Opinion: Girls in STEM, How is Sri Lanka faring?
Ashani Abayasekara Written for International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2020 Sri Lanka is well recognised as a leader in gender-equal …
Ashani Abayasekara Written for International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2020 Sri Lanka is well recognised as a leader in gender-equal …
Wimal Nanayakkara Sri Lanka achieved ‘Upper Middle Income Country’ (UMIC) status in July 2019, as the country’s Gross National Income (GNI) increased …
By Erandi de Silva Seventy two years ago, Sri Lanka gained independence from the shackles of British rule. This meant the autonomy to govern our people, the …
Weak governance has led to large scale corruption in state enterprises. Sri Lankan airlines has made Rs. 169 billion in losses since nationalisation in 2009. …
As an industry which relies on large scale investments to fund long-term projects, the construction sector is by nature, a business that relies on confidence, …
By Asmita Tiwari, Suranga Kahandawa, Masatsugu Takamatsu & Keiko Sakoda Our hearts sank as we looked at the Hurricane Katrina-affected house, now the …
By Jekhan Aruliah Tourism is the single most game-changing opportunity for the North. Game changing because for those visitors with eyes to see and ears to …
November 20, 2019 (LBO) - Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the President of Sri Lanka. The former Defence Secretary won the just concluded Presidential election with a …
November 15, 2019 (LBO) - By: Adititva Presidential Election 2019 for Sri Lankan’s is turning out to be debate between Democracy Vs Dictatorship and everyone …
November 7, 2019 (LBO) - In less than 10 days time, Sri Lanka will have a new President. It is not an understatement that a vast majority of Sri Lankans can …
By Nishtha Chadha One of the most talked about election promises this week has been Sajith Premadasa’s promise to distribute free sanitary hygiene products. …
October 30, 2019 (LBO) - Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears to be the man of the moment. The 70 year old former Lieutenant Colonel in the Sri Lanka Army, …
Context A Team of Leading Economists/Analysts in January 2019 alerted the Leaders in Governance that it is likely that the ballooning external debt …
By Jekhan Aruliah The opening, strictly speaking the re-opening, of Jaffna International Airport (IATA airport code JAF) in October 2019 was one of the more …
Manoj Thibbotuwawa and Nimesha Dissanayaka Rapid population growth has put tremendous pressure on the world’s agricultural systems to provide safe and …
October 16, 2019 (LBO) - Violence in Sri Lanka has not been uncommon in the last few decades. Tens of thousands of people have been lost in civil wars and …
By Capt Elmo Jayawardena - 17 October Sri Lanka is scheduled to re-open the Palaly Airport as its third international aerodrome. There will be many who will …
By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam “The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one …
By Jekhan Aruliah We can be so blinded by the white hot heat of innovation that we fail to see the red embers of renovation. We are so focussed on finding …
September 15, 2019 (LBO) - The Presidential election in Sri Lanka is about to be called, and in approximately just two months, the nation will know who it's …