OPINIONEducation and examinations
Parents send their children to school for education. In this country, education is highly valued and often considered by many as the only way to progress. Therefore, those who design and deliver education in school and beyond bear a great national responsibility.
New Year: So what?
WHILE the dawn of a new year is good time for warm fuzzy feelings, given the global challenges we face today, it is also a time to ask some hard questions. How can my lifestyle be more responsible and responsive to the ‘alarming’ depletion of nature’s resources (even if I can economically afford it)? How can my business do the same? If those of us who have an abundance of GEMs (Greed, Ego and Materialism) can ‘prune’ it, the world will be a better place.
Sri Lanka: Fresh insights on attempts to join ASEAN
By Dr. V. Suryanarayan
eurasiareview: S.R. Nathan has served the Republic of Singapore with great distinction in several capacities. When Singapore became independent suddenly on 9 August 1965 Nathan joined the fledgling Ministry of Foreign Affairs and rose very high in the organisation.
ILO Asia Pacific Regional Meeting concludes with recommendations to counter employment consequences of global economic turmoil
KYOTO (ILO News): Repres-entatives of governments, workers and employers from the Asian, Pacific and Arab states have concluded a four day meeting at which they discussed ways the region could prepare to counter the consequences of the current economic uncertainty.
Equality of opportunity key for regional autonomy: President
‘Regional autonomy’ was a slogan used by the terrorists and their apologists. The need is for strong unity in diversity, for which regional autonomy is not the only way. A better approach would be equality of opportunity and the spread of democratic freedom and rights, together with speedy economic development of the north, in tandem with other regions of the country, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.
Networking: Is it showing off or vital to an entrepreneur’s success?
Can sharing an idea help take it from the drawing board to the marketplace? Talk may cost nothing but new research indicates it gives an entrepreneur a better chance of success
By Jane Williams
INSEAD Knowledge: It may not be necessary to have the charisma of Bill Gates or the late Steve Jobs to sell a new idea successfully but even getting your product to the first stage of development can take a certain degree of fraternising.
WTO risks its future by keeping Doha talks alive
GENEVA (Reuters): The 153 members of the World Trade Organization agree on two things: We’re in a hole. And we must keep digging.
The hole is the Doha Development Round, a decade-old negotiation that was billed as the next stage of trade liberalisation after the creation of the WTO itself.
Dheerasinghe and Dr. Jayamaha not independent directors – Letter to the Editor
The current controversy of the Government replacing private sector professionals with retired Central Bankers even without a cooling-off period does not augur well for good corporate governance.
World economy to trudge on in 2012 despite Europe
LONDON (Reuters): Europe faces another year of dismal economic performance in 2012 that will weigh on global growth, but emerging markets and the United States should at least keep the world economy moving in the right direction.
From rags to riches
New opportunities await Thai textile operators interested in doing business here in Sri Lanka
By Neville de Silva
Bangkok Post: If the Thai textile industry is looking to expand its export market, then Sri Lanka might just afford an opportunity.
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