Accelerated by COVID-19, the rapid shift to a much more digital world is having a profound impact on all aspects of our lives: how we shop, how we interact, how we work and how we do business.

In what has been recognised as the world’s largest educational crisis, the spread of COVID-19 has resulted in a record number of students being forced to stay away from schools and universities.

By It was James Carville the political strategist behind Bill Clinton’s rise to the US Presidency who introduced the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” to the lexicon of political campaigning. He made this comment to draw the focus of his camp

Across Asia, the issue of food security perpetually hovers over numerous poor and working class households. Many global social organisations list malnutrition as a major regional challenge, with several estimating that Asia houses 67 percent of the w

One hundred years is a significant milestone in life. The Ceylon Motor Traders Association (CMTA) is one of the oldest trade associations in Sri Lanka and one of the oldest automotive associations internationally. The CMTA is affiliated to the Ceylon

The Sri Lankan economy is in dire straits owing to the strict lockdown imposed by the government from March 21st to May 9th to counter the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is part of the interview series titled ‘Mirror Business S&P SL2- Insights’ conducted in collaboration with the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The interview features Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Managing Director S. Renganathan. Following are

The novel coronavirus which drove cities and countries into lockdown has now sparked anxiety over a possible food crisis given the increase in export and import bans and disruption of global food supply chains.

The e-commerce industry in Sri Lanka has seen a rapid development over the last year, with a large percentage of shoppers venturing on to the digital platform.

It’s hard to draw positives from a global crisis such as COVID-19, one that has taken hundreds of thousands of lives and impacted millions more globally but the reality of crises such as this is that they are, more often than not, some of the great

Ernst & Young (EY) was commissioned to conduct an assessment on the key bottlenecks for private sector investments in the Northern Province in agriculture and fishery sectors, amidst significant progress made by the International Labour Organisation

As the COVID-19 virus forced much of the world into lockdown, the scale of interdependence and reliance on trade across nations was apparent by the global urgency to re-open economies as soon as possible.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, a combination of technological breakthroughs had been rapidly reshaping the way we lived and worked.

On 2 July 2020, India’s Ministry of Health announced 226,947 active cases of COVID-19, with 17,400 lives lost.

The pandemic is still in its early stages but the economic fallout is likely to be far worse than the global financial crisis of just over a decade ago. Initial data points to the worst slump since the Second World War.

COVID-19 is exposing the vulnerability of global value chains (GVCs). GVCs contribute to rapid economic growth by enabling multinational corporations to increase their efficiency through fragmented, task-based specialisation. But they are now quickly

ACCA members have always played a key role in assessing the financial implications and risks faced by Sri Lanka in any crisis and now with the COVID-19 pandemic, they are helping to guide organisations through this challenge and playing a critical pa

Last Saturday was the UN World Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Day, and in light of that, focus should be given to Sri Lanka’s small businesses and the challenges they face.

This article is presented in appreciation of China, the world’s second largest economy that went through difficulties due to the epidemic outbreak and now in the process of recovery.

With the harsh reality of a global recession slowly descending on Sri Lanka, questions about government expenditure and its allocation of resources have begun to dominate dinner table discussions. Fears of higher taxation to cover the losses earned a

International Chamber of Commerce Chairman Paul Polman speaking at a top-level UN summit last week noted that a US $ 5 trillion trade financing capacity will be needed in 2021, to restore global commerce to its pre-COVID-19 trend.

Sri Lanka ticks all the boxes of an irresistible tourism destination but repeated uncertainties have kept the island nation off the itineraries of its target audience on and off, for decades.

The start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in China last December sent ripples across the global economy but it certainly took time to realise that even the strongest industries would receive a painful hit from the club.

Even though Sri Lanka’s economy has opened up, businesses are still recovering from the dual shock of the locally imposed curfew as well as the global fallback from the coronavirus. A vast majority of Sri Lankan businesses are in need of support if

Outgoing World Bank Country Director for the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough speaks about the highlights of her four years in Colombo. She also shares her thoughts on the opportunities she sees for Sri Lanka and wishes the p

The 27th anniversary of the establishment of Regional Plantation Companies fell on June 23.

The prolonged curfew and lockdown measures introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of Sri Lanka’s food system.

Giving solutions to economic problems is a task which should receive a high priority to resolve socio-economic problems of the public. Giving a higher income to the hands of the people would resolve most of the problems in the society.

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) complain about lack of access to finance, lack of government support, insufficient customer preference for local products and services and so on. While these may be true, these are not the only reasons s

A harmonised set of industry-wide health and safety protocols are necessary for travel and tourism to recover.