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 …
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 …
Global economic developments have impacted Sri Lanka’s external sector performance, and the economy overall. While Sri Lanka managed the first wave of the …
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 …
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 …
By Asanka Wijesinghe and Eleesha Munasinghe: Sri Lanka’s preferential access to the vital European Union (EU) market faces fresh challenges after the …
By Jekhan Aruliah Interviewing Dr Rajendran Surenthirakumaran (Suren), the newly appointed in September 2021 Dean (Head) of the Faculty of Medicine University …
By Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, Resident Coordinator, UN Sri Lanka: The complex challenge posed by COVID-19 both in protecting public health and the socioeconomic …
By Jekhan Aruliah Northwind Projects, a team promoting sporting and other activities in the Northern Province, successfully brought together the Sri Lankan …
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 …
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 …
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 …
By Imesha Dissanayake State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have many definitions to it, often entailing a definition of a legal entity engaged in a commercial …
By Tharindu Udayanga: The COVID-19 pandemic exerted significant downward pressure on global trade as well as the global economy at large. Unprecedented …
Whilst commending the recently concluded ‘Sri Lanka Invest Forum 2021’, MTI Consulting has highlighted the need to diligently track and progress …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
By JUNKO NARIMATSU, Digital Development Specialist, World Bank; ANEESA MENDIS , Digital Development Consultant, World Bank , JAGATH SENEVIRATNA , Director - …
By Chathurika Jayawardana, Founder, Career Kit First and foremost, be honest about it. Employers are aware that job loss during this pandemic is due to …