Opinion: Government, Private Sector and Diaspora are failing to revive Northern economy
By Jekhan Aruliah More than seven years since the end in 2009 of the decades long Sri Lanka civil war, job creation initiatives in the North remain mainly …
Watch Tower
Opinion of a hotelier: Do we need trophy hotels?
By Nirmalan Nagendra Being a hotelier for 36 years having worked in many destinations, it has helped me realize the importance of being commercial in any …
Customer decision making criteria and the importance of price: Stax
By Indika Jayasinghe Overview and Objectives Understanding customer decision making is crucial to profitable growth, and particularly so in driving product …
Opinion: Commonwealth roundtable to kickoff ambitious ‘Agenda for Growth’
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General This week, Commonwealth Trade and Investment ministers will meet for the first time in London at …
Opinion: Internet of Things, an enabler for business growth
By Thanushika Sivanathan and Indika Jayasinghe From smart cars that are able to drive and park themselves, intelligent thermostats that detect your arrival and …
Opinion: Five customer experience trends for 2017
By Dinesh Jebamani Customer experience may have become a buzzword for marketers, but it also holds great significance for developers, and designers, as …
Opinion: Economic Priorities in Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy
By Deshal de Mel Context Sri Lanka is a small island economy with a population of 20.9 million and an economy of GDP US$ 82 billion (which is less than …
Opinion: Should Sri Lanka Adopt Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard?
By Sujit Christy, Director, Information Security Professional Associates (iSPA) During the past few years several data breaches have made global headlines. You …
Opinion: Peopleizing governance – Acute need of the hour
Return to the roots of Democracy – Athens & Sparta ... By Chrishmal Warnasuriya Proposed Constitutional Reforms – “Grama Raajya”: So, almost 70 …
Opinion: Jaffna, high literacy, low employment and lowest income. How come?
By Jekhan Aruliah Despite the Jaffna district having the second highest Literacy Rate in Sri Lanka, it does badly on employment and dismally on incomes. What's …
Opinion: Cashing in on APIs – leveraging technology to boost your business
By Sanjeewa Malalgoda, Technical Lead at WSO2 Even if you’re not an excessively tech-savvy individual, you most likely would have used a mobile application …
Opinion: Projects in conflict in Megapolis transport plan?
By Commuter Colombo’s chronic congestion is everybody’s favorite bugbear. The government’s Megapolis Plan identifies it as one of the “6 key urban …
Opinion: Is Jaffna a quaint tourist destination, or an economic powerhouse waiting for some diesel in the tank?
By Jekhan Aruliah Deloittes, one of the top global accounting firms, has for many years produced a "London Office Crane Survey". The Deloittes website states: …
Opinion: Blood on your hands? Guard the safeguards
By the Commuter The politicians have a new excuse. So do the bureaucrats, and seemingly some segments of the public. Apparently, projects are getting delayed …
Opinion: No room should be left to ‘distort’ freight market in Sri Lanka
By Dinesh De Silva The impact of shipping surcharges including terminal handling charges have been battering the Import and Export industry from 1991 to 2004. …
Opinion: IT security for your enterprise, have you got it all covered?
By Dimuthu Leelarathne, director of solutions architecture at WSO2 Cyber security and the resultant risks, if not addressed properly, was a hot topic in …
Opinion: Is electricity from Norachcholai coal power plant cheap?
By Vidhura Ralapanawe CEB (and the CEBEU) has been touting a cost of 5-6 Rupees for Norachcholai, saying that it is cheap. PUCSL approves the CEB's bulk supply …
Opinion: ‘Drexit’ from Bribery Commission – The good, bad & ugly
By Chrishmal Warnasuriya So His Excellency the President has ended all speculation and accepted the resignation. If the exit of Britain from Europe was …
Opinion: Perpetual and the problem of unfettered capitalism
By Chamath Ariyadasa Questions about rampant capitalism are raised not just in Sri Lanka but in all developed financial markets. Hence, calls for a more …
Opinion: Suggestions from a small business for the budget
By Ranjit Hulugalle I run a printing business which employs nearly 100 people in Biyagama, outside of the BOI -- Board of Investment zones for export. It is …