Kushlani De Silva

Any further upward pressure on taxation could have a profound effect on consumer behaviour and it could drive people within the tax net to seek evasive measures By Kushlani De Silva Revenue is the catchword for the Sri Lankan Government in 2023, yet this remains a challenge for the Ministry of Finance despite a positive primary balance in the first half. Towering interest payments and ongoing State expenditure provide little respite to the best efforts aimed to stabilise the flagging economy.

By Kushlani De Silva If Sri Lanka is serious about combatting smoking-related harm, it must get tougher on controlling the beedi industry. For decades, regulators have largely ignored what they termed a cottage industry with a dwindling consumer base consisting of low-income earners. If this were the case five years ago, things would have taken a dramatic turn within a short space of time.

Photo credits: Clay Banks on Unsplash Open source software is everywhere we can think of, solving industry challenges. What had its roots in the Free Software Movement (founded by Richard M. Stallman in the early 1980s) began getting more widespread attention in the mid 1990s (think Linux) and is big business today. Which is why 2018 was such a legendary year for open source software.