Views - 22 Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:00

By P. Samarasiri The article is intended to provide a set of views on the subject of independence of central banks in the context of some of views expressed by W.A. Wijewardena in his article published in the Daily Financial Times. Opening words The

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Minister for Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe informed the press in August that Cabinet has approved the development of East Container Terminal (ECT) of Colombo Port by the Ports Authority. According to approval: nPorts Authority would develop

Views - 128 Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:00

The Rupee had been weakening sharply in recent months. This may not be seemingly surprising considering the performance of the Indian Rupee or the Indonesian Rupiah which have performed even poorly. However when one considers the recent movement of

Views - 52 Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:00

There are different meanings to money supply. It could refer to the legal tender which is the official money printed and issued by the monetary authority which everybody in the particular state is required to accept when proffered in settlement of a

Views - 79 Tuesday, 18 September 2018 00:00

New York: Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland and Germany lead the ranking of 189 countries and territories in the latest Human Development Index (HDI), while Niger, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Chad and Burundi have the lowest scor

Views - 148 Monday, 17 September 2018 00:00

Falling in line with the global trend of entrepreneurship coupled with value addition, universities have to be entrepreneurial universities focusing on value addition, moving away from silos of knowledge to embrace a result-oriented interdisciplinary

Views - 51 Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:10

There seems to be a direct relationship between free and open democratic societies where there is freedom of speech and association on the one hand and faster economic growth on the other. Communist countries which did away with free markets found th

Views - 162 Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:00

The Provincial Council of Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern Province on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution which put forth three very radical demands to the UN Human Rights Council (UHRC). But these hyperbolic demands seem to be unrealistic

Views - 58 Saturday, 15 September 2018 00:00

By Ashraff A. Samad It is almost 18 years since he left us never to return. Leaders are born everywhere in the world and the services rendered by them for the good of their community are many. Although such services are remembered by the people now a

Views - 242 Friday, 14 September 2018 00:00

In a landmark judgement delivered on 6 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court in the case of Navtej Singh Johar and Others v. the Union of India has ruled that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality, is unconst

Views - 328 Friday, 14 September 2018 00:00

Improving hygiene factors are a necessity, but sustainable export growth can be achieved only by building new productive capacities. Sri Lanka was the 61st largest economy in 2017 according the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) GDP (PPP) estimate

Views - 202 Thursday, 13 September 2018 00:00

Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL) Director General Asanga Abeyagoonasekera was invited to speak at the 36th International Economic Crime Symposium held at Jesus College Cambridge University from 2-9 September. Abeyagoonaseker

Views - 311 Wednesday, 12 September 2018 00:00

By Himal Kotelawala The thing about people’s protest marches in Sri Lanka, at least in recent years, is that they are rarely, if not ever, organic. An overwhelming majority of the participating masses, often numbering tens of thousands, are invaria

Views - 104 Wednesday, 12 September 2018 00:00

By Aisha Rupasingha “When it comes to the environment, academics talk and nobody listens.” Latent frustration filled Dr. Timotheues Gaasbeek’s voice. He surveyed the room of graduate students before him, then raised a cautionary finger. “But

Views - 97 Wednesday, 12 September 2018 00:00

By Harsha Gunasena Rahul Gandhi, President of the Congress Party, India said at the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg, Germany on 22 August 2018 that he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were not happy after the terror group LTTE’s chief Prabhak

Views - 76 Wednesday, 12 September 2018 00:00

By Austin Fernando Deshamanya Marhoom Al Haj Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar’s ancestry is traced to Sheik Jamaluddeen-Al-Maghdoomi, an Arab settler who settled down in Beruwala. His father Hakeem Alia Marikkar Mohomed Marikkar belonged to a family of

Views - 355 Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:00

There is absolutely no time for different fuels as suggested by Prof. Ajith de Alwis in his article titled ‘It’s time for different fuels; equations are only equations’. We are at No. 4 slot in German Watch’s Climate Risk Index listing, havin

Views - 118 Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:00

The views of several business tycoons in Sri Lanka at a recent gathering were seen in social media recently. While the Government was criticised on one hand, plenty of advice was offered to the Government on the other. In that light, it would be inte

Views - 193 Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:00

Dear Member, your Council has completed more than half its term in elected office as we begin the month of August 2018. I think this is an opportune juncture to reflect upon what the SLMA set out to do at the beginning of the year and look towards th

Views - 208 Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:00

The question of hate speech legislation has been revived in Sri Lanka following recent communal tensions in the country. This represents an understandable reaction by the public to vitriolic rhetoric and violence from extremist segments of society.

Views - 69 Monday, 10 September 2018 00:08

Cigarettes are one of the most smuggled ‘legal’ products in the world, and cigarette smuggling is a form of transnational organised crime (US Department of State, 2015). Evidence shows many high-profile terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaida, e

Views - 769 Monday, 10 September 2018 00:04

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy recently stated that the Central Bank is to soon raise $ 250 million through the issuance of Panda Bonds. Such funds would be in addition to the Syndicated Loan of $ 1,000 million that it has already r

Views - 99 Saturday, 8 September 2018 00:10

In pursuit of your commitments to the Parliament please take additional steps re: Treasury bond case and ensure upholding the rule of law, justice and promotion of anti-corruption actions

Views - 127 Saturday, 8 September 2018 00:10

The Pakistan Army is a paradox. On the one hand, it is a professional outfit run along professional and ‘bureaucratic’ lines. But on the other, it is a highly politicised organisation in as much as it exercises decisive control over Pakistan’s

Views - 170 Saturday, 8 September 2018 00:10

One of the more notable lay activities during the main Poya days is the dansala. Generally conducted in urban settings, soup kitchens of sorts, these are open houses where those passing by are assured of some victuals, even a proper meal in some plac

Views - 10 Friday, 7 September 2018 00:00

People are arguing that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent since the crimes like murder keep on increasing while we still have the death penalty for murder and serious crimes in the law. True, the death penalty is in the legal system, b

Views - 37 Friday, 7 September 2018 00:00

By Jennifer Langston Scientists with the Elephant Listening Project estimate that Africa’s population of forest elephants has dropped from roughly 100,000 animals in 2011 to fewer than 40,000 animals today. But those numbers are largely based on in

Views - 43 Friday, 7 September 2018 00:00

By Dr. A.C. Visvalingam The citizens of this country are utterly disappointed by the Government’s pusillanimous responses to the profusion of unconscionable strikes that are called by various groups that cause immense inconvenience and hardship, lo

Views - 48 Friday, 7 September 2018 00:00

By Maj. Gen. Nirmal Dharmaratne Major General Chagie Pamoda Gallage, WWV RWP RSP VSV USP USAWC, a true patriot, a soldier to the inner bone, an inspiring military leader and a gentleman to the fingertips, hung up his uniform on 31 August, after 35 y