Sri Lanka would have to overhaul its tourism promotion strategy to capitalize on the ever booming global cruise tourism industry enjoyed by high spenders by attracting the big names in cruise shipping...

MTI Consulting, over the last 18 years, has worked on organisational restructuring projects across diverse public and private organisations in over 40 countries.

?Supported by the European Union (EU), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has partnered with Mobitel Sri Lanka to establish a modern tracking system in the Batticaloa District to monitor the waste collection vehicle fleet of the L

With the onset of political stability, Sri Lanka has actively pursued a policy of vigorous industrial and economic growth.

Success doesn’t come overnight nor does it happen by accident. To achieve success and sustainability, businesses must create, innovate, strategize and execute the plan with diligence. 

When discussing Asia’s economic success, economists always take Singapore as a role model to develop nations and create wealth.

The previous Verité Insight titled ‘Exports to India: putting the “free” back into the free trade agreement’ highlighted that when negotiating trade agreements, ...

In the early years after independence, it was generally accepted that the government’s role was limited to providing defence,

Following is the speech by Deputy Minister of Policy Planning  Dr. Harsha de Silva, delivered at the 18th Annual General Meeting...

?When the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) met the representatives of the private sector as a prelude to introducing their manifesto ‘The Accord of the Conscience’, it was more than a mere historic meeting.

The corporate and academic sector in Sri Lanka was recently given a lesson on the power of simplicity by Ken Segall, who was the Creative Director of Apple Inc.’s advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day.

?Following is the speech of Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne at the SEC’s Certificate and Diploma Awards Ceremony 2015.

The fourth Annual Certificates and Diploma awards ceremony organised by the Capital Market Education and Training (CMET) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was held recently.

The long-term prospect of our agricultural sector is severely constrained by extreme inefficiencies in both markets and public policies.

Sri Lankan banks and companies in general should transform themselves to be relevant in a changing future, according to experts who presented their views at the CIO Agenda 2015 held at Cinnamon Grand this week.

Infrastructure megaprojects are crucial to the future of cities, states and individual livelihoods. The problem is that these projects often go off the rails, either with regard to budget or time—or both.

A knowledge economy widely uses knowledge for the country’s growth and development process. Knowledge economy is closely linked with science and technology, innovation, research and development. 

?Following are excerpts of the speech delivered by Sri Lanka Logistics & Freight Forwarders’ Association Outgoing Chairman Dushmantha Karannagoda, at the 34th Annual General Meeting held recently.

?The Pathfinder Foundation in its blueprint on economic reform, ‘Charting the Way Forward: Prosperity for All’, highlighted the following paragraph:  Sri Lanka needs to follow good practice which is being pursued by an increasing nu

India’s domestic and international economic choices have not always been the wisest. At independence, India was determined to transcend the distorted pattern of economic integration with the world that two centuries...

?MP Eran Wickremaratne, who was the chief guest at the Annual Meeting of the membership of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), lauded the institute for its yeoman service over the last 15 years in creating...

?The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) welcomes the well-written and carefully considered critique of its blueprint, ‘Charting the Way Forward: Prosperity for All’, by the Collective for Economic Democratisation that was published in Mirror Busi

?To even better understand the key regulatory requirements and Audit Committee (AC) priorities, the Audit Committee Forum organised its fifth evening presentation and panel discussion recently, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka.&

Sri Lanka’s tea industry witnessed dampened growth from all sides on May, with not only its revenue and exports continuing on a declining trend, but also the cumulative export earnings for the first five months standing at a five year low.

?The English language requirement for various job roles is different. Working with a key player in the Manufacturing and Retail industry, the British Council has embarked on the journey of understanding this requirement through a benchmarking exercis

The Pathfinder Foundation’s prescriptions in its recent report, ‘Charting the Way Forward: Prosperity for All’ are a blueprint for the failed neoliberal policies of the past and would lead to prosperity for a few and misery for many

Sri Lanka is once again allowing politics to suppress and postpone urgently needed economic policy reforms.

The world needs more infrastructure than governments can deliver.

Pathfinder Foundation and Vivekananda International Foundation..

Today marks the World Day Against Child Labour, an awareness campaign launched by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to draw attention to the 168 million children aged 5-17 engaged in child labour worldwide.