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Managing our digital economy is high priority

Ajit Gunewardene is the Founder/Chairman of Bluestone Capital Ltd. Bluestone is a Private Equity investment company investing in both startups and mature businesses. Among its investments are ...

Ayurvedic therapy in the age of COVID-19

By Druvinka Samuel The acute awareness of global imbalances that has closely trailed behind the outbreak of COVID-19 has deconstructed any semblance of societal normalcy. Awareness and ...

What's up with WhatsApp?

By Druvinka Samuel If you are a frequent Whatsapp user, you may have noticed the pop up alert that appeared or has been appearing each time you opened up the application. The words ‘Terms & ...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

By Tyron Devotta In this relentless battle against COVID-19, there are two types of fighters; one that is waiting for the vaccine and the other that is looking for indigenous cures. This division is ...

Taxing Digital Services - are we late as usual?

by Druvinka Samuel With the digital economy taking center stage under lockdown and social distancing conditions, it is becoming ever so important to draw the digital economy into the mainstream. ...

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Sahana Nandakumar writes from Sydney “There needs to be more consideration for international students who have contributed a significant amount to the Australian economy. We live, work, study, and ...

Blackballing Suppliers will be the Trend for Consumers in the future

Though Sri Lanka’s Consumer protection laws might be well established, the average Sri Lankan is not much inclined to take on a fight when dealt with a poor bargain. Us islanders may even be ...

Managing our digital economy is high priority

Ajit Gunewardene is the Founder/Chairman of Bluestone Capital Ltd. Bluestone is a Private Equity investment company investing in both startups and mature businesses. Among its investments are ...

Ayurvedic therapy in the age of COVID-19

By Druvinka Samuel The acute awareness of global imbalances that has closely trailed behind the outbreak of COVID-19 has deconstructed any semblance of societal normalcy. Awareness and ...

What's up with WhatsApp?

By Druvinka Samuel If you are a frequent Whatsapp user, you may have noticed the pop up alert that appeared or has been appearing each time you opened up the application. The words ‘Terms & ...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

Taxing Digital Services - are we late as usual?

by Druvinka Samuel With the digital economy taking center stage under lockdown and social distancing conditions, it is becoming ever so important to draw the digital economy into the mainstream. ...

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Blackballing Suppliers will be the Trend for Consumers in the future

Though Sri Lanka’s Consumer protection laws might be well established, the average Sri Lankan is not much inclined to take on a fight when dealt with a poor bargain. Us islanders may even be ...

Stable technology is mandatory for App based delivery - PickMe

One thing that has become a great convenience to many during the COVID-19 lockdown, are the home deliveries. However, while this works like clockwork for some, it still is a problem in some ...

Colombo’s Urban buyer settles for Home Deliveries

What was initially a panic buy from supermarkets to survive the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombo, has now changed into a fairly streamlined purchase pattern for households, with online delivery taking ...

Hambantota Port asks importers to clear vehicles without delay

April 25, 2020: Hambantota International Port (HIP) is ready to move over five thousand vehicles out of the port in the next few days, following a directive by the government that the port should ...

The lockdown battle: Grandparents are not a statistic in Sri Lanka

If the curfew is lifted on Monday, 27th as indicated by the government, the question on all our minds (and I direct this article to only those who read it), would be - whether to go out or stay ...

Covid-19

Ayurvedic therapy in the age of COVID-19

By Druvinka Samuel The acute awareness of global imbalances that has closely trailed behind the outbreak of COVID-19 has deconstructed any semblance of...

COVID-19 solutions on a zebra crossing

By Tyron Devotta In this relentless battle against COVID-19, there are two types of fighters; one that is waiting for the vaccine and the other that is...

Can clusters help our battle against C-19?

Normative controls might be the answer

What it’s like to be an International Student in Australia during the lockdown

Sahana Nandakumar writes from Sydney “There needs to be more consideration for international students who have contributed a significant amount to the...

Tamil Baila reaches out to vulnerable communities in lockdown

Dunstan Mani has a reason for choosing to communicate the all-important message of staying safe from the coronavirus through Baïla. This song is...

'Every Praise to our God’ in the new normal

Evangelical church congregations are usually very robust, buoyant, and physical in their worship. Raising hands, shaking hands, kissing and hugging...

Education

New frontiers in education: A student’s perspective

By Druvinka Samuel Uncertainty has been an overriding theme of this year, disrupting major plans be it personal, professional, educational or...

A new look at Freshers' Orientation at SLIIT this year

With online education becoming a world phenomenon post the COVID-19 outbreak, higher education institutions around the world are concentrating on...

The Reset Button: Attitude change the key for remote learning

With online learning now becoming not just an option but a must do, many education institutes are going through the learning curve of moving to the...

The Art of Living Dangerously

“If you teach a child art properly, you are teaching the child to get out of the box, to move out of its set parameters, and to live dangerously.” She...

SLIIT was prepared from April last year

SLIIT has been planning their online lecture platform since 21 April 2019. Vice Chancellor of SLIIT, Prof. Lalith Gamage said the Easter attack got...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by St. Peter's College

by Nadeesha Perera (scroll down to view the video) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat” directed by Jehan...

Value Chain

Colombo’s Ghost Kitchens: Can they be a viable industry?

The COVID-19 lockdown created a great disruption in the market, making significant changes in the way we work and live. While the negatives of this...

Blackballing Suppliers will be the Trend for Consumers in the future

Though Sri Lanka’s Consumer protection laws might be well established, the average Sri Lankan is not much inclined to take on a fight when dealt...

Colombo’s Urban buyer settles for Home Deliveries

What was initially a panic buy from supermarkets to survive the COVID-19 lockdown in Colombo, has now changed into a fairly streamlined purchase...

Megapolis Minister Speaks on Port City

Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, addressing the media at a recently held press conference called by the Megapolis Ministry, said (scroll down to...

Stakeholder management in handling public affairs

It was a fiasco when the Ministry of Trade attempted to get traders to transport their vegetables in plastic crates. The idea in itself is not a bad...

South Asian ports need synchronised development

With the opening dates of terminals in the Colombo South Harbour Project in Sri Lanka and Deep Water Container Port in Pakistan now set as 2013 and...

History

The Heart’s and Minds War by L.C. Perera

Book Review The Heart’s and Minds War by L.C. Perera By Tyron Devotta Brigadier (Rtd) L.C. Perera’s book ‘Facing Our Own Citizens In Conflict...

Finding the Ghosts of our Past

Slave in a PalanquinBook Review by Tyron Devotta Nira Wickramasinghe’s latest book is a powerful expose of the slave trade in colonial Ceylon. Her...

The Mystery Origins of the Paravas

By Tyron Devotta There is a reason the Paravas blend so well into any country which they choose to live in, and that’s because they have mostly been...

Ancient Lions of Sri Lanka and China - a Port City Perspective

By Tyron Devotta The June 2021 page of the Port City Colombo calendar showcases two big cats, the Yapahuwa lion (Sri Lanka) on the page left and the...

Tourism

Fishing boats on the shore at Mawella Bay