Former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige in the High Court of the FCT courtroom for his arraignment by the EFCC for the alleged violation of his administrative bail granted to him. | NTA Network News

UK economic growth is down Business confidence is down Productivity is down Hiring is down Unemployment is up Borrowing is up Regulation is up And taxes are up (& going up again) The Labour Party is giving the world a textbook example of how to wreck an economy | Radiosunshineuk

Sri Lanka’s biggest growth challenge is total factor productivity (TFP), the ability to get more output from the same labour and capital. But according to the Asian Productivity Organization, our TFP is negative. We’re getting less out than what we put in. The fastest way to fix this is competition. And the most effective channel for competition is trade. Yet Sri Lanka’s trade agenda has been crippled for over a decade by nationalism, protectionism, and politically connected businessmen who lobb