LVL Energy Fund to raise Rs 1.2 bn via IPO
BusinessIndunil HewageRay Abeywardena - Managing Director, Acuity Partners (Private) Limited, Sumith Arangala, Chief Executive Officer, LVL Energy Fund, Kanthimany Maheshwaran - Chief Executive...
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BusinessWalter WuthmannMinister Nimal Siripala De Silva presenting a token to Director, ICAO, Boubacar Djibo. Deputy Minister of Transport & Civil Aviation Ashok Abeysinghe look on.Tags: Print...
View ArticleUAE upbeat on trade prospects with Lanka
BusinessPresident Maithripala Sirisena with Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and Ambassador of UAE Abdulhamid Abdulfattah Kazim Al- Mulla. Picture by Sulochana GamageTags: Print EditionThe two countries have...
View ArticleWalkers Colombo Shipyard secures US$ 4 mn from ADB
BusinessThe agreement being signed between Christopher Thieme, Deputy Director General, Private Sector Operations Department of Asian Development Bank and Jehan Amaratunga, Executive Deputy Chairman of...
View ArticleCeylinco Life’s 9-month PBT up 53% to Rs 2.5 bn
BusinessTags: Print EditionCeylinco Life has reported exceptionally strong profit growth for the nine months ending 30th September 2017, with pre-tax profit up 53 per cent to Rs 2.5 billion and net...
View Article‘Country’s aviation policy must be further liberalized’
BusinessWalter WuthmannTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s aviation policy must be further liberalized to promote tourism, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau Chairman Udaya Nanayakkara said Monday.Speaking...
View ArticleLB Finance debentures oversubscribed
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe debenture issue of L B Finance PLC to raise Rs. 3 billion has been over-subscribed, the company said in a stock exchange filing.The basis of allotment of debentures will...
View ArticlePathfinder Foundation’s Centre for Indo-Lanka Initiatives moves to Peliyagoda
BusinessAdmiral Dr. Jayanath Colombage, Director CILI, ceremonially declared open the center. Milinda Moragoda, founder of the Pathfinder Foundation, is also present.Tags: Print EditionPathfinder...
View ArticleOpening of Lak Jaya Head Office in Pannipitiya
BusinessTags: Print EditionLak Jaya Micro Finance Limited opened its head office at High Level Road, Pannipitiya recently.Keerthi Wijetunga, Director, Department of Supervision of Micro Finance...
View ArticleICAN air transport confab opens in Colombo
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe 10th ICAN (ICAO Air Services Management Negotiation Event) conference began in Colombo yesterday and will conclude on November 8 at the Hilton Colombo.Around 500...
View ArticleAccenture files lawsuit on similar trademark
BusinessTags: Print EditionAccenture Global Services Limited filed a plaint alleging trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition and passing off, in the Commercial High Court of...
View ArticleWorld’s shipping giant backs SL liberalisation
Business Minister Rishad Bathiudeen , Peter Taksoe-Jensen, Denmark’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka and visiting AP MOLLER-MAERSK’s Senior Director South Asia, Julian Michael BevisTags: Print Edition Danish...
View ArticleLanka’s computer literacy very high among those well-versed in English
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe computer literacy rate among those in the age group of 5-69 in Sri Lanka has been estimated as 28.3%.The urban sector reported the highest computer literacy rate of 41%...
View ArticleSri Lanka Insurance records Rs 9.5 bn PAT
BusinessTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Insurance has reported a remarkable performance for the period ending September 30, 2017.Announcing its excellent third quarter performance for 2017, SLI Chairman...
View ArticleCB to take legal action against finance company fraudsters
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on November 6 decided to issue a notice of cancellation of the licence issued to Central Investments and Finance...
View ArticleJetwing Symphony to raise over Rs 753 mn through IPO
BusinessIndunil HewageJetwing Hotels Chairman, Hiran Cooray and other officials at the event. Picture byChaminda NiroshanaTags: Print EditionJetwing Symphony Limited (JSL) the investment arm of the...
View ArticleMorison ventures into Myanmar
BusinessTags: Print Edition Morison PLC, a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings PLC, announced its first steps into regional shores with the distribution of its baby diaper brand, ‘Bunnies’ in Myanmar.The...
View ArticleEpic Technology Group partners with Japanese software integrator - TechnoBrave
BusinessDr. Nayana Dehigama, Executive Chairman, Epic Technology Group, exchanging the MOU with TechnoBrave President Sadao Kawada in Japan recently.Tags: Print EditionPremier and award winning...
View ArticleGrace Asirwatham to speak on BIMSTEC at LKI
BusinessTags: Print Edition The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka will host a dialogue on 'BIMSTEC at...
View ArticleRoshan Kaluarachchi conferred as Fellow, SLIM
BusinessRoshan KaluarachchiTags: Print EditionRoshan Kaluarachchi was inducted as fellow, SLIM (FSLIM) at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing graduation ceremony 2017.Kaluarachchi...
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