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What the Diaspora can do for Sri Lanka: Chris Ponnadurai, Jetwing Jaffna’s founding General Manager

What the Diaspora can do for Sri Lanka: Chris Ponnadurai, Jetwing Jaffna’s founding General Manager

By Jekhan Aruliah An appreciation on the retirement of a man who fled Sri Lanka’s communal riots in 1984 to settle in Australia, and returned three decades …

December 23, 2020 | Companies, Industry, People, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Sivan Arul Illam: Northern Province enterprise exporting spices worldwide started as 2004 Tsunami children’s refuge

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 …

August 19, 2020 | Companies, Companies, Watch Tower | Read More
Listen to Jack Ma: “To be successful learn from other people’s mistakes”

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 …

July 14, 2020 | Companies, Industry, Watch Tower | Read More
Jaffna’s Institute of Medical Sciences bringing medical careers and care to the Northern Province

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 …

June 15, 2020 | Companies, General Services, Opinion, Watch Tower | Read More
BBK Partnership, Jaffna’s accountants to the World

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 …

March 19, 2020 | Banking and Finance, Companies, General Services, Opinion, People, Watch Tower | Read More
Tourism, the Northern Province Game Changer

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 …

December 5, 2019 | Economy, Industry, Opinion, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Will Jaffna International Airport help the Northern economy take-off at last?

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 …

October 21, 2019 | Aviation, Economy, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Yarl Geek Challenge and Arima Technologies Bringing Silicon Valley to Jaffna

Yarl Geek Challenge and Arima Technologies Bringing Silicon Valley to Jaffna

By Jekhan Aruliah “That which doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, a much used saying originating from the 19th Century German philosopher Friedrich …

June 26, 2019 | General Services, Opinion, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier

HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier

By Jekhan Aruliah If your objective is to make money you’d better be sure you know how to sell. If you need to feed and house and educate your family. Or you …

May 1, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Tourism, Trade, Watch Tower | Read More
Jaffna’s Emerging Women Entrepreneurs

Jaffna’s Emerging Women Entrepreneurs

By Jekhan Aruliah Jaruza Jayachandran states with no embarrassment that she didn’t do well at school. When she used to go for parent-teacher meetings at one …

February 25, 2019 | Industry, Opinion, People, Technology, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
From Toronto to Toddy, a Jaffna Entrepreneur’s Journey

From Toronto to Toddy, a Jaffna Entrepreneur’s Journey

By Jekhan Aruliah When it comes to investment in the North there is far more talk than there is action. A rare example of action is Suganthan Shanmuganathan. …

February 5, 2019 | Agriculture, Economy & Markets, Industry, Opinion, People, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Birth, Death and Rebirth of Jaffna’s Moolai Cooperative Hospital

Birth, Death and Rebirth of Jaffna’s Moolai Cooperative Hospital

By Jekhan Aruliah In the North-West corner of the Jaffna Peninsula close to the causeway to Karainagar Island is the small village of Moolai. It is a patch of …

January 8, 2019 | General Services, Technology, Watch Tower | Read More
Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!

Entrepreneurs in Jaffna? Take a look in Ammachi!

By Jekhan Aruliah Soon after I moved to Jaffna in 2015 I heard rumours of this fantastic food court run by war widows. Friends driving North from Colombo said …

November 26, 2018 | Agriculture, Economy, Featured, Opinion, Tourism, Watch Tower | Read More
Opinion: Northern Province Tourism? Is there more in the North than just Jaffna’s airport?

Opinion: Northern Province Tourism? Is there more in the North than just Jaffna’s airport?

By Jekhan Aruliah According to the Sri Lanka Tourist Development Authority’s (SLTDA) map of “Tourist Attractions” at the time of writing this post, the …

June 28, 2018 | Featured, Opinion, Watch Tower | Read More
Opinion: Why are Tamil Medium junior school students doing so abysmally in Sri Lanka?

Opinion: Why are Tamil Medium junior school students doing so abysmally in Sri Lanka?

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 …

August 14, 2017 | Watch Tower | Read More
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to open a regional office in Kilinochchi

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to open a regional office in Kilinochchi

May 04, 2015 (LBO) – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will be opening its regional office in in Ariviyal Nagar, Kilinochchi on 06th of May, a statement …

May 4, 2015 | Economy | Read More
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