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Daily FC Partners with Lanka Data API to Power A New Era of Data-Driven Journalism in Sri Lanka
Colombo: In a significant step towards transforming digital journalism in Sri Lanka, Daily FC has announced the integration of the Lanka Data API into its editorial platform, becoming one of […]
Can Sri Lanka Break Its Dependence on Imported Fuel?
Business leaders call for faster transition to renewable energy Sri Lanka’s private sector is urging the Government to accelerate investment in renewable energy, warning that […]
Beyond Higher Tax Rates: How Sri Lanka Can Raise Tax Revenue to 20% of GDP
Sri Lanka’s fiscal recovery has made significant progress over the past two years, with tax revenues rebounding following sweeping reforms introduced under the International Monetary […]
Lanka Data Launches Sri Lanka’s Equivalent of the Bloomberg Terminal for Public Information
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Accessing reliable public information in Sri Lanka has traditionally required professionals to navigate dozens of independent government websites, regulatory portals and institutional […]
When the Highway Arrives, Will Kandy Still Be a Destination?
For generations, the journey to Kandy has been part of the experience itself. Travellers have wound their way through Kadugannawa, paused at roadside viewpoints, stopped […]
Minister, This is Bigger than Negombo
An Open Letter to the Minister of Justice & National Integration “History does not remember governments for the statements they issue after a tragedy. It […]
Greenland is Not For Sale
Why the World’s Largest Island Has Become a Global Prize Greenland’s Prime Minister has again declared that the island is not for sale after President […]
Four Years After the Palaces Were Stormed: How Much Has Really Changed?
Yesterday marked four years since one of the most extraordinary days in Sri Lanka’s post-Independence history. On 9 July 2022, thousands of citizens overwhelmed security barriers […]
Upper Middle Income, Lower Middle Reality: The Dangerous Illusion of Recovery
The recent announcement that the World Bank has reclassified Sri Lanka as an Upper Middle Income country has understandably been greeted by the Government as […]
The Law Must Never Kneel Before Power
By Lihini FernandoAttorney-at-Law | Member, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) If you are a lawyer, and you have taken an oath to uphold and safeguard the […]
THE HAYCARB QUESTION
Why Sri Lanka Must Stop Exporting Opportunity There are moments when a single company, a single investment or even a single movement in the stock […]
The Time for Caution is Passing
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake inherited an economy that was battered, indebted, fragile and dangerously close to collapse. No fair observer can deny that reality. Nor […]
The Silent Exodus
When Talent Leaves Sri Lanka has spent considerable time over the past several years discussing migration. Headlines frequently focus on the number of citizens leaving […]
The Sri Lankan Greek Bonds Case Meets Alice in Wonderland
By Professor David Hoile Despite being a long-time observer of British and Commonwealth politics and courts and more pertinently the occasional perverse interaction between these […]
The Cabraal Question
JUSTICE MUST NOT ONLY BE DONE – IT MUST BE SEEN TO BE DONE Among the many accountability cases now moving through Sri Lanka’s legal […]
Who Audited the Auditors?
A potentially significant gap in the forensic audit into the Rs. 13.2 billion fraud at NDB Bank emerged before the Committee on Public Finance (COPF), […]
Why Does Sri Lanka Keep Changing the Basic Rules?
One of the recurring frustrations of governance in Sri Lanka is that just when citizens, investors and institutions become accustomed to a particular set of […]