May 6, 2021 | LMD

TOMORROW’S WORLD

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 THE COST OF LIVING2021-05-06T15:24:56+00:00 OPINION POLLS

The PepperCube Cost of Living Index (CLI) for March recorded a decline of 5.9 points from the previous month – continuing the trend observed

Is this the end of the era of low inflation in the global economy? Major central banks have responded aggressively to the

For all intents and purposes, a team of qualified, talented and experienced people in a pleasant working environment, led by

May being the month of Vesak is when islanders might miss one of their more illustrious sons the most. It was he, the late Sri

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 INSURANCE SECTOR2021-05-06T14:31:05+00:00 BUSINESS FORUM

Insurance penetration in Sri Lanka is currently less than two percent in both the life and general insurance sectors. While some would say

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 BOOKRACK2021-05-06T15:18:52+00:00 TOP SHELF

Thalif Deen – Director and Senior Editor, UN Bureau, Inter Press Service (IPS) – is known in Sri Lanka as our man at the UN. Deen was not

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 LIFESTYLE2021-05-07T09:34:54+00:00 TOP SHELF

My amazing husband, our four great sons and two incredibly naughty puppies – and my brother, mother and in-laws (all of whom are

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 BURNING ISSUES2021-05-06T15:40:23+00:00 OPINION POLLS

Fewer respondents to the latest LMD-Nielsen Business Confidence Index (BCI) expressed concern about COVID-19 than in the prior

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 THE GIG ECONOMY2021-05-06T14:48:02+00:00 BUSINESS AFFAIRS

As the COVID-19 pandemic hamstrung a large part of the economy the world over, we saw consumer demand plummet

Tharindu Perera May 6, 2021 THE ECONOMY2021-05-06T15:33:22+00:00 OPINION POLLS

Manufacturing activities in Sri Lanka reached a nine month high in March with the Purchasing Managers’ Index increasing by 7.6 index points

Do you make life happen or is life simply happening to you? “The great paradox of our time is that many of us are busy and bored at the same

I am confident the sector will regain the momentum it lost due to the global pandemic. Sri Lanka is a resilient island, and tourism

A product can easily be replicated elsewhere and at a lower cost unless a country holds exclusive rights to produce it. Branding is

The tourism industry is among the worst affected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. How soon it can recover is in the hands of each

Along with the herculean logistical challenges that the pandemic brought over the past year or so, the world has also seen a