Sri Lanka’s extensive network of public healthcare workers has been the underlying force behind the country’s pandemic response. This series of articles, beginning with the Puttalam district, aims to capture the ground realities of pandemic manag

Hats off to Prime Minster Mahinda Rajapaksa for at last realising that hard truth that “we would have been better off economically, had the country adopted a policy of focusing on producing import alternatives – rather than depending on other cou

The global shock of the COVID-19 pandemic proves, once again, the old adage that ‘it takes a crisis’ and especially so in the world of education. From school leaders to students, educators and parents, are absorbing the lessons, rethinking past a

No 21st century organisation can survive without a central information system that integrates its work functions across the units and management layers. Some organisations do this with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software tools,

The immediate implication of Demutualisation is that the process seeks to give majority control of the Stock Exchange to the investors who may not have trading rights.

“Reduce, reuse, and recycle”- a household phrase you’ve probably heard over and over again either through school, from awareness campaigns or even on TV.

In 2019, Sri Lanka recorded the highest reported elephant deaths and second highest number of human deaths in the world, due to the human-elephant conflict (HEC).

2020 was a year of ultimate disruptions across a widest spectrum, that no expert saw coming: the virus and its devastating impact on lives, livelihoods, society and governments.

According to generally accepted economic theories and their practical application, boosting economic growth has been seen as the best way to create job opportunities and raise living standards of people.

The Ceylon Planters Society (CPS) consists of working planters on plantations and in the corporate offices of the RPCs who were serving in the plantation before.

Pelwatte Dairy Industries stands in support of Sri Lankan farmers with regard to the ongoing Maha Oya land issue that has reportedly put the dairy farming community at stake.

Thanks to the timely, swift, firm, systematic, coordinated approach and action taken by the government and more thanks to the absence of parliamentarians, the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic was successfully brought under control in Sri Lanka.

A productive human being and one that’s not. What’s the difference? A productive carpenter is a one who has mastered his tools. A productive food delivery man is a one who has full control over his motorbike. A productive factory floor, in the 21

Although Sri Lanka has provided universal free education since 1939, around one-fifth of poor children drop out of school after the age of 14 years and another two-thirds after the age of 16 years.

In the backdrop of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) celebrating its 35th year in operation earlier this month, its newly appointed Chairman Dumith Fernando sat with Mirror Business to discuss his views and the upcoming plans for the country’s capit

The notion that a sovereign government can print money to repay its debt without any financial limit has gained increased popularity in recent times, particularly in the US, based on a new approach to macroeconomics, known as Modern Monetary Theory (

As far as democratisation of banking services in Sri Lanka is concerned, People’s Bank remains atop. It was the bank that took commercial banking, which was primarily serving the wealthy and the financially sophisticated, to the masses.

The return of the Rajapaksa family to the leadership of Sri Lanka raises questions about how the country’s foreign policy approaches to India, China and the United States may change. Media reporting immediately after the November 16 election expre

The population concentration in Sri Lankan cities has accelerated in recent years. A recent report revealed that cities such as Anuradhapura, Badulla, Colombo, Galle and Jaffna have expanded greatly since the 1990s.

Relatively inexpensive, ubiquitous and convenient, three-wheelers offer an indispensable service to Sri Lankans. The most important advice any seasoned three-wheeler passenger would offer a first-timer would be to learn the art of haggling. While som

The global economy is in a synchronised slowdown and we are, once again, downgrading growth for 2019 to 3 percent, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. Growth continues to be weakened by rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitica

When Rathinam Jenaka first began working at YARLCO, she was only allowed to boil the milk. As she stood stirring the pot, she would glance over to the other women on the factory floor.

The primary issue that arose at the plenary on ‘Promoting Innovation and Disruption in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’, at the 12th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES XII), organised by the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, was the

The presidential elections are around the corner and it is likely it will be held on Saturday, November 16 or 23. The main issues for public debate at the presidential elections would be national security concerns, economic downturn, further strength

India envisions a ‘multipolar Asia’: shared regional leadership where major and minor powers have equal standing in decision-making. This model is based on the rationale that China’s rise in Asia is unbalancing the regional power structure and

A few decades ago, typing and shorthand courses were popular amongst young girls aiming for low-skilled office jobs. But today, no one aspires to be a typist. With the proliferation of computers, most do their own typing. But the demand for graphic d

On the 6th of June, for World Environment Day, the President stated that he will ban carpentry sheds and will ban the import of machinery used to cut down trees. Since that statement there has been considerable policy co

A few weeks ago, a security expert, who has studied the so-called Islamic State (IS), rightly said to this author, “Your country was ‘staged’.”

Could Sri Lanka have prevented the Easter Sunday terror attacks that claimed 257 lives? Most media reports in the aftermath of the attack have suggested so.

The differences in legal systems among the various countries in the world are substantial. However, a uniform law relating to the contracts on international sale of goods is essential for the smooth functioning of world trade.