In most countries, e-commerce market leadership belongs to the retailer willing to burn cash. After telco Dialog acquired the business, now branded Wow.lk, it adopted a measured approach. Wow.lk’s investments are focused on bottleneck-bustinginfrastructure rather than market share grabbing ones

A bookworm by any other name, the Chairman of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, and Managing Director of two Hayleys-controlled plantations, finds a haven in the life of a planter.

The art of Indigenous Australians makes for a good investment , but the buyer must beware !

Palihapitiya’s venture capital firm is tackling problems and taking on risks Silicon Valley’s old guard VC firms have so far not approached

In the face of plummeting tea prices and an industry sinking in crisis, Watawala Plantations is banking on their single-origin tea product from Waltrim Estate to provide the slow but steady brand advantage that will be their succor

…and not buy that second car

No eyebrows were raised when we heard that the port city project would continue under the new administration. Despite all the pressure from our new friends, can we afford to lose this old one?

According to Chairman Kumar Jayasuriya, the firm was being fair to minority shareholders when it delisted from the stock exchange earlier this year to focus on long-term strategies, but policy uncertainty is holding back its parent firm global multi-billiondollar conglomerate Swire Group from deepening its exposure in Sri Lanka

google is pilot testing the commercial viability of its Project Loon in Sri Lanka. a number of basic questions about its business operations are yet to be answered

Three Sri Lankan companies showcase the why, what and how of flexible work arrangements

By offering share options to senior leadership, Dian Gomes is upending the Sri Lankan apparel industry’s ownership model of founding family control. His challenge now is to grow Hela Clothing fast enough for shareholders to reap a windfall

Having failed with court challenges and Congressional de-funding, Republicans still hope to derail ‘Obamacare’ through legislative repeal

In the wake of Sri Lankan names being revealed in the Panama Papers, no one is really sure how legal offshore holdings are from a Sri Lankan perspective, what laws have been flouted (if any) and what the Sri Lankan government can do to get any illegally held monies back. Ayomi Aluwihare, Corporate/Commercial Law Partner at F J & G De Saram, the oldest law firm in Sri Lanka, helped clear up the confusion.

The Teledrama industry blames TV channels and imported content for the crisis that engulfs it. But its viewership crisis is one the industry must address itself

Founders of Sri Lankan startups with a tech core or front on what defines a startup

Can on-demand services succeed in other industries?

Indian IT professionals are not interested in job opportunities in Sri Lanka even as the two countries finalise a proposed trade agreement covering services and investments

When Melomanic Sessions started in november 2011, the organizers were simply planning a one-off fundraiser. But they unintentionally birthed a self-sustaining community

Sri Lanka’s state aristocracy by popular vote; ‘King’ unaware of tax by ‘Royal Prerogative’