Leadership

Iran’s Currency Collapse Hits Sri Lanka’s Tea Exports

Middle Eastern buyers pull back as currency depreciation pressures tea prices

EPF Pension Plan Option Raises the Same Governance Concerns

A pension-style payout is possible, but the harder task is fixing mismanagement, low returns, and weak oversight

Can a Newcomer Disrupt the Ride-Hailing Giants? Enter Helago

With $1 million in funding and a different approach to pricing, HelaGo takes on a market shaped by scale.

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Beyond the Cash Transfer: Aswesuma’s Nutrition Blind Spot

The new social assistance programme fails to create lasting solutions

The $4.3 Billion Plan to Rebuild After Cyclone Ditwah

$4.1 billion in damage, with infrastructure hit hardest, followed by homes, farms, and businesses.

Agricultural Sector Faces Steep Recovery After Cyclone Ditwah

A sharp drop in domestic food output must be swiftly remedied to avoid another food crisis in 2026

1.2 Million Women Affected, Zero Representation In Recovery

International commitments mandate inclusive disaster governance, but Ditwah’s response tells a different story

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Tourists Are Exploring New Towns. The Biggest Spenders Are British

Foreign earnings are rising, but the country’s dependence on a few sectors leaves it exposed.

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2025 in Numbers

Tracing the shifts beneath the headlines in markets, money, and trade

Colombo's Marginalised Under Duress

The urban regeneration project, designed to beautify the city, is sidelining residents who’ve lived there for generations

The High-Value Travellers Who Don’t Call Themselves Tourists

Aligning offerings with traveller intent can boost tourism yield

The Property Tax: Built on Guesswork, Collecting Almost Nothing

One officer’s guess can decide a property tax bill for decades. Verité Research proposes a digital fix for fairness.

March 2025 Quarter Listed Company Earnings Up 57%

Non-Recurring Gains Buoy Earnings

Sunshine Holdings Prepares For Expansion As Stability Returns

Aligns strategy around manufacturing, exports, and efficiency

Ceylon Cold Stores' March Quarter Signals Consumption Recovery

Supermarket and manufacturing report gains

Access Engineering, IdeaNest and the Drain that Could Think

The ‘ai’ in drain and engineering solutions for a better world

Teejay Lanka's Tariff Headwinds Breakers

Constant innovation and diverse manufacturing locations and markets to soften the impact of US tariffs

Mohan Pandithage on How Hayleys Outgrew Sri Lanka’s Economy

From Asphalt to Isotopes: the resilience of Access Engineering

How strategic leadership ensured Access weathered an economic slump

Leadership in an Age of Complexity

The Frankfurt School of Finance & Management's Andreas Emser reflects on leadership

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