Interviews & Articles

    බදු ආදායම අහිමි කරන “සිනි වංචාව” වැනි වංචා වැළක්වීමට නීති ප්‍රතිපාදන නොපමාව සැකසිය යුතුය
    by |02 February 2024|Interviews & Articles
    2023 නොවැම්බර් මස 09 වැනිදා ඩේලිමිරර් පුවත්පතේ පලවූ, ආචාර්ය නිශාන් ද මෙල් රචනා කළ “Sugar Scam” is not the whole iceberg: “Forestalling” needs a rule-of-law solution යන ලිපියේ පරිවර්තනයකි.මුල් ලිපිය- https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Sugar-Scam-is-not-the-whole-iceberg-Forestalling-needs-a-rule-of-law-solution/172-270880 2020 ඔක්තෝබර් 14 වැනි දින ආනයනික සීනි කිලෝග්‍රෑමයකට අය...
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    Relief Package a Real Relief or an Economic Destabiliser?
    by |09 January 2022|Interviews & Articles
    Published on The Morning The Cabinet last week approved a relief package worth Rs. 229 billion presented by the Minister of Finance. For Gayathri (35) (not her real name), it brought much joy going into the new year as she...
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    Demystifying Increase in Sri Lanka’s Debt
    by |09 December 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Published on Daily Mirror In the last 70 years, Sri Lanka has never been in a more precarious position with regard to the repayment of its debt, than at present, in December 2021. There is much that is said in...
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    Why did Sri Lanka’s Budget Deficit Increase in 2020?
    by |27 October 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Published on The Morning Sri Lanka’s budget deficit has doubled between the period of 2019 and 2020. The budget deficit increased from Rs. 1,016 billion in 2019 to Rs. 2,090 billion in 2020, an increase of Rs. 1,074 billion. This...
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    Sri Lanka’s Right to Information – Subhashini Abeysinghe on LMDtv
    by |22 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Improved access to information can lead to more informed, data-driven decision-making and better outcomes for the country. Watch Research Director Subhashini Abeysinghe discuss the importance of the RTI Act with LMDtv.
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    ආනයන රෙගුලාසි පැනවීම – Nishan de Mel on Hiru Evening Newscast
    by |10 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel speaks to Hiru News on the recently imposed import restrictions and their effect on government revenue, advocating ultimately for sound and critical policy analysis.
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    Sri Lanka Inflation: Economic Emergency Causes Prices of Essential Goods to Soar – Nishan de Mel on CGTN News
    by |10 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director speaks to CGTN News about the systemic causes of commodity hoarding and how an economic state of emergency can heighten the crises brought on by commodity hoarding.
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    විදේශ විනිමය අනුපාතය – Nishan de Mel on Hiru Evening NewsCast
    by |08 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel speaks to Hiru Evening News on the Central Bank's valuation of foreign exchange rates and how it could potentially lead to a deepening of the foreign exchange crisis Sri Lanka is facing.
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    Quantifying COVID Clean-up of Air Quality in Colombo
    by |06 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Published in the Daily Mirror Among the many tragic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been some positive offshoots as well. One of them is the improvement of Colombo’s air quality as a result of restricted movement to prevent...
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    Sri Lanka Declares Economic Emergency – Nishan de Mel on Al Jazeera Inside Story
    by |04 September 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Executive Director Nishan de Mel appears on Al Jazeera's Inside Story segment alongside State Minister Ajith Nivaard Cabraal and MP Harsha de Silva to discuss the sudden depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee and the recent forex crisis.
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