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General Election 2024 - Electoral District Results - Matale
(Manthri.lk, 15/11/2024)This infographic presents the electoral district results for Matale in the 2024 General Election. It displays the vote counts of the top three parties in the district.The National People’s Power (NPP) received 181,678 votes ... -
General Election 2024 - Electoral District Results - Colombo
(Manthri.lk, 15/11/2024)This infographic presents the electoral district results for Colombo in the 2024 General Election. It displays the vote counts of the top three parties in the district.The National People’s Power (NPP) received 788,636 ... -
General Election 2024 - Electoral District Results - Gampaha
(Manthri.lk, 15/11/2024)This infographic presents the electoral district results for Gampaha in the 2024 General Election. It displays the vote counts of the top three parties in the district.The National People’s Power (NPP) received 898,759 ... -
Rubber product exports to US could fall by 28%
(Colombo: Verité Research, 8/4/2025)On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44% tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. This tariff significantly affects Sri Lanka's rubber product exports, the country's second-largest export to the US, ... -
Tobacco myths
(Colombo: Verité Research, 28/05/2025)There is a popular myth that cigarettes are overtaxed in Sri Lanka. But did you know that the tax share in the retail price of a cigarette was highest in 2021—yet still remained below the World Health Organization’s ... -
Did you know?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 20/05/2025)This infographic shows how tobacco companies often gain more than the government from cigarette price and tax increases. From 2017 to 2024, government revenue from cigarette taxes increased by 27.5%, while cigarette sales ... -
How a market shift ate into tax revenue
(Colombo: Verité Research, 18/06/2025)How the shift from longer to shorter cigarettes ate into Sri Lanka’s tax revenue Sri Lanka taxes cigarettes by length—shorter sticks face lower taxes. Between 2018 and 2024, the market shifted towards these cheaper, ... -
Sri Lanka's Progress on IMF Programme - May 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/5/2025)As of May 2025, 10% of Sri Lanka's IMF programme commitments were fully met 17% unknown (commitments that lack publicly verifiable information) 5% not met, and 68% remain pending (commitments that were not due for completion ... -
Verité Research Debt Update
(Colombo: Verité Research, 31/07/2025)This infographic highlights the outcomes of Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring. -
LKR 9.4 Bn in tax revenue was forgone by the government in 2024
(Colombo: Verité Research, 31/05/2025)This infographic shows how LKR 9.4Bn in tax revennue was forgone by the government in 2024 by failing to meet WHO's benchmark of 75% tax- in price for the most sold cigarette brand. -
Maldives Ends 2024 with negative net reserves
(Colombo: Verité Research, 30/04/2025)For the first time in its history, the Maldives' net international reserves fell below zero at the end of October 2024. This marks a critical point in the country’s external position and raises concerns about the adequacy ... -
Maldives' debt on a dangerous upward path despite 5% GDP growth
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/6/2025)Maldives’ public debt rose to 134% of GDP in 2024, despite 5% GDP growth. The increase began during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued due to persistent borrowing and high fiscal deficits, raising serious concerns ... -
Tax concessions account for half of the budget deficit
(Colombo: Verité Research, 31/03/2025)All sorts of tax concessions (reported as “tax expenditure”) costs the government almost a trillion rupees a year in potential revenue. In the financial year 2023/24 the tax expenditure statement published by the government ... -
Apparel exports to US could fall by 20%
(Colombo: Verité Research, 3/4/2025)On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imposed a 44 percent tariff on Sri Lankan exports to the United States. With apparel comprising 64 percent of these exports—valued at nearly USD 1.8 billion in 2023—Sri Lanka’s apparel ... -
Maldives' Interest Burden Doubles in 3 years
(Colombo: Verité Research, 27/03/2025)In 2024, the Maldives is expected to spend 5.1% of its GDP on interest payments for government debt, up from 2.6% in 2021. In 2019, it was only 1.7% which is one-third of the current level. With increased borrowing to ... -
Presidential Election 2024 : TV News Coverage of the Candidates
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-28)This infographic presents the airtime allocated to 2024 presidential candidates Dilith Jayaweera, Wijedasa Rajapaksa, Sarath Fonseka, and Nuwan Bopage on prime time Sinhala news broadcasts. Data was collected from TV Derana, ... -
අසංවේදී සිරස්තලයක්? - සායනයකට ගිය කත බසයකට දිවි පුදයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-23)A person died after being struck by an SLTB bus traveling from Colombo to Tangalle. Aruna News reported the incident on 15 August 2024, using a headline that did not comply with media ethical guidelines. -
පුද්ගල ප්රථම භාෂාවක් භාවිතා කරමු - "ආබාධිත" වෙනුවට "ආබාධ සහිත" ?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-21)On 16 August 2024, an article in Aruna used the derogatory term “ආබාධිත” (abadhitha) in its headline and content to describe a family with disabilities. Media is encouraged to use person-first language when reporting on ... -
දරුවන්, ලිංගික අපරාධ සහ ආචාර ධාර්මික මාධ්ය - මාර්ගෝපදේශ
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-30)On 30 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team released guidelines for media professionals on ethical reporting involving children. -
මේ සතියේ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්මය - මැතිවරණ කාලයේ මුද්රිත මාධ්ය හැසිරෙන්න ඕන මෙහෙමයි
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-08-20)On 20 August 2024, the Ethics Eye team published a five-slide post in its “Ethic of the Week” series. This note offers guidance for print media professionals on election reporting.