In a new Policy Brief from the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)’s Shahane de Silva outlines a governance-directed approach to addressing Sri Lanka’s continuing economic challenges. Ever since Sri ...

The Batalanda Commission report which goes into details of what happened during the JVP insurrection of 1987-89 has become the centre of public attention. The controversy has long been a point of ...

Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget, presented by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, aims to drive economic recovery and fiscal consolidation following a severe financial crisis. The budget targets a deficit of ...

Open banking allows players to instantly deposit or withdraw money to and from their betting accounts without using their credit/ debit card details. The casino operator can instantly pay out the ...

The recent assassination of contract killer Ganemulla Sanjeewa by another contract killer, identified as Samindu Dilshan Piyamanga Kahadanaarachchi, has once again exposed critical vulnerabilities in ...

Sri Lankans are witnessing a series of neo-burlesque theatrical dramas satirizing and rationalizing the maiden budget presented a few days ago to parliament by the AKD government. While the ...

There is an insightful saying with a touch of sarcasm and humour from ancient Tamil literature: “It is as though one listened to the entire Ramayana and then asked what the relationship between Rama ...

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman scholar and statesman, said “A budget should be balance, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered ...

Gaza, a thriving cosmopolitan trading town along Via Maris trade route between Egypt and Turkey until 1948 became Gaza Strip since then and remained the largest refugee camp for 2 million descendants ...

Emerging world economic order. The emerging world economic order – now tagged as Trumporder after its initiator – has turned the economic policy package advocated by IMF and W ...

In the digital age, social media has become an indispensable tool for communication, information sharing, and public engagement. However, its role in law enforcement and criminal investigations ...

The essence of the policies of President Trump is to minimize the budget deficit and the deficit of the current account of the USA. The USA has to bear the colossal costs of wars in different parts of ...