No positive investments for North yet - Chief Minister
BusinessShirajiv sirimane in JaffnaChief Minister of Northern PC, C. V. Wigneswaran and Minister Daya Gamage at the JIFT. Pictures by Saliya RupasingheTags: Print EditionNo positive investments have...
View ArticleHatton Plantations commences trading at CSE
BusinessCSE CEO Rajeeva Bandaranaike, CSE Chairman Ray Abeywardena, HPL Chairman Sunil Wijesinha, HPL Director Nirmal Fernando, HPL Director Lallith Ramanayake, HPL Director Shyam Sathasivam and HPL...
View ArticleAllianz to acquire Janashakthi General Insurance
BusinessAjith Fernando, Managing Director, Capital Alliance Partners Ltd.; Prakash Schaffter, Managing Director, Janashakthi Insurance Plc; Chandra Schaffter, Founder, Janashakthi Group; Husein...
View ArticleDuty reduction on electric vehicles, a farce - VIAL
BusinessMerenchigeTags: Print EditionThe duty reduction on electric vehicles in the last budget has not had any effect and up to now not a single high quality electric vehicle has been imported to the...
View ArticleColombo Engineering, services record 60 ships in 2017
BusinessKiran AtapattuTags: Print EditionThe blue chip MTD Walkers marine engineering arm, Colombo Engineering headed by Kiran Atapattu serviced sixty ships in Sri Lankan waters during 2017The Company...
View ArticleFitch assigns Lankaputhra first-time ‘BBB-(lka)’ rating; outlook positive
BusinessTags: Print EditionFitch Ratings has assigned Lankaputhra Development Bank Limited (LDB) a National Long-Term Rating of ‘BBB-(lka)’. The outlook is positive.LDB’s National Long-Term Rating...
View ArticleCOMBANK receives best Green Bank, Best Private Bank awards
BusinessSelva Rajasooriyar, Assistant General Manager Commercial Bank accepting the awardsTags: Print EditionThe Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently received the awards for ‘Best Green Bank’ and ‘Best...
View ArticleLily Residencies construction begins in Nugegoda
BusinessTags: Print EditionBringing life’s luxuries under one roof, construction of the Lily Residencies luxury apartment complex commenced recently in NugegodaLocated in the highly urbanized area of...
View ArticleKPMG hosts workshop on VAT
BusinessTags: Print EditionA workshop on Value Added Tax (VAT) organized by KPMG was held on the 16th of January 2018 at the Movenpick Hotel. A detailed presentation was carried out by Ms Hasna Hassan,...
View ArticleLamudi Real Estate expo on March
BusinessTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s online property portal, Lamudi.lk is proud to host its 4th Real Estate Exhibition on the 9th and 10th of March 2018 at the Taj Samudra Hotel, starting from 10 am...
View ArticleWorld’s top Investment Bank Lazard explores Sri Lanka – works with MTI
BusinessTags: Print EditionRecognized as one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, the 170 year old Lazard (www.lazard.com) has shown interest in Sri Lanka, with a...
View ArticleDIMO facilitates Combine Harvester training programme for Ministry of Skills...
BusinessTeams from DIMO and Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training together with the students of the second Combine Harvester Training programme.Tags: Print EditionThe inauguration...
View ArticleLiberia, World Bank sign US$24.7 mn grant agreement
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe World Bank has provided its first development support to the new Government of Liberia headed by His Excellency President George M. Weah with the signing of an IDA Grant...
View ArticleSadaharitha Plantation gifts books to workers children
BusinessChildren with their giftsTags: Print EditionSadaharitha Plantations ended 2017 by encouraging the children of employees working in the company’s commercial forestry projects to aspire to...
View ArticleBlue Ocean Strategy identifies paths to systematically create an uncontested...
From Crisis to SustenanceBusinessLionel WijesiriTags: Print EditionIn our previous instalments we explained that Blue Ocean Strategyis a systematic way to challenge the conventional logic of...
View ArticleFootwear and Leather Fair ends in successful note
BusinessVignettes of the event. Pictures by Sulochana Gamage Tags: Print EditionThe 9th edition of the Footwear and Leather Fair organised by the Sri Lanka Footwear and Leather Products Manufacturers...
View ArticleLOLC Al-Falaah ranked ‘Best Islamic Bank’ in SL
BusinessTags: Print EditionLOLC Al-Falaah, was awarded the Winner of the ‘Best Islamic Bank’ category for Sri Lanka in the ‘IFN Best Banks Poll 2017’ according to the results published by IFN...
View ArticleCILT Sri Lanka to recognize local logistics and transport sector
BusinessAnanda KannangaraDr. Lalith Edirisinghe, Chairman, Awards and Scholarships Subcommittee – CILT Sri LankaTags: Print Edition The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka (CILT...
View ArticleHyundai Lanka signs with Omentra.com
BusinessJulian Reuter, Director of Hyundai Lanka exchanging the MoU with Nadun Kumara, the Head of Operations at Omentra.comTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s pioneer online procurement service provider,...
View ArticleLogicentrix sets up state-of-the-art logistics center at Muturajawela
BusinessLogicentrix officials at the eventTags: Print EditionLogicentrix (Pvt) Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Dart Global Logistics (Pvt) Ltd has ventured into the development of a state-of-the-art...
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