Opinion: Importance of Financial Reporting for Transparency
By Nishan Fernando Corporate Reporting Bushman, Piotroski and Smith (2003) identified that the availability of information was considered to be a key …
By Nishan Fernando Corporate Reporting Bushman, Piotroski and Smith (2003) identified that the availability of information was considered to be a key …
China’s Debtbook Diplomacy: How China is Turning Bad Loans into Strategic Investments Belt and Road is not the Marshall Plan: it’s comprised of loans, not …
By James Dauris - British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka The recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London brought together leaders representing …
By Tom Burn (Acting High Commissioner, British High Commission Colombo) On a quiet Sunday in one of Britain’s most beautiful cathedral cities, a father and …
By Jekhan Aruliah The British author Charles Dickens created a character, Mr.Micawber, who was permanently in debt. Translated into a Sri Lankan context, …
Navigating a Nuclearised Asia for Smaller States: Reviving Sri Lanka’s Commitments to Disarmament By Malinda Meegoda Throughout its diplomatic history, Sri …
"Geopolitical tug of war between India and China for the Indian Ocean, in case of China's One Belt, One Road initiative is implemented” By Ruwani Weerasinghe …
By Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera The National Unity Government ushered in through a historic and revolutionary election in January 2015 has recently …
By Chathura Subasinghe The Shipping industry in Sri Lanka is already liberalized All aspects of the Shipping Industry except for Agency is liberalized. This …
By Jekhan Aruliah Don’t be misled by the 2014-2015 Provincial GDP Growth figures . The Northern Province had the joint highest GDP growth rate that year. …
From the IPS flagship publication ‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 2017’ As Sri Lanka enters an increasingly competitive international environment with a …
By Jekhan Aruliah We have all made excuses to explain why we didn’t do stuff. I still remember a boy at school attempting the legendary “dog ate my …
By Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough Today, the world marks the International Day for the Universal Access to Information. Fittingly, we in Sri Lanka, celebrate 7 …
The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating: Distribution and Revenue Implications of Sri Lanka’s New Inland Revenue Act By Nisha Arunatilake and Priyanka …
To be or not to be: The Wijedasa Rajapakse, PC Saga – Some questions of law following the 19th Amendment By Chrishmal Warnasuriya Resignations, Removals …
By Madu Ratnayake ‘Millennials’,the generation born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, are driving a major paradigm shift in the business-consumer …
By Jekhan Aruliah At my usual breakfast haunt in Jaffna I pay Rs40 for two fresh dosai with all the spicy pol sambal and tasty sambar I can eat (tea is an …
By Mark Chussil Never before have there been so many well-educated, highly motivated, professional managers. We tap business intelligence, competitive …
By Nirmi Vitarana A friend recently shared an article published in an online edition of an English medium national newspaper. The article was well-intentioned, …
By PK Balachandran The Sri Lankan government is in a bind over two important commitments it had solemnly made two years ago, one to the electorate of Sri …