Business Today Sri Lanka Magazine - January 2004

In this issue

S B Dissanayake, Minister of Agriculture, Samurdhi and Livestock, is a brilliant success story. Despite his humble beginnings, he won all three parliamentary polls, two presidential polls, and all local government polls for the two parties he represented over a decade and has remained a cabinet minister over the entire period he has been in national politics.

Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, explains the restructuring of institutions under his purview, liberal trade policies, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and the advancement of intellectual property laws to create the right conditions for commerce to flourish.

Hemakumara Nanayakkara is among the most ambitious, outspoken, and far sighted politicians. He discusses his political career, his dedication to reviving the country's agricultural sector, the developments made by his ministry in this connection, the role of technology, and his thoughts about current political trends.

The Colombo Stock Market has lately experienced several shocks at the hands of two young financial geniuses, namely Dhammika Perera, the high net worth investor and his fund manager Nimal Perera.

Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya took over the reins as CEO when Dialog GSM was lagging behind in fourth positioning at a time when the country's future was uncertain.