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Category: Opinion
Columns, commentaries, and expert viewpoints offering personal perspectives on current economic, political, and social debates.
Teeing Off a New Era:The Untapped Potential of Golf in Sri Lanka
A Legacy Unfulfilled In the heart of Colombo, along Model Farm Road in Borella, stands the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC)—a sporting institution established on […]
The Family Silver – For 30 Years
Government puts six prime State-owned Colombo bungalows on the market for long-term commercial development, promising investment and better use of public property – but the […]
Your Passport Is About to Know More About You
Cabinet clears new Immigration Bill paving the way for biometric electronic passports as an overhaul of a 78-year-old law brings convenience, security – and questions […]
A State Must Be Strong – But Never Angry
Sri Lanka appears once again to be contemplating the ultimate expression of State power: taking a human life. The possibility of implementing the death penalty […]
Government Does Not Come with a Limited Warranty
From digital nomads and diminishing tourist stays to overcrowded prisons and repeated outbreaks of unrest, governing requires looking at the whole machine – not repairing […]
Reforms Must Be Built to Last
Every government inherits the responsibility of improving the institutions it administers. Some reforms concern the economy, others infrastructure, education or public administration. From time to […]
Changing Retirement Ages of Judges – Not an Easy Task, Several Issues
Changing the retirement age of judges of the Superior Courts is not simply a question of extending careers. It is a decision that could have […]
Beyond Higher Walls: The Negombo Prison Tragedy and the Crisis of Sri Lanka’s Justice System
By Kithmi Gunaratne When violence erupts inside a prison, governments instinctively promise tougher security, higher walls and harsher controls. Such responses are politically attractive because […]
Case for a Consumer Ombudsman in Sri Lanka
by Sarath Wijesinghe, President’s Counsel, President, Ambassadors’ Forum in the UK, Former Ambassador for Sri Lanka to the United Arab Emirates, and Israel. Ombudsman is an […]
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 […]
Accountability Everywhere – But Is Sri Lanka Fixing the System?
Sri Lanka experienced one of those rare news cycles where nearly every major headline appeared connected by a single underlying theme: accountability. Former ministers faced […]
The Hidden Side of Cybersecurity
Digital Vulnerability, Invisible Exposure, and the Future of Human Identity in a Connected World –by Afflli Raheem In the modern world, cybersecurity is no longer […]
Sri Lanka’s Recovery Just Hit the Brakes
Rate Hike Shock Signals Economy Moving from Recovery to Survival Mode Sri Lanka’s fragile economic recovery may have just entered its most dangerous phase since […]
The Real Cost of Unregulated Tourism in Sri Lanka
By Chandra Wickramasinghe The recent discussions surrounding “dark tourism” in Sri Lanka raise an uncomfortable but necessary question: are we slowly losing control of the […]
Seventeen Years Since Sri Lanka Reclaimed Peace
By Kithmi Gunaratne On the anniversary of Nandikadal, the island remembers the lives lost, honours the soldiers who never came home, and confronts the unfinished […]
SHOULD BANKS BE ALLOWED TO OWN OTHER BANKS?
Growing Questions Over Inter Bank-Holdings, Hidden Control, and Systemic Risk in Sri Lanka’s Banking Sector Fresh debate is emerging within Sri Lanka’s financial and legal […]
Derivative Action Against NDB Raises Serious Questions Over Maintainability Before Commercial High Court
The derivative action filed against National Development Bank PLC (“NDB”), its Board of Directors and external auditors Ernst & Young has now evolved into a far broader controversy involving […]
