Month: April 2020
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Apr- 2020 -24 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. The projected fall, which would be the…
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24 AprilA listers
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
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24 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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
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24 April
YOUTH FORUM
GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN Senith Abeyanayake commends youth who challenge conventional norms Compiled by Savithri Rodrigo Q: What’s the good, bad and ugly in Sri Lanka? A: The good is the country’s inspiring history,…
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23 AprilA listers
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.
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23 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
VIRGIN AUSTRALIA COLLAPSES
Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration - making it Australia's first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic
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23 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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
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23 AprilONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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
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22 AprilLMDtv
LMD TV
c This week, LMD TV focusses on Sri Lanka’s economy in this period of uncertainty with economist Deshal De Mel, followed by Charitha Subasinghe, the President of retail for John Keells Holdings
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22 AprilMANAGEMENT DIGEST
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…
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