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The location of Sri Lanka has a strategic significance and this has been proven by the historical trading activities between Sri Lanka and ancient China, Egypt, and the Roman Empire. There is ample evidence to show that Sri Lanka was a main trading hub in Asia. The reasons for occupation of Sri Lanka by the ...
- Accelerating inclusive growth: The role of the external sector (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to revive FTA talks with India, China and Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka geared for globalisation? (Category: Business)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
Last week I had the opportunity of meeting Hermawan Kartajaya, one of the top 50 gurus who has shaped the world of marketing. His perspective to the changing landscape of marketing and what business must do sure opened my mind set to a new way of thinking business and Sri Lanka’s policy decision making. Hermawan ...
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Eminent speakers at SLIM International Marketing Conference 2012 tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Honorary Fellow Dr. Hermawan Kartajaya visits SLIM (Category: Business)
- Driving marketing in the boardroom (Category: Business)
Disruption to food production, due to adverse weather conditions in USA, China, Russia and India could contribute to a spike in world food prices. Due to its direct exposure to global supply disruptions, Sri Lanka could be adversely affected, warns Sri Lankaandrsquo;s economic think tank andndash; Pathfinder andndash; in its latest andlsquo;economic flash.andrsquo;
- Lawmakers take up issue of genetically-altered foods (Category: USA, Washington)
- Tucson Originals holding food drive at its restaurants (Category: USA, Arizona)
- Lithonia Food Thief Strikes Same Homeowner 4 Times (Category: USA, Georgia)
- How long can someone survive in the cold without food? (Category: Technology)
Four examples; two bad and two goodThe website of the London Economist newspaper has a reference to an official of a certain country referring to a journalist in words similar to what follows – I have substituted words which would be appropriate to an officer and a gentleman addressing a lady, for what was actually ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
Ballooning trade gap Even with the multitude of measures taken to curb imports, Sri Lanka's cumulative trade deficit widened to nearly US$ 1.7 billion in the first two months of the year with earnings from exports increasing marginally by 3.3 per cent to US$ 1.8 billion whilst import expenditure shooting by 24.7 per cent to ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Do people prefer coffee over tea? (Category: Business)
News reports point to an important decision that the minister concerned has been requested to make on the above subject. If this is correct it is important that we recognise that it is more than a million dollar decision that has been called for. It is so important a decision because it could determine the ...
- Storms brewing in teacups (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- SL must become a tea nation, but… (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis The volatility in Middle Eastern markets, coupled with the increasing issue of low quality due to competition and increasing costs, has placed the local tea industry in a big fix, which could, if unattended, immediately mark the end of a Sri Lankan legacy in four to five years. Despite Sri Lankan tea ...
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Planters’ Association Chief says turbulent times for tea (Category: Business)
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Tea Industry Divided Over Importing Tea For Blending (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Tens of thousands of flag-waving and chanting protesters called on Saturday for a disputed parliamentary election to be rerun and an end to Vladimir Putin’s rule, increasing pressure on the Russian leader as he tries to win back the presidency. The protesters shouted “Russia without Putin” and “New elections, New elections” as one speaker ...
- Protesters chant for a “Russia without Putin” (Category: Business)
- Thousands of Russians challenge Putin’s election win (Category: Business)
- Russia Davos party has unusual opposition flavour (Category: Business)
- Tearful Putin wins back Russian presidency (Category: Business)
Justice and fair-play is paramount Justice and fair-play are of paramount importance to all members of the world family consisting of 193 nations expecting justice and fair-play equally. It is the principle on which the United Nations was established in place of the less-effective League of Nations, in order to settle differences among nations based ...
- Transparency and equality in human rights arena (Category: Business)
- Towards ‘Wonder of Asia’ with regional and world peace (Category: Business)
- MIGHT OF POWERFUL NATIONS CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINST JUSTICE AND FAIR PLAY – PRESIDENT AT UN SESSIONS (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: England piled more misery on India with a thrilling six-wicket victory in a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Wednesday. After losing the test series 4-0, India started brightly in the shortest version of the game and racked up 165 all out, only to see England reach their target with three balls to ...
- Muammar Gaddafi dead of wounds following capture - Reuters (Category: Breaking News)
- “Zero hour” for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up (Category: Business)
- Gaddafi son rallies loyalists for Tripoli fightback (Category: Business)
- Gaddafi lessons for brand building (Category: Business)
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