NMRA Approval for Skincare Products: Are Sri Lankan Consumers Protected?
A skincare product can have attractive packaging, thousands of social-media followers and glowing influencer reviews. But what happens when consumers ask about NMRA approval and are told that an application is still pending? Sri Lanka’s cosmetics-registration system exists to examine product safety and quality, yet important legal gaps remain. This editor’s perspective asks why regulatory responsibility should come before marketing success.
AI and Critical Thinking: MIT Professor Eric So Warns Against Outsourcing Our Minds
AI can now write reports, solve problems and prepare professional work within seconds. But MIT Sloan professor Eric So warns that the convenience may have a hidden cost: people could gradually lose the thinking skills that make them valuable. His new book, The Collision: What AI Does to Us, explores why protecting independent judgement is becoming increasingly important.
Human Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka: Why Wildlife Protection Cannot Wait
The death of tusker Kavantissa, continuing human–elephant conflict and railway accidents have renewed concerns about Sri Lanka’s wildlife protection. With approximately 7,450 wild elephants and communities facing serious danger, the country needs more than emergency responses. Stronger habitat protection, wildlife laws, veterinary services and lessons from international conservation systems could help build a safer future for people and animals.
Financial Literacy in Sri Lanka Schools: The Subject We Needed Earlier
Many Sri Lankans first learn how to manage money only after leaving school and being forced to do it alone. From 2027, Grade 6 students are expected to begin learning Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship. As someone who entered university without a real understanding of personal finance, I see this as one of the most useful parts of the education reform – provided we teach children how to use the knowledge, not simply how to write it on an examination paper.
Aflatoxin in Dried Fish: What Sri Lankan Consumers Should Know
Dried fish is an affordable and familiar source of protein in Sri Lanka, but a new peer-reviewed scientific review has highlighted an often-overlooked food-safety risk: toxins produced by certain moulds when fish, feed or dried products are handled and stored under poor conditions. The finding does not mean Sri Lankan dried fish is unsafe, but it gives consumers, traders and regulators good reason to pay closer attention to drying, moisture and storage.
Sri Lanka Fuel Price October 2026: Petrol 92, Diesel Prices Increased
Sri Lanka fuel price October 2026: Petrol 92 rises to Rs.414, Auto Diesel to Rs.392 and Super Diesel to Rs.528 from midnight on 30 September.
Graduate Unemployment in Sri Lanka: Are Degrees Keeping Up With AI?
A university degree once appeared to offer a fairly clear path into professional work. That path is becoming less certain. An IMF Finance & Development report warns that a record number of young people are entering developing-country labour markets just as AI, slower economic growth and skills gaps are changing the jobs available to new graduates.
Social Media Addiction in Children: Why It Is So Hard to Log Off
Why can a child spend an hour scrolling without noticing the time? UNICEF explains that many social-media features are deliberately designed to keep people engaged. Understanding those design tricks can help parents, schools and policymakers protect children’s attention without treating technology itself as the enemy.
Sugar Labels Sri Lanka: Are We Reading Before We Eat?
Sri Lanka already uses colour-coded sugar warnings on many packaged foods and drinks. Yet many of us still choose food by taste, habit or brand without checking what the packet is telling us. In a country with a growing diabetes burden, learning to read sugar labels is becoming a basic health skill.
Sri Lanka IMF Commitments August 2026: What Must Be Delivered?
Sri Lanka enters the final days of August with several IMF programme commitments approaching their deadlines. Public-investment rules, electricity tariff reform, procurement transparency and the Meridien debt system now offer a useful test of whether reforms are moving from agreement to implementation.