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BUSINESS AFFAIRS

  • Jun- 2023 -
    29 June

    G7 SUMMIT

    Expectations were high at this year’s G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. In addition to the Group of Seven leaders, representatives

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  • 29 June

    MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

    Promoting inventors and their inventions is essential for a country’s progress, and it’s for this purpose that the Sri Lanka Inventors

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  • 29 June

    AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Smallholder farmers play an important role in ensuring global food security as they produce around a third of the world’s food supply. They face many challenges

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  • 1 June

    ECONOMIC INDICATORS

    After peaking at 69.8 percent year on year in September 2022, the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) fell to 35.3 percent in April

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  • 1 June

    WORLD ECONOMY

    As far as the world economy is concerned, there are reasons to be both fearful and cheerful. With the recent release of the IMF’s

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  • 1 June

    AGRICULTURE SECTOR

    Climate change impacts agriculture significantly. As tempera­tures rise and weather patterns become more unpredictable, farmers face numerous challenges

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  • 1 June

    SUSTAINABILITY DRIVE

    There is a scientific consensus that the world urgently needs to transition towards a radically different growth path that’s sustainable and low carbon

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  • May- 2023 -
    4 May

    ECONOMIC REFORM

    Sri Lanka received approval from the IMF for an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on 20 March. This marked around a year since

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  • 3 May

    FED POLICY

    It’s an interesting time to revisit US Federal Reserve policy given the recent turmoil in the banking sector. The failure of two

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  • 2 May

    FOOD SECTOR

    In December, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that around 30 percent of Sri Lanka’s population – that’s over 6.5 million people – were

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