October 2020

Call to ensure credible implementation of budget-2021 proposals

by |29 October 202006 November 2020|Verité in the News

Featured in: The Island In the lead up to the highly anticipated 2021 budget, Verité Research recently announced the latest results and recommendations of their annual budget monitoring study, which tracks the government’s performance and openness on key promises made...

කොරෝනා වෛරසය, ආචාරධර්ම සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ “ජඩමාධ්‍ය”: මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකුට ඔබේ දර්ශන පටිගත කළ හැකිද?

by |15 October 202006 November 2020|Verité in the News

පළවූයේ: බීබීසී සිංහල රූ හිමිකාරීත්වය බීබීසි සිංහල සේවය සහ දක්වා ඇති වෙනත් ආයතන සතුය ප‍්‍රධාන රූපය අවන්ත ආටිගලගේ කාටූනයකි යම් හෙයකින් ඔබට කොරෝනා වෛරසය ආසාදනය වුවහොත්, එසේත් නැතිනම් ආසාදිත පුද්ගලයෙකු ඇසුරු කිරීම නිසා නිරෝධායනයට යොමු වීමට සිදු වුවහොත් මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකුට අවසර...

ප්‍රසූත නිවාඩුව කප්පාදු කිරීමේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුවේ තීරණය “මාතෘත්වයට නිගාවක්”

by |06 October 202006 November 2020|Verité in the News

පළවූයේ: බීබීසී සිංහල රූ හිමිකාරීත්වය බීබීසි සිංහල සේවය සහ දක්වා ඇති වෙනත් ආයතන සතුය "මාතෘ සුරක්ෂිතතාව (Maternity protection) මූලික මානව අයිතිවාසිකමක් වන අතර, පවුල සහ රැකියාව සම්බන්ධ පූර්ණ ප්‍රතිපත්ති සකස් කිරීමේ දී අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම ඇතුළත් කළ යුතු අංගයකි. වැඩපොළේ දී කාන්තාව...

Impact of COVID-19 Response on Unemployment in Sri Lanka

by |05 October 202005 October 2020|Interviews & Articles

Goal number eight of the Sustainable Development Goals is set out as “Decent work and economic growth.” This goal recognizes that economic growth is not just an end, but also a means in itself of generating jobs – productive and...

Due Process during COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

by |05 October 202005 October 2020|Interviews & Articles

On 11 March 2020, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Sri Lanka, the first diagnosis of COVID-19 was reported on 27 January 2020. Indication of the spread of the virus was visible...

Cost of extending maternity benefits to private sector only Rs. 4.2 b: Verité

by |05 October 202005 October 2020|Verité in the News

Taken from - DailyFT Government expenditure of Rs. 4.2 billion annually would enable maternity leave benefits to be extended across the economy, and incentivise the private sector to employ more women, Verité Research stated yesterday, recommending this be included in...

Eminent economists urge decisive action to prevent emerging debt crisis

by |05 October 202005 October 2020|Verité in the News

Taken from - DailyFT A panel of eminent economists on Wednesday urged that the Government take credible and decisive action to prevent a painful debt crisis in Sri Lanka. Key insights were shared at the ‘Deep Dive,’ organised by the...