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Sri Lanka should stop blocking export diversification, victimizing services after Trump tariff

There are quick fixes and numerous longer term reforms that can fundamentally change the country

April 7, 2025 10 min read

Sri Lanka current account turns to deficit in 4Q after printing money

The 4Q events were a dress rehearsal of what would happen later when private credit picks up

March 30, 2025 6 min read

Electoral reform and abolishing the executive presidency in Sri Lanka

Abolition was a central plank of the platform of the National People’s Power (NPP) at the 2024 presidential elections ...

February 27, 2025 9 min read

Sri Lanka's central bank totally mistaken on 'single' Bank of England rate

There no political policy rate, single or otherwise during periods of stability and growth when good money was provided

February 13, 2025 13 min read
Double down to tackle Sri Lanka’s freshwater tsunami

This time it is a freshwater tsunami engulfing the entire country

Sri Lanka's exchange rate depreciation by 'Political Ravishment'

Hunky dory depreciation is due to a flaw in the exchange rate policy

Core elements of a Sri Lanka state; public goods, national defence, justice: Arthashastra

Sri Lanka needs the state to provide public goods, including national defence, law and order and justice; to control mar...

Rohan Samarajiva
February 8, 2021 9 min read
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Its Independence Day and what have we got

Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict is not a shooting war anymore but long-standing issues remain unresolved

Arjuna Ranawana
February 4, 2021 7 min read
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Sri Lanka faces the possibility of tough sanctions from UN

Member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council need to be convinced that the government’s actions will ta...

Dr. Jehan Perera - Executive Director National Peace Council
January 27, 2021 7 min read

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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Sri Lanka facing 2021 with reckless MMT, stimulus mania: Bellwether

Sri Lanka is heading for one of the biggest economic challenges in its history in 2021, with the central bank printing m...

Bellwether
January 26, 2021 15 min read

Government’s decision to award the Adani group the ECT terminal is positive

By explaining his decision in a straightforward manner, and carrying it out, President Rajapaksa has shown leadership in...

Dr. Jehan Perera - Executive Director National Peace Council
January 19, 2021 6 min read

Ranjan Ramanayake's sentence is making him an unlikely hero

Social Media is hailing Ramanayake for his honesty and courage although the colourful actor faces a long prison term and...

Arjuna Ranawana
January 18, 2021 4 min read
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Opinion: Building a common Sri Lankan identity a challenge

Are Sri Lankans of all ethnicities equal citizens and can this country build a nation that treats all groups equally?

Kshama Ranawana
January 14, 2021 8 min read
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Discrimination against minorities what is the endgame?

Obstinacy on the Muslim burial issue and the destruction of a memorial for the Jaffna war dead shows the government want...

Arjuna Ranawana
January 11, 2021 8 min read
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Sri Lanka Modern Monetary Theory experiment could be an untamed demon: economist

vSri Lanka's unprecedented monetary printing bout in the name of Modern Monetary Theory, a collection of ideas that advo...

January 10, 2021 15 min read
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Opinion: Moving Towards Necessary Balance

With multiple challenges ahead such as resolving the issue of burial of Muslims who die of Covid 19 and the contentious ...

Dr. Jehan Perera
January 6, 2021 7 min read

Arthashasthra, for new thinking on Sri Lanka statecraft

Arthashasthra is a treatise on statecraft, supposedly written by Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, in the time of Chandr...

Rohan Samarajiva
January 4, 2021 10 min read
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Opinion: Government needs to look at issues rationally

Sri Lanka needs to look at issues in a rational manner if it is to build a multi-ethnic and multi-religious nation and e...

Dr. Jehan Perera - Executive Director National Peace Council
December 24, 2020 7 min read

Why Sri Lanka cannot be a Singapore, a Chief Festus budget: Bellwether

Trade controls are coming back, with the Prebisch Springer hypothesis

Bellwether
December 21, 2020 18 min read
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Ahab’s Nemesis: Sri Lanka may be the best place in the world to see sperm whales

Is Sri Lanka the world capital for sperm whales in terms of super-pod frequency, density and viewability?

Mark Hager
December 19, 2020 7 min read

Showing no compassion towards Muslim sentiments is shameful and dangerous

Sri Lanka’s continuing anti-Muslim policies are shameful as we as heirs to a civilization that goes back millennia are...

Arjuna Ranawana
December 18, 2020 8 min read
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Stand up for the interwebs

The proposed regulatory mechanism may or may not become a reality, and the fears expressed about it may well be exaggera...

Himal Kotelawala
December 8, 2020 6 min read

Opinion: Unlocking the Potential of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Essential to Sri Lanka’s P...

Any hope of inclusive economic growth for Sri Lanka’s post covid recovery can only then be achieved if we utilize Mic...

K.D.D.B.Vimanga
December 6, 2020 6 min read

Why Sri Lanka cannot be a Vietnam, Coronavirus response: Bellwether

Sri Lanka was at one time talking about trying to be a Singapore, and then a Malaysia, and now it is talking about tryin...

December 1, 2020 10 min read
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Media-persons must be critical thinkers – Media panel

In an era when almost everyone attempts to disseminate information through a plethora of platforms available, the role o...

Kshama Ranawana
November 29, 2020 8 min read