March 2017

Changes to Electronic Transactions Act Soon

by |23 March 201716 July 2018|Verité in the News

Amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act of 2006 that are to be gazetted shortly will boost online as well as cross-border trade by providing greater clarity for e-commerce, according to Director and Legal Advisor at the Information and Communication Technology...

Advancing access to information and open government in Sri Lanka

by |23 March 201720 June 2018|Verité in the News

In February 2017, Sri Lanka’s Right to Information (RTI) Act entered into force. The inclusive process through which the Act was crafted represents an exemplar of law-making in Sri Lanka, while the law itself constitutes a leading example of access to information...

Vidya Nathaniel on the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement – LMD Biz Talk

by |20 March 201716 July 2018|Interviews & Articles

Vidya Nathaniel, Economics Team Leader of Verite Research shares some views on the Indo Lanka Free Trade Agreement

What Mangala Said (And Didn’t Say) At The UNHRC

by |08 March 201720 June 2018|Verité in the News

Last week, during the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and a full 17 months since Sri Lanka’s co-signing of Resolution 30/1, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera delivered a speech at a high-level segment in Geneva. Kicking off on an...

Remove Obstacles to agricultural exports

by |05 March 201720 June 2018|Verité in the News

Excessive checks, delays and unwanted procedures serious drawback to export growth West Asia is a potentially large market for our agri-products, but Lanka losing competitiveness The sluggish export performance of recent years has been one of the main reasons for...

Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance in Sri Lanka

by |02 March 201726 November 2018|Press Release

Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance Verité Research, together with Democracy Reporting International (DRI) launched a paper titled ‘Right to Information: Discourse and Compliance’, on the 27th of February at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute. The paper presented practical recommendations for...