The new United National Party-led administration got off to a bad start in January in public finance, violating old and new principles of governance, and hurting economic freedom and justice, sending danger signals with arbitrary and unjust taxation

The global Islamic finance industry grew at an annual rate of 17.6% over 2009-2013, and is estimated to grow by an average 19.7% a year until 2018. Well-known and large conventional banks locally and globally are opening Islamic banking windows to better suit more than just their muslim clientele. The question is, why?

Sri lanka’s oil sleuths need to restore credibility and make up for lost time

Sri Lankan family companies occupy commanding heights, whether they are public or private corporations. however, few have exhibited the zeal over three generations, as has the Hemas group

Alleged tender process anomalies and an entrenched coal mafia have polluted Norochcholai’s coal procurement from the very start of operations. Cleaning up this act won't be easy

The government must bring closure to a controversial law enforced in 2011

Google announced the launch of a network of high altitude balloons to provide Internet services in Sri lanka. Does this mean free Internet for everybody?

Development aid organizations should be constricted less but scrutinized more

By the time you read this, Sri Lanka’s new Parliament would have been elected at the general election held on 17 August 2015