Business Today Sri Lanka - September 2025

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From Bankruptcy to Balance: How Ranil Wickremesinghe Pulled
Sri Lanka Back from Collapse
Ranil Wickremesinghe left office in September 2024 not as a hero or villain, but as a rarer: a leader who did the hard, unpopular work when no one else could. He inherited a bankrupt nation and laid the foundation for recovery through sheer persistence and technocratic maneuvering.

Nel Capadona is the new Head of School at The Overseas School of Colombo (OSC). Nel brings with her a thirty-year career in education. OSC’s community-based approach and alignment with her values of compassion, curiosity, and unity in diversity appealed to her.

GPT-5, the latest generation of OpenAI’s conversational model, marks a turning point. Where earlier versions impressed with language fluency, GPT-5 demonstrates decision-grade reasoning, contextual memory, and enterprise integration that elevate it from assistant
to advisor. For CEOs, it raises a defining question: Are you ready to let AI sit at the executive table?

What does a spy disguised as a beggar in the 1980s have to do with India’s USD five trillion economy? Ajit Doval’s career reminds us that security and strategy remain the invisible backbone of growth.