LESSONS IN CONTINGENCY PLANNING
The main lesson is contingency planning. Organisations with a high level of contingency preparation will be able to easily ride the storm and continue to be operational. Functionalities such as work
TOURISM INDUSTRY
In my view, it has been a concerted and proactive effort led by SLTPB to reignite tourism in the country following the ghastly Easter Sunday attacks
IS SOCIAL DISTANCING AN ACTUAL POSSIBILITY IN INDIA?
Health experts and governments across the world have been advising people to practice social distancing to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus
WORLD VISION
23rd April 2020, COLOMBO – HSBC partnered with World Vision to provide dry ration packs to the most vulnerable families affected by the current emergency situation in the country, due to COVID-19
CATCHME.LK
Colombo, Thursday 21st November 2019: Tired of enticing online shopping deals that have hidden costs suddenly appearing at check-out? Or have bad experience with products that look nothing
BEWAXED
Colombo, Monday 24th February 2020: Sri Lanka’s homegrown and fastest growing exclusive waxing salon chain BeWaxed, recently made its foray in to the international market with the launch
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
In the sphere of economics, wealth is defined as the value of assets less liabilities – meaning the value of what one owns and owes respectively. Between mid-2017 and mid-2018, global wealth rose
AMAZON’S STOCKS SURGE MAKING IT THE NEW BULL ON WALL STREET
In a note published Thursday morning, Goldman Sachs raised its Amazon price target to a street high $2,900, implying 20% upside from current levels
WORLD BANK PREDICTS SHARPEST DECLINE OF REMITTANCE IN HISTORY
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2020 — Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in…
A RESPONSE LIKE NO OTHER IS NEEDED
We don’t know what the ‘new normal’ means. We frame our projections and scenarios based on our historic experiences and knowledge. None of us have experienced a crisis of this scale in the past
DUBAI TO CONTINUE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
The Dubai Media Office has officially announced that it will resume commercial activities in the emirate starting Friday, April 24
YOUTH FORUM
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN Senith Abeyanayake commends youth who challenge conventional norms Compiled by Savithri…
OPPORTUNITY TO INSTIGATE REFORMS
The apparel and tourism industries will be extremely hard hit. Almost all consumer and B2B facing export businesses will feel the pinch until the US and Western Europe open up.
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA COLLAPSES
Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration - making it Australia's first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19: HOW WILL THIS AFFECT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?
Declining coronavirus infection rates and plans to begin easing lockdown measures in some parts of the developed world have provided a ray of hope after weeks of unrelenting gloom. But, for many
THE FUTURE OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
The resiliency of the hotel industry will help it rebound as the effects of the coronavirus ebb, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics firm
LMD TV
c This week, LMD TV focusses on Sri Lanka’s economy in this period of uncertainty…
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
As the head of a school, the principal is presumably in total control of what goes on within its walls. He or she is always held responsible for whatever happens in it. I am speaking only of private and international schools since I’m never too sure how much praise or blame can be attached to principals of state schools that are run by the Department of Education.