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As the current two-year collective agreement lapses this month, negotiations for another wage increase in the plantation sector are expected to begin soon.

There is no doubt that the overall tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka have shown year-on-year (YOY) growth in the past few years. Almost all hotels are returning healthy revenue, occupancy and profitability figures.

The Port of Hambantota, also known as ‘Magampura’ is situated about 19 nautical miles north of the key shipping route between the Malacca Strait and the Suez Canal, which links Asia and Europe. An estimated 36,000 ships including 4500 oil

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We have all been waiting for the female version of the legendary Facebook founder...

The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) welcomes the recent adjustment in fuel prices and the anticipated further reforms in the power and energy sector. It has advocated institutional changes, competitive industry structures and PPPs as in the case of the te

How do you keep good talent on your team? This is a question for any manager with quality employees. If a team member is really good at his or her job, it is not just known within the company – the competition likely knows it, too.

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It had been known from the time NR had been introduced as a plantation tree crop that rain interferes directly with the harvesting of latex from rubber trees and therefore tapping on rainy days had not been practiced.

Mirror Business recently met with Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat Chairman Saliya Wickramasuriya to discuss the latest developments in the country’s petroleum exploration front. Following are excerpts of the interview

Think back to a meeting when you had a handful of people gathered around a whiteboard and one person is drawing and talking, explaining what she means. In mid-flight, a colleague grabs another pen and adds to the drawing, suggesting another perspecti

There has been a sharp fall in government revenue in 2012. Revenue collection is likely to have declined to as low as 11% of GDP. This is significantly less than the 14% - 15% that has been recorded in previous years and compares very unfavourably wi

In my article to the Business Section of the Daily Mirror of 29 January 2013, I summarized five scenarios of energy surprises in 2013 mainly spotlighting on oil and gas.

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Sri Lanka is going through one of the most exciting phases of its post-independence era, where it’s strong future potential is visible, within reach, and achievable in the opinion of many......

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The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), reports that there were 1.035 billion tourist arrivals in 2012 - a rise of 39 million travelers and a growth of 4.0% on 2011, where 996 million people criss-crossed the globe. Asia enjoyed the sh

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Natural rubber is pervasive in modern life with more than 40,000 products and 400 medical devices containing the material. In many strategic and medical applications, no synthetic materials can achieve its unique combination of high performance and c

Many experts have given predictions or probabilities on complex scenarios related to future price and supply of energy, economic stability, and political developments in this age of globalization.

The problem is most boards meet only once a month or once in three months and are composed of individuals who also hold demanding full-time jobs as CEOs or executive directors in other listed companies.

REUTERS: Brewing a tea cartel is proving more difficult than a cuppa for six major producers of the world’s most widely consumed beverage, who last week decided to join forces without explaining exactly what they planned to do.

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