Marketer Lewie Diasz explains why Sri Lanka’s marketing field is growing at a snail’s pace

Indira Malwatte’s Export Development Board did what Sri Lanka’s largest firms couldn’t, and she promises to do more

Apple is launching a smart speaker in December 2017, a late entry to the voice-responsive speaker market after Amazon and Google. Are these speakers any good or of use in Sri Lanka?

Advertising agency Leo Burnett’s Chief Creative Officer for South Asia is a master fuser of mass appeal with intimate engagement, a delicate balancing act in a highly distracted world

Does low economic growth poison politics or are toxic politics the cause of anaemic growth?

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Chanuka Wattegama, a 70s child, narrates the socio-economic impact of the closed economy on the middle class of the day

Sri Lanka’s condo market is booming, making some question if it is heading for a bust

The issues raised by the AG haven’t cropped up suddenly. These have persisted for years, and could be just the tip of the iceberg

Fake news in its viral form can be a threat to democratic institutions. However, in searching for solutions to the crisis, we must recognise it as a nuanced, complex and variable phenomenon

The founder of wellness resort Santani lives in an imaginary world as a tiger tamer on a game reserve

Cement maker INSEE has a strong retail base

Sri Lankan online hotel booking service Yoho Bed can soon become branded hotel rooms’ market leader by taking budget hotels from the fringes to the mainstream

The family controlled steel building materials manufacturer is quietly weaning off from the protectionist trade policy that fattened it

The Chinese initiative is more than a network of highways and ports into Europe. It’s unlocking intraregional opportunities for developing countries in Asia

Employees today are demanding more than pay and perks from their jobs. A company founded by Mano Sekaram 15 years ago has successfully negotiated this

The economic reforms agenda is not always popular; it is sometimes hijacked by narrow special interests. But Dr Kelegama showed it was worth fighting for
By Deshal De Mel

Independent luxury car importers are exploiting loopholes to minimise hefty import taxes, but consumers—initially benefitting from cheaper prices—are suffering