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Author: Faraz Shauketaly
Turning Point: A Year of Recovery We Keep Declaring – and Rarely Delivering
Sri Lanka does not welcome the New Year; it limps into it, insisting recovery is underway while the balance sheet says otherwise. The past year was […]
Ambuluwawa: Where Trust Meets Turbulence
“Rs. 600 million, seven trustees, a soapopera succession plan — and the government still calls it “orderly reform.” The government is finally taking a long, […]
Tourism or Turf Wars? Sri Lanka’s Visitors Caught in the Crossfire
Sri Lanka’s fragile tourism comeback is facing an uncomfortable truth: some visitors are now getting a live demonstration in how not to manage public roads. In […]
Ranil’s Waiting Game: Indictment, Parliament, and the Art of Political Survival
Sri Lanka has long considered Ranil Wickremesinghe a fixture of politics and governance — a constant in a landscape where few things stay put. And […]
Turning Point: The Colombo Coup—Budget Blues and Mayoral Mutiny
By Faraz Shauketaly – If you thought the storms in the hills were bad, wait until you see the typhoon that just ripped through the […]
Eye On The Ball
If you like, let’s dive into the ledger of the nation’s finances, let’s look at the “hard numbers” that underpin the political rhetoric. Transitioning from […]
A Christmas Reflection: Finding Light in the Debris
As we stand on the threshold of Christmas 2025, the usual festive sparkle feels a bit dimmed this year, doesn’t it? We are a nation […]
Classic Case of Corporate Entitlement – Let’s Talk Continental Insurance
One of the more sensational and troubling corporate stories currently circulating in the capital. Continental Insurance Lanka Limited (CILL), a subsidiary of the Melstacorp/DCSL group, is […]
Emergency Tender Guidelines – A Recipe for Another Disaster?
As we dig into the “Emergency Tender” guidelines being used by the Road Development Authority (RDA) for this trillion-rupee recovery, the picture becomes as murky as the […]
The Digital Aragalaya
Good morning. If you scroll through Facebook, Tuesday, December 23, 2025, the holiday cheer is being drowned out by a wave of “Angry” and “Sad” reacts. […]
Juggling Indo-Chinese Relationship
It was a busy day at the Presidential Secretariat, wasn’t it? We had S. Jaishankar in one room talking about ‘Sagar Bandhu’ and Bailey bridges, […]
A Tale of Two Forecasts: When Optimism Collides with Economic Reality
Good morning. If you ever wanted to see a masterpiece of creative accounting, just put these two reports side-by-side. The World Bank tells us the […]
THE TURNING POINT: ‘A Political Whodunnit’
I’m diving into a story that feels a bit like a political “whodunnit”—except nobody’s quite sure if the crime has even happened.It seems Mr. Namal […]
The anti-corruption junction
If we peel back the layers of the NPP’s crusade against corruption, we find ourselves at a fascinating junction. It’s one thing to promise a […]
The Talk of The Town: USD 3.5 Billion Recovery Cost Over Three Years
As of today, Monday, December 22, 2025, Sri Lanka is navigating a heavy news cycle dominated by the ongoing aftermath of the Ditwah disaster, high-stakes […]
From Megaphones to Motorcades: Can AKD Deliver the ‘New’ Sri Lanka?
This morning taking a long, hard look at the “AKD Era”—or as some in the corridors of power might call it, the “Great Marxist Makeover.”Our […]
The Continental Insurance story
The former Deputy Chairman of Continental Insurance Lanka Limited, Chaminda de Silva, was arrested by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or […]