Opinion: The truth about Geneva Human Rights Council Resolution
By Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera During the past few weeks, I have been watching the many headlines, debates, misinformation, misrepresentation of facts …
By Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera During the past few weeks, I have been watching the many headlines, debates, misinformation, misrepresentation of facts …
By Jekhan Aruliah There is an old joke: "The fastest way to become a millionaire is to be a billionaire and buy an airline". The airline will lose money so …
March 22, 2019 (LBO) - Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) during the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration, Ajith Nivard Cabraal, has come out …
By Sanjeewa Fernando As the United Nations gear up to celebrate the International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, or Anti-racism day, as it is …
Mar 19, 2019 (LBO) - The political participation of women and youth is an important subject that came to the fore during the previous election. According to …
March 17, 2019 (LBO) - Banking institutions over the last few months seem to be making an aggressive push to raise capital through rights and debenture issues. …
By Sanjeewa Fernando Some say that the Police has gone to the dogs. Without being so harsh, yet being realistic, we would euphemistically admit that some dogs …
By Jekhan Aruliah Jaruza Jayachandran states with no embarrassment that she didn’t do well at school. When she used to go for parent-teacher meetings at one …
FEATURE: Managing fiscal deficits can increase investments in health and education in Sri Lanka What happens when a population pyramid no longer resembles a …
February 6, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s Quest for A Rules-based Indian Ocean Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja and Dr. Dinusha Panditaratne* The evolution of Sri Lanka’s …
By Jekhan Aruliah When it comes to investment in the North there is far more talk than there is action. A rare example of action is Suganthan Shanmuganathan. …
By Mark Zuckerberg Next month, Facebook turns 15. When I started Facebook, I wasn't trying to build a global company. Back then, I realized you could find …
By Dinesh Anthony Perera Sri Lanka’s only stock exchange in a bid to show activity recently obtained some good publicity. Due to a concerning lack of recent …
By Taamara de Silva In an age of stark contradictions, a world where the exclusive one percent enjoy access to an abundance of wealth and resources but also a …
By Taamara de Silva To those who say that Apple did not kill the music industry, being forced to buy the entire music album did, Amazon did not kill retailers, …
By Jekhan Aruliah In the North-West corner of the Jaffna Peninsula close to the causeway to Karainagar Island is the small village of Moolai. It is a patch of …
By Chrishmal Warnasuriya G’day from down-under: Our customary few lines that usually accompany my New Year’s wish-list this time comes from the land of …
By Jekhan Aruliah Back in the day Raj Janan’s father was a successful industrialist in Jaffna, owning at various times an aluminium factory, a knitwear …
By Taamara de Silva “The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential …
December 17, 2018 (LBO) - Remember where we have been. In the moments after October 26th, and the days immediately following, Sri Lanka reached all time …