Wartime organic farming lessons for peacetime
By Jekhan Aruliah There is recent precedent in Sri Lanka for suddenly "going organic”. The Sri Lankan Civil War saw years of economic blockades and embargoes …
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The Climb Ahead: Making the Case for Human Capital Investments in Sri Lanka
By Hartwig Schafer , Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank “Sri Lankan children make a dangerous climb for online school,” read the headline of a …
IPS Policy Insights: COVID-19, Global Economy & Sri Lanka’s External Sector Outlook
Global economic developments have impacted Sri Lanka’s external sector performance, and the economy overall. While Sri Lanka managed the first wave of the …
Pandemics & Disruptions: Safeguarding Lives and Livelihood of Sri Lankans
By Suresh Ranasinghe The impact of COVID-19 on Sri Lanka’s labour market, education, migration, and health sectors were discussed at the second webinar panel …
COVID-19 and the Sri Lankan Economy: Policy Choices and Trade-offs
By Chathurrdhika Yogarajah: Sri Lanka’s macro-economic outlook amidst the COVID-19 pandemic came under the spotlight at a webinar panel discussion held on …
GSP+ Withdrawal: How Would it Impact Sri Lanka’s Economy?
By Asanka Wijesinghe and Eleesha Munasinghe: Sri Lanka’s preferential access to the vital European Union (EU) market faces fresh challenges after the …
University of Jaffna’s new Dean of the Faculty of Medicine talks about international engagement
By Jekhan Aruliah Interviewing Dr Rajendran Surenthirakumaran (Suren), the newly appointed in September 2021 Dean (Head) of the Faculty of Medicine University …
Opinion: Stay Home, Save Lives | Lockdowns, medical measures, & vaccination needed to save lives
By Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, Resident Coordinator, UN Sri Lanka: The complex challenge posed by COVID-19 both in protecting public health and the socioeconomic …
Dragonboats come to Jaffna
By Jekhan Aruliah Northwind Projects, a team promoting sporting and other activities in the Northern Province, successfully brought together the Sri Lankan …
Opinion: X-Press Pearl Disaster & Imperative for Regional Maritime Cooperation
By Githmi Rabel On 20 May 2021, Sri Lanka’s worst-ever marine disaster occurred when a fire erupted on the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl container …
Opinion: Unleashing the ‘Billion Dollar’ potential of Sri Lanka’s rubber industry
By Manoj Udugampola At a time Sri Lanka is in much need of increasing its foreign exchange reserves, the vast untapped potential of the country’s rubber …
Employer-supported Childcare: A Solution to Labour Shortages?
By Amanda Balasooriya Kanthi is a 33-year-old working mother who resides in Kuliyapitiya. Her two-year-old daughter is enrolled at a private crèche located …
Opinion: SOE Reforms; the Impetus for Post Pandemic Economic Revival
By Imesha Dissanayake State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have many definitions to it, often entailing a definition of a legal entity engaged in a commercial …
COVID-19 and Sri Lanka’s External Sector: Challenges and Policy Choices
By Tharindu Udayanga: The COVID-19 pandemic exerted significant downward pressure on global trade as well as the global economy at large. Unprecedented …
The key to Invest Forums is the ‘bottom-line’ conversion: MTI Consulting
Whilst commending the recently concluded ‘Sri Lanka Invest Forum 2021’, MTI Consulting has highlighted the need to diligently track and progress …
Determined enforcement & reliable information – SL’s need of the hour in IP protection call
By Sudath Perera, Managing Partner, Sudath Perera Associates Pursuant to the World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, which fell on 8th June 2021, we are reminded of the …
Mitigating Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Education Crisis: Priority Areas for Action
By Ashani Abayasekara and Thisali de Silva The year 2020 saw close to 1.6 billion students from over 180 countries being kept out of schools for extended …
Trade in the Pandemic Era: A One-year Assessment
By Dr. Asanka Wijesinghe On the front page of The New York Times' March 27 edition, a staggering chart illustrated COVID-19-induced unemployment level in the …
Thinking about investing in the Northern Province?
By Jekhan Aruliah A few years ago I was speaking with a main board director of one of Sri Lanka’s largest companies. I asked him, a Jaffna Tamil gentleman …
Opinion: Digitalization is the way forward for Sri Lanka
By JUNKO NARIMATSU, Digital Development Specialist, World Bank; ANEESA MENDIS , Digital Development Consultant, World Bank , JAGATH SENEVIRATNA , Director - …