Opinion: Taxing Tobacco: What Did Budget 2021 Miss?
By Harini Weerasekera: In a series of blog articles on taxing tobacco, IPS has maintained that increasing tobacco taxation has undeniable health and fiscal …
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Opinion: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers: The Economics of Repatriation
By Bilesha Weeraratne: Sri Lanka’s migrant workers are an integral part of our economy, with their remittances traditionally accounting for the second …
Opinion: Protecting jobs & enterprises during crises: How can Sri Lanka respond better?
By Ashani Abayasekara The policy proposal in Sri Lanka’s 2021 Budget to impose a 0.25% tax on the revenue of companies to set up a ‘COVID-19 Insurance …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Tobacco-Smoking Challenge: Going the Last Mile
By Sunimalee Madurawala "I stopped smoking after being diagnosed with cancer. I was shocked when I heard about it. Doctors say it is because of tobacco …
Opinion: COVID 19 & Diabetes; a lethal partnership? How do we overcome this?
By Dr. Kayathri Periasamy With the latest wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping steadily across Sri Lanka, attention has been directed towards persons with …
Where are the young Northern entrepreneurs? If you know how to look, right in front of you!
By Jekhan Aruliah Colombo has a thriving entrepreneur scene. No shortage of mentors, angels and coffee shops in Colombo. But what about the neglected North? In …
Opinion: Three ways Sri Lanka can deal with COVID-19 induced poverty
By Faris Hadad-Zervos, World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka: Global poverty is expected to increase for the first time in over 20 years due to the …
Opinion: PET; treasure not trash
By Ashan Weerakoon and Nilani Priyangika (Shanthi Sustainable Development) Our Earth can’t keep up with us. According to the Global Footprint Network, it …
Opinion: Solution for COVID-19 free workplaces, a testing method for Sri Lankan companies
By Nishan Sumanadeera Post COVID-19 lockdown and a Post General Election 2020, most Sri Lankans never thought or hardly imagined of a resurgence of the worst …
Opinion: COVID-19 | Where do we go from here?
Co-authored by Ayushka Nugaliyadda & Sarika Warusavitarana of Citra Social Innovation Lab Nearly ten months on from the declaration of COVID-19 as a global …
Opinion: Why Sri Lanka needs China to maintain as a transshipment hub in Indian Ocean?
By Maya Majueran: Transshipment Today there are challenges related to the port calls to the container terminal. These days the trend of using larger container …
Opinion: Can you recognize internally generated intangible assets in your balance sheet?
By PwC Sri Lanka: In an era where there is a continuous change in the business environment, innovation is imperative to success, whether it's a small, medium, …
Yarl Geek Challenge developing products, developing services, developing people
By Jekhan Aruliah Shhh! Here’s a secret for all Yarl Geek Challenge (YGC) competitors. If you thought YGC is about creating great products you’d be right. …
Concept Paper: Economic oasis (Arthika Dupatha)
By Dr. Anton Balasuriya: Abstract This paper details the concept of economic development to jump start the rural economy and alleviate poverty beyond COVID 19. …
Sivan Arul Illam: Northern Province enterprise exporting spices worldwide started as 2004 Tsunami children’s refuge
By Jekhan Aruliah “Charity begins at home”. For the Northern Province based Sivan Arul Illam charity began by creating a children’s home. The home was …
Opinion: The Radical Center; An Agenda for True Patriots
By Mangala Samaraweera: Sri Lanka today is facing an unprecedented political, economic and social crisis; as a nation we are gazing into the abyss at the edge …
Opinion: Deficits and Implied Taxation
By Prince of Kandy I am not saying it is a life and death matter when you print money. During my period it isn’t that we didn’t have excess printing but …
Opinion: Downturn of the lockdown
By Ravindra Kariyawasam The lockdowns imposed on several countries across the world owing to COVID- 19 had one positive result; the environment quality …
Listen to Jack Ma: “To be successful learn from other people’s mistakes”
By Jekhan Aruliah Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of the Alibaba platform described as “the leading platform for global wholesale trade”, gave some …
Opinion: Three key priorities for Engineering & Construction companies beyond COVID
By PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sri Lanka: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the engineering and construction industry is unprecedented. Based on our …