Senior Advisor to the President on Economic Affairs and Finance, Prof. Anil Jayantha said the Government has proposed certain tax reforms and its tax policy is based on the basic principle of fairness ...
The High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Sri Lanka H.E. Major General Faheem-Ul-Aziz (Retd), paid a courtesy call on Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s election is the culmination of Sri Lanka’s 2022 protests against the status quo. Addressing Sri Lanka’s economic and financial challenges will be Dissanayake’s most ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known with convenient laziness as AKD, became Sri Lanka’s latest president after a runoff count focusing on preferential votes. The very fact that it went to a second count ...
A cursory glance at the 2019 presidential election would tell what guided the vote for Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Islamobohia, Sinhala Buddhist supremacy in its heightened paranoia, dynastic allure and ...
The Aragalaya sweeps a bearded, 55-year-old son of a labourer into power.
Cancelling the Adani project or other major projects does not send a good sign. Sri Lanka has gone through this in the past.
The focus on sustainable growth The new government should publish immediate, medium-, and long-term economic policies with clear plans detailing how it intends to generate the foreign exchange needed ...
The former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was literally chased away in 2022, as protesters stormed his residence and swam in his pool. The political parties and their offshoots that have ruled the ...
Under the new pricing, Petrol Octane 92 will see a reduction of Rs. 21, bringing the price down to Rs. 311 per litre. Auto Diesel will also see a reduction of Rs. 24, making the new price Rs. 283 per ...
Such unnecessary acts will hamper emerging new political culture of collaboration and respect between opposing parties. For too long, the political landscape has been dominated by animosity and ...
Given the economic and geopolitical scenario, pragmatism is likely to take precedence — Sri Lanka will continue to balance between India and China.