The Impact of the No-Confidence Motion: A Round-Up
    by |06 April 2018|Verité in the News
    On April 4, the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was defeated after a marathon 12 hour Parliamentary debate, with 122 MPs voting against the motion, and 76 voting in favour, while 26 MPs abstained from the vote. There was...
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    The Political Culture, Not Facebook, is the Problem
    by |16 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Featured image courtesy AP Photo/Rukmal Gamage Organized mob violence against minorities has been a feature of the political landscape in Sri Lanka for several decades. In fact, one could say that it has become part of our political culture. Thus blaming...
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    Lower rank Lankan officials complicit in perpetuating communalism, says Verite Research
    by |10 March 2018|Verité in the News
    Colombo, March 10 (DailyFT): Religious violence in Sri Lanka is widely considered a post-war phenomenon that emerged during the former Government's tenure. Yet recent reports of over a dozen incidents of ethno-religious violence across the country in the past month...
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    On Kandy: How Myths about Minorities Underlie Violence
    by |09 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    Featured image from Colombo Gazette A man belonging to the majority ethnic group was attacked by a youth from the minority ethnic group. Two days later, the mortally wounded man succumbed to his injuries and dies. Within hours, angry mobs physically...
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    Sri Lanka made minimal progress on UNHRC resolution: Verité Research
    by |09 March 2018|Verité in the News
    Mar 09, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lankan government has made minimal progress towards the fulfillment of its commitments in UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, a research firm said. Verité said in a research report that only two out of 36...
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    Smart Phones and Stupid Governments: Blocking Social Media as Sri Lanka Burns
    by |08 March 2018|Verité in the News
    Struggling to contain a spate of Buddhist-led attacks on minority muslims, Sri Lanka’s government imposed temporary blocking of social media and chat applications on March 7. This followed the reintroduction of Emergency Regulations, for the first time since 2011. The...
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    Destructive and unsustainable practice of bottom trawling resurfacing in Sri Lanka?
    by |04 March 2018|Interviews & Articles
    In July 2017, Sri Lanka became the first country in Asia to completely ban bottom trawling and the use of destructive trawl nets. Six months later, the Department of Fisheries proposed to weaken this ban by allowing ‘less destructive’ trawling...
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    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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