THE BIG PICTURE
Rarely if ever have we run an opinion piece that alludes to the likes of the Janathā Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) being anything
THE READING HABIT
When Warren Buffett was asked about the secret behind his enduring success, he gestured to a nearby stack of books and said: “Read 500 pages like
STATE OF THE NATION
There are many ways to oppress an electorate. Our governors can sit on the heads of people they represent, and thus repress
THE CURRENCY DEBATE
It is normal to take the idea of money for granted or assume that today’s prevalent forms of currency are the most logical and
BURNING ISSUES
Taxes prove to be the most pressing issue for business in Sri Lanka yet again, going by more than half (versus 71% in July) of all respondents to the
OPERATION CAR WASH
Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption, observed American football, basketball and baseball
MILLENNIAL MANAGEMENT
Much is being said about the attitude, commitment and sense of responsibility of millennials in the workforce. In many
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Electric vehicles (EV) are rapidly populating the Earth. Even multinational energy giant Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO Ben van
MONETARY POLICY
In its latest World Economic Outlook Update (July 2017), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) states that the cyclical recovery in the global economy
MARITIME OUTLOOK
Trincomalee is a land of white sandy beaches and fishing communities, and home to a culture that is unique to the region. But it was also a strategic
HUMANISING EDUCATION
You’ve heard the loud complaints: education is broken and schools are diploma factories stuck in the industrial age in which students
WATER SECURITY
Although water security in Asia and the Pacific regions has progressed in the past five years, major challenges such as overexploited
MARKETING STRATEGY
With marketing methods becoming competitive and saturated, a visual real-time platform such as Instagram is often viewed as
SRI LANKANS OVERSEAS
From an infrastructure perspective, the country has made impressive progress in the postwar era. Clearly, the government has