LPG shortage: Forex crisis puts out home fires
The ongoing foreign currency crisis is causing delays in securing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplies to Sri Lanka, as the local shortage continued for another week, impacting households islandwide Read More »
Yugadanavi agreement with New Fortress Energy: Non-disclosure agreement under fire
The controversy over the Yugadanavi Power Plant deal between the Government and US-based New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) has further deepened following a recent revelation that the Treasury had entered Read More »
The Budget 2022: A hopeful year ahead?
Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa, presenting the Budget for the year 2022 in Parliament last Friday (12), announced allocations to provide relief to certain sections of the public, modernise the ag Read More »
Will Budget 2022 help reset Sri Lanka’s economy?
A budget sets out the government’s plan for the economy together with the financial resources required to achieve those plans. It also indicates the broad policy direction and priorities of the govern Read More »
Did we miss the opportunity to formulate ‘a non-traditional budget’?
A non-traditional budget was what the country needed. In general, budgets in Sri Lanka have mostly been giveaways to maintain political status quo or simply an outline of the Government’s plan for the Read More »
Budget 2022: Government does not have guts to address key issues says Eran Wickramaratne
Today, Sri Lanka stands at a fork in the road, with many of her youths poised to seek relief and better opportunities overseas. They, like many before them over the generations, have lost faith in the Read More »
Severe weather: Double whammy for farmers
The Ministry of Agriculture has initiated relief efforts for farmers affected by the prevailing weather, as heavy rain threatens to compound food security concerns in the coming months, The Sunday Mor Read More »