Sri Lanka ITES; the problem is people
July 5, 2010 (LBO) - Although Sri Lanka was not known for exports of IT and business processing services, since 2005 this activity has graduated to earn around …
Opinion
Sri Lanka private universities; do not rush and spoil the soup
May 25, 2010 (LBO) - The announcement by the new Minister of Higher Education, Hon S.B Disssanayake, on assuming office and in subsequent interviews, that the …
Sri Lanka’s infrastructure; a tale of two cities
May 18, 2010 (LBO) - Coming from Brasilia to waterlogged Colombo was a shock. Brazil is still not a developed economy, but its capital, Brasilia, definitely …
Connecting SAARC: Telecom trumps borders, not
May 04, 2010 (LBO) - The Wagah border crossing on the Grand Trunk Road, between Lahore and Amritsar, is world famous for the elaborate rituals of nationalism …
Sri Lanka’s myth of free education and its quality
May 03, 2010 (LBO) - After the release of the results of every major public examination, a spontaneous debate takes place in the country regarding the …
Sri Lanka’s profits and losses; a super profit making central bank is not good news
Apr 19, 2010 (LBO) - Two news items hit the headlines of media simultaneously last week. Both relate to the year 2009 and are sourced to the Central Bank …
Prerequisites for enhancing Sri Lanka’s status as a shipping hub
Apr 05, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a “Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub.” What are the conditions for maintaining and …
Sri Lanka’s counterproductive nationalism
Apr 04, 2010 (LBO) - This is an election special. There is value in analyzing election messages. Whether positive or negative, such analysis advances debate …
Prerequisites for making Sri Lanka an energy hub
Mar 24, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a “Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub.” Of the five hub visions, this is the longest shot. …
Sri Lanka’s inflation debate: should the CB continue with ‘no policy action’?
Mar 19, 2010 (LBO) - Sources from the Central Bank indicate that the Monetary Board, in its deliberation for the monetary policy action in the month ahead, has …
Consolidating Colombo, Sri Lanka as an aviation hub
Mar 16, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a "Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub." We are already an incipient aviation hub for the …
Prerequisites for making Sri Lanka (Gampaha District) a knowledge hub
Mar 01, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a "Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub." According to Basil Rajapaksa, the leader of the ruling …
Prerequisites for making Sri Lanka a hub: Telecom
Feb 08, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to become a "Naval, Aviation, Commercial, Energy and Knowledge hub." What can telecom contribute to the achievement of this …
Policy choices in Sri Lanka. Five years. What next?
Jan 28, 2010 (LBO) - The first Choices column (link) was published on the 11th of February 2005. The decision to take time from an already overloaded schedule …
Sri Lanka debate over inflation: rice price crisis
Jan 06, 2010 (LBO) - Rice, the staple food of Sri Lankans, is in short supply and its price is on the increase. At retail shops, many popular varieties of rice …
Choices: Dividend or danger?
Jan 04, 2010 (LBO) - Welcomed the New Year in Dhaka. In Bangladesh, one cannot not think about population. Outside the city states, Bangladesh has the …
Sri Lanka’s debate over inflation 2: The folly of price cuts
Dec 03, 2009 (LBO) - In a bid to relieve the public of rising cost of living, the Government has reduced the import duties of ten leading food items and …
e Sri Lanka: Promise realized?
Dec 02, 2009 (LBO) - 2009 has been year of celebration for the ICT Agency, the entity created to implement the e Sri Lanka program. The capping event is the …
Sri Lanka’s debate over the inflation rate 01
Nov 19, 2009 (LBO) - Inflation is considered public enemy number one when a country is not at war. Since Sri Lanka’s 30 year old war is now over, there …
Waste disposal in Sri Lanka: User fees or kappam?
Nov 10, 2009 (LBO) - In the bad old days, when Sri Lanka Telecom/Department of Telecommunications was the sole supplier/regulator/policy maker, one had to make …