There is debate on extending the role of the auditor beyond finance. Data technology can help auditors understand how companies treat their workers or impact the environment—but should they be expected to look?

Instead of the floating atolls of Kevin Costner’s magnum opus, ‘Water World’, here is an ancient civilization that has been living in stilt houses on the River Brunei, in Negara Brunei Darussalam on the verdant island of Borneo. How does it feel to live on water, day in and day out?

Are local conglomerates suffering from too much diversification?

Jetwing Hotels’ net assets topped Rs30 billion following a growth spurt. It now expects recent changes to its organisation’s structure to maintain momentum

‘People, food and music’ aptly describe the Founder and Chief Executive of Harpo’s Cafes & Restaurants

First Capital Equities, a stockbroker, puts the listed group of companies through the Boston Consulting Group’s Growth-Share Matrix

Queen Victoria’s regime marked the birth of a brave new nation, but should that mean that she continue to dictate how we behave?

The microfinance lender’s off-the-charts success confounds critics

Consequences of NDB’s slow and incomplete transition to commercial banking have been painful so far. Its new chief executive Dimantha Seneviratne outlines how he plans to change the narrative

The maker of Lion Beer took nearly half a year to get its brewery back in full operation after floods destroyed machinery worth Rs2.9 billion

Jeevan Gnanam, a third generation scion of the construction materials empire St. Anthony’s Group, is determined to make his own mark. Will tech industry-focused real estate venture Orion City help him do that?

Ceylon was the first non-white colony granted voting rights; however, one thing has remained unchanged over all these decades: How we cast our vote

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