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Sri Lanka Needs a Development Plan, Not Just a Recovery Narrative

Sri Lanka needs four things working together: macroeconomic discipline, institutional reform, ethnic reconciliation, and an effective export-led growth strategy.

Nanosoft Is Transforming Cooperative Banks for the Digital Age

What began with a rejected loan has grown into a platform reshaping access to finance in rural Sri Lanka

Finance Companies Know Their Customers Because Dossiers Reads The Obituaries

It started with a phone call from a banker who wanted a spreadsheet. Now Dossiers is selling KYC infrastructure to a sector that largely went without it.

With One Foot in Colombo, Uber Eats Sprints Towards Untapped Markets

The delivery platform has expanded to several new cities in 18 months and is only getting started

How To Reverse The Decline of Colombo Port

Despite a slew of expansion projects, Colombo’s hub port’s competitiveness has eroded. Reversing the decline is rather complex.

Why The Informal Economy Doesn’t Shrink

Elena Panaritis, economist and social entrepreneur who has worked on informality and property rights across 36 countries, explains what governments keep getting wrong.

Sri Lanka Rupee Depreciation Slams Democracy Amid Sound Money In Qatar, Dubai

How Qatar and Dubai kept their currencies rock solid through a Middle East war, while Sri Lanka's rupee crumbled in peacetime — and why the difference comes down to who controls the money

Grace Soh on Cinnamon Life, Designing for Experience, and Inspiring Guest Loyalty

A conversation with the interior designer who helped define a major Sri Lankan hospitality project

Meth, Scams And Terror: Sri Lanka's Financial Crime Problem

The Central Bank's latest national risk assessment finds defences improving and dangers growing

The Great Manager Awards Challenge How Sri Lankan Companies Identify Future Leaders

The Colombo Leadership Academy's Great Manager Awards turns management into a metric that can be measured, benchmarked, and won

What Comes Next for Sri Lanka’s Economy? Views from the Boardroom

From consumer behaviour to infrastructure, this discussion maps Sri Lanka’s path to resilient growth

After a Run of Exits, BOV Capital Pauses Its Third Fund

The firm’s exit record underscores both momentum and the constraints shaping the venture ecosystem.

From Revenue to Repression: Tax Administration and Justice

Improper tax enforcement harms society, distorts business activity, and undermines economic justice

Sound Money and Growth or Inflation and Social Unrest in the Historical Context

How did money come to be so bad and unstable

The Case for Art as an Investment Asset

Collectors and galleries on what drives value, how to buy well, and why interest is growing

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Ditwah’s Shock, the Rebuild Trade, and a Market Learning to Price Stability

Three leading analysts argue that Cyclone Ditwah is less a derailment than a stress test — one that may reorder sector winners, reinforce a lower-rate regime, and push investors from “beta” to genuine stock selection

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New IMF Loan & FX Debt Addiction Expose Fragility of Monetary Regime

Arbitrary exchange rate policies and rising foreign debt must be addressed to prevent a second crisis

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Why is The Sri Lankan Rupee Falling?

How liquidity injections and FX swaps are putting pressure on the rupee

Sri Lanka Need Not Be a Forex Beggar Nation, Treasury Should Dollarize Taxes

Dollars, dollars everywhere, but not a cent for the Treasury

Can Sri Lanka’s Welfare System Adapt to the Next Climate Crisis?

The cyclone’s aftermath reveals the fragility of the systems meant to protect those in crisis

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