Category: Special Reports

It was only last week that I wrote in these columns that we will soon be entertained by election time economic theories of the soon to be formed alliance between the JVP and the Honorable Prime Minister (Mahinda).It was only last week that I wrote in these columns that we will soon be entertained by […]

Increasing land prices and demand for houses are pushing developers to launch taller building projects and even larger suburban housing projects. Increasing land prices and demand for houses are pushing developers to launch taller building projects and even larger suburban housing projects. Sri Lankans living abroad and falling interest rates have helped drive property prices […]

George Bush is at fault I guarantee that the Mahinda Rajapakse (and perhaps Wimal Weerawansa) campaign will come up with some colourful economics arguments blaming everyone but themselves for the economic mess we are in today with inflation running almost at 15% as opposed to 1% in March 2004. George Bush is at fault I […]

Banks have to do dummy runs in calculating their credit and operational risk according to a roadmap on the implementation of new minimum capital rules agreed to with the financial sector regulator.Banks have to do dummy runs in calculating their credit and operational risk according to a roadmap on the implementation of new minimum capital […]

The Sethusamudram canal set to be operational from 2008 will give a continuous navigable route around the Indian peninsular linking the west coast of India with its east. The Sethusamudram canal set to be operational from 2008 will give a continuous navigable route around the Indian peninsular linking the west coast of India with its […]

Top Indian banker and one of the most influential business people in the world according to Fortune magazine and the Wall Street Journal, Naina Kidwai, says the type of investment flows are a good indication about the level of confidence in coalition governments.Top Indian banker and one of the most influential business people in the […]

The Sethusamudram canal set to be operational from 2008 will give a continuous navigable route around the Indian peninsular linking the west coast of India with its east. The Sethusamudram canal set to be operational from 2008 will give a continuous navigable route around the Indian peninsular linking the west coast of India with its […]

Is Apple’s cool ipod, which has been sold by the hundreds of thousands and created a new business line for company doomed?Is Apple’s cool ipod, which has been sold by the hundreds of thousands and created a new business line for company doomed? Will digital cameras and PDA’s follow the ipod to nothingness? If worldwide […]

After decades of waiting, telephones have finally begun ringing in villages and rural areas across Sri Lanka.After decades of waiting, telephones have finally begun ringing in villages and rural areas across Sri Lanka. Not mobiles, nor standard landlines, but a clever combination of the two that is quickly making telephony accessible to all. “We have […]

Central Bank on right track; Treasury caught lying! Those of you regular readers might recall my congratulatory message to the Central Bank a couple of months back for standing their ground and tightening monetary policy at long last. Central Bank on right track; Treasury caught lying! Those of you regular readers might recall my congratulatory […]

Two years after the process started, NDB and its commercial banking arm NDB Bank announced the companies will merge next month, after parliament amended the NDB Act.Two years after the process started, NDB and its commercial banking arm NDB Bank announced the companies will merge next month, after parliament amended the NDB Act. The NDB […]

A fishing community in Kirinda, in Southern Sri Lanka, could lose their livelihood as their harbor is filling up with sand brought in by the tides. A fishing community in Kirinda, in Southern Sri Lanka, could lose their livelihood as their harbor is filling up with sand brought in by the tides. A dredger that […]