THE RICE CRUNCH
Asia is often referred to as ‘the rice bowl of the world’ with nine of the leading 10 rice-producing countries being from the region – with China at
THE WORKPLACE
The concept of employee engagement is now over two decades old. The manager was identified as its most important driver at the time and this
DIGITAL WORLD
The Digital Transformation Forum 2017 lured attendees with some facts to stop them in their tracks. According to a recent Gartner survey, 20 percent
DICTATORS’ BOOKLIST
I’m not sure what books Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is supposed to have read while he was in medical school
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Picture this scenario… As the manager of your team, you ask an employee to carry out some
WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY
In a notable scene from famed documentarian Michael Moore’s film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story,’ an engineer from a technology firm called Isthmus claims:
SRI LANKANS OVERSEAS
My perception of Sri Lanka in the post-war era remains unchanged. Corruption is on the increase while the concerned authorities
LIBERATING SRI LANKA
In New Zealand, cultural ties to Europe remain strong – 74 percent have British or European ancestry and New Zealand is essentially
REGIONAL MARKETS
Asian markets sank Friday as the quarter drew to a close with dealers ignoring better-than-expected US economic growth data, while South Africa’s
POWERING BANGLADESH
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has brought in Japanese agency JICA to invest $30 million in Sembcorp North-West Power Company
IFS
Global enterprise applications company IFS announced that Sunshine Healthcare Lanka, a subsidiary of leading conglomerate Sunshine Holdings, has
EXPLORE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT
A high-level delegation from the European Investment Bank, the world’s largest international
HAMEEDIA
To celebrate the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year, Sri Lankan menswear specialist Hameedia recently launched the very first ‘Andum Mesaya’ Avurudu
TUBERCULOSIS CASES ON THE RISE
More than 15,000 tuberculosis (TB) patients have been recorded in the country in the past year, according to Consultant and Chest Physician of the
FRENCH INVESTORS DEMAND STABILITY
The Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka Jean-Marin Schuh has called for Sri Lanka to have more investment stability with a quiet and stable legal environment.
