Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 5 per cent in 2025 as the country continued its recovery from the 2022 economic crisis, but its investment climate remains challenging, with foreign investors reporting policy
Editorial Sri Lanka stands at a precipice, and yet the government continues to behave as though the nation has merely been brushed by an inconvenient monsoon. With dozens dead, scores missing, entire
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is bracing for severe flooding and further devastation as intense rainfall, rising river levels and powerful winds triggered by Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” continue to batter
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One of the major problems faced in the industry even today is the labour shortage related to fundamental tasks. While these tasks are key to the survival of the industry, the labour
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Digital transformation has become a cornerstone of modern economic growth, driving efficiency, productivity, and innovation across sectors. The integration of digital tools, automation, and AI has optimized operations in manufacturing, services, and
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Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from remarks delivered by Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, former Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, during the launch of a new book. It presents his personal recollections
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When Mrs Bandaranaike’s left-wing government swept into power with a two-thirds majority in 1970, it inherited a business landscape dominated by the UNP. Previous attempts at nationalisation by S. W. R. D.
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“Nothing is sacred anymore,” Prof. Nelum Deepika Udagama remarks at one point during this conversation, reflecting on the way education, law, and public institutions have been pulled into the logic of the
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Comrade Rohana Wijeweera, the founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), was arrested and subsequently murdered 36 years ago on November 13. His disappearance in 1989 symbolised the turbulent end of the
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Sri Lanka has wrapped up a wide-ranging trade and investment mission in Canada that spanned Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, Saskatchewan, and Vancouver, marking one of the country’s most extensive commercial outreach efforts in
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Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Industry has announced a new quota allowing 1,500 unskilled workers from Sri Lanka to enter the country, a measure designed to strengthen the industrial sector. The initiative
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by Luxman Aravind President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s hush-hush address to Parliament, delivered after his subordinates literally lost their footing in the chaos of the Trincomalee debacle, revealed a leader floundering behind closed doors while pretending to command the
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Close on the heels of the first-ever joint tactical counter-terrorist exercise ‘Wolverine Path 2025,’ involving Russian and Sri Lankan troops, at the Army Training School, in Maduru Oya (25 Oct to 4
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Editor’s Note: The following essay has been prepared based on excerpts from the article published in the Journal of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, New Series, Volume XLIII,
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When President Ranasinghe Premadasa first carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in 1990, he never imagined that it would mark the beginning of his downfall. In that reshuffle, he appointed Lalith Athulathmudali, who
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It was 1989 (30 years ago), and I was working at SLNS Tissa, the Naval Base in Trincomalee. I was responsible for land operations and running the Habarana–Trincomalee Naval convoys. Midshipman Ravi
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