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Category: Opinion
Columns, commentaries, and expert viewpoints offering personal perspectives on current economic, political, and social debates.
Stars, Stocks, and the Law: Should Astrologers Fall Under Market Regulation?
Every morning across Sri Lanka, television channels air astrology segments predicting fortunes, careers, marriages, travel prospects—and sometimes, the stock market. At the same time, the Colombo Stock […]
The Digital Reckoning: Social Responsibility, Accountability, and Urgent Controls for Social Media
In today’s hyperconnected world, social media has evolved far beyond a platform for casual interaction. It now functions as a primary conduit for news, knowledge, […]
CBSL’s Crackdown on Plantation Schemes Highlights Regulatory Void and Confusing Signals to Investors
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s recent warning that it is investigating 18 institutions and individuals over alleged illegal plantation-based investment schemes has sparked debate […]
Cash-Back Loans Tied to FDs: Why the Real Returns Favour Banks, Not Customers
Banks across Sri Lanka have leaned on flashy “cash-back” or “cash-backed” loan and deposit promotions — offering customers upfront cash incentives or higher nominal payouts […]
When the Referee Starts Cheering: Why Stock Exchange Communications Matter
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently marked a significant milestone when the All Share Price Index (ASPI) reached an all-time high. The achievement itself is […]
Charith Asalanka and the Art of Playing the Long Game
When Charith Asalanka finally fronted the media after being stripped of Sri Lanka’s T20 captaincy, what stood out was not anger, outrage, or wounded ego. It was […]
Clean Sri Lanka: Can a Lofty Vision Overcome Systemic Corruption?
Following a historic electoral victory, Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government came to power with an electrifying promise: “system change.” At the heart of […]
Why the Easter Bombings MUST Be Fully Investigated as a Priority
When forensic facts contradict themselves, the State must explain—or forfeit credibility Nearly seven years after the Easter Sunday bombings, Sri Lanka is no longer entitled […]
A Cloud Over the Sun New Tariffs Threaten to Turn Rooftop Solar into a Loss Making Investment
By: Panduka Keerthinanda , Attorney-at-Law, (Courtesy Daily Mirror) “Sooriya Bala Sangramaya” (Solar Energy) program launched around 2016-2017, introducing net-metering and other schemes, boosted by Asian […]
Banning Cigarettes for the Future: Public Health Meets Political Reality
The proposal to ban cigarette sales to those born after 2010 made Sunday headlines as a bold, forward- looking public health intervention. Conceptually, it is […]
The Enemy Within: The Real Test for Sri Lanka’s Stock Market Regulator
The recent actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) in relation to Blue Ocean Securities mark an important and commendable […]
Sri Lanka Is Calling Survival “Recovery” – And That Is the Real Crisis
By Faraz Shauketaly NewsLine – Turning Point Sri Lanka’s political class has discovered a new favourite word: recovery. It is spoken with confidence, delivered with charts, and […]
The Central Bank Optimism Masks Sri Lanka’s Post-Cyclone Reality
Sri Lanka has just endured one of the worst natural disasters in its post-independence history. Cyclone Ditwa has inflicted devastation across livelihoods, infrastructure, agriculture, and […]
Sri Lanka’s Vehicle Import Boom Risks Repeating the Same External Mistakes
A country that declared bankruptcy, entered IMF-led restructuring because it could not repay external debt, and spent years under severe import compression is now on […]
Tale of Two Banks
Sri Lanka’s post-crisis economic recovery has thrust the banking sector back into the spotlight, with lenders emerging as prime beneficiaries of macroeconomic stabilisation. With GDP […]
Dhammika Perera, Warren Buffett, and the SriLankan Airlines Paradox :-When Talent Cannot Overcome Structural Failure
Recently I watched a lawmaker in Parliament suggesting that Dhammika Perera should be appointed CEO of SriLankan Airlines, which prompted me to write this opinion. […]
Rounding Off Generosity
One of Sri Lanka’s leading commercial banks named as the first Bank to reach US$ 1 Billion market Capitalisation in August 2025 by translating national […]