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Can Sri Lanka put politics aside in a pandemic?

by |23 April 202023 April 2020|Interviews & Articles

Published in - DailyFT By Gehan Gunatilleke Image courtesy - DailyFT Once in a lifetime, a country faces a crisis so unique that the ordinary rules of politics should not apply. We expect politicians – political animals by nature –...

Economists debate over best response to fight COVID-19 while keeping economies less hurt

by |17 April 202017 April 2020|Verité in the News

Taken from - DailyMirror Two economists recently vacillated between the current suppression strategy practiced by the Sri Lankan government by way of curfews and lockdowns and a mitigation strategy practiced in some East Asian countries to see which offered the...

People first, economy next, says top economist

by |20 March 202020 March 2020|Interviews & Articles

Taken from - DailyMirror By Shabiya Ali Ahlam As Sri Lanka is witnessing its economy coming to an almost stagnant state due to the unavoidable measures taken by the government to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, a leading economist in...