Targets intended to shape development in the years up to 2030 are attracting private sector interest in Sri Lanka. Businesses are counting on bottom-line impact of development goals

When the country’s power generation sources drain out, investors look elsewhere

WE ASKED TWO STOCKBROKER CHIEF EXECUTIVES TO IDENTIFY A TREND THEY THINK IS NOT YET PRICED IN

The Chief Executive of Colombo Jewellery Stores may deal with precious stones all day, but his wife and daughter are the real jewels in his life

The debt crisis in Greece was long known and predicted. But, it did happen. With elections ahead, is Sri Lanka heading the same way?

How one company’s journey changed a university’s thinking on startups

THREE MODEL PORTFOLIOS BUILT FOR ECHELON BY TOP FUND MANAGERS HAD TWO WINNERS OUTPERFORMING THE MARKET

A poor choice to build an unequipped port has been compounded by ill-thought-out tax breaks and mysterious concessions. Can anything good possibly come out of the Hambantota port deal?

‘Comfort Dwellings’, a series of suburban housing projects by Landmark Developers, is establishing a benchmark about what it means to buy a contemporary, affordable home

A sneak peek into consumers’ shopping carts reveals a lot about the direction of the economy

The 2018 budget was the best in recent memory for its direction and reforms. However, it’s not good enough to make a serious impact, says Frontier Research

Gearing up for an optimistic 2018, the Colombo Stock Exchange is on an ambitious drive to transform

US President Donald Trump, by announcing that the American Embassy in Israel would move to Jerusalem, completes a journey that began when Britain opened the first modern Diplomatic office there in 1838

An intervention-eager state neglects its regulatory role

Most people believe asbestos was banned on health grounds, but that’s not the whole story