Opinion: Sri Lankan IT industry leverages niche appeal
By Oxford Business Group Consistently ranked as a top global destination for business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT, Sri Lanka’s tech services industry …
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Opinion: When You Don’t Know That You Don’t Know
By Arosha Jayasundera To be in a state of bliss is great, when you happily chug along at your own pace. But how long can it last? In the absence of benchmarks, …
Sri Lanka’s ageing population poses socio-economic challenges
By Zahran Sikkanther Lebbe Sri Lanka’s rapidly ageing population poses serious challenges on several fronts. Selected socio-economic challenges of this …
Internet of Things: Insurance companies could unlock powerful growth
By Mithula Guganeshan The new tech buzz word, Internet of Things, is all about connecting data, people, machines and processes using sensors attached to …
Opinion: Can waste power the nation? Exploring a sustainable green solution
By J. Lorenz March 24, 2016 (LBO) - Two common developing country problems are pollution and lack of power and power resources. As Sri Lankans we have learned …
Opinion: Sri Lankan apparel, seeking market access through trade deals
By Subhashini Abeysinghe Apparel is the single most important export of Sri Lanka. With export earnings of US$ 4.7 billion, apparel accounted for 42% of total …
Blog: Social media marketing, the basic mistakes
By Dinesh Jebamani Today we need to innovate in the way we want to communicate and interact with our community who we consider as customers, prospects or …
Opinion: Five major economic risks to watch for this year
By Shang-Jin Wei Developing Asia is poised to grow at 6 percent this year, a slight uptick from the 5.8 percent figure in 2015, but looking ahead, five major …
Opinion: Central Bank’s clarification on EPF has unwittingly refuted PM and Minister of Finance?
By W.A. Wijewardena The Central Bank has issued a clarification on the Monetary Board’s alleged failure to publish the annual reports of the EPF after 2012, …
Opinion: Time to adapt to three inconvenient investment truths
By Steve Brice Global markets have had a rather rocky start to the year, to put it mildly. An indicator of global stocks has fallen 19 per cent from their …
Sri Lanka’s Rebirth, blog by Joseph E Stiglitz
By Joseph E. Stiglitz COLOMBO – Sri Lanka has been deservedly praised for the progress it has made since the end of the war against the separatist Tamil …
Opinion: Rite of passage, boom and bust cycle of the economy
By Ashini Samarasinghe Where economic performance is concerned, Sri Lanka tends to emphasize on the importance of economic growth or GDP growth over other …
Opinion: Sri Lanka opens the door to economic reform
By Dushni Weerakoon, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka The direction of Sri Lanka’s post-civil war socio-political and economic development took a …
Opinion: 2016 – adapt to a changing landscape
By Steve Brice, Chief Investment Strategist, Standard Chartered 2015 was an incredibly challenging year for investors with equities, bonds and commodities in …
Opinion: Keeping to agenda for change is key, says Jehan Perera
By Jehan Perera The role that civil society played in the change of government that occurred in January at the presidential elections, and which was reaffirmed …
Op-Ed on Sri Lanka Budget – Is Sri Lanka’s Fiscal House in Order?
(Todd Schneider is the head of IMF's staff missions to Sri Lanka) By Todd Schneider Constructing a good budget is like building a good house. The foundation …
Australia to transfer refugees from Nauru to Cambodia
Apr 17, 2015 (LBO) – A charter flight will carry the first group of asylum seekers from Nauru to Cambodia next Monday, under an agreement entered into …
Visa On Arrival? Not really
Apr 16, 2015 (LBO) - There is much enthusiasm about the "visa on arrival" facility India has offered to the Sri Lankan traveler. online pharmacy buy diflucan …
Sri Lanka Central Bank, retrospect 1950 to 2010
Sept 27, 2010 (LBO) - In the modern era, the best recorders of history, as and when the important events occur, are the newspapers. But it is seldom that one …
Sri Lanka central bank-run fund’s investment debate
Aug 23, 2010 (LBO) - An interesting public debate has sprung between the Central Bank and an opposition parliamentarian on the suitability of Bank’s …