As Sri Lanka prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary of independence in two weeks, a question…
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Opposition to higher taxes comes from within Central Bank
CB’s Executive Officers’ Union says new taxes are extremely burdensome and done with no proper analysis…
How Arabs brought luster to Sri Lanka’s historic pearl trade
A merchant weighs local raw pearls in the island of Dalma, off the coast of the…
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows banned Qatar Charity to open country office eying $11 mln
Sri Lanka allowed Qatar Charity to open a country office after the Middle Eastern organization pledged…
Religious freedom and respect to religions
The recent controversial YouTube video released by social media activist Sepal Amarasinghe and his arrest has…
SJB: Cop who failed to prevent bombings to be made IGP
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) spokesperson Mujibur Rahuman, MP, yesterday (08) asked the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government…
Top doctors warn of the unhealthy state of the health sector
Chilling disclosure: All five VOGs of the Castle Street Hospital will be retiring this year (file…
Sri Lanka power regulator vows not to allow cabinet driven power hike
By CHANKA JAYASINGHE ECONOMYNEXT – Power regulator, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) will not…
Economics Of Poverty & Poverty Of Politics By Ameer Ali –
“However (political parties) may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in course of…
Law as an ass
Underworld kingpin, Mohamed Najim Mohamed alias Kanjipani Imran, who secured bail the other day, has fled…
Social crisis: Losing integrity, honesty and discipline
If neither homes nor schools are capable of instilling these qualities, they will be paving the…
Sri Lanka service sector sees out migration By NESHELLA PERERA
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is seeing a fall in service sector employment, with migration adding to…
Sri Lanka’s sorry record on protecting Free Expression By ARJUNA RANAWANA
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka prides herself on being the oldest democracy in the South Asian region,…
What is in store for the people in the New Year? IMF for the Govt, elections for the Opposition:
Sri Lankans are leaving one of the most tumultuous years in the history behind today –December…
India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China’s long shadow
Drivers push auto rickshaws in a line to buy petrol from a fuel station amid Sri…
Billions of dollars of tsunami aid disappeared
By Latheef Farook It is eighteen years today since devastating Tsunami struck mainly the east coast…
Sri Lanka Justice Minister urge people not to send rogues as lawmaker By ROSHANI FERNANDO
ECONOMYNEXT: Sri Lanka Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has urged the general public to send more educated…