A decade after 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB) sent shockwaves through global finance and toppled a government, Malaysia finds itself confronting another credibility test. This […]
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Why Sri Lanka Must Not Miss the Medicinal Cannabis Opportunity
Sri Lanka does not have the luxury of moral panic. It has the burden of economic reality. After sovereign default, IMF programmes, reserve depletion, and […]
Thailand’s Cannabis Chaos – A Warning for Sri Lanka?
If you walked the streets of Bangkok in 2022 or 2023, you did not need Google Maps to find a cannabis shop. Your nose would […]
Tourist Visa or Trojan Horse? Who Really Controls Sri Lanka’s Coastal Hotels?
Walk the southern coast at sunset and you will see the postcard version of Sri Lanka. Surfboards. Boutique villas. Avocado toast. Card-only cafés. Ask a […]
Are Sri Lanka’s Policing Protocols Fit for a Post-War Democracy?
Seventeen years after the guns of war fell silent, a different question hangs in the air: Has Sri Lanka’s policing culture fully left the battlefield? […]
Battle of the Blues: Tradition, Privilege – and the Illusion of Equality
Every March, Colombo performs a ritual. Executives take “urgent leave.” Politicians rediscover school colours. Corporate sponsors erect tents. Champagne meets schoolboy whites. It is, officially, […]
The Billion-Dollar Gap: Why Sri Lanka’s Gems Leave Rich — and Return Poor
Sri Lanka is globally synonymous with gems. From sapphires and rubies to cat’s eyes and alexandrites, the island’s stones command premium prices in international markets. […]
Watergate Ended. The Bond Scam Did Not. That Is the Difference.
On 27 February 2015, Sri Lanka’s financial system suffered a wound from which it has never properly recovered. Eleven years on, the so-called Bond Scam […]
Digital Nomads or Digital Distortion? Sri Lanka’s New Visa Under the Microscope
Sri Lanka’s newly announced Digital Nomad Visa has been greeted online with applause, scepticism, and a fair amount of anxiety — often all at once. On paper, […]
Why Jeffrey Epstein Kept Records — and Why That Still Matters
The disturbing question raised by the Jeffrey Epstein case is not only what he did, but how deliberately he appears to have done it. Flight […]
What Do the Epstein Files Really Show About Mohammed bin Salman?
As fresh tranches of material linked to Jeffrey Epstein circulate online, attention has turned once again to the names of powerful figures that appear in […]
Starmer’s Survival Test: Can He Hold On?
Sir Keir Starmer of Britain is facing one of the most intense political storms of his premiership after two of his closest aides quit within 24 […]
One Government, Two Instincts: Inside the NPP’s Quiet Fault Line
The question is now being asked — quietly in corridors, cautiously in public, and increasingly loudly among supporters: is the National People’s Power governing with one […]
The Promise and the Pause: Has the NPP Parked Constitutional Reform?
When the National People’s Power (NPP) went before the electorate, it did so on a promise that cut deeper than fuel prices or cost-of-living relief. It pledged […]
Parliament, Procedure, and a Suspension That Raises Wider Questions
Kularatne Complains to Bribery Commision A controversy involving Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne has taken a more consequential turn with the suspension of Parliament’s Deputy Secretary General and Chief of […]
The Silence That Spoke Loudest: Where Were the Ranaviru?
In a country that measures its history in decades of conflict and compromise, omissions matter almost as much as declarations. Which is why the recent […]
The Rental Law on Hold: What’s Really Happening — and Why It Matters
Reports that Sri Lanka’s proposed new rental law has been “put on hold” are, broadly speaking, accurate — but incomplete. What has occurred is neither […]
Two Paths to Green: What Sri Lanka and Phuket Tell Us About the Future of Eco-Tourism
Sustainable tourism has become one of the most overused phrases in global travel marketing — invoked liberally, practised unevenly, and understood differently depending on geography. […]