TRAVEL BUBBLES MAY BE A BOON
The new (hopefully temporary) normal is all about uncertainty given that we are in uncharted territory. There are two phases: the pre-vaccine phase supported by increasingly effective cures like remdesivir
SLT
The Chairman, Board of Directors, representatives of the Management and Unions of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) and Mobitel handed over a cheque to the value of Rs. 50 million to His Excellency Gotabaya
COMMERCIAL BANK
Healthy growth in business volumes and an extraordinary contribution from other income, before the slowdown attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, have enabled the Commercial Bank of Ceylon
TEEJAY
Top textile manufacturer Teejay Lanka PLC has ended 2019-20 on an encouragingly strong note, despite its projected fourth quarter profit growth being eroded by production shutdowns at all plants
SRI LANKAN AIRLINES
May 14 2020, Colombo: A moment of pride as SriLankan Airlines aircraft were seen at O. R. Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg – South Africa recently. SriLankan carried 45 tons of cargo
EMIRATES
The shared passion that attracts like-minded organisations to each other was clearly articulated when Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, greeted Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando
PRINTING MONEY IS A NECESSARY EVIL
Sri Lanka’s response to the pandemic has been commendable. While we can all say what could have been done better with the benefit of hindsight, what’s important is that Sri Lanka has placed a greater value on lives than the economy
WUHAN’S LATEST PLAN TO TEST PATIENTS
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, has announced an ambitious plan to test all of its 11 million residents for the virus in the coming days, a campaign that will be
THE FUTURE OF PERSONAL CONTACT
In a normal week, it’s hard to count how many times we come into physical contact with other human beings. For many who are isolating alone, this may be the longest period in their lives that they’ve
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR DURING THE PANDEMIC HAS CONFUSED AI SYSTEMS
The chaos and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic have claimed an unlikely victim: the machine learning systems that are programmed to make sense of our online behavior
SLT
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC Group released its financial results for the three months ending on 31st March 2020
LESSONS IN CRISIS PREPAREDNESS
I for one am of the opinion that our initial response to the islandwide lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19 was admirable. Timely action enabled the authorities to properly quarantine overseas
WTO HEAD TO STEP DOWN A YEAR EARLY
The head of the World Trade Organization has said he will step down a year earlier than planned, at a crucial moment for the global economy
UK UNEMPLOYMENT TO DOUBLE AND ECONOMY TO SHRINK BY 14%
The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment more than double by spring as the coronavirus causes the deepest recession in modern history
AIA
[Wednesday 13 May 2020] – AIA, the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group, today launched a new content series (filming was conducted prior to the Covid-19 pandemic)
PUBLIC HEALTH IS A PRIORITY
The COVID-19 pandemic has put us in a situation where we have to either prioritise public health and in turn sacrifice economic output, or prioritise the economy and sacrifice public health. Although
OPEX
Colombo, Monday 11th May 2020: Opex Holding (Pvt) Ltd, a well-established agri-input company with more than 5 decades of experience in Sri Lanka recently made a donation worth more than 1.5 million
SIX NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN WUHAN, CHINA
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan plan to test all 11 million residents for the novel coronavirus by the end of next week in a massive push to extinguish any remnants of the virus from the
THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
I think we have responded very well to the crisis as the lockdown has been effective from mid-March. In an unprecedented situation like this, there is no blueprint for safeguarding the health of
