Sri Lanka Must Secure Its Electricity, Water, AI, Cloud and Digital Lifelines in the 21st Century Before the Next Failure Trouble the Entire Nation By Jithendra Antonio Sri Lanka’s greatest strategic vulnerability in the artificial intelligence age may not be a shortage of algorithms, foreign investment or technological ambition. It may be the inability to…
Customs data analysed by Siyaka Research indicates that Sri Lanka’s tea export earnings reached approximately US$ 1.083 billion during the January–September 2026 period, compared with US$ 1.163 billion earned during the corresponding period of the previous year. Despite September export volumes declining to 23 million kg from 23.7 million kg a year earlier, cumulative earnings…
– Issued by the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) A security Bill meant to please Brussels may end up angering it Sri Lanka has spent four decades trying to rid itself of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), a law used so freely that even its authors, in the 1979 parliament, called it temporary. The…
By Vimlendra Sharan, FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives When extreme weather destroys crops, damages infrastructure and disrupts supply chains, the consequences travel far beyond the farm. They reach food prices, family nutrition, rural incomes and public finances. Cyclone Ditwah exposed this vulnerability with painful clarity. With El Niño expected to bring further…
A US$300 Million Tourism Super App? How Sri Lanka Could Connect Foreign Exchange, Telecom, National Parks, Government Resorts and Every Major Tourist Experience into One National Revenue Engine By Jithendra Antonio The next great opportunity in Sri Lankan tourism may not be another hotel, another airport terminal or another advertising campaign. It may be the…
By Lakshan Madurasinghe — Founder/CEO Solutions Ground, Corporate Strategist & Investment Facilitator The global economy is entering a period where resilience and long-term competitiveness matter as much as growth. Supply chains are diversifying and geopolitical tensions are reshaping investment decisions, with businesses now looking for jurisdictions that offer continuity amid uncertainty. Having spent two decades…
Sri Lanka’s post-crisis recovery has restored a measure of stability, but transforming it into durable growth requires stronger productivity, resilience, and improvements in household living standards. With limited fiscal and external space, growth must rely on private investment, more competitive exports, and better-quality jobs rather than consumption-led expansion. Building resilience to climate, energy, and external…
Sri Lanka’s plantation sector is entering a new phase of transformation, as technology and innovation reshape how estates operate, manage resources and sustain productivity. Across the country’s tea estates and other plantations, machines are increasingly complementing skilled workers in tasks once done almost entirely by hand, while software and data bring new precision to decisions…
Product discovery in Sri Lanka has undergone a permanent digital shift, with digital channels now influencing 51% of consumer purchase decisions, up sharply from 32% in 2020. According to findings from the BCG-Ceylon Chamber Consumer Study across all nine provinces, online touchpoints are dominating the pre-purchase evaluation phase. While word-of-mouth remains the overall leading source…
Household consumption across Sri Lanka has staged a significant recovery, reaching LKR ~9 trillion in 2025 and continuing to anchor 60% to 70% of real GDP. However, a newly released landmark study by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reveals an uneven economic recovery beneath the aggregate numbers. Approximately 0.4 million…
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