There was such a wonderful response from many readers to last week’s column and so much interest generated in passing on good values to the next generation that I thought it would be good to touch on a related topic. 

If you lose your hotel key or key card, most hotels are reluctant to hand you a new one without some proof of who you are. If you called to find out which room your sister is staying, no hotel should disclose this either, even if you are family.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment   Programme (UNEP) for the purpose of assessing  scientific....

At this moment, more than a billion people live on less than US $ 1.25 a day. That is a stain on our moral conscience. We must help lift people out of poverty without delay, without prejudice, no matter the circumstance, no matter the locale.

Growing rubber in non-traditional areas need effective institutional support Strategic initiatives identified to reach the national targets in rubber production are, increasing productivity and extent under rubber cultivation.

Life expectancy has reached 74.9 years in Sri Lanka today. This reflects the considerable successes the country has achieved in its social development during the post – independence era.

Various sources have come out with plantation crops viz Tea and Rubber production/ productivity figures over the last several years. However, more recently the accuracy of such figures has been disputed, mainly by the plantation companies. Whatever i

The dynamics of the Sri Lankan economy have changed enormously in the last decade. Particularly after ending the prolonged terrorism conflict, the growth outlook in Sri Lanka has been impressive with massive reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts

As emerging economies endure another episode of financial-market stress and volatility, it is appropriate to consider whether and how they might foster more stable conditions. External factors such as global growth and Fed policy matter and are beyo

Singapore’s Ex-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yu is a controversial figure. He is praised for having guided the grand economic transition of Singapore, and is still questioned for undemocratic practices in safeguarding his vote bank over a long period

A recent headline in a Sri Lankan weekly newspaper titled “Tamil Nadu  Exports Fish Robbed from Sri Lanka” prompted me to highlight the legal  implications  of such activity generally referred to as IUU (Illegal Unreported

The Sri Lanka Tourism Strategy for the period 2011 to 2016, launched in November 2011, aims to welcome 2.5 million arrivals by 2016. Not much is known on how the goal of reaching 2.5 million arrivals is to be achieved.

Immediate action must be taken to narrow the US $ 2.4 billion gap in Sino-Lanka trade, according...

Despite impressive performance in access to education, issues of quality of education, access to higher levels of education and relevance of education has challenged the education sector in the recent past.

Sri Lanka is more popular than ever as a tourist destination, meaning there is an urgent need for more well-trained and qualified managers. A bitter civil war from 1983 to 2009 affected tourism in Sri Lanka resulting in low demand, low prices and a

The graphite mining industry in Sri Lanka dates back to 200 years with its boom periods during the First and Second World Wars when approximately 35,000 metric tons of natural graphite per annum, were exported. During this period, nearly 6000 shallow

It has been reported by The Wall Street Journal that is it the Southeast Asian region that the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) is embarking on an ambitious initiative to draw up a plan for the rubber industry, much like what the Roundtable on

“Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds—and so is ‘economic inequality’, says writer Chrystia Freeland, in an impassioned talk, she charts the rise of a new class of plutocrats

REUTERS - India’s Central Bank governor Raghuram Rajan may raise policy rates again after shocking markets by increasing them in only his first meeting, signaling he is willing to risk prolonging what is already the lowest economic gr

For the first time in history of the pageant, Nina Davuluri, an Indian-American won the Miss America crown. In an age when beauty contests are scorned at by feminists as degrading, the news somehow sparked a fierce Internet discussion.

The Sri Lankan rubber products manufacturing industry is composed of about 4,530 manufacturing organizations of small, medium and large-scale entities. Nearly 70-80 percent of the local rubber production is used by these domestic industries.

Is media and press freedom a matter of economics? The answer is a resounding yes. But it may be important to explain why. There are at least three reasons. We can describe them as indicative, instrumental and integral.

I can still remember the fanfare when the first few iPhones came along - I wasn’t even an Apple...

With the end of hostiles, a golden opportunity was missed by the Sri Lankan tourism sector by hiking prices of accommodation by 200-300 percent, forgetting the ordinary hotelier in the process.

Finding and marrying the right partner, as we all know, is relevant for every aspect of life. Whether career...

Vasan Eye Care Hospital, the world’s largest network of eye care hospitals that comes under the wings of India’s flagship Vasan Healthcare Group commenced operations in Sri Lanka this year, bringing the next-generation of super-specialisa

Back when the Internet was not around and entrepreneurship did not garner the same level of respect it does today, a traditional climb up the ladder was the expected path – for women and men.

Post-war Sri Lanka has been looking prosperous (with high GDP growth numbers) because it was throwing a grand party for itself; first by the public on imported consumer goods, then by the state on construction materials.

In its fascination with all things China, much of the world seems to have overlooked one of the great trading opportunities of the post-crisis global economy: The potential of Southeast Asia. 

The recent Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Summit in Madang had job creation and growth as its worthy goal. Although Papua New Guinea (PNG) has grown rapidly over the past decade, this has not translated into jobs in the non-resource sector and u