Opinion: Sampur Coal Power Plant, how did it get environmental clearance?
By Vidhura Ralapanawa The Trincomalee Coal Power Plant (TCPP), a joint venture between Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and Indian coal power giant NTPC, was …
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Opinion: Big banks exploit countries like Sri Lanka, probe finds
Sept 07, 2016 (LBO) - Big banks have turned to the powerful worldwide legal system and commandeered it for profit, exploiting countries like Sri Lanka in the …
Opinion: Viharamahadevi Park – Time To Finish What Gotabaya Started
By Lancelot Viharamahadevi Park, once called Victoria park, is the showcase public park for the city of Colombo. It rests in a place of prominence in our city …
Opinion: Ceylon Steel excels with standardized “Flat Iron”
By Dr Edwin Ariyadasa Making Steel Industry history in Sri Lanka, Ceylon Steel Corporation has entered in to the production of standardized “Flat Iron”. …
Opinion: Globalization and technology need saving from themselves
By Rich Lesser, President, The Boston Consulting Group What does the political environment in many developed nations tell us about the sustainability of two of …
Opinion: Sampur Coal vs LNG – backward looking policy on display
By Lancelot The Sampur power plant has been a topic of much contention over the last few years. Now there is a school of thought that the plant should be …
Opinion: Education – what is the objective?
By Ranjit Hulugalle Each day we have numerous articles on what is wrong with the education system, arguing that children must be taught how to think, not what …
Opinion: Investing in an increasingly uncertain world
By Alexis Calla As savers and investors, most of us concern ourselves with the short-term. And these days, the short-term concerns have been keeping us quite …
Opinion: MRT vs LRT shows lack of Vision by Sri Lanka’s Urban Planners
By Lancelot Reports on Lanka Business Online indicate that Sri Lanka has decided to choose Light Rail Transit over a Monorail system, and that Japan has …
Opinion: Sri Lanka Dept Of Immigration And Emigration Is A National Disgrace
By Lancelot Being a Sri Lankan who has lived abroad, I have made several dozen trips to the Department of Immigration and Emigration over the past decade. I …
Opinion: Is it time to close the Dehiwela Zoo?
Jul 05, 2016 (LBO) – I long for a Sri Lanka where our animals enjoy the same freedom and protection from fear and harm as people do, and are respected and …
Opinion: Key success factors of adopting Electronic Payments
By Channa de Silva If a country is to achieve the vision of financial inclusivity, such is the case in Sri Lanka, establishment and adoption of electronic …
Opinion: Tax strategies to tackle shadow economy
By Rajul Awasthi Tax administrations in developing countries are increasingly concerned about the persistent problem of loss of tax revenues to the shadow …
Opinion: Time for a better capitalism
By Henry Blodget Over the past few decades, the US economy has undergone a profound change. This change has helped rich Americans get richer. But it has also …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Efficiency Enhancers Lagging
By Arosha Jayasundera It is revealing to see how Sri Lanka fares in the global business sector. According to the World Competitiveness Index, Sri Lanka ranks …
Opinion: Could debt forgiveness be interim solution for economic malaise?
By Steve Brice There is a growing perception that monetary policy is losing its power to solve the world’s economic problems. This may be misleading. What is …
Blog: Integrating social media into marketing strategy
By Dinesh Jebamani Evolution of Social media and growth in mobile internet has resulted in the need for marketing strategies to change. The images below shows …
Opinion: Blockchain, Cryptoeconomics, and the Disintermediation of Trust
By Chami Akmeemana and Evan Stubbs As the technology that creates a distributed ledger, blockchain is creating significant waves of disruption in …
Opinion: Sri Lankan Airlines, to sour or to soar?
By J. Lorenz May 16, 2016 (LBO)- During the 2005 -2015 period Sri Lanka’s privatisation programme came to a halt, and there was a wave of expansion in state …
Opinion: The Management Goldmine of ‘Efficiency’ and ‘Effectiveness’
By Arosha Jayasundera According to the Hakett Group, USA, there is a strong correlation between consistent use of business best practices and the ability to …