Anyone who drives in Colombo for even a few minutes runs the very real possibility of hitting or getting hit by something – a motorcycle, a tuk tuk, a person, a bus, another car or van, or even a tree; or get stuck in traffic that turns a 20-minute drive into a 90-minute nightmare. That’s …
There are 92 railway stations throughout the Greater Colombo region, with hundreds of miles of rail tracks. This system can easily be developed to cater to the transportation needs of most areas, of not just Colombo but the entire Greater Colombo region. The result will be the swift reduction of road traffic, the elimination of …
Travel to a developed country and there’s something you notice immediately: The deafening sound of silence.Advanced cultures have understood the harmful nature of loud noise on humans, and have imposed limits on the level of noise that can be generated in public, resulting in less stress, unbroken sleep, and an accompanying increase in clear thought …
This is not a women’s rights problem. It’s an economic problem.Sri Lanka will never get out of its Third World status while 52% of our population is afraid to step onto the street, onto a bus, or onto a train; unable to get to work, unable to have a career, and unable to fully contribute …
Why are Sri Lankans so bad at sports? Perhaps it’s because we play the wrong sports and don’t encourage mass participation, international-standard coaching, proper training facilities, and solid financial support.Duncan White won silver at the 1948 Olympics; it took more than half a century before Susanthika Jayasinghe picked up SriLanka’s next and only other Olympic …
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What’s one common trait in almost all developed and fast developing nations? Safe and equitable women’s participation in the workforce, from entry level to senior management positions. With half of the population comprising women, it makes perfect sense for every country to optimise on this vast existing resource, especially countries like Sri Lanka that have …
Why can’t Sri Lankans generally read or write well anymore? From businessmen to journalists, lawyers, judges, academics, and many more professions, practical literacy seems to be diminishing; so much so that it is having a major negative impact on our lives and the country’s future. In Sri Lanka, we can’t seem to read or write …
In Sri Lanka, the prospect of each citizen having a unique digital identity card has raised some debate on certain aspects of such a card. It is not the intention of the authors of this article to examine the merits or demerits of the different opinions on this issue. Rather, it is our intention to …
Cogitaro Managing Partners Dr. Ruwan Dias (centre bottom) and Niresh Eliatamby (centre top) addressing a Policy Dialogue on Higher Education organised by Education Forum Sri Lanka