ISMM PAST PRESIDENTS FELICITATED
BusinessTags: Print EditionIn keeping with tradition, the President of the Institute of Supply and Materials Management Nalin Silva organised a ceremony to felicitate three of their Past Presidents...
View ArticleNew Tourism Advisory Committee gets down to work
BusinessTags: Print EditionWith an eye on achieving the targeted 3 million tourist arrivals this year, a newly constituted Tourism Advisory Committee has been appointed by Minister of Tourism...
View Articlenew measures to boost off season arrivals
BusinessTags: Print EditionMinistry of Tourism Development, Wildlife and Christian Religious Affairs is to unveil a slew of new measures to boost off season arrivals. The off season period is generally...
View ArticleBajaj QUTE quadricycle launched in Sri Lanka
Business Chairman of David Pieris Group of Companies Mr David Pieris handing over the key to first Bajaj QUTE customer at the official launch at DPMC City Office in Battaramulla Launch of Bajaj Qute...
View ArticleOnline hiring activity in IT, telecom sectors jumped 23% in 2018
BusinessTags: Print EditionIT, telecom and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors lead Singapore’s online hiring activity throughout 2018, netting a growth of 23% YoY in December, according to...
View ArticleShares - Colombo Stock Exchange ( Market Statistics on 14.03.2019)
BusinessTags: Print EditionShares - Colombo Stock ExchangeFriday, March 15, 2019 - 01:00
View ArticleCoconuts ( Market Statistics on 14.03.2019)
BusinessTags: Print EditionCoconutsFriday, March 15, 2019 - 01:00
View ArticleNew Capital Market Developments, fundamental change in 2020
‘Square Your Position at Day End,’ CSE CEO BusinessDinesh PereraRajeeva BandaranaikeTags: Print Edition“The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has already upgraded the back end systems of the brokers and is...
View ArticleFrench company Boccard to develop dairy farming and processing in SL
BusinessBoccard and Ministry official exchanging the MoU in the presence of the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka, Maldives Eric LavertuTags: Print EditionThe Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Economic...
View ArticleItaly’s Noberasco to invest in Lanka
BusinessRepresentative of the Lanka Fruit and Vegetable Producers, Processors and Exporters Association and Noberasco exchanging the memorandum of understanding signed in February 2019, marking the...
View Article‘Budget allocation to build toilets , timely act’
BusinessProf. Suresh Surenthiran, Indika de Soysa (Pictures by Sudath Malaweera)Tags: Print EditionGoogle figures show that there are more houses than toilets hence the 2019 budget allocation of...
View ArticleExports up by 1.4 % to $ 1.03 bn, imports down by 15.3 %
BusinessTags: Print EditionEarnings from merchandise exports increased marginally by 1.4 per cent (year-on-year) to US dollars 1,033 million in December 2018. This marginal growth was mainly due to the...
View ArticleVehicle registrations slow in February
BusinessTags: Print EditionVehicle registrations slowed in February due to low demand and a smaller number of calendar days in the month.Total car registrations recorded 2,347 units in February (Feb.)...
View ArticleFitch assigns Sri Lanka’s USD bonds Final ‘B’ Rating
BusinessTags: Print EditionFitch Ratings has assigned a final rating of ‘B’ to the following bonds issued by Sri Lanka on March 7, 2019: - USD1 billion 6.85% bond due 2024 - USD1.4 billion 7.85% bond...
View ArticleFitch rates Nations Trust Bank’s Basel III Subordinated Debt ‘A-(lka)(EXP)’
BusinessTags: Print EditionFitch Ratings has assigned Nations Trust Bank PLC’s (NTB, A(lka)/Stable) proposed Basel III-compliant subordinated unsecured debentures an expected National Long-Term Rating...
View ArticleTrade deficit reaches $10.3 bn in 2018
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Bourse ended the week on a negative note as the ASPI decreased by 106.01 points (or -1.85%) to close at 5,616.24 points, while the S&P SL20 Index also decreased by...
View ArticleDigamadulla Navodaya Industrial and Trade Exhibition next week
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Ampara District Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture is organizing a major trade and industry exhibition titled ‘Digamadulla Navodaya,’ from March 29 to 31 at...
View ArticleSL UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONS IN MIDDLE EAST INT’L COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION...
BusinessTags: Print EditionAmbassador Mendis handing over the certificate/award to the Law School of University of Colombo, the overall champions of the 9th Willem C. Vis International Commercial...
View ArticlePetform, wins two Silver Awards from FCCISL
BusinessPerinpam Mathitharan, MD, Petform (Pvt.) Ltd., receiving the awardTags: Print EditionPetform (Pvt) Ltd., the giant of the plastic and paper based packaging industry, bagged two Silver Awards...
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