Year: 2021

TOURISM INDUSTRY

Pivotal Journeys Dileep Mudadeniya elaborates on the turning point for modern travel The tourism industry is among the world’s oldest connectors; it is by far one of the most effective in transmitting cultural appreciation, social…

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ASIAN FACTORIES SHOW MIXED PERFORMANCE

Manufacturing in China and Japan suffered in January, while South Korea and Taiwan saw improvement amid a resurgence in coronavirus infections, underscoring the fragile nature of the region’s economic recovery. Factory activity rose in major…

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DROPOFF.LK

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 2021 - DropOff.lk an online grocery store, recently launched their services to cater to the ever-growing need

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UNILEVER

Colombo, January 27th, 2021: Unilever Sri Lanka, one of the country’s largest fast-moving consumer goods companies,

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MYANMAR MILITARY SEIZES POWER

Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday (Feb 1) in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for…

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BUSINESS INNOVATION

RADICAL OR INCREMENTAL? Ruchitha Perera looks to solve the business conundrum vis-à-vis innovation The application of innovation differs between industries, sectors and technologies. Structural and organisational factors influence the effect of innovation on business performance.…

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ECONOMIC RECAP

SIGNS OF A RECOVERY Shiran Fernando reviews the recent performance of the national economy and expectations for year 2021 Sri Lanka’s growth numbers for the second and third quarters of last year were released in…

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“The cooperative sector has a major role to play in [mitigating] this pandemic especially in relation to agriculture and food supply chains,” observed SDB bank Chairman Lakshman Abeysekera. In his view, prices have been among…

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IS WORKING FROM HOME LOSING ITS EFFECTIVENESS?

Working from home has been surprisingly successful for global banks during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic but is losing its effectiveness, two prominent industry executives said on Tuesday at a virtual meeting of…

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