Opinion: Policing the Police – challenge for the newly facelifted Police Commission
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 …
Opinion
Jaffna’s Emerging Women Entrepreneurs
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 …
Managing fiscal deficits can increase investments in health & education in Sri Lanka
FEATURE: Managing fiscal deficits can increase investments in health and education in Sri Lanka What happens when a population pyramid no longer resembles a …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Quest for a Rules-based Indian Ocean
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 …
From Toronto to Toddy, a Jaffna Entrepreneur’s Journey
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. …
Opinion: Why it’s important that Facebook remain free
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 …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Cussed Stock Exchange
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 …
Opinion: Is GDP the ideal metric of the future?
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 …
Opinion: “Banking is necessary; banks are not” – Bill Gates
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, …
Birth, Death and Rebirth of Jaffna’s Moolai Cooperative Hospital
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 …
Opinion: My new year’s wish – a final rest to “ghosts” of years past!
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 …
Jaffna to New York’s Wall Street and back to Jaffna
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 …
Opinion: Revolution 4.0 – An intriguing case of the man and machine
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 …
Opinion: Give Ranil a break and allow him space to put Sri Lanka back together
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 …
Dr. Ravi Perumalpillai, Oxford Surgeon who became a Jaffna Farmer
By Jekhan Aruliah I write this piece as my appreciation of a Diasporan who came back to Jaffna and made a difference, sowing economic and medical seeds in the …
Opinion: After political respite, a quick pivot to Sri Lanka’s development priorities needed
What is Next for Middle-Income Asia and Sri Lanka? By Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja* Decades of sustained economic growth have left the Asia Pacific with few …
Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!
By Jekhan Aruliah Soon after I moved to Jaffna in 2015 I heard rumours of this fantastic food court run by war widows. Friends driving North from Colombo said …
Smuggled Cigarettes: A challenge to Govt.’s revenue and health objectives
(RIU) -Sri Lanka is one of the first middle-income countries to adopt a strong tobacco control policy. The country ratified the Framework Convention on …
Opinion: BOI/BOC/PB fiasco, Are board positions worth fighting for?
October 19, 2019 (LBO) - Thursday morning the Colombo business community woke up the news that President Maithripala Sirisena had given instructions for the …
Opinion: Khashoggi Killing – Imagine if Sri Lanka had done it
October 16, 2018 (LBO) - Imagine a team of 15 highly trained Sri Lankan intelligence operatives board a private plane and embark on a journey to Istanbul, one …