Day September 2, 2024

WAR AND PEACE

THE NATIONAL INTEREST Dr. Jehan Perera illustrates the need to pursue peace and reconciliation in present-day Sri Lanka The war was at its height in 1994 when LMD’s founder Hiran Hewavisenti invited me to write for the magazine he was…

STOP CORRUPTION!

FIGHT IT, CHALLENGE IT AND CRUSH IT As Sri Lanka dropped further down the pit in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International (TI) for 2023 – to 115th place, from 101st – the need to combat…

THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

THE STRUGGLE In the echoes of history, amid the tumult of the present, there was the aragalaya. A tapestry woven with the threads of struggle, resilience and hope, and within its borders we found the pulse of a nation that…

BUSINESS CONFIDENCE

THE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX (BCI) The LMD-PEPPERCUBE Business Confidence Index (BCI) is the only measure of corporate sentiment in Sri Lanka. LMD published the unique index in collaboration with NielsenIQ since 1997, serving as a one of a kind gauge…