Sri Lanka is Sitting on Gems – Can It Find the $3 Billion?
The Government says Sri Lanka’s gem and jewellery industry has export potential exceeding US$3 billion and wants to turn Ratnapura…
Category: ECONOMY
Rs 42 Billion Has Gone Digital – Now Put the Rest of Government Procurement There
Sri Lanka’s electronic Government procurement platform has handled almost Rs 42 billion in transactions since 2020 and is heading for…
Tourism Missed the Perahera Lift
Sri Lanka welcomed 191,704 visitors in August, 3.3 per cent fewer than a year earlier. Even the Kandy Esala Perahera…
Foreign Investors Sold Rs. 55.7 Billion More Than They Bought
Foreign selling on the Colombo Stock Exchange has more than doubled in the first eight months of 2026. Yet the…
Their Money. Their Right to Know.
There is something about Rs. 5.5 trillion that ought to concentrate the mind. That is roughly the combined scale of…
What Is Happening at the Eastern Terminal?
Sajith Premadasa alleges delays, conflicts of interest and unauthorised extensions at the Colombo Port project. The allegations now require answers…
Vijay Wants Tamil Nadu to Make the Chips
Semiconductor park, Coimbatore fintech hub and Tiruchy logistics centre form part of ambitious industrial expansion Tamil Nadu is preparing another…
68 Port City Businesses Head for Parliament
Cabinet moves regulations covering businesses designated strategically important as the long-promised financial city searches for momentum Sixty-eight businesses operating within…
Can Mannar’s Gas Basin change Sri Lanka’s story?
By Adrian Jansz On the 27th of August 2026, the Petroleum Development Authority of Sri Lanka (PDASL) announced that the country…
Mannar: Sri Lanka Goes Looking for Oil – Again
Government opens four offshore blocks covering nearly 34,000 square kilometres to international explorers in another attempt to turn Mannar’s petroleum…
