Economy Environment

Economic challenges facing Sri Lankan women dependent on biodiversity

Admin January 10, 2023 554

Arul Karki   Sri Lanka’s women workers play an important role in the national economy. In the plantation, agriculture, service, and industrial sectors, the proportion of women workers is increasing. In particular, more women than men work in the agriculture and plantation sectors, the

Economy

Job loss and Corona

Admin August 13, 2021 641

P. Kirubhakaran The effect of Covid-19 is spreading all over the world uncontrollably.  It has crushed the global economy and has locked down the whole world. There is no escape from the virus for both rich and poor countries. The virus has already claimed over 4 million lives while turning the lives of millions of […]

Economy

People Reluctant to Buy Fish in the East

Admin August 3, 2021 414

V. Sakthivel Fishermen fighting for their livelihoods “I have been in the seafood business for over 20 years, having been in Kaluthavalai. At present people do not come to me to buy fish as some dead sea creatures are being washed ashore, after a ship burnt in the Western seas of Sri Lanka. My business […]

Economy Society

The Burden of Corona & Closing Down Poultry Farms

Admin June 23, 2021 468

  U.S. Mahroof S.L.Nazeem, with the financial assistance of his son-in-law, started a poultry farm on his land at Ashraf Town in Addalaichenai D.S.Division, spending Rs. 37 Lakhs to erect the latest type of cages. He continued to run the farm for the last four years and in February, he closed it. The six big cages […]

Economy

A Story from Arugam Bay Tourism is Recovering

Admin September 25, 2019 346

A.M.FAIS Arugam Bay, a key tourism hotspot in Sri Lanka was affected economically after the Easter Sunday attacks, affecting the livelihoods of many local establishments for over 3 months. Since of late however, the situation has been improving. The Catamaran spoke with business owners in the area to find out more. “For the past three […]

Economy

Rebuilding Trust with Trade Weekly Friendship Fair at Kattankudi

Admin September 19, 2019 295

PRASAD PURNAMAL JAYAMANNA This may be a story that makes many people wonder because the picture painted around Kathankudi is an entirely different one. A fair in which any person from anywhere in the country can come and trade is a rare phenomenon anywhere in the island, but to host one in a location that […]