Public Policy

Kalana Muthumuni Is in Build Mode

He's got 70 years to observe the world and a jungle view to do it from.

Thinushka Soysa Shows Her Working

A candid take on markets, marriage, and the occasional white lie.

Why Sri Lanka Can’t Launch A Destination Promotional Campaign

More tourists than ever but less money. The culprit is a broken government procurement process

Dilshan Wirasekara's Personal Balance Sheet

He spends his days pricing risk. Here, he opens up. Beaches, bottles, and his brood.

The Gospel According To Mathew

He Travels, Forgets Everything, And Still Ends Up Employee Of The Year. Dimantha Mathew’s Not Your Average Chief Of Research.

Terry O’Connor: Living On The Coast, Drink In Hand, Eating Someone Else’s Food

Odel’s Chief Executive opens up

The Construction Sector Is Growing. The Raw Materials Are Running Short.

The Middle East conflict is testing Sri Lanka's Rs2 trillion construction boom.

Tax Revenue, The Highest In 27 Years

The government collected Rs5.05 trillion in 2025, 36% more than the year before, raising tax to 15.4% of GDP.

Thilak Piyadigama, In His Own Words

The man building Sri Lanka's payments future answers the questions that matter least — and most

Sithumina Jayasundera: Results, Preferably Yesterday

Leading fast, fixing faster, and celebrating the occasional victory with whiskey.

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

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

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

Brindha Selvadurai Doesn't Have Time for Long Voice Notes

Rapid-fire questionnaire reveals a founder driven by urgency, and a focus on what comes next.

Daniel Alphonsus, Unfiltered

Thoughts on life, work, and the quiet struggle with oneself

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

How did money come to be so bad and unstable

Malaka Talwatte Gets Real: Personality Q&A

Reflections on life, art, and everyday shenanigans

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

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

A Budget Without Numbers

How missing numbers, buried information, and weak public engagement keep people in the dark about where their money goes

Gillian Edwards Leads With Grace and Gratitude

She shares her philosophy on living a fulfilled and purposeful life.

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