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 …
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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 …
Opinion: Don’t let children’s future be ruined by getting caught up in a racial conflict
By Harsha de Silva, PhD, M.P(Minister of Economic Reform and Public Distribution) Recovering from a terror attack is easy, recovering from a racial conflict …
HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier
By Jekhan Aruliah If your objective is to make money you’d better be sure you know how to sell. If you need to feed and house and educate your family. Or you …
Opinion: Ways for Sri Lanka to fix its healthcare
By Deepika Attygalle Today on World Health Day, we can say with confidence that Sri Lanka’s healthcare system has delivered on many of its promises. This …
Ambitions are affordable for Asia & the Pacific: Executive Secretary of UN ESCAP
Op-ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows …
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 …
Small Northern Businesses Struggle for Funding
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 …
Opinion: As Racial and Religious Intolerance Raises Its Ugly Head
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …