Adrian Marcus, Author at Verité Research

56% of those who know about Online Safety Bill think it will curtail freedom: Verité Research

by |24 January 202424 January 2024|Press Release

Only a third of those surveyed said they knew about the bill Colombo, 26 November 2023 In a survey commissioned by Verité Research, 56% of those who said they knew about the Online Safety Bill also said it will reduce...

State Revenue: What Happened to the Tax Amnesty?

by |22 January 202224 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on The Morning IRD refuses to provide info on tax amnesty funds Tax amnesties in SL have been ineffective: Think tank Balance between voluntary tax compliance and deterrence needed The Government of Sri Lanka last year presented a controversial...

Dollar Drought Leaves Sri Lanka Groping in the Dark

by |22 January 202224 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on Nikkei Asia As Sri Lanka's dollar scarcity worsens, a fresh crop of unusual signs has surfaced about spreading shortages of basic goods. "Candles not available due to gas shortage" was one. It was placed at St. Anthony's church,...

CIPE-COSMI Team Up to Boost Participatory Governance in Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects

by |22 January 202224 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on DailyFT The Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Confederation of Micro, Small and Medium Industries (COSMI) have exchanged an agreement on an advocacy program that assists communities affected by large-scale infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka alongside...

Confidence-boosting, Painful Economic Reform Package Pointed Out as SL’s Only Way Out

by |21 January 202224 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on Daily Mirror Experts say such package may or may not need involvement of IMF, depending on political stamina of govt. Leading international debt restructuring expert says engaging IMF could be useful for SL as agency has political legitimacy...

Sri Lanka CenBank May Raise Rates as Inflation Pressure Builds

by |18 January 202221 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on Reuters The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is likely to raise interest rates at its first policy announcement in 2022 to tackle growing price pressures, manage external challenges and reduce pressure on the rupee, economists and analysts...

Explainer: Sri Lanka on the Edge as Debt Burden Mounts

by |17 January 202221 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on Reuters Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is facing its most serious financial crisis in years, raising doubts about its ability to pay its creditors. On Tuesday, the island nation will repay $500 million towards an...

Colombo Port City: A new Dubai or a Chinese enclave?

by |17 January 202218 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on BBC News "An economic game changer" is how officials describe Colombo Port City, a shiny metropolis soaring out of the water along the Sri Lankan capital's seafront. Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand...

50% Fall in Paddy Yield Points to Necessity to Import 1 mn Metric Tonnes of Rice

by |16 January 202218 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on The Sunday Times A paddy shortage by the end of February is now inevitable and the Government will have to import 800,000 to one million metric tons of rice to avoid scarcity during the April Sinhala and Tamil...

November 2021 Reserves Lower than ‘Spider-Man’ Box Revenue

by |12 January 202218 January 2022|Verité in the News

Published on The Morning In November 2021 the foreign reserve position of Sri Lanka fell to a 12-year low of $ 1.6 billion, which Verité Research in a humorous social media post pointed out was marginally higher than the global...

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