Day: July 1, 2019
-
Jul- 2019 -1 JulyMANAGEMENT DIGEST
INNOVATION AND RISK
Even as we extol the virtues of innovators, and emphasise the need for product and service innovation
Read More » -
1 JulyBUSINESS AFFAIRS
RURAL SECTOR
In the immediate post-independence years and even earlier, the country’s rural and semi-urban areas lacked the
Read More » -
1 JulyMANAGEMENT DIGEST
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
When I sat the SSC exam (the former O-Levels), civics was one of the options. And I have often wondered why it was dropped because it
Read More » -
1 JulyBUSINESS AFFAIRS
PLASTIC PLANET
Year 2019 may well be remembered as a time when the world turned against plastic. We have seen too many pivotal pictures of plastic waste
Read More » -
1 JulyTOP SHELF
BOOKRACK
The dastardly Easter Sunday bombings – and resultant spate of deaths, injuries and general disruption to life in Sri Lanka – were uppermost in my mind
Read More » -
1 JulyCURRENT AFFAIRS
COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION
On 17 April, 80 percent of the 193 million registered Indonesians cast their vote in one
Read More » -
1 JulyBUSINESS FORUM
HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Increasing demand for private healthcare is driven by Sri Lanka’s ageing population and the rising incidence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which
Read More » -
1 JulyEDITORIALS
THE BIG PICTURE
This isn’t the first time in Sri Lanka’s chequered post-independence history that its globally acclaimed tourism industry has had to rely on local leisure seekers
Read More » -
1 JulyCURRENT AFFAIRS
COUNTERING EXTREMISM
Even though violent extremism can never be justified, it’s not something that happens in a vacuum. Apart from actual
Read More » -
1 JulyTOP SHELF
THE ROVING DIPLOMAT
At a time when relations between India and Pakistan have been steadily deteriorating, the invitation to talks extended by Indian Prime Minister
Read More »
