BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The senior Mission Chief of the International Monetary Fund has stressed that Sri Lanka needs to achieve inclusive growth and stability. The concept of inclusive situation is a vital aspect of Sri Lanka as the culture of the country has not promoted the concept of inclusive conditions for various concerns of development […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Before the European invasion, the economic policy of Sri Lanka was believed to be maintaining a production economy with a view to enduring of people and making savings for the future. The definition of production is a dynamic term that products and services creation related to agriculture, industry, construction and related services […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It seems that Sri Lanka used to apply an absurd way for judging the quality of education gained by students looking at irrelevant criteria based on which school kids attended to gain education. Knowledge is identical from whichever school it gained. All over the world accept that education is a quality factor […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The value of Sri Lanka rupee (Domestic and Foreign Values) is based on the success of policy action relating demand and supply of the rupee for various purposes. People need to understand that demand and supply values of Sri Lanka rupee would be based on several factors and the policy makers should […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS People who know the history of the Sri Lanka rupee would not panic about the surprising changes if the sudden change in foreign and domestic value of it because of the changes in the economy after the Covid-19 backwardness as many has been incurred to the economy. The Sri Lanka rupee value […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Many left politicians in Sri Lanka look at Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe as a capitalist agent but after Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mr Wickremasinghe became president giving hope for Sri Lankans to come out of economic backwardness. Mr Wickremasinghe is not a person like barking dog in stages expecting cheers and clapping from the […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS During the presidential election of 2019, many candidates and people publicly talked about education reforms.  Except for Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, other candidates and the public have not expressed clear views on this subject and are reluctant to talk about what kind of reforms are needed for Sri Lanka. Education is a broader […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Mr Ranil Wickremasinghe, the president of Sri Lanka, is a traceable person with a preeminent heritage in Sri Lanka his patrimony is traceable to king Parakramabahu six and he has rich knowledge, skills and experience in policy development and implementation. The major weakness in Sri Lanka since independence was the lack of […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Why a constitution needs a country may be a complex and broad question, but it involves many points to consider. The answer to this question would be analytical that should cogitate various points relating to modern democratic aspects which concern with rights and responsibilities of citizens. It invites views and discusses many […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS There are many issues, arguments and controversies relating to history and the origin of various races in the world. How did a race generate is a complex question that could not be exactly traced. Nobody can clearly state that a particular race began in that day at that time. Sinhala race begun […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS President, Ranil Wickremasinghe recently expressed that the proposed 13th amendment to the constitution should be fully implemented, and the purpose of the amendment would be a supportive action to the reconciliation process. The speech of the president, in fact, was to mislead people during independent celebration time or genuinely implement the constitutional […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Macroeconomic issues strongly associate with living condition of ordinary people in Sri Lanka. Population, unemployment, economic growth, budget deficit, terms of trade, trade balance, investment such as many others could be given as examples and the pathetic situation in the country is macroeconomic issues and the influence of them to ordinary people […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Economic backwardness in Sri Lanka had been a part of life of Sri Lankans since the era of homo sapiens and rulers in the country from time to time have been able to introduce new policies or to reform the existing policies with a view to generating productivity. In Britain there was […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The complicated picture of university education in Sri Lanka sends a message that University Education Reforms are required to make radical changes in higher education and is a vital part of the higher education system in Sri Lanka since 1960s and no attempt of reforms have been successful as the misunderstanding of […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka ascends many issues and the process of peacebuilding has been a giant process since before 1983 that required considering different influential factors related to the nature of ethnic and religious beliefs of people. When Sri Lanka faced the problem of loss of peace among ethnic communities there was […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The information on the debt restructuring of Sri Lanka shows that it has become a serious controversy among many people, despite this situation ordinary people in the country have no idea about the controversy. Some information publishes in the media and much of them have limited to policymakers. As the process of […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The change in the British Prime Minister has become a question of whether Britain needs a new leader with dynamic abilities for economic policy innovation and conceivable to direct such policies to the world as happened in the past. In this environment, another question emerges, why is apocryphal thinking respected by British […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Family politics is a concerning matter for all Sri Lankans because there has been severe criticism against family politics which promoted corruption in the country. In history, before foreign invasions, families got the power to become kings and queens. Since the beginning of the Donormore administration in 1932, the political leadership has […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Various reasons contributed to beginning the unsuccessful ARAGALAYA in 2022, which focused on either capturing the government or changing the government policy towards the people suffering from economic difficulties.  Capturing a government that was elected by a democratic election could be considered illegal in terms of law and gaining political power in […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS University ragging was treated as a way of socialization and was limited to the beginning two weeks after commencing university education. Later the aspect of ragging expanded to more than socialization and ragging expanded to amatory crimes when it was expanded to not only the university premises but also adjoining areas and […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The concept of economic crime is involved in a broader area of activities that could be financially valued and a vital aspect of economic crime could be seen it has ample relationships with illegally gaining financial benefits from an economic transaction. Defining an economic crime is a hard task because it involves […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Erotic crimes are punished by criminal law and the ragging in Universities of Sri Lanka could be investigated and punished as criminal offences. These barbaric activities are going on in universities despite controls and laws against these barbaric activities. When I entered a university in 1969, I was relegated to ragging which […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS It was published in a newspaper that president Ranil Wickremasinghe has proposed to the Asian Development Bank to establish an International University on climate change. The proposed university is to be established in Sri Lanka and my view is the Mullaitivu area would be the best place to establish the university. Climate […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The government of Sri Lanka has imposed a social security tax that aims to charge a 2.5% tax on those with a turnover of more than Rs 120 million. According to the tax details, it seems an indirect tax and people aren’t clear about the tax details. Can this tax shift to […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS The administration of Sri Lanka has encountered a gigantic task of uniting the people of the country after the ARAGALAYA, the challenge seems to be an arduous task. People in the country are divided based on various ideologies and policy matters of the government. It is natural, that people have a variety […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Since the administration of King Vijaya, the application of values did not work in society because the behaviour of King Vijaya showed that he had no values and was not concerned about practising values in society. King Vijaya was a lawbreaker and was deported from his country as he was behaving harmful […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS I read a news report in Daily Mirror that the education in Sri Lanka from next year would be in the English medium. It is a good decision and it would support reducing social differences in the country. As we have seen for a long-time education in the English medium is an […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS When we read the information in print and web media staying from outside Sri Lanka, it appears Sri Lanka is a chaotic country without law and order. The information is mixed with social media which is associated with manipulation than truth. Many Sri Lankans living in the country state that the actual […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS WANIGASEKERA Social, religious and political issues have been associated with the Catholic Church, which arrived in Sri Lanka with the invasion of the Portuguese in 1505, and the church had several conflicts with the government. Historical information related to the Christian churches in Sri Lanka evidence that the church always attempted to […]

BY EDWARD THEOPHILUS Public sector investments from 1956 to 1977 had a tremendous growth, the major reason for the increasing trend was the political pressure towards the elected governments from public and trade unions while restrictions for private investment have been decreed by the government. Investment role and ownership patterns have been misinterpreted by Marxist […]