February 2018

    Feature on Manthri.lk
    by |28 February 2018|Verité in the News
    இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் செயற்பாடுகள் தொடர்பான மதிப்பீட்டு விபரக்கோவை ஒன்றை கொழும்பில் உள்ள வெரிட்டே என்ற ஆய்வு மையம் வெளியிட்டுள்ளது.   உறுப்பினர்களின் நாடாளுமன்ற செயற்பாடுகள், மொத்த தரவரிசை அடிப்படையிலும் கட்சி அடிப்படையிலும் மதிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளன. அதேவேளை 15 தலைப்புக்களின் கீழ் நாடாளுமன்றத்தில் பேசப்பட்ட விடையங்கள் உள்ளடக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. அவை பேசப்படும் போது எந்தெந்த நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் தமது...
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    Buddhika Perera on E-signatures – LMD Biz Talk
    by |27 February 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Buddhika Perera, Research Manager – Verité Research talks abut the importance of digital signatures
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    Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA heads in the right direction
    by |25 February 2018|Verité in the News
    The conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and Singapore is an indication of a positive signal that Sri Lanka was ready to open up to the outside world and engage with them, said Chief Negotiator of the...
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    Economic reforms in Sri Lanka: Salvation or a recipe for inaction?
    by |23 February 2018|Verité in the News
    Economic reforms have become an urgent need for Sri Lanka, with successive governments since independence, resorting to short-term, politically expedient economic strategies that have placed considerable macroeconomic pressures whilst reducing Sri Lanka’s global competitiveness. Vision 2025, the current government’s short...
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    Opinion: Economic reforms in Sri Lanka: Salvation or a recipe for inaction?
    by |22 February 2018|Verité in the News
    Economic reforms have become an urgent need for Sri Lanka, with successive governments since independence, resorting to short-term, politically expedient economic strategies that have placed considerable macroeconomic pressures whilst reducing Sri Lanka’s global competitiveness. Vision 2025, the current government’s short...
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    International trade expert says signing FTAs won’t help revive SL’s export sector
    by |20 February 2018|Verité in the News
    Signing FTA with Singapore is not a game changer, it is incorrect to say FTAs create massive benefits like generating a lot of exports  FTAs can complement provided there is capacity to produce products that are competitive to meet demand, standards...
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    Quota Conundrums
    by |20 February 2018|Verité in the News
    One of the key expectations of the Local Government (LG) elections was the premise that 25% of women would be elected to represent the 341 councils and municipalities around the country. However, legal and logistical issues that have cropped up...
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    International trade expert says signing FTAs won’t help revive SL’s export sector
    by |19 February 2018|Verité in the News
    Signing FTA with Singapore is not a game changer, it is incorrect to say FTAs create massive benefits like generating a lot of exports  FTAs can complement provided there is capacity to produce products that are competitive to meet demand, standards...
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    FTA with Singapore, positive signal to world
    by |19 February 2018|Verité in the News
    Sri Lanka has managed to send a positive signal to the world, demonstrating the country’s openness to investments and its willingness to create much-needed business links with the rest of the world by signing a comprehensive, high quality FTA with...
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    In Sri Lanka, local elections have rattled the government
    by |15 February 2018|Verité in the News
    TO CRITICS of Mahinda Rajapaksa, local-council elections that were held in Sri Lanka on February 10th felt like a horror film, as the controversial ex-president rose from his silk-lined political coffin to declare victory. And what a victory it was...
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