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    ඉන්දියා ශ්‍රී ලංකා ධීවර ගැටලුවට කල් පවතින විසඳුමක්
    by |21 February 2019|Interviews & Articles
    ගෙහාන් ගුණතිලක සහ සුපුන් ජයවර්ධන 2018 වසර සඳහා තමිල්නාඩු මුහුදු තීරයේ මසුන් ඇල්ලීමට පනවා තිබූ තහනම අවසන්ව ගෙවී ගොස් ඇත්තේ සුළු කාලයකි. මෙම තහනම පැනවීමෙන්  බලාපොරොත්තු වන්නේ වසර පුරාම සිදු කරන මසුන් ඇල්ලීම නිසා විනාශ වන මුහුදු ශාකවලට සහ සතුන්ට...
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    රක්ෂණාවරණ එපා වෙයි?
    by |20 February 2019|Interviews & Articles
    පළවූයේ -  දිනමිණ - නීතීඥ සුපුන් ජයවර්ධන ස්වභාවික ආපදාවන් නිසා සුළු හා මධ්‍ය පරිමාන ව්‍යාපාරිකයන්ට පසුගිය වසර කිහිපය තුළ සිදු වූ මූල්‍යමය අලාභ හානිය අතිමහත්ය. ස්වභාවික රක්ෂණාවරණ යනු මෙම හානි තුළින් ඇතිවන අහිතකර ප්‍ර‍තිඵල අවම කරගැනීමට අනුගමනය කර හැකි එක ක්‍ර‍මවේදයකි....
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    Foreign debt vulnerability and indebtedness to China
    by |18 February 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from The SundayTimes The country’s external financial vulnerability is the most serious economic concern. Although the country is able to meet its massive debt repayment obligations of over US$ 5 billion this year, by further borrowing that would enhance...
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    Sri Lanka urged to develop own narrative of China’s BRI
    by |13 February 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken From DailyMirror Business Image Courtesy - DailyMirror Sri Lanka needs to develop its own narrative of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which is neither over-shadowed by reports from Western media nor reports circulated from China, while holding the...
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    Verité Research releases comprehensive report on Sri Lanka’s youth unemployment
    by |06 February 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken From - DailyMirror Image Courtesy - gettyimages Verité Research, with support with the USAID funded Youlead programme, released a thought-provoking report and recommendation in their Youth Labour Market Assessment 2018. The study has revealed several interesting insights on Sri...
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    Sri Lanka seeks regional bailout as balance of payments crisis looms
    by |21 January 2019|Verité in the News
    Colombo looks to India and China for financial assistance and renegotiates with IMF Taken from Nikkei Asian Review Image courtesy of Reuters MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR, Asia regional correspondent COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka is turning to key Asian allies for a financial...
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    Cabinet approval to raise $2 Billion through sovereign bonds – Eran
    by |21 January 2019|Interviews & Articles
    Taken from News1st Written by Staff Writer COLOMBO (News 1st) – The “Economynext” quoting the State Minister of Finance Eran Wickremeratne says Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has given the nod to raise $2 Billion through sovereign bonds. Economy next...
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    Chinese debt is not Sri Lanka’s biggest problem – Verité Research
    by |16 January 2019|Interviews & Articles
    Taken from News1st Written by Staff Writer Colombo (News 1st) – New information has come to light revealing that loans from China are not the main source of the debt trap that Sri Lanka is caught in at present. Director of Verité...
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    Chinese loans not main source of debt trap, says think tank
    by |14 January 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from Daily Mirror Funds borrowed through ISBs at higher rates outweigh loans from China ISB debt growth caused by shift from concessional debt to commercial debt  Price of debt  more crucial than quantity of debt- Verité Research By Shabiya...
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    Reporting on identity in the Sri Lankan media: Ethics and errors
    by |14 January 2019|Verité in the News
    Taken from Groundviews ‘It was a Muslim youth who got them involved in the [drug] trade.’ ‘A Tamil man who tried to enter Singapore with forged documents has been arrested.’ It is not uncommon to read headlines of this nature...
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