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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Who Is Responsible When the Rupee Falls? The 8% Depreciation and Sri Lanka’s Legal Accountability Gap linkedin.com/pulse/who-respo… via @LinkedIn

Who Is Responsible When the Rupee Falls? The 8% Depreciation and Sri Lanka’s Legal Accountability...

The Central Bank’s disclosure that the Sri Lankan rupee depreciated by around 8% against the US dollar between January 1 and June 9, 2026, should not be treated as a routine exchange-rate update. It...

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Jun 7

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: The Supreme Court Decision in SC/APPEAL/161/2023: A Turning Point for Corporate Criminal Liability in Sri Lanka linkedin.com/pulse/supreme-c… via @LinkedIn

The Supreme Court Decision in SC/APPEAL/161/2023: A Turning Point for Corporate Criminal Liability...

The Supreme Court judgment in SC/APPEAL/161/2023 is an important decision in Sri Lanka’s criminal justice system, especially in relation to the Treasury Bond case, corporate criminal liability, and...

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Jun 6

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: El Salvador’s Debt Escape: A Success Story, a Warning, or a Half-Finished Experiment? linkedin.com/pulse/el-salvad… via @LinkedIn

El Salvador’s Debt Escape: A Success Story, a Warning, or a Half-Finished Experiment?

For many developing countries, the debt trap follows a familiar pattern: heavy borrowing, rising interest costs, weak growth, loss of investor confidence, and finally either default or painful...

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Jun 2

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Liberalism: Freedom, Rights, Democracy and Its Limits linkedin.com/pulse/liberalis… via @LinkedIn

Liberalism: Freedom, Rights, Democracy and Its Limits

Liberalism is one of the most influential political ideologies in the modern world. It shaped constitutional government, human rights, representative democracy, market economies, and the idea that...

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Jun 2

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Anti-Crossover Law and the MP’s Conscience: A Constitutional Question the Government Must Understand linkedin.com/pulse/anti-cros… via @LinkedIn

Anti-Crossover Law and the MP’s Conscience: A Constitutional Question the Government Must Understand

Sri Lanka’s debate on crossovers is often reduced to a simple political slogan: MPs must not betray the people’s mandate. That statement is attractive, and in many cases it is correct.

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May 31

උඹලට ආයෙ චන්දෙකට නම් යන්න හම්බුවෙන්නෙ නෑ පුතෝ. 2029දි උඹලා චන්දෙකට ගිහිල්ලා අතුගෑවිලාම යන්න ඕනෙ. නැති නම්, ත්‍රීවීලර්, හෙල්මට් සෙට් බස්සලා, අලුත් අරගලයක් හදලා, රට අරාජික කරලා, ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව බල රහිත කරලා බලෙන් ඉන්න ඕනෙ. ඊට පස්සෙ මිනිස්සු ගහලා එලවන කම් ඉන්න පුලුවන්

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May 31

දෙමළ ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් කතා කරන්න. කොටි ත්‍රස්තවාදීන් සිහි කරන්න එපා

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මහා මහේන්ද්‍ර ප්‍රසාදිනී Samagi Power @SJBpower

May 31

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

Jun 1

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When Public Office Becomes Personal Power: Lessons from SC/FR 8/2025 linkedin.com/pulse/when-publ… via @LinkedIn

When Public Office Becomes Personal Power: Lessons from SC/FR 8/2025

In a professional public service, an appointment letter is not a casual piece of paper. It represents lawful authority, institutional trust, and the dignity of the officer who receives it.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 30

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Detailed Analytical Report Treasury Bill and Treasury Bond Auctions — 26–27 May 2026 linkedin.com/pulse/detailed-… via @LinkedIn

Detailed Analytical Report Treasury Bill and Treasury Bond Auctions — 26–27 May 2026

Issuer: Public Debt Management Office, Sri Lanka Source: Uploaded auction result notices from the Public Debt Management Office 1. Executive Summary The two auction notices show an important short-...

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 30

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Did the Central Bank “Print Money”? A Professional Reading of Sri Lanka’s Early-2026 Monetary Data linkedin.com/pulse/did-centr… via @LinkedIn

Did the Central Bank “Print Money”? A Professional Reading of Sri Lanka’s Early-2026 Monetary Data

1. Introduction The public debate around “money printing” in Sri Lanka is often politically powerful but economically imprecise.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 30

IMF Executive Board Completes the Combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka imf.org/en/news/articles/202…

IMF Executive Board Completes the Combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility...

The IMF Executive Board completed the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews of the Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka, providing the country with immediate access to SDR508 million (about US$695...

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 29

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Sri Lanka’s Fuel Price Debate: The Hidden Politics Behind the Pump Price linkedin.com/pulse/sri-lanka… via @LinkedIn

Sri Lanka’s Fuel Price Debate: The Hidden Politics Behind the Pump Price

Sri Lanka’s fuel debate is often presented as a simple question: are fuel prices too high or too low? But the real issue is more political than technical. Fuel pricing reveals how the state manages...

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 29

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Case Analysis -Sampath Bank Limited v. Gamini Seneviratne & Sujith Nishantha Senevirathne linkedin.com/pulse/case-anal… via @LinkedIn

Case Analysis -Sampath Bank Limited v. Gamini Seneviratne & Sujith Nishantha Senevirathne

SC (CHC) Appeal No. 24/2008 Microsoft Word - SC.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 29

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Political story suite for Sri Lanka’s present opposition linkedin.com/pulse/political… via @LinkedIn

Political story suite for Sri Lanka’s present opposition

Core frame “A government can win power by promising system change. But it earns trust only by delivering fair change.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 29

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Detailed Analysis of the Supreme Court Case linkedin.com/pulse/detailed-… via @LinkedIn

Detailed Analysis of the Supreme Court Case

SC (FR) Application No. 8/2025—W.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 28

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: How Rupee Depreciation Affects Sri Lanka’s External Debt Burden linkedin.com/pulse/how-rupee… via @LinkedIn

How Rupee Depreciation Affects Sri Lanka’s External Debt Burden

Rupee depreciation is often discussed as if it directly increases Sri Lanka’s external debt. That is not fully accurate.

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 27

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: The $23 Million Question: Did the IMF Stop a Grant — or Is Someone Hiding the Paper Trail? linkedin.com/pulse/23-millio… via @LinkedIn

The $23 Million Question: Did the IMF Stop a Grant — or Is Someone Hiding the Paper Trail?

The allegation made by singer Sangeeth Wijesooriya cannot be brushed aside as gossip, political noise, or entertainment-talk-show drama. It raises a serious public finance question: was Sri Lanka...

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Dhammika Maherndre @dmpraba

May 27

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: The Bauddhaloka Mawatha Vehicle Controversy: A Political Economy Reading of State Property, RTI, and Executive Accountability linkedin.com/pulse/bauddhalo… via @LinkedIn

The Bauddhaloka Mawatha Vehicle Controversy: A Political Economy Reading of State Property, RTI,...

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