The Chief Executive of Hutch may be passionate about his work, but his heart belongs to his old Ford Mustang.

Trade chambers in the least integrated region in the world are coming together to collectively lobby governments for change

Experiential training takes teams from the concrete jungle and into a literal jungle. The unfamiliar surroundings spark a spirit of adventure and team members have to depend on each other to overcome the challenges, building relationships and empathy.

New rules are comingto improve auditor independence and hold them accountable for their work. As watchdogs, auditors are required to see all, hear all and tell all, and the capital market regulator wants to make sure they do. Also, the audit profession will no longer be allowed to self-regulate.

The wealthy invest in ‘passion assets’. In high demand are precious gemstones, diamonds and branded jewellery. Blue sapphires and rare gems from Sri Lanka also make these lists. Fifteen years ago a high-quality blue sapphire had a ceiling price of $3,000 per carat.Now it can fetch as much as $30,000.

By diversifying, United Motors has softened the impact of import duty fluctuations and even leveraged a few benefits.

Building on WSO2’s cost-saving open-source middleware, Mitra Innovation has developed a construction industry product that emulates the open source model.

Taking the lead on Lankan leopard learning

Immigration policy should emulate Singapore’s. If an immigrant can find a job here, they and their family should be allowed to live here

Hotels around Galle are plentiful for holidaying with extended family and friends. But we discovered some new and exciting private homes, which are also open for holidaymakers

Local brands are catching the Internet bug

“Go digital” has been the core message to broadcasters everywhere in recent years.

Emojot caters to impatience, allowing today’s increasingly distracted web users to respond to content in a matter of seconds.

The chances of a startup making it big are slim. Unless the product is revolutionary, growth can be slow and the bubble of fame will quickly burst. Entrepreneur Ehantha Sirisena, who launched his business four years ago, offered advice to others starting out on their own.

Low agriculture productivity may not be the real problem in this sector that built and sustained the nation for millennia

When this columnist was barely five years old, and his family was living in a fairly large-sized town in the provinces, he was in the throes of high fever and repeated injections were not having much effect.