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Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-30)On November 28, 2023, during the 6th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government were passed. This ... -
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Power and Energy
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-26)On November 24, 2023, during the 3rd day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Power and Energy were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister ... -
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate and Voting Breakdown - Defence and Public Security
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-24)On November 23, 2023, during the 2nd day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministries of Defence and Public Security were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from ... -
Budget 2024 - Voting Breakdown - Second Reading
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-22)On November 21, 2023, the second reading of the Budget 2024 (Appropriation Bill) was passed with a majority of 45 votes. The following compilation of infographics reflects the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and ... -
Udaya Gammanpila - Sinhala population in Colombo
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/14/2023)FALSE: According to the 1981 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 51%. According to the 2012 census, the Sinhala population in the city of Colombo was 28%. The Sinhala population has reduced by half. ... -
Petition Dismissed - Diana Keeps Her Parliament Seat
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-08)On October 31, 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed the petition that sought the disqualification of SJB MP Diana Gamage from holding a parliament seat due to her alleged citizenship. The infographic further delves into the ... -
Contribution in Parliament - August 2023
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-06)This infographic shows the overall contribution of MPs in 9th parliament in August 2023. As per the analysis, 171 MPs contributed to parliament proceedings at least once whereas 54 MPs did not contribute at all during ... -
The troubling lack of compliance by public authorities with RTI Act
(Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-28)This Op Ed (Opinion Edition) evaluates the compliance of 31 public authorities with online proactive disclosure requirements under the RTI Act. The 2017 methodology was applied to 29 cabinet ministries and the Offices of ... -
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities
(Colombo: Verité, 2023-09-04)Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the ... -
COPF Appoints New Chairperson
(Manthri.lk, 2023-06-08)On June 7, 2023, the parliament appointed SJB MP Harsha de Silva as the chairperson of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF). VR's Manthri Team analysed his performance in the parliament. The report card shows the ... -
Unreachable Public Representatives
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-17)Manthri.lk sent out three email campaigns from 27 October to 7 November 2023 with read tracking, to check how many MPs open their emails. 176/225 emails bounced which indicates that either their inboxes were full, or their ... -
Eran Wickramaratne - Remittances
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/12/2023)PARTLY TRUE: If we look at remittances, the highest amount of remittances have been received in 2016, 2017, 2018. Thereafter, some arrived in 2020 and after that, it has declined steadily. Remittances peaked at around USD ... -
Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Casino taxes
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/5/2023)PARTLY TRUE: […] Effective April 1, 2023, we hope to impose a fee of USD 50 on every Sri Lankan who enters such a place of business of gaming. This law was in place since 2015. From 2015, the stated law was to charge USD ... -
Anuradha Jayaratne: Prison population
(www.factcheck.lk, 9/21/2023)TRUE: As of today, the total number of inmates in prisons are 28,468. […] the number of drug-related offenders has increased rapidly. As per today 50.3% of the total inmates are people who were imprisoned for drug related ... -
Niroshan Perera: Decline in industrial sector and exports
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/20/2023)PARTLY TRUE: …the exports have decreased by 19.5 %. […] in the first quarter of 2023, the industrial sector has collapsed by 23.4%. Niroshan Perera, YouTube page of Parliament of Sri Lanka, 23 August 2023 -
Nalaka Godahewa: Tax targets
(www.factcheck.lk, 10/26/2023)FALSE: […] The expected tax income for 2023 is Rs 3,130 billion [a 70% increase from 2022]. It is not something practical. Since the tax net is not functioning properly, the tax burden will fall on the same people who paid ... -
Budget Speech 2024
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-13)On November 13, 2023, the Budget Speech that highlights the start of the budget cycle for the service of the financial year of 2024, was delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, ... -
Cricket Board Out!
(Manthri.lk, 2023-11-09)On November 9, 2023, the Resolution of Parliament brought forward by Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, "for removal of the officials including the Chairman of the corrupt Sri Lanka Cricket" - was passed without a vote. -
Cabinet Reshuffle: Parliamentary Report Cards of Newly Appointed Ministers
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-24)On October 23, 2023, a cabinet reshuffle took place, during which the ministerial portfolios of four MPs - Keheliya Rambukwella, Ramesh Pathirana, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Mahinda Amaraweera - were changed. Considering ... -
Cabinet Roulette: Questioning the Rationality of Jumbled Cabinet Reshuffles
(Manthri.lk, 2023-10-26)On October 23, 2023, a cabinet reshuffle took place, during which the ministerial portfolios of four MPs were changed. Accordingly, former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella was appointed as the new Minister of Environment, ...