BBK Partnership, Jaffna’s accountants to the World
I first heard of the BBK Partnership Sri Lanka in 2015. I first spoke with its co-founder Anandan Arnold in 2018, and finally met him in March 2020 at a …
Watch Tower
Uki offers an alternate route from the Northern Province into the tech industry
By Jekhan Aruliah Does Sri Lanka need more university graduates? Sri Lanka has tens of thousands of unemployed graduates. Every now and then the government …
Opinion: Hayleys Fentons MD bullish on construction, renewables despite challenges
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, …
Opinion: Act carefully or drown: 3 lessons from New Orleans for Sri Lanka
By Asmita Tiwari, Suranga Kahandawa, Masatsugu Takamatsu & Keiko Sakoda Our hearts sank as we looked at the Hurricane Katrina-affected house, now the …
Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer
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 …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis is more serious than you imagine
Context A Team of Leading Economists/Analysts in January 2019 alerted the Leaders in Governance that it is likely that the ballooning external debt …
Will Jaffna International Airport help the Northern economy take-off at last?
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 …
Opinion: Palaly comes to life again
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 …
Opinion: Policy-oriented banking for industrial development
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 …
Noolaham Foundation preserves the past to enrich the future
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 …
Opinion: The Capital Market Cure
By the Prince of Kandy: The Monetary Board in conjunction with the Central Bank is busy creating a policy to create systems whereby there is a better …
Opinion: The Politicisation of Inflation
By Prince of Kandy Sri Lanka is currently in the process of amending its monetary policy. We are moving towards an inflation-targeting central bank. The …
SenzMate, the Internet of Things tech company born in Jaffna
By Jekhan Aruliah I visited SenzMate a few months ago, and am only now getting around to writing about them. The reason for my hesitation has been although …
Opinion: Beating the economic downturn – a PwC perspective
By PwC Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is facing economic headwinds with a slowdown in GDP growth rate, depreciation of the rupee, changes in weather patterns, policy …
Opinion: Where is regulatory energy focused?
By Dinesh Perera The Central Bank has been taking out all its regulatory energy[i] on the Non-Bank Financial Institutions. The current 25 percent cap on …
Yarl Geek Challenge and Arima Technologies Bringing Silicon Valley to Jaffna
By Jekhan Aruliah “That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, a much used saying originating from the 19th Century German philosopher Friedrich …
Opinion: The increasing need to invest along expressway network
By PwC Sri Lanka The Nexus between Property and Road Development in Sri Lanka Post war Sri Lanka has seen a dramatic revival to its infrastructure growth. Over …
Opinion: Understanding social media and conflict
By Samidh Chakrabarti, Director of Product Management, Civic Integrity; and Rosa Birch, Director of Strategic Response, Facebook At Facebook, a dedicated, …
Opinion: How Facebook fights false news
By Ankhi Das, Head of Public Policy - South Asia, Facebook Facebook was built to connect people and give them the power to build community. Around the world, …
Fishing For Sustainable Profits in the Northern Province
By Jekhan Aruliah I have so often heard from well meaning cash rich Diaspora that they can’t find sensible investment opportunities in the North. As the Good …