W A Wijewardena

W A Wijewardena, President, Business Management School and Former Deputy Governor of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank

September 10, 2026

America’s Retreat Is Rearming the World

Last month, India’s Defense Ministry announced that it was nearing a deal with France to purchase 114 Rafale fighter jets and, even more importantly, to collaborate on the development of the next

Columns/Geopolitics

Fifty Years after Mao

The television series Asking the Vast Earth (问苍茫, 2023) opens with a scene of a young Mao Zedong swimming in the Xiang River, swollen from the heavy rains. A fisherman calls from the bank to the lone swimmer: ‘You fool, you’re asking

September 10, 2026

Iran Reverses the Asymmetry

Columns/Geopolitics

On 2 September, fragments from a US missile tore through the roof of a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, in Iran’s southern county of Sirik.

Why Tamil Nadu Keeps Killing Its Own Projects

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of a series of projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which governed

Deshamanya Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne: Transcending Human Frailty

June 14, 2024

History/Social

This article is dedicated to celebrating the 100th birthday of Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne, the esteemed former Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy and a distinguished Cabinet Minister of Education,

Budgets 2023: The Acid Test in Bankrupt Sri Lanka

November 14, 2022

Business

President and Finance Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to present his maiden full budget for 2023 in Parliament this afternoon. A lone MP in Parliament representing the United National Party, he accepted the