Opinion

Corruption has long plagued Sri Lanka’s public sector, draining state coffers, undermining governance, and contributing to the catastrophic economic bankruptcy that gripped the nation by 2022. The rise of the …

The NEXT apparel fiasco has focused attention on issues of Unionisation and job-security. Apparently, the two issues seem to be severely at odds in Sri Lanka. If recent reports are …

A Government-appointed village officer or popularly known as Grama Niladhari was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) this week in the Jaffna district. He …

It is tragic that even after 76 years of Independence, Sri Lankan rice farmers are still mired in a Government subsidy-dependent economy. They have had to face many problems in …

Assuming office at a time when Sri Lanka faces both new opportunities and challenges, the 25th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army brings with him over three and a half …

In a significant step towards strengthening bilateral trade ties, the newly appointed UK Trade Envoy to Sri Lanka, Lord John Hannett of Everton, made his inaugural official visit to Colombo …

The financial services sector is one of the largest service sectors in the world. By some accounts it is the world’s most lucrative business; but that’s irrelevant when it is …

  Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture in its path to economic recovery, as delays in implementing a cost-reflective energy pricing policy threaten the disbursement of the next tranche …

As the world marks the 77th anniversary of Al Nakba, the “catastrophe” that uprooted over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and homeland in 1948 (incidentally the same year that Sri …

The post Local Government (LG) election discourse is replete with conversations about how certain mainstream Opposition parties so-called, performed at the polls. None of these Opposition forces gained anything significant …