk: Are Politicians keeping their promises?
    by |17 August 2019|Verité in the News
    Image Credits : Groundviews Featured on - Readme.lk By - Mahesh De Andrado We initially took a look at Manthri.lk back in 2014. At the time, it was a platform used to analyze and summarize the work done by each...
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    The Thajudeen saga: Murder cover-up trial set to begin in October
    by |22 July 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from - Sunday Observer By Anurangi Singh and Aanya Wipulasena On the night of May 17, 2012, the Sri Lankan rugby captain was found dead in his burning car near Shalika Hall on Park Road, Colombo 05. The death...
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