Amid debates about interest rates, security, and social media bans, a quieter story has been gaining traction online: Sri Lanka’s e-commerce sector is projected to grow […]
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Social Media for Kids: Sri Lanka’s New Moral Panic or Policy?
The initiative, driven by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, suggests a complete ban on mobile phones and social platforms for the youngest digital natives. […]
The Stake Without the Steering Wheel: Hayleys, Harischandra, and the Anatomy of Power on the CSE
In Sri Lanka’s stock market, ownership is not always power. Sometimes it is merely presence without control. The evolving contest around Harischandra Mills PLC — […]
Was it really Chichi’s Rocket? — Myth, Money, and the Satellite Nobody Funded … except for Manivanan the Entrepreneur
It has been 13 years since Sri Lanka’s much-debated satellite launch — the project that entered national folklore as “Chichi’s Rocket” — yet the real story remains more tangled […]
From Seizure to Silence: Sri Lanka’s Most Profitable Black Box
In Sri Lanka, narcotics seizures arrive with choreography. A press conference.A table of neatly stacked packets.A senior officer pointing gravely at contraband. A headline that […]
Sri Lanka signs IFC-Australia pact to boost the coconut industry and exports
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Plantation and Rural Infrastructure has entered into a strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World […]
Cricket’s Oldest Rivalry Meets Its Newest Excuse: Pakistan, the World Cup, and the Politics of Participation
The 2026 T20 World Cup has not yet begun, but already it has delivered its most familiar spectacle: Pakistan threatening not to turn up. Officially, […]
China’s Green BRI: Rebranding, Reform – or the Same Road with Better Signage?
When China began speaking the language of green development within its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), scepticism was inevitable. After a decade defined by concrete, steel, ports, […]
When Warships Move, Sri Lanka Pays: The Iran–U.S. Standoff Through a Colombo Lens
Sri Lanka does not need to choose sides in a U.S.–Iran confrontation to feel its consequences. All it needs is a tanker. As tensions rise […]
Zero Plastic Is Not a Slogan — It Is a Survival Strategy
Eric Solheim did not speak about plastic as an environmental accessory.He spoke about it as an economic liability Sri Lanka can no longer afford. At Kandalama, […]
Power Without Pace: Is President AKD Governing — or Still Campaigning?
Nearly two years into office, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake faces a question that no amount of electoral arithmetic can dodge: is delivery being delayed by […]
When the Auditor Is Missing, Who Audits the State?
There is irony — and then there is Sri Lanka. This week, the Ministry of Finance quietly stepped in to keep the National Audit Office […]
When Due Process Is Suspended Along With the Official
Sri Lanka’s Parliament — the institution meant to police excess, restrain power, and model democratic conduct — has now found itself defending a decision that […]
Eric Solheim Comes to Dambulla: The Sustainable Tourism Evangelist Who Wants Sri Lanka to Stop Selling Paradise on Credit
Sri Lanka is a country that can sell “paradise” with one hand and then quietly invoice the future with the other. So when Erik Solheim arrives in […]
Dr. P. B. Jayasundera: The Technocrat Who Outlasted Politics – and Became Political Anyway
If Sri Lanka ever needed proof that the civil service is not a spectator sport, it found it in P. B. Jayasundera. Few public officials have […]
When the Audit Fails the Auditor
A young audit professional’s tragic death has done what no white paper or seminar ever quite managed: it has forced Sri Lanka to look — […]
Sri Lanka at Davos: Why the World Economic Forum Was Worth the Ticket
When Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya boarded a plane to Davos, Switzerland in late January, it was not a photo op. It was a strategic economic engagement — and a […]
MADE IN SRI LANKA Eng. Nahil Wijesuriya: The Long Game of Building
Sri Lanka has never suffered from a shortage of businessmen. What it has struggled to produce consistently are builders — individuals who begin with a […]