The 15thAGM of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka (LASL) was held on 29th of September  at the Renuka Hotel, Colombo. 

Sri Lanka Tea Board Chairman Rohan Pethiyagoda at the 163rd annual general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, held recently.

  ]Asia and the Pacific has long been the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), propelled by increasing trade and investment openness in the region. From 2001 to 2016, Asia’s share of global FDI increased from

“There is no doubt that the oil market is moving in the right direction,” the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries noted with satisfaction in its most recent bulletin published  on Wednesday.

Proposals for an Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) dominated corridor conversations at the 1997 International Monetary Fund (IMF)–World Bank annual meetings in Hong Kong. The Asian financial crisis had erupted a few months earlier and was engulfing the

NEW DELHI: As global attention focused on hurricanes Harvey and Irma, more than 41 million people across South Asia battled floods and displacement.

It has been over 150 years since Sri Lanka witnessed the establishment of its very first tea plantations and while the crop and the island have since become synonymous with one another, today Sri Lanka’s tea industry faces challenges on an unpr

Mahir Brothers in Katugastota, in the Matale District, is one of Sri Lanka’s leading exporters of spices, namely nutmeg, pepper, cloves and cocoa. For the past three generations, Mahir Brothers has tried to maintain the consistency of its produ

Only a handful of Sri Lankan companies have been in existence for over 100 years. However, for 138 consecutive years, the Royal-Thomian has been played, including through two world wars. On the verge of the 138th Royal Thomian, MTI Consulting reflect

Talks of constitution-making have again come to the fore. We, Sri Lankans, have seen our fair share of constitution-making since the independence. But it’s arguable whether such a requirement really came from the citizenry or the rulers wanted

Following is the synopsis of the 27th J.E. Jayasuriya Memorial Lecture delivered by Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama.

China’s meteoric rise has put the spotlight on the relationships it shares with its neighbours. Distinct national interests and the substantial social and political diversity in the region make the development of a regional community a complex

I am honoured to be elected as the 32nd President of this prestigious chamber, the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, and I assure with confidence and pride that I will take forward the good work done by my predecessors to take the chamber to

For the sixth consecutive year, MTI Consulting in partnership with Daily FT, Daily Mirror and Sunday Times, has concluded the MTI CEO Business Outlook Survey, collectively outlining the Sri Lankan business community’s perception for the state o

Prof. Ricardo Hausmann of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, who visited Sri Lanka to follow-up on a programme to build capacity among senior officials at the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, the Export Development Board and To

The second edition of Pakistan Single Country Exhibition took place at the BMICH conference hall last weekend in a bid to further bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The two countries already have a free trade agreement (FTA) operational

The Fairway Galle Literary Festival, since first launching in 2007, has become one of the most anticipated literary events in Southeast Asia for both authors and literary enthusiasts around the world. The festival is celebrated annually

Mirror Business recently met with World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough for a brief interview over the World Bank’s new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Sri Lanka and her take on the country&

Following is the part covering the monetary policy, financial sector and economic strategies of Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy’s speech at the launch of ‘Central Bank Road Map for 2017 and Beyond’ on Tuesday.

The prosperity, measured by the Sri Lanka Prosperity Index (SLPI), which is a composite indicator that measures and compares the level of prosperity of the country and across its provinces, has improved to 0.864 in 2015 from 0.804 in the previous yea

The first ever Colombo Christmas Street (CCS) on Green Path which was inaugurated by Tourist Minister John Amaratunga on December 22nd concluded on a high note on December 24th. The event was organized by the Ministry of Tourism, Christian Religious

 The CL Synergy Group of Companies that consist of CL Synergy (Pvt) Ltd, Eagle Logistics Colombo (Pvt) Ltd , ASB Freight (Pvt) Ltd and Salota International (Pvt) Ltd organized their annual dinner dance named ‘Cleasal Ball 2016’ on De

 Following is the keynote address (edited version) delivered by Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama at the 10th Annual Research Forum of the Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association, organised

A simple product that needs a great deal of skill, effort, time, knowledge and technical capacities is how Serendib Flour Mills (SFML), a leader in manufacturing wheat flour products in Sri Lanka, described its flagship brand Seven Star Flour.

Sri Lanka may be sliding into a trap due to over-reliance on public financing for infrastructure development and concomitant overuse of ‘soft loans’ in the process. 

This is the sixth of the interview series titled ‘Mirror Business S&P SL20 Insights’ conducted in collaboration with the Colombo Stock Exchange.   Following are excerpts of an interview with Hemas Holdings PLC Group CEO Steven En

Sri Lanka’s largest private bank, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon is actively looking at opportunities to venture overseas, with a view to establishing itself in developing economies with high growth potential.  

MTI Consulting, as part of an initiative to scale up their corporate finance and investment advisory practice, recently announced the appointment of Naushervan “Naush” Beg, a Canadian-Pakistani with formidable international experience in

While many would imagine living in a popular science fiction narrative when they hear the word artificial intelligence (AI), the recently held Colombo AI Meetup highlighted how most people are now coming into contact with AI on a daily or even an hou

While giving a tacit seal of approval for the Sri Lankan government’s plan to promote export industries through economic zones, Australian National University Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy Economics Prof