www.ft.lk https://www.ft.lk/RSS_Feeds/opinion The only Sri Lankan newspaper with round the clock news updates - ft.lk Online Edition en-us [email protected] Copyright 2026 Treating symptoms instead of causes: Why importing 7,500 workers will not solve construction industry crisis https://www.ft.lk/columns/Treating-symptoms-instead-of-causes--Why-importing-7-500-workers-will-not-solve-construction-industry-crisis/4-794600 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Treating-symptoms-instead-of-causes--Why-importing-7-500-workers-will-not-solve-construction-industry-crisis/4-794600 Tuesday, 14 July 2026 05:34 Sri Lanka’s inflation target: Should it be cut from 5% to 2%? https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lanka-s-inflation-target--Should-it-be-cut-from-5--to-2--/4-794598 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lanka-s-inflation-target--Should-it-be-cut-from-5--to-2--/4-794598 Tuesday, 14 July 2026 05:10 France at half-time – a republic that’s still playing the long game https://www.ft.lk/columns/France-at-half-time-–-a-republic-that-s-still-playing-the-long-game/4-794597 https://www.ft.lk/columns/France-at-half-time-–-a-republic-that-s-still-playing-the-long-game/4-794597 Tuesday, 14 July 2026 05:00 Columnist Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana responds to EFC rebuttal https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Columnist-Dhanusha-Gihan-Pathirana-responds-to-EFC-rebuttal/14-794596 https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Columnist-Dhanusha-Gihan-Pathirana-responds-to-EFC-rebuttal/14-794596 Tuesday, 14 July 2026 04:57 Strategy alone is worthless, execution is everything: NPP a mixed bag https://www.ft.lk/columns/Strategy-alone-is-worthless--execution-is-everything--NPP-a-mixed-bag/4-794595 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Strategy-alone-is-worthless--execution-is-everything--NPP-a-mixed-bag/4-794595 Tuesday, 14 July 2026 04:48 Venerable Ananda’s forbidden love: A monk’s journey through time https://www.ft.lk/columns/Venerable-Ananda-s-forbidden-love--A-monk-s-journey-through-time/4-794559 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Venerable-Ananda-s-forbidden-love--A-monk-s-journey-through-time/4-794559 Monday, 13 July 2026 02:12 Can Sri Lanka sustain its newly won upper-middle-income status? https://www.ft.lk/columns/Can-Sri-Lanka-sustain-its-newly-won-upper-middle-income-status-/4-794558 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Can-Sri-Lanka-sustain-its-newly-won-upper-middle-income-status-/4-794558 Monday, 13 July 2026 02:07 The SSCL Vs VAT threshold revision – The logic of indirect tax reform https://www.ft.lk/columns/The-SSCL-Vs-VAT-threshold-revision-–-The-logic-of-indirect-tax-reform/4-794556 https://www.ft.lk/columns/The-SSCL-Vs-VAT-threshold-revision-–-The-logic-of-indirect-tax-reform/4-794556 Monday, 13 July 2026 02:01 The invisible tax in our minds https://www.ft.lk/columns/The-invisible-tax-in-our-minds/4-794555 https://www.ft.lk/columns/The-invisible-tax-in-our-minds/4-794555 Monday, 13 July 2026 01:55 Effective trade agreements: Why and how? https://www.ft.lk/columns/Effective-trade--agreements--Why-and-how-/4-794554 https://www.ft.lk/columns/Effective-trade--agreements--Why-and-how-/4-794554 Monday, 13 July 2026 01:48