A university student at Ruhuna has died of dengue recently, yet another young life was lost while officials trot out the same tired clichés about “clean...
The news that Sri Lanka has once again been classified as a middle-income country is undoubtedly one of the more encouraging developments after the severe economic...
Migration & Mobility Insights by IMSL For more than five decades, Sri Lanka has been recognised internationally as a country that sends its people abroad. Labour...
For decades, Sri Lanka has been marked on the world map as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”—a tropical paradise for travelers. However, recent data and...
Sri Lanka has long been called a welfare state. Some of the welfare attributes were compromised in the less regulated open economy after 1977, but the...
This article deals with the subject of centralizing and decentralizing universities in Sri Lanka and discusses the advantages of one against the other. What are the...
The Watercolours of H. H. St. George A Chance Find in Covent Garden A few decades ago, I wandered into an antiquarian shop in Covent Garden...
Differences between public and private sectors Before I left for Paris in late November, I had made arrangements to hold the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service...
Eric J. De Silva who passed away recently at the age of nearly 90 was one of the outstanding public servants of his generation. Having joined...
The recent survey of central banks by the World Gold Council also highlighted concerns about sanctions. Around 37% of emerging market and developing economies central banks reported “concerns...