Month: September 2024
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Sep- 2024 -2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
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FROM THE SECOND DECADE A selection from LMD’s Cover Stories FEBRUARY 2009 A NEW DAWN Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is certain that the rise of Asia as a global superpower “has already begun.” Larry Enas took…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
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FROM THE SECOND DECADE A selection from LMD’s Cover Stories SEPTEMBER 2006 SMALL STEP, GIANT LEAP Realistically assessing his oeuvre, Anoma Pieris essays the suggestion that the idealism of Jayantha Dhanapala is the need of…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
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FROM THE SECOND DECADE A selection from LMD’s Cover Stories JANUARY 2006 SRI LANKAN OF THE YEAR 2005 Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar was a true hero of our times – a unique colossus who bestrode…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
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FROM THE SECOND DECADE A selection from LMD’s Cover Stories NOVEMBER 2005 APPAREL IN AND BEYOND 2005 The Chairman of MAS Holdings Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean speaks to Yamini Sequeira about the need to leverage existing…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
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FROM THE SECOND DECADE A selection from LMD’s Cover Stories NOVEMBER 2004 FIGHTING TO SURVIVE! Ashroff Omar – the Chief Executive Officer of Brandix Lanka – strikes a positive note about the immediate future of…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
WAR AND PEACE
THE NATIONAL INTEREST Dr. Jehan Perera illustrates the need to pursue peace and reconciliation in present-day Sri Lanka The war was at its height in 1994 when LMD’s founder Hiran Hewavisenti invited me to write…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
LMD ARCHIVES
FROM THE SECOND DECADE Extracts from our archives 2011 WALLS AND BILLBOARDS Anoma Pieris wants those unsightly billboards that are jostling for space dismantled – and a return to Colombo’s tree lined streets In the…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
SPECIAL EDITIONS
1995 AGAINST ALL ODDS LMD’s inaugural anniversary issue in August 1995 delved into Sri Lanka’s business landscape, highlighting the hurdles faced against a backdrop of sluggishness and inconsistency. The necessity for a forward-thinking mindset amid…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
STOP CORRUPTION!
FIGHT IT, CHALLENGE IT AND CRUSH IT As Sri Lanka dropped further down the pit in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compiled by Transparency International (TI) for 2023 – to 115th place, from 101st…
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2 SeptemberLMD 30th CTB
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
THE STRUGGLE In the echoes of history, amid the tumult of the present, there was the aragalaya. A tapestry woven with the threads of struggle, resilience and hope, and within its borders we found the…
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