For decades, Sri Lanka has teetered on the edge of a precipice, fuelled by a dangerous cocktail of systemic political failure and a quiet, creeping social paralysis. We speak of the “economic quagmire” as if it were a natural disaster, a sudden flood, or an act of God, rather than what it truly is: the […]
In the high-stakes theater of Sri Lankan politics, with the National People’s Power (NPP) Government holding a commanding 159-seats and currently riding high on the wave of solid public affirmation of its performance, the belief of the Opposition comprising of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Sajith Premadasa, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP),
SJB must be more of a guardrail than a roadblock Read More »
President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents the 2026 Budget in Parliament on 7 November Cheers and jeers welcomed Sri Lanka’s National Budget 2026. This is normal when the country’s ends are many, but the means are limited. Budget promulgations based on important and urgent priorities, as seen by drivers of national policy, will
The National Budget is IMF influenced, so what? Do we have a choice? Read More »
The Sri Lankan National Budget for 2026 is poised to be a pivotal document, arriving at a critical juncture in the nation’s economic recovery and reform agenda Sri Lanka’s National Budget will be unveiled on 7 November 2025, and I hope it will be significantly different from the predictable rhetoric and theatrics we have heard
Benchmarking National Budget 2026 and making theatrics of cheerleaders superfluous Read More »
The ‘RW incident’ highlights the urgent and critical need for Sri Lanka’s leaders to align their actions with the economic reality of the country and the lived experience of its citizens The hullabaloo over whether Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) misused public funds when he extended his official trip to Cuba and the United States of America
The Trump tariff is the long overdue shock which Sri Lanka badly needed to awaken it from its reverie It is our indecisiveness, indiscipline and inaction which have got us to where we are in the first place and it is never too late to start a new journey where Sri Lanka is largely in
Trump tariff: Jolt to Sri Lanka’s dependence voracity and innate complacency Read More »
Right now, if there is one politician in Sri Lanka who is endowed with emotional intelligence and armed with a clear mandate to carry through major change, then it is the current president, Anura Kumara Disanayake The performance of the National People’s Power (NPP) Government has been a mixed bag. While there have been successes
Government must take hard calls now or risk fading into oblivion Read More »
Recent revelations of the many instances of the abuse of power and privilege, the lack of transparency and the lack of accountability of national and political leaders in Sri Lanka range from the trivial to the significant. From the price of meals in the parliamentary canteen, disbursements from the President’s Fund to ‘select’ parliamentarians and
Accountability inspired by rule of law: NPP’s path to inclusive growth Read More »
