{"id":715,"date":"2016-03-10T18:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T18:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?p=715"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T06:40:21","slug":"econ-insight-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/econ-insight-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Econ-Insight 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Econ-Insight is a series of G.C.E. (A\/L) seminars on Economics organised by the Students\u2019 Association of the Department of Business Economics (BIZCON), Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, in collaboration with CIMA Sri Lanka. The first seminar of the series was held successfully on 10<sup>th<\/sup> March 2016 at Mahamana College Auditorium, Colombo 03.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event started at 8.30 am with the arrival of the Head of the Department of Business Economics, Dr Sumudu Perera and other Lecturers of the department. The seminar was conducted by the Senior Lecturer of the Department of Business Economics, Mr. Ananda Rathnayake. Over 600 candidates of the G.C.E. (A\/L) examination from various schools in the Colombo district participated in the seminar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-10-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-10-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-10-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-9-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-9-Small.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-9-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-8-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-8-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-8-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-7-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-7-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-7-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-6-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-6-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-6-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, 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size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-12-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-12-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-12-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-11-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-11-Small.jpg 719w, https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Econ-Insight-2016-11-Small-300x200.jpg 300w\" 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