Jaffna to New York’s Wall Street and back to Jaffna
By Jekhan Aruliah Back in the day Raj Janan’s father was a successful industrialist in Jaffna, owning at various times an aluminium factory, a knitwear …
Opinion
Opinion: Revolution 4.0 – An intriguing case of the man and machine
By Taamara de Silva “The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential …
Opinion: Give Ranil a break and allow him space to put Sri Lanka back together
December 17, 2018 (LBO) - Remember where we have been. In the moments after October 26th, and the days immediately following, Sri Lanka reached all time …
Dr. Ravi Perumalpillai, Oxford Surgeon who became a Jaffna Farmer
By Jekhan Aruliah I write this piece as my appreciation of a Diasporan who came back to Jaffna and made a difference, sowing economic and medical seeds in the …
Opinion: After political respite, a quick pivot to Sri Lanka’s development priorities needed
What is Next for Middle-Income Asia and Sri Lanka? By Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja* Decades of sustained economic growth have left the Asia Pacific with few …
Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!
By Jekhan Aruliah Soon after I moved to Jaffna in 2015 I heard rumours of this fantastic food court run by war widows. Friends driving North from Colombo said …
Smuggled Cigarettes: A challenge to Govt.’s revenue and health objectives
(RIU) -Sri Lanka is one of the first middle-income countries to adopt a strong tobacco control policy. The country ratified the Framework Convention on …
Opinion: BOI/BOC/PB fiasco, Are board positions worth fighting for?
October 19, 2019 (LBO) - Thursday morning the Colombo business community woke up the news that President Maithripala Sirisena had given instructions for the …
Opinion: Khashoggi Killing – Imagine if Sri Lanka had done it
October 16, 2018 (LBO) - Imagine a team of 15 highly trained Sri Lankan intelligence operatives board a private plane and embark on a journey to Istanbul, one …
Opinion: Hardly any women on the National List, who is to blame?
October 9, 2018 (LBO) - After hearing about a women's business forum, and reading a joke on twitter about how the panel addressing the crowd was all men, …
Opinion: Sri Lankan rupee under pressure – How not to crack
By Economic Intelligence Unit of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce The Sri Lankan currency (LKR) has weakened against the US dollar in 2018 (9.4% as at 26 …
Opinion: Central Bank intervention likely to exacerbate foreign selling of Sri Lanka bonds
September 29, 2018 (LBO) - The main subject of discussion on the Colombo cocktail circuit has been the Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) and its significant recent …
OPINION: 90,000 Northern families in shanties or homeless. What happened to Govt. promised housing?
By Jekhan Aruliah In October last year I had the privilege of participating in the blessing of a new water well in the Killinochchi District of the Northern …
Opinion: A response to article “Pulling back the curtain on privatization of plantation sector”
By Devaka Wickramasuriya I have read with much interest the recent article where Dr. Romesh Bandaranaike has shared his “unique perspective” of Sri …
Opinion: Understanding the Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA
By: Ganeshan Wignaraja and Amitendu Palit July 28, 2018 (LBO) - While the global trade war threatens to disrupt the momentum of global trade and the prospects …
Opinion : Financial reporting and the impact on capital market development
By Nandika Buddhipala Introduction The origination of financial reporting can be closely connected to the requirement to collect and record data which evolved …
Opinion: Suren Ratwatte was underpaid as CEO of Sri Lankan Airlines
July 23, 2018 (LBO) - A recent uproar has been created by the Right to Information Commission's disclosure of the executive compensation package of former Sri …
OPINION: The Sri Lankan tourist industry’s ignorance of the North starts at the top
By Jekhan Aruliah I must first congratulate the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority (SLTDA) before I criticise it. Just a few days after the publication of …
Opinion: Labour scarcity shackling Sri Lanka’s growth
By Dr. Ganeshan Wignarajah Fixing Sri Lanka’s Labour Market: Comparative Lessons July 17, 2018 (LBO) - The recently published ‘Sri Lanka Development …
Opinion: SOAR’ing through the Cloud in Sri Lanka
By Chandita Samaranayake, Head of Application at Oracle – Sri Lanka, Indochina, and the Maldives The cloud, since its inception, has expanded and evolved …