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The Central Bank governor at his recent statement at the Digital Banking summit stated that he felt like a charlatan when asked to speak about technology. He is right. This is not because, as he attributes it, of his recent acquisition of a smartphone but rather due to his regulatory lack of support for digital ... Read More

Subject: Independence From: perera_d94@yahoo.com To: globalmedia@visa.com; lkhelpdesk@bookmyshow.com Date: Sunday, June 3, 2018, 5:27:41 PM GMT+5:30 This message contains blocked images. Show images or Always show images Dear Visa and BookMyShow, I write to you following a failure to place a discounted transaction on your site. As you may know, this month Visa cardholders are entitled ... Read More

Sri Lankan Banking and Finance can be categorised as a license raj. This is not because institutions are regulated by the central bank but rather that the capacity to conduct business is contingent on one obtaining a license. For the NBFI sector, usually understood as the Finance companies, are heavily constrained by this licensing structure. ... Read More

http://www.dailymirror.lk/149962/Right-of-reply-Rotarian-replies-to-Muttukumaru “Editor’s Note: This correspondence is now closed.” Amrit Muttukumaru, a self-defined public activist who makes it a point to stick it to those who are in power, is prominent within the local papers. He makes allegations. The allegation relevant to this piece of work is that against K.R. Ravindran. Muttukumara alleges that K. R. ... Read More

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” – Bob Hope Banking in Sri Lanka is lending to a person only if it results in that person being worse off. I recently got rejected for a loan, for the purchase of a government security, ... Read More

This is a response I wrote to an article on the implications on the anti tobacco policies of the government. Subject: Implications of the proposed ban of the sale of loose cigarettes in Sri Lanka. From: perera_d94@yahoo.com To: sripathitishani@gmail.com; Contact_CTC@bat.com; editor@ft.lk Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 2:09:25 PM GMT+5:30 Dear Ms Tishani Sripathi, I write ... Read More

While going through Kottu.org I stumbled across a blog aligned to the Bakamoono movement. Within the use of conflation, emotional manipulation, and exaggeration I found this line that I found to be quite worrisome. This line worried me because it was more than just unionized rhetoric but rather socially divisive. “Patriarchy has done its job ... Read More

I write this after having bad service at a premier tea center. This was easily preventable and was due to the staff. I refrain from naming the place as they are the sorts to infer this article as a testament to their exclusivity. They took a long time to serve me and didn’t give me ... Read More

This is an open letter I wrote after a vehicle parade for the Battle of the Saints prevented me from riding my bicycle on a Saturday. Dear Colombo, Your expensive children are sitting on door ledges of powerful sports vehicles that are being driven by maniacs! A parade in most nations is a procession of ... Read More

Below is the response I sent to Daily Mirror Life following an article by a well known socialite by the name of Kollu. I doubt my message ever reached the actual author. Subject:The Loathsome Socialite From:perera_d94@yahoo.com To:dailymirrorlife@gmail.com Date:Friday, February 16, 2018, 4:00:57 PM GMT+5:30 Dear Mirror Life, Please be so kind as to forward this ... Read More