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BUSINESS AFFAIRS

  • Aug- 2025 -
    29 August

    TOURISM INDUSTRY

    Janaka Perera urges culture to be preserved even as tourism is promoted

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  • 27 August

    THE GREENBACK

    Samantha Amerasinghe considers the implications of a weakening US Dollar

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  • 4 August

    CENTRAL BANK POLICY

    Shiran Fernando reviews the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s forward strategy

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  • 4 August

    US MONETARY POLICY

    Samantha Amerasinghe reports on how the US Fed is viewing monetary policy

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  • Jun- 2025 -
    26 June

    THE TAX REGIME

    In April, the World Bank released its South Asia Development Update titled Taxing Times, which

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  • 26 June

    TECH WARS

    A new tech cold war is underway with the rivalry between the US and China over AI; and it has entered

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  • May- 2025 -
    29 May

    EXTERNAL TRADE

    Sri Lanka has faced an unrelenting series of economic shocks over the past few years. The internal

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  • 29 May

    WORLD TRADE

    Ever since US President Donald Trump unveiled his Liberation Day tariffs on 2 April, the global

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  • 27 May

    FOOD SECURITY

    Food insecurity is one of the most pressing challenges in conflict zones, where violence and instability disrupt lives and livelihoods. Millions of people in these

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  • 27 May

    PUBLIC TRANSPORT

    There was a time when our trains ran like clockwork, and people set their time according to departures and arrivals. This discipline, which the British instilled in

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