Opinion

Sri Lanka’s harbour woes surface from time to time. The latest bout is, however, more disconcerting than it was earlier. The Port facilities have been in demand latterly, but the …

When a fellow Governing Council Member of the Marga Institute suggested that I represent our organisation at the 2nd Global South Think Tank Conference in Nanjing, China, I did not …

The recent reports that Sri Lanka has decided to revoke a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with India’s Adani Group has prompted considerable debate, highlighting the challenges that the nation’s …

The amount or tracts — maudlin poetry even — appearing in the local media after the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. President, claiming that people will ‘survive’, are bizarre. …

Last year, when it became evident that Anura Kumara Dissanayake would emerge as a potential President, there were two questions the National People’s Power (NPP) had to address. Both questions …

China’s efforts in peace brokering are based on a mix of economic interest, conscious neutrality and chutzpah, a combination which is proving to be a success. Given its rapid rise …

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva in an interview with the Sunday Observer shared his perspectives on the current political developments in the country and the Government’s way …

The Government, under its People’s Power Policy Framework, is pushing to establish an information technology economy valued at $5 billion by 2030, with the goal of creating 3,000 jobs in …

Sri Lanka is a hot tourism destination, or at least is in the process of fast becoming one. Sri Lanka is also a country that was known — once upon …

Two recent developments prompted me to write this “Thorns” column on passports. The first is the current impasse over the issue of passports due to several factors, some of which …