Verité in the News

    Verité Research Pre-Budget Forum Offers Solutions for Forex Crisis, Presents Budget Proposals
    by |18 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Daily Mirror Verité Research hosted the online discussion themed ‘Steering out of the Debt Crisis: Recipe for Budget 2022’ on October 14th. The event was anchored around addressing Sri Lanka’s debt and US dollar liquidity crisis, and featured...
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    Verite shows how Lanka can achieve Sustainable Debt Dynamics
    by |18 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Island Verité Research, a private think tank that provides strategic analysis for Asia, hosted the online discussion Steering out of the Debt Crisis: Recipe for Budget 2022 on Oct 14. The event was anchored around addressing Sri Lanka’s debt...
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    Court of Appeal to be Moved to get the CID Cracking into Ratwatte Inquiry
    by |17 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on CounterPoint  CID cover up feared Cabraalnomics and economists who predict the worst is still to come Nagging foreign reserve crisis The immediate need for preemptive debt restructuring The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) will file a writ in the Court of Appeal for an...
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    Verité Moots 8 – 10% VAT for % and 2022
    by |15 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Morning Advises to increase to 10-12% in 2023, 12-15% in 2024 Proposes to increase to increase(sic) excise tax on cigarettes and alcohol Makes more tax proposals on raising govt. revenue In view of the upcoming Budget 2022,...
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    Explained: The Adani Group’s recent Port Deal in Sri Lanka
    by |04 October 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Hindu As per the 35 year-long BOT agreement, the Adani Group will have majority, 51%, stakes, while John Keells would hold 34%, and the SLPA, 15%. The story so far On September 30, 2021, the Gujarat-headquartered Adani Group...
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    A Byproduct of Intervention
    by |29 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in Dairy News Australia Throughout this pandemic, governments across the world have launched an unprecedented number of stimulus efforts, aimed at keeping local economies afloat. At large, these packages have helped to sustain consumer spending and keep commodity markets...
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    Manthri.lk Names Top 10 Performing MPs of Current Parliament
    by |19 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in NewsWire Ten Parliamentarians have been identified as top performers having diligently carried out their respective duties during the one-year tenure of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka, which was completed in August 2021. According to a survey conducted...
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    Top Panel Sounds Alarm, Insists it’s Time for Urgent Economic Reforms
    by |16 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the DailyFT Sri Lanka facing one of the worst economic crises in its history Pandemic only exacerbated existing economic weaknesses; roots lie in unsustainable debt, fiscal indiscipline and low rates of growth  To emerge from crisis, comprehensive and...
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    Sri Lanka Inflation: Economic Emergency Causes Prices of Essential Goods to Soar
    by |10 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on CGTN Sri Lanka is under a state of emergency with rising costs and fears over the economy. And the President's proposals are igniting controversy. Roel Raymond reports. The price of essential items has increased greatly in Sri Lanka,...
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    All We Need Is the Air That We Breathe
    by |07 September 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in GroundViews Today is the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies “Tiny, invisible particles of pollution penetrate deep into our lungs, bloodstream and bodies. These pollutants are responsible for about one-third of deaths from stroke, chronic respiratory...
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