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

How did money come to be so bad and unstable
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Malaka Talwatte Gets Real: Personality Q&A

Reflections on life, art, and everyday shenanigans
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Sri Lanka Need Not Be a Forex Beggar Nation, Treasury Should Dollarize Taxes

Dollars, dollars everywhere, but not a cent for the Treasury
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A Budget Without Numbers

How missing numbers, buried information, and weak public engagement keep people in the dark about where their money goes
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Gillian Edwards Leads With Grace and Gratitude

She shares her philosophy on living a fulfilled and purposeful life.
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A Budget Surplus Born of Deflation, Not Inflationary Illusion

Sri Lanka is consistently above its target primary budget surplus, partly due to the Central Bank’s deflationary policy
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Zen: Shamal Gunawardene

The Chief Operating Officer of CEAT Sri Lanka reflects on happiness, faith, and the simple joys that shape his life
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Sri Lanka’s Next Leap in Digital Payments: Reaching Rural Sri Lanka

As digital transactions surge, the challenge is taking adoption beyond urban centres.
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Why Didi Still Worries About You, My Chota Bhai, Sri Lanka

If India could talk, this is what she might tell her little brother about the region's development and missing opportunities.
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Central Bank, IMF, and World Bank Should Stop Following Marx and Rejecting Economics

Spreading cost-push narratives and Mercantilism may help macroeconomists escape accountability, but it will not help the masses
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Billions at Risk Under EU's New Deforestation Rules

Compliance could cut rubber exports by Rs7.3 billion annually, with greater losses if Sri Lanka misses the December 2025 deadline.
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The Next Phase of the Elephant City

Within 100 km from Colombo, one finds this fast-growing agri and consumer hub, which is soon to be transformed to an industrial epicenter.
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Central Bank Must Sell Bonds to Build Reserves

A strategic bond sell-down is needed to meet deflationary policy goals and restore reserve adequacy
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The Missing Half of Sri Lanka’s Corruption Problem

Public corruption dominates debates, while private misconduct slips through the gaps.
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Building the Rails for a Digital Economy

Why Digital Public Infrastructure must come first, and how fintech and policy can unlock adoption
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Zen: Yatila Wijemanne

Juniper Group Chairman Yatila Wijemanne on fear as excitement, his favourite occupation and extravagance.
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Local Cinema: It's Summertime but..

Sri Lanka's recent screen awakening must continue, transforming local legends into universal dreams
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Will Sri Lanka's Macroeconomists Do a Dudley on Anura?

Parliament must control the Central Bank before it's too late
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External Sector Posts Steady Gains Amid Structural Strains

Current account surplus improving from tourism, remittances and service exports
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That Colombo's Nights Be Bright

Colombo possesses the latent energy to forge a substantial nightlife economy, yet this comes at an undeniable cultural cost, challenging established ways of life

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