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Op-ed/Special Reports

Double down to tackle Sri Lanka’s freshwater tsunami

This time it is a freshwater tsunami engulfing the entire country

December 1, 2025 3 min read

How price controls backfire on Sri Lanka's rice sector : Advocata

Advocata Institute article examines recurring instability in rice market

November 22, 2025 5 min read

US policies driving India-China closer, creates new avenues for developing nations

Regional Centre for Strategic Studies discusses research priorities for Global South

November 13, 2025 4 min read

The urgent need to reform Sri Lanka's Colombo port operations to end congestion

Reports of ships failing to call at Colombo because of potential delays in the Port of Colombo, are a major concern

November 6, 2025 3 min read
Unit trusts offer Sri Lanka investors a 'financial smoothie': JB Financial

How to protect your wealth from rising inflation with unit trusts and diversification

How Vietnam turned FTAs into apparel growth, and what Sri Lanka can learn: JAAF

Vietnam’s FTA network give it access to key markets including the EU, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, China, South Korea

Sri Lanka's economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic reverses progress in SDGs - IPS

"Financing SDGs has become the biggest challenge for Sri Lanka"

January 13, 2023 8 min read

Call to liberalize Sri Lanka shipping for export competitive economy

Singapore has 5,000 shipping agencies and have 140 shipping lines headquarters

January 4, 2023 4 min read

Sri Lanka’s sorry record on protecting Free Expression

The aragalaya has a lit a lamp for free expression

Arjuna Ranawana
December 30, 2022 10 min read

Sri Lanka economic recovery, a common minimum program

A series of detailed proposals

July 1, 2022 15 min read

Bangladesh a surprising economic success

Led by garment exports Bangladesh graduating from Least Developed status

Arjuna Ranawana
April 23, 2022 5 min read

Sri Lanka on the brink of political revolution

The latest viral video is a Sinhala version of the anti-Fascist Anthem known by its original Italian title BellaCia

Arjuna Ranawana
April 16, 2022 9 min read
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Proposed Sri Lanka National Policy for Industrial Development: A commentary

Trade and industrial policies complement each other

December 6, 2021 24 min read

Easter Sunday blasts; an issue that the government wants to wish away

Pressure from various groups primarily the Catholic Church for answers rattles the government

Arjuna Ranawana
December 4, 2021 9 min read

Sri Lanka government heading into a perfect storm: Opinion

Protests over several issues including the Easter Sunday probe magnify economic troubles

Arjuna Ranawana
November 11, 2021 5 min read

Military training: Misguided, Counterproductive, and Against Buddhist Values.

Skills cultivated through mindfulness include awareness, scientific observation, empathy, equanimity, and compassion.

Nipuna Kumbalathara.
July 31, 2021 7 min read
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Sri Lanka's sovereignty and Port City Commission Bill - an analysis

Debate on the bill is scheduled for this week

May 18, 2021 12 min read

Sri Lanka fertilizer ban haphazard, modern tech, risk management the answer: researcher

Outright chemical fertilizer ban may have negative consequences

May 8, 2021 11 min read

Sri Lanka's Drug menace needs a new approach

Crime surrounding the increased use of hard drugs in Sri Lanka is a major societal and law and order concern, but are we...

Imesh Ranasinghe
March 17, 2021 8 min read

Sri Lanka import controls and their impact

Sri Lanka's import controls have created shortages and inflated prices giving profits to some domestic producers from fa...

March 17, 2021 3 min read

The often futile quest for Justice in Sri Lanka affects all

Justice is central to the Christian faith and I hope that at least now, Sinhalese and Tamil Catholics can support each o...

Ruki Fernando
March 3, 2021 9 min read
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Truth, In The Face Of Cremation

Muslims and even Christians wait with bated breath to see if Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit would result in...

By Hilmy Ahamed – Vice President Muslim Council of Sri Lanka
February 23, 2021 11 min read
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Wake Up! It’s time for Gender Parity not Patriarchy

The resistance from a number of senior police officers to the appointment of Bimshani Jasin Arachchi as the first woman ...

Kshama Ranawana
February 22, 2021 6 min read

International concern that Sri Lanka continues to cremate Muslim Covid dead

Visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged to “push Sri Lanka to gazette” the step to end the forced cremati...

Arjuna Ranawana
February 18, 2021 5 min read

Attacks on Wimal maybe a sign of a seismic shift in the ruling alliance

There’s bitter invective being directed at a government Cabinet Minister these days by a faction of the ruling allianc...

Arjuna Ranawana
February 10, 2021 6 min read
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And then she got Covid

The government's "governance by distraction" strategy takes a hit as prominent leaders who took the "Dhammika Paniya" to...

Arjuna Ranawana
January 27, 2021 7 min read
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