Younger persons turning to commercial sex with unsafe practices

Friday 14th October, 2022 One cannot but agree with President Ranil Wickremesinghe that children must not be involved in public protests. He has called for a ban on this despicable practice, and he can rest assured that all right-thinking Sri Lankans who are concerned about children’s safety are with him. Some parents have been seen […]

Survey reveals deep-rooted Mercantilism and total lack of classical economics

Sri Lanka's economic crisis has forced the government to cut costs drastically

Proposed tax hikes will take Sri Lanka's tax structure similar to 2019

Unless you are really rich you cannot afford private hospitals anymore

Thursday 13th October, 2022 President Ranil Wickremesinghe has, at a recent discussion with a group of professionals, stressed the need for electoral reforms, and frowned on the preferential voting system or manape, which, in his opinion, has to be done away with. He is not alone in advocating the abolition of the preferential vote to […]

At a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin is making it all too obvious that he will be depending on Hard Power or armed might to forge ahead with his plans in Ukraine, the conferring of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on a human rights campaigner of Belarus and on two organizations engaged in kindred […]

Effective income taxes for some categories have been raised to around 29% from 8% earlier - analysts

By Vineet Raj The organic fertilizer import issue which had dented the diplomatic relations with China and Sri Lanka has reportedly taken a new turn. According to the latest developments, the Chinese company, Qingdao Seawin Biotec Group Company Limited has obtained a civil ruling unilaterally from Shandong Qingdao Intermediate People’s Court of China on Dec […]

Several prominent persons fallen in to the trap

Sri Lanka's tax revenue to GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world

As of Wednesday, the statement said, 624,714 applications have been entered into the system.

Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars, Australian media reported yesterday. Australian police arrested the pair recently after a decade-long investigation, spanning several countries. They were to be produced in Court yesterday (11). The men, aged 67 and 71, worked for a company […]

Wednesday 12th October, 2022 The resentful public is demanding elections, but the government is offering electoral reforms instead. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that unless political parties co-operate with the government to reform the electoral system, the people will be consulted thereon directly at a referendum. He seems to think the people are still with […]

by Neville Ladduwahetty During the course of his address, as Chair of the 55th Annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank, Sri Lanka’s President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said, “As they say, in many of our countries, when the elephants fight, it is the grass that is crushed”. As far as Sri Lanka is concerned, its strategically […]

On 05 October, 2022, The Island carried an article by Dr C. S. Weeraratna with the title “Deteriorating rural economy, and food Security”. On reading this, I was motivated to send a chapter from the biography of D. S. Senanayake by H. A. J. Hulugalle titled ‘The Vision Splendid.’ The book has much more information […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has reiterated that a handful of persons who advised President Gotabaya Rajapaksa caused the unprecedented economic meltdown. Sabry has alleged that politicians, officials, public sector as well as the trade unions are responsible for the crisis. The Minister said so in response to ‘Hiru’ anchor Chamuditha Samarawickrema seeking […]