Universal Basic Income (UBI): Conceptual Background and Possible Implementation in Sri Lanka?
by Laksiri Fernando The concept of a universal basic income (UBI) for all is relevant to both developed and developing…
Category: OPINIONS
Opinion : Sub agents and migrants; dissecting their relationship to guide regulation
By Bilesha Weeraratne Geetha is an unskilled and uneducated female from rural Sri Lanka. As she was saddled with financial…
Constitutional reform should not be about personalities, parties and preferences
By Malinda Seneviratne In April 2015 just three months after he assumed leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),…
VAT to be reduced by 2.5-pct by 2020 : Fin Min
Sri Lanka will reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5 percent in 2020 in order to relieve masses of the…
Sri Lankan consumer in trouble?
By Rohantha Athukorala When Sri Lanka voted in a new government in January 2015, none of us in the private…
SL-China relations: The Great Silk Road needs to pick up speed
By Dinesh Weerakkody It was good news for the country on Monday when China approved a $ 1 billion loan…
Dr Mahathir should reopen Altantuya case, says Mongolia’s President
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should reopen the murder case of Altantuya Shariibuu, said Mongolia’s President Khaltmaagiin Battulga. “I…
Mongolian model murder scandal: Sirul deserves a new trial, says Anwar
A former policeman who fled Malaysia after being sentenced to hang for the killing of a Mongolian model, in a…
Are you a judgmental person?
By Venuri Gangodawila Once during the time of Lord Buddha, there lived a sect of Brahmins in India who observed…
Need to go beyond using anti-corruption as political weapon
By Jehan Perera One of the promises of the government alliance, when they contested the 2015 presidential and general elections,…