Govt initiatives to reduce interest rates and boost economy

    Govt initiatives to reduce interest rates and boost economy
    by |17 April 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from - DailyNews The government was acting in a manner to boost the economy and to reduce interest rates said, Verite Research Economist Deshal De Mel. He warned that due to a large informal sector the impact of COVID...
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    Economists debate over best response to fight COVID-19 while keeping economies less hurt
    by |17 April 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from - DailyMirror Two economists recently vacillated between the current suppression strategy practiced by the Sri Lankan government by way of curfews and lockdowns and a mitigation strategy practiced in some East Asian countries to see which offered the...
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    Reconvene parliament, carry out more tests to contain COVID-19 in Sri Lanka, ex-legislators say in live online session
    by |17 April 2020|Verité in the News
    Taken from - economynext Select members of Sri Lanka’s dissolved parliament shared their views on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic today in an unofficial “online parliamentary session” hosted by a Colombo-based private think tank. Among the issues discussed were the government’s...
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    People first, economy next, says top economist
    by |20 March 2020|Interviews & Articles
    Taken from - DailyMirror By Shabiya Ali Ahlam As Sri Lanka is witnessing its economy coming to an almost stagnant state due to the unavoidable measures taken by the government to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, a leading economist in...
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    ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ ආපදා කළමණාකරන කටයුතු
    by |03 February 2020
    ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ ආපදා කළමණාකරන ව්‍යුහයේ පවතින පරිපාලනමය හිඩැස් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වෙරිටේ පර්යේෂණායතනය දියත් කළ විමර්ෂණයකින් අනාවරණය වුනු තොරතුරු මෙම පර්යේෂණ සටහනෙහි අන්තර්ගත වේ.තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ පණතේ භාවිතාවන් මෙම විමර්ෂණය දියත් කිරීම සදහා භාවිතයට ගෙන ඇත. (more…)
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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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    “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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    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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    ස්වාභාවික ආපදා ගැන අවධානයෙන් සිටිය යුත්තේ ඇයි?
    by |12 September 2019|Interviews & Articles
    පළවූයේ - රැස ස්වාභාවික ආපදාවකින් වෙන හානිය ගැන කතා කරන්න ස්වාභාවික ආපදාවක් වෙනකල්ම බලන් ඉන්න අපි පුරුදු වෙලා. නමුත් ගොඩාක් දෙනෙක්ට අමතක කාරණයක් තමයි ස්වාභාවික ආපදාවලට කල්තියාම සූදානම් වෙන්නට වගේම ස්වාභාවික ආපදා තත්ත්වයකදී සහන සලසන්නට අපේ රටේ වැඩපිළිවෙළක් පවතිනවාය කියන...
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