Following are the excerpts from an interview Mirror Business conducted with Sajith Simon, SAP Head – General Business, India Subcontinent, at SAP India (Pvt.) Ltd, on the enterprise software giant’s operations in Sri Lanka and its future plans fo

The recent hike in cigarette excise taxes to compensate for the reduction in value added taxes (VAT) is commendable, not only because this keeps government revenue from cigarettes unchanged, but also because it prevents a drop in the price of cigaret

The National Consultation on Climate Finance Mechanisms for Financial Institutions in Sri Lanka organized by ICC Sri Lanka together with UNESCAP brought together professionals from several sectors to discuss pressing issues in promoting climate-resil

South Asia is facing severe water scarcity. As the region’s population grows and its economies develop, a lack of sustainable water development strategy is leading to increasingly acute water shortages.

Dame Anita Roddick (October 23, 1942 – September 10, 2007) was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty produ

Every nation, every community and each individual is facing the social and political impact along with the impact of violence. Interpersonal violence results in medical, policing and judicial costs immediately after the violent incident occurs and it

This is in response to the suggestion made by Daily Mirror to its readers to participate in finding solutions to climate change related problems.

The healthcare systems of many countries face considerable challenges in dealing with demographic transformations, and to cater to the consequent emerging health care needs.

Today, the world over, airports, ports, roads, power plants, railways, etc. are being operated by the private sector and/or through public-private partnerships.

Even in today’s glum economic climate, the average American is seven times as prosperous as the average Mexican, about 20 times as prosperous as the average person of sub-Saharan Africa and about 40 times as prosperous as the average citizen of an

Lumbini, the Mecca of Buddhist pilgrims, is a frequently visited pilgrimage site as it signifies the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. While the site attracts close to 1.5 million tourists all year round, just last year, it has been frequented by approxi

Carlos Slim Helu is a multi-billionaire investor and philanthropist. He has been given the title the wealthiest man in the world by the Forbes magazine numerous times and currently owns well over 200 businesses worldwide.

Accounting to 0.03 percent of the world’s land mass, Nepal is situated at a very important location, bordering India and China.

Sunil has been employed in South Korea for the last three and a half years, working for a small and medium enterprise (SME) manufacturing automobile parts, in the industrial town of Ansan, in the outskirts of Seoul. He earns KRW 2.5 million or Rs.400

In January this year, an iron curtain had descended to end Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s elusive dream to become the seventh president of Sri Lanka. Then several legal battles threatened to put the final full stop to his political ambition to be the preside

‘Is it safe now?’ This is something I repeatedly heard from people when they found out that I really wanted to visit Sri Lanka, particularly after the Easter bombings. But I’d wanted to travel to Sri Lanka for years, ever since a traveller frie

The decision to limit the Cabinet to 15 (and sans the entourage of deputies and state ministers), be it motivated by legislation or the new leadership, is certainly a step in the right direction.

No-one seems to know precisely how many business enterprises the government owns. Official government figures suggest 55 businesses, but these are only those which are considered to be strategic.

Sir Li Ka-Shing was born in Chaozhou, China, in 1928, to Teochew parents. While Li was still at elementary school, Japan invaded China. Chaozhou was bombed; the family fled to Hong Kong, then a British colony.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani was one of the first leaders in the region to send a message of congratulations to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, following his recent electoral victory and assumption of official duties as the seventh Executive Preside

(Polonnaruwa) REUTERS: Amid the lush paddy fields of central Sri Lanka, a large, state-of-the-art hospital rises between the cranes and cement mixers.

The election of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka is expected to launch a new economic cycle for Sri Lanka. A victory margin of 10 percent reflects the confidence in him as an effective leader, who had already delivered peace by winning a

The emphatic win by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the presidential elections held in Sri Lanka on November 16 could herald in a new era for the strategically-placed South Asian island that could be modelled on the successful economic

Colombo’s movie theatre experience just got a whole lot bigger and better with India’s largest and most premium film exhibition company, PVR Cinemas, having unveiled its newest facility at One Galle Face Mall.

Ever since Homo erectus carved a piece of stone into a tool, the welfare of our species has been on the increase. Indeed, this technological breakthrough led first to the hand axe and eventually to the iPhone. We have found it convenient to organise

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a conference on ‘Regional Economic Integration: A Catalyst for Socioeconomic Prosperity in South Asia’. I welcomed this timely forum.

Technological innovation has become our today, tomorrow and future. It is seen to have an irreversible impact on all spheres across the board from medical science to banking and all in-between. The most concerning is the use of technology to develop

Sri Lanka was readmitted as a beneficiary of the European Union (EU) Generalised Scheme of Preferences in mid-May 2017 with the new GSP Plus enabling duty free access to the EU market, constituting 28 countries, on 66 percent of the EU tariff lines f

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born August 20, 1946) is an Indian IT industrialist and co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation providing business consulting, technology, engineering and outsourcing services. Murthy studied electrical en

While the topic of tobacco control is mentioned in some of the main presidential candidates’ manifestos, it is uncertain whether they will honour the commitment made in 2017 to ban tobacco cultivation by the end of 2020.