Bank of Ceylon’s Staff Donates to aid flood victims
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe staff of the Bank of Ceylon raised voluntary donations to aid victims of the natural disaster that has occurred due to torrential rain in the Northern Peninsula.Standing...
View ArticleMike Flora receives NASTA award for Tissue Cultured plant exports
BusinessAnanda KannangaraMike Biotech Asia, Director, Sumedha Hasthanayake, Director, Deepani Keerthiratne, Chairman, Mihindu Keerthiratne, General Manager, M Sulaiman Nazar, Production Executive,...
View ArticleCIPM Sri Lanka Conducts Outbound Training for People’s Insurance
BusinessPeoples Insurance team at the Outbound Training programme Tags: Print EditionCIPM Sri Lanka, the Nation’s leader in Human Resource Management rolled out a series of outbound training and team...
View ArticlePayMedia wraps up 2018 with Eleven Awards
BusinessPayMedia teamTags: Print EditionPayMedia, a rapidly evolving Financial Technology (Fin-Tech) company in Sri Lanka, won eleven awards in total in 2018, and was highly commended for the...
View ArticleDeepal Wickremasinghe receives award for service rendered to healthcare sector
BusinessRuhunu Hospital (Pvt.) Ltd Chairman, Deepal Wickremasinghe receiving the award for ‘Best Hospital Brand’ in the Southern Province by the Galle Chamber of CommerceTags: Print EditionDeepal...
View ArticleShares - Colombo Stock Exchange ( Market Statistics on 31.12.2018)
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View ArticleLankan craftsmen: woes and achievements
BusinessAnanda KannangaraLaksala, Chairman M. HamzaTags: Print EditionThe inflow of imported brass and silver craft items into our country has been the main obstacle faced by thousands of traditional...
View ArticlePROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR PLANTERS, a must
BusinessCompiled by LALIN I DE SILVATags: Print EditionThe word ‘profession’ means different things to different people. But at its core, it’s meant to be an indicator of trust and expertise. According...
View ArticleColombo Port handles seven millionth TEU
BusinessLakmi NanayakkaraMinister Sagala Ratnayaka and Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake officially celebrating the moment. Picture by Chaminda NiroshanaTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Port handled its seven...
View ArticleChinese Baqian Law Group opens regional office in Lanka
BusinessConsultant for Baqian Law Group Sri Lanka, Sunil Abeyratne welcoming Chairman, Baqian Law Group, Zhao Yao at Colombo Hilton. Picture by Sudath Malaweera Tags: Print EditionFor the first time a...
View ArticleSouth Asia’s first 5G pilot transmission goes live
BusinessTags: Print EditionDialog Axiata yesterday said the company has taken a major step forward in Sri Lanka’s 5G journey with the commissioning of South Asia’s first fully functional and standards...
View ArticleCICT ends 2018 with 2.65 mn. TEUs, 38% of Colombo Port’s volume
BusinessTags: Print EditionColombo International Container Terminals (CICT) has reported handling 2.65 million TEUs for the 12 months ending December 31, 2018, recording a 13 per cent increase in its...
View ArticleCCPI up by 0.1 index points
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) for all items for the month of December 2018 was 126.3.It records an increase of 0.1 index points that is 0.02 percentage points...
View ArticleMalaysia’s economic outlook very encouraging, claims finance minister
BusinessMalaysia’s Finance Minister, Lim Guan EngTags: Print EditionMalaysia’s economic indicators are very encouraging despite the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration being a new government, said...
View ArticleSeethawaka EPZ musters US$ 294 mn export earnings in 2018
Business BOI Seethawaka zone enterprise M/s Lanmic (Pvt) Ltd are engaged in production of value added Calcium Carbonate and Calcium Magnesium Carbonate for export market.Tags: Print EditionThe BOI’s...
View ArticleLAUGFS Gas wins Gold at CA Annual Report Awards 2018
BusinessLAUGFS team at the CA Annual Report Awards ceremony Tags: Print EditionLAUGFS Gas PLC, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s energy sector, secured the Gold Award in the “Power and Energy Category” for the...
View ArticleDeutsche Post DHL Group Partners with SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka
BusinessNajeeb-ur Rahman, Country Manager, DHL Global Forwarding Sri Lanka, Divakar Ratnadurai, Deputy National Director, SOS Children’s Villages Sri Lanka and Dimithri Perera, Country Manager, DHL...
View ArticleLOLC Green for a greener tomorrow
BusinessMembers of the LOLC Green Sustainability Committee comprising of the Group’s Senior Managers pose for a photograph at the LOLC Head Office premises following the launch of the LOLC Green Flower...
View ArticleChina’s manufacturing activity contracts in December
BusinessTags: Print EditionChina’s manufacturing activity in December contracted for the first time in over two years, official data showed on Monday (Dec 31), amid a bruising trade war with the United...
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