Verité in the News

    Invisible Under the Law: The Consistent Neglect of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka
    by |13 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Sunday Times  As COVID-19 sinks its teeth into Sri Lanka anew this month, Work-From-Home (WFH) has become the new modus operandi for white-collar workers. As our domestic and working spaces merge into one, we now better understand...
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    Investment Forum 2021 Aims Gamechanger for Sri Lanka
    by |31 May 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the DailyFT The Sri Lanka Investment Forum 2021, a three-day virtual event to engage and attract foreign investment into Sri Lanka will commence on 7 June. The forum, jointly hosted by the Board of Investment, together with the...
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    Port City – What Next?
    by |27 May 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Colombo Telegraph There may be differences in semicolons and adjectives but broadly speaking the SJB of Sajith P and the UNP (still loyal to Ranil?) have very similar positions on the Port City Act. They are in agreement that many...
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    Treasury Rules Out Fraudulent Stats in Central Bank Report
    by |09 May 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in TheMorning.lk Responding to the recent outburst of MP Harsha De Silva in regard to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s Annual Report of 2020, Treasury Secretary S.R. Attygalle told The Sunday Morning Business that there is absolutely no fraudulent accounting...
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    Concessional Financing Is Not without Controversy – Report
    by |19 April 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the Sunday Observer Explicitly evaluating whether loans are concessional or adverse considering the combined consequence of the grant element and cost escalation on the tied element/unsolicited proposal would be advantageous for Sri Lanka.  By contrast, at present only...
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    Government urged to take pragmatic view on debt management
    by |23 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in The Island By Sanath Nanayakkare If Sri Lanka has the right policy mix to effectively carry on with its debt rollover and to maintain a surplus in its current account, the country can demonstrate that it has entered...
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    Quality Development for Quality Growth and Quality Life
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in -DailyNews The year 2021 marks the 70th Anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Conference in which the late former President (then Finance Minister) J.R. Jayewardene made a historic speech supporting Japan’s cause after the World War II, quoting...
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    Govt. should focus on reserve quality: Former CB Chief
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in DailyFT   Former Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy   Warns overreliance on swaps and inter-governmental financing could create more problems down the road  Acknowledges current challenges but says strategy needed to deal with debt for next five...
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    Urgent need for multifaceted approach to counter gender-discriminatory labour laws
    by |16 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in DailyFT The Advocata Institute’s panel discussion on “Gender discriminatory labour laws in Sri Lanka” took place at the Taj Samudra Longdon Room on 5 March. Panelists at the discussion were Minister of Justice M.U.M. Ali Sabry, Former Department...
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    Enacting Laws Alone Will Not Solve Problems of Female Workers
    by |14 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Sunday Times Although several laws exist in the country, a holistic view has to be taken before bringing in new laws to address issues pertaining to discrimination of women in the workplace. In some ways new laws...
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