By Ashani Abayasekara and Thisali de Silva The year 2020 saw close to 1.6 billion students from over 180 countries being kept out of schools for extended periods of time, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite commendable efforts by many countries to put in place alternative remote learning strategies and corrective measures, learning losses…
The Silk Road Journal – by Mahika Ming The demand for COVID – 19 testing is increasing ever since the infection was identified in 2019. All health facilities are struggling to their maximum to expand the ability to meet the rising demand. At the outset people had to wait 24 hours or more to get…
According to the annual Land Price Index released by LankaPropertyWeb, Sri Lanka’s number one real estate platform, in the Western Province (except Colombo Municipality area) the overall land price values have increased by 74% from 2018 to 2021. The company also revealed that, on an annual basis, the increase in average land prices between 2018…
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on- year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 4.5 per cent in May 2021 from 3.9 per cent in April 2021. This was driven by monthly increases of prices of items in both Food and Non-food categories. Accordingly, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to…
By Dr. Suranga Hettipathirana In Sri Lanka, menstruation has more often than not been a topic spoken in hushed tones, behind closed doors and continues to be one of our culture’s greatest stigmas, despite being home to a female population of 52%, 5.7 Million of whom menstruate. Therefore, poorly-informed practices related to menstrual hygiene have continued to…
Business Sentiment – Index Falls To A Five Month Low The impact of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local economy is expected to be less severe than the previous waves “due to the selective nature of mobility restrictions and the ongoing vaccination drive,” according to the Monetary Board of the Central…
The Silk Road Journal – by Mahika Ming World renowned Chinese agronomist Yuan Longping who developed the first hybrid rice strains passed away in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) at 91 few days ago. Just the way we dubbed late Prime Minister Dudley Senanayaka as the “Father who gave rice – Bath dun piya”(probably…
Sri Lanka’s export performance continued its upward momentum in the first three months of 2021. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic induced lockdown last year, exports were contracted by a record 64.63 per cent in April 2020. However in April this year, exports grew up by 183 per cent to US$ 798.9 Mn in comparison to…
Advocata Institute submitted a letter to all members of Parliament on Monday 3rd of May, on the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission bill. The letter addressed to all MPs, highlighting the potential opportunity the Port City project presents and observations on how to maximize the economic opportunities. The full letter can be read on www.advocata.org….
People’s perception on economic opportunities around the corner seem to have turned positive with daily positive cases of Coronavirus patients receding with the start of the nationwide inoculation program. However, the fall in optimism since the election of the President and the subsequent election of a strong government is stark. Unless the authorities are able…
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