We are currently conducting a short Market Fit Survey on The Verité Media Analysis. Please click here to fill out this survey which will only take three to four minutes of your time. The latest update of the IMF Tracker by Verité Research shows that Sri Lanka...
We are currently conducting a short Market Fit Survey on The Verité Media Analysis. Please click here to fill out this survey which will only take three to four minutes of your time.Yesterday (June 5), three Sinhala newspapers and one English newspaper reported an...
Interest payments amounted to LKR 2.5 trillion in 2023, 93 percent of which was financed through borrowings, and 80 percent of government revenue for 2023 was spent on interest on previously accumulated debt. To find out how the government financed its other...
MP Ranawaka claimed on X that Sri Lanka borrowed more (USD three billion) than it has repaid (USD two billion) in the period after the country’s April 2022 default on external debt (‘post-default’ period). For a detailed analysis of his claim, click hereDouble...
Around 40 May Day/Labour Day rallies were organised by various political parties across the island on May 1, 2024. For more information, click here1. Mayday May Day for labour and government parties02. The Language Divide03. The TV coverage of the issues04. This...
Sri Lanka is projected to fall short of its budget target on revenue to GDP (gross domestic product) for the 33rd consecutive year in 2024, according to the recently released report State of the Budget 2024. To read the State of the Budget 2024, click here01. SLFP's...
The cost of a traditional kevili table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year went down in 2024 compared to 2023, but remained more than twice what it cost in 2019. For more information on the cost of a kevili table in 2024, click here Triple issue 01. Election landscape...
In his policy statement in parliament, President Ranil Wickremesinghe made two claims regarding the current account of the balance of payments. Does official data back up these claims? To find out, click hereFor the fiscal year 2022/23 (April to March), tax...
The no confidence motion brought against Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana was defeated on March 21. 75 MPs voted in favour of the motion, 117 voted against it and 31 MPs were absent at the time of the vote. For more information on the breakdown of the votes, click...
Sri Lanka failed to verifiably meet 33 percent of the commitments due by end-February in its IMF programme, the bulk of which were designed to improve governance, according to the February update of Verité Research’s IMF Tracker. For more information, click hereHow...
