Choosing investments is just the beginning of your work when investing in the stock market. As time goes by, you’ll need to monitor the performance of these stocks to see how they are working together in your portfolio to help you progress towa

A recent statement from Labour Minister John Seneviratne elicited much chatter amongst the social circles. He espoused that arrack should be made cheaper to dissuade people, especially the estate sector workers from consuming harmful illicit alcohols

A bust-up between Arab powers has dealt a blow to supercarriers already hurt by low oil prices and laptop bans, exposing the sensitivity of Gulf hubs to regional uncertainty and creating openings for rival airlines - at least in the short term.

All nations around the globe are celebrating World Oceans Day today – 08 June – under the theme of ‘Our Oceans, Our Future’. While the action focus of this year’s Ocean Day is the prevention ocean pollution due to the us

In the first six months of this year, Sri Lanka has experienced a number of major events that demonstrate exactly how critical managing the environment is:  drought, landslides, a garbage avalanche, flash floods — and many other events at

Under the management of the Sri Lankan regional plantation companies (RPCs), the domestic plantation sector has been able to achieve important progress towards the diversification of its traditional mix of cash crops. 

The World Bank forecasts that global economic growth will strengthen to 2.7 percent in 2017 as a pickup in manufacturing and trade, rising market confidence and stabilizing commodity prices allow growth to resume in commodity-exporting emerging marke

Sri Lanka is making a big push into the energy sector, with focus on renewable energy. And that is an opportunity for India.

China’s leverage ratio — the ratio of debt to assets or equity — is rising at an alarming pace and approaching a historical high. High leverage ratios have in the past caused concern that financial asset bubbles in China might soon

Edirisinghe Brothers’ Hybrid Hub, which was introduced last year, is known to be the first and only purpose-built facility for hybrid and electrical vehicles (HEV) in Sri Lanka.It provides services such as hybrid battery testing, conditioning,

LONDON: Food and drink megabrands are seeing their sales chewed away by smaller, nimbler, cooler rivals. They can’t beat them - so now they’re joining them.

Slapping import bans on products like mangoes, coal and salmon has long been China’s way of punishing countries that refuse to toe its political line.

REUTERS: China invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and six cabinet colleagues to its ‘new Silk Road’ summit this month, even offering to rename a flagship Pakistani project running through disputed territory to persuade them to at

Sri Lankan exports, which have been flagging in recent times, gained some much needed relief with the European Union’s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council deciding to grant additional trade preferences to Sri Lanka under its GSP-Plus initiative. 

GSP Plus is offered to encourage a wider range of products to be purchased by the European Union (EU). Most of Sri Lankan leading export products are included among the 7,500 products eligible for the EU GSP. More than 50 percent of Sri Lanka’s

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) offers a huge opportunity. It is true that there are risks. But it is clear what we should do. We should welcome the initiative with open arms and engage with it.

The public sector is a key driver of private sector development across Asia’s developing member countries simply because from a development perspective it makes good economic sense. Sri Lanka is an excellent example of how this works at its bes

MTI Consulting, over the last 18 years, has worked on organisational restructuring projects across diverse public and private organisations in over 40 countries.  In this feature, MTI applies its research, learnings and expertise to propose a &l

The world’s economic leaders and stakeholders came together at the 2017 International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings amid a more positive outlook on the global growth, 

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.), known as the ‘king of spices’, is the most important and widely used spice in the world. Pepper production is confined to a few countries in Asia including Sri Lanka and the Pacific, Brazil and Madagascar.&

Unites States National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster embarked on his maiden visit to South Asia on April 16, 2017. McMaster’s trip to the region is part of the on-going consultation process ahead of finalising the Trump administration’s

When Karuppiah Sellathurai bought his first cow, it only gave him a few litres of milk every day. But then he ‘multiplied’ his cattle when his cow had a calf. Several years down the line, he has four animals in his shed, milk to meet his

The Plantation Industries Ministry wishes to make the following media release on the recent media release by the Tea Exporters’ Association (TEA). 

With the electoral manifesto of current President, Maithripala Sirisena, which promised the formulation of a national policy that could face modern ecological challenges, the country’s drive towards sustainable development was instated.  

US President Trump’s ‘America First’ policy is not unique; protectionism has crept up since the 2008-09 global financial crisis as the G20 countries have stealthily ramped up measures against each other and governments have exhorted

The rising numbers of tourists from abroad and a state-led campaign to expand medical tourism could attract further investment to Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector, creating additional opportunities for its hospitality industry in the process. 

In a recent full page advertisement published in some newspapers, the Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka (COYEL) has made reservations on the Hambantota port lease arrangement and had suggested a way forward without resorting to selling of n

South Asia comprises only 3.5 percent of the world’s surface area but houses 24.8 percent of the global population spread over eight countries. It has people from hundreds of ethno-linguistic groups and at least seven major religious identities

After years of tepid growth and a rather slow 2016, the global economy is on course for its best performance in several years, according to the latest data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This is despite the trade tensions and looming geo

PTI: Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce its consumption by at least one-third and save about 35 to 45 million lives in South Asia, including India, a study said recently.