Opinion: How Life Insurance can succeed in the post-COVID economy
By Chula Hettiarachchi: The unprecedented global climate of today has taken a heavy toll on life. At no point in time, did we anticipate that a single health …
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Jaffna’s Institute of Medical Sciences bringing medical careers and care to the Northern Province
By Jekhan Aruliah During the 2020 COVID-19 “Corona” Virus pandemic we really loved our health workers. We all loved them because COVID-19 hit everyone. Not …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s future direction for raising debt in international markets
By Shamika Ramanayake: National debt and fiscal stability are two stretch-words often reverberating over during these pandemic/crisis times. As governments all …
No school, no meals: Sri Lanka’s battle against malnutrition amidst COVID
Priyanka Jayawardena Although, Sri Lanka performs well in most health indicators, child nutrition remains a major issue. According to the Demographic and …
Opinion: A new deal for Sri Lanka
By Mangala Samaraweera: The worst economic crisis since Independence is upon us. For some decades now the grim clouds of debt, waste and corruption have been …
COVID-19: out of chaos comes opportunity. But opportunity must be seized to become reality.
By Jekhan Aruliah Tinned fish to tin houses: in the weeks of the 2020 Corona curfews we frequently saw on television and on Facebook fish in metal tins donated …
Opinion: Innovation in the Lockdown era — A frugal approach
By Shane Herath There’s an unprecedented level of uncertainty and even panic regarding the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it has on the industries that …
Opinion: Do modern risk methods adept to recognize corporates’ defaults due to COVID-19
By Gayan Gunewardana, Bsc/MBA/CIMA/CGMA/AIB/FRM (Banking consultant & independent researcher – Middle East) The global “war” on COVID-19 pandemic and …
COVID-19: Have global banks ascertained key industrial impacts, prior to offer solutions
By Gayan Gunewardana: The 2019 novel- Coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, which originated in China has infected nearly 700,000 people globally till date. The …
BBK Partnership, Jaffna’s accountants to the World
I first heard of the BBK Partnership Sri Lanka in 2015. I first spoke with its co-founder Anandan Arnold in 2018, and finally met him in March 2020 at a …
Uki offers an alternate route from the Northern Province into the tech industry
By Jekhan Aruliah Does Sri Lanka need more university graduates? Sri Lanka has tens of thousands of unemployed graduates. Every now and then the government …
Opinion: Hayleys Fentons MD bullish on construction, renewables despite challenges
As an industry which relies on large scale investments to fund long-term projects, the construction sector is by nature, a business that relies on confidence, …
Opinion: Act carefully or drown: 3 lessons from New Orleans for Sri Lanka
By Asmita Tiwari, Suranga Kahandawa, Masatsugu Takamatsu & Keiko Sakoda Our hearts sank as we looked at the Hurricane Katrina-affected house, now the …
Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer
By Jekhan Aruliah Tourism is the single most game-changing opportunity for the North. Game changing because for those visitors with eyes to see and ears to …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis is more serious than you imagine
Context A Team of Leading Economists/Analysts in January 2019 alerted the Leaders in Governance that it is likely that the ballooning external debt …
Will Jaffna International Airport help the Northern economy take-off at last?
By Jekhan Aruliah The opening, strictly speaking the re-opening, of Jaffna International Airport (IATA airport code JAF) in October 2019 was one of the more …
Opinion: Palaly comes to life again
By Capt Elmo Jayawardena - 17 October Sri Lanka is scheduled to re-open the Palaly Airport as its third international aerodrome. There will be many who will …
Opinion: Policy-oriented banking for industrial development
By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam “The great source of both the misery and disorders of human life, seems to arise from over-rating the difference between one …
Noolaham Foundation preserves the past to enrich the future
By Jekhan Aruliah We can be so blinded by the white hot heat of innovation that we fail to see the red embers of renovation. We are so focussed on finding …
Opinion: The Capital Market Cure
By the Prince of Kandy: The Monetary Board in conjunction with the Central Bank is busy creating a policy to create systems whereby there is a better …