?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. 

Chinese investment in Sri Lanka is causing major problems for Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena and has become a point of tension in Sri Lanka–China relations.

?Following are excerpts of  the speech delivered by Dr Surath Wickramasinghe - President of Chamber of Construction Industry, Sri Lanka during the Inauguration of Build SL 2015. Following are excerpts of  the speech delivered by Dr Surath

Asia is expected to become the largest energy consuming region in the world well before 2050. At the same time,...

?Dinesh Weerakkody is Chairman of the apex National Human Resource Development Council and an Advisor to the Prime Minster’s Policy Planning, youth affairs and Economic Affairs Ministry. 

?The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stepped in to provide timely support to Sri Lanka when its external finances were deteriorating and the currency was under pressure. 

To understand the impetus for launching the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), look no further than China’s concern that the governance structure of existing international financial institutions was evolving too slowly. 

 Political momentum is building behind an International Monetary...

In recent years, Malaysia, Singapore, and Pakistan have experienced rapid credit growth that brought...

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

REUTERS: Usha Ghatowar smiles wryly when asked about the pay she earns picking leaves at a colonial-era tea garden in India’s Assam. “Do you think 3,000 rupees (US $48) are enough when your monthly expenses can be double that?”&nbs

?Following are excerpts of the speech delivered by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Thilak Karunaratne, at the Certificate Awarding Ceremony of the Corporate Directors Programme, jointly conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Now that coal has become the major source of fuel for the generation of electricity, we need to rethink on the tariff policy of the power sector. 

Nepal’s unfolding earthquake tragedy follows a string of recent catastrophes in Asia and other regions of the world, all underscoring the need to step up efforts to improve responses to disaster relief, recovery and rehabilitation—and for

?Construction of 75 houses for landslide-affected families in Meeriyabadde has commenced with the initiative taken by the Plantation Infrastructure Development Ministry. 

The drastic fall in local tea and rubber prices – which has led to major losses for Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) – is part of a broader global trend of decline in commodity prices, which is not expected to reverse in the near futu

Ten years ago, when Sri Lanka had to face an unknown giant, Tsunami, little did we know that lives would change in massive ways.  The kid who lost both her parents is now 10 years old, but now an orphan.

?The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has the concept of Nation 1st; Private Sector 2nd; and Companies 3rd at the heart of all its policies, advocacy and activities. 

Mirror Business sat down with Nestlé Lanka PLC’s new Managing Director Shivani Hedge, who took over local operations on February 1st 2015.  She succeeded Ganesan Ampalavanar, who served in this capacity for 2 years before taking up

?AFP: China scored a diplomatic coup by enticing almost 50 countries including key US allies to join its new development bank. But analysts say authoritarian Beijing now faces a daunting task managing a multilateral...

?The Plantation Infrastructure Development Ministry is mandated with the responsibility to uplift the economic, social and living conditions of the plantation community which comprises of over 260,000 families in the plantation regions of Central, Uv