Brandix pays homage to inspiration at employee awards gala

Tributes to inspiring workplace performances took centre stage recently when apparel sector employees from Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh came together in Colombo to be honoured by their employer Brandix at a spectacular awards presentation.

IPM SL makes its presence felt at APFHRM

IPM Sri Lanka, the nation’s leader in human resource management, was recently invited to represent the country at the Board Meeting of the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) held in Manila, the Philippines. 

CIMA launches new challenge to find Sri Lanka’s best young business brains

CIMA’s new Corporate Business Leaders’ Challenge will see teams of managers from companies in Sri Lanka battle it out in a new competition designed to test their business acumen. The first teams are due to compete in October this year.

Understanding people will help you make the shift from managing to leading a business

Great managers will tell you that the difference between a manager and leader is much more profound than most people think and that the company which overlooks this difference will suffer for it.

G15 global grouping’s first-ever Colombo session opens today

The first-ever direct partnering effort by Group of Fifteen (G15) global grouping with Sri Lanka will commence today in Colombo.

VirtusaPolaris wins Gold at Sri Lanka Human Capital Management Awards

VirtusaPolaris, the market-facing brand of Virtusa Corporation and Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd., a leading worldwide provider of information technology (IT) consulting and outsourcing, 

Fairway Colombo wins ‘2016 Guest Review Award’

The latest entrant into Colombo’s hospitality sector, the Fairway Colombo recently received the ‘2016 Guest Review Award’ by Booking.com. 

Indra Manel Family Holiday Resort celebrates 18 years

Indra Manel Family Holiday Resort, one of  the most accommodative and top notch hotels situated in Kandy, recently celebrated 18 years of undaunted service.

Sri Lanka’s KumbukRiver among world’s best

KumbukRiver leads Sri Lanka’s forays in the world of tourism as it continues to be on the list of world’s top 10 most unusual hotels.  

Sri Lankan Holidays gives A’pura a taste of global leisure travel

SriLankan Holidays, the leisure arm of SriLankan Airlines, is taking its amazing range of travel products to many far-flung corners of the island in a series of road shows, with the latest taking place in Anuradhapura, giving the people of the ancient capital a glimpse of the exotic experiences it offers throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Nestlé Lanka head office celebrates Avurudu with employees

Nestlé Lanka recently celebrated Avurudu with its staff at its head office premises, with the participation of Nestlé Lanka’s Managing Director Shivani Hegde. The Avurudu activities commenced 

Serendib Flour Mills brings sustainability of operations to forefront

Serendib Flour Mills (SFML) recently embarked on a long-term sustainability drive to minimize the company’s impact on the planet, whilst improving the overall management of water and energy use at its milling facility. 

Inflation flirts around double digit levels as national prices soar 8.6% in March

Sri Lanka’s national consumer prices reached a 26-month high in March while the authorities seem to be making massive efforts to rein in further price pressures resulting from higher bank credit, 

Surge in foreign capital inflows boosts CSE

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in recent weeks has garnered a keen interest among foreign institutional investors, with a surge in foreign activity contributing to a strong showing in both daily turnover levels and the performance of the stock market indices.  

Sampath Bank to further enrich CSR initiatives to mark 30 years in industry

Celebrating 30 years as a premier financial service provider in Sri Lanka, Sampath Bank PLC will further uplift and improve its CSR initiatives.

Chevron March sales flat, profit declines amid tougher market conditions

It appears that the slowdown in the vehicle imports, liberalization of lubricants imports, lax regulations and intense competition have taken toll on Sri Lanka’s lubricants market leader, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC (LLUB),

IMF members delete anti-protectionism pledge, keep currency commitments

REUTERS:  Member countries of the International Monetary Fund on Saturday pledged to work to reduce global imbalances but failed to repeat their past pledge to resist all forms of protectionism. The International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the IMF’s steering body, also repeated its past commitments on currency exchange rates.

Govt. mulls national policy for adventure tourism

The National Policy and Economic Affairs Ministry will be creating a national policy on standards for adventure tourism to address safety and service delivery qualities of the fast-developing industry, following discussions with key stakeholders. 

IMF, WB hailed Sri Lanka’s economic development performance, says Ravi K

The current economic performance of Sri Lanka was given a special praise during the biannual summit of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank at Washington DC, which concluded yesterday, a Finance Ministry statement said, quoting Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake. 

One Belt & One Road Initiative: Beyond physical infrastructure

At the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)-organised forum on The Belt and Road Initiative: Risk Management, which was held in Beijing, Pathfinder Foundation Executive Director Luxman Siriwardena, in his presentation emphasised the potential of the initiative for economic development of Sri Lanka, as it enables the country to enhance its strategic value in the Indian Ocean. 

MTI selected for University of Western Australia forum in Perth

MTI Venture Manager/Business Analyst Jananga Piyadasa will represent MTI Consulting at the ‘Pursue UWA Week’ forum, which will be held in Perth, Australia from May 1 to May 6, 2017.  Pursue UWA Week is a forum organised by the University of Western Australia (UWA) to educate and train 30 international representatives of UWA across the globe.

CMA to hold ‘Big Data Analytics for Accounting’ CPD workshop

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) will conduct a CPD workshop on ‘Big Data Analytics for Accounting’ on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., at the CMA headquarters, 3rd Floor Auditorium, Visakha Private Road, Colombo 4.

Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation forum on April 26

The mega forum, ‘Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: Making Cross - Border Trade Easier for Sri Lankan Business’, organised by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL), will be inaugurated under the aegis of Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen on April 26, 2017, at Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo. 

Comfort World to manufacture world class mattresses at Ambathale factory

Comfort World International, the market leader in mattress manufacture and retail in Sri Lanka, Maldives and Seychelles, will shortly introduce Serta mattresses, the emperor of mattresses to Sri Lanka . 

Hirdaramani tops JASTECA awards list for second year

Hirdaramani repeated its sterling performance at the JASTECA Awards held recently, topping the awards list for the second consecutive year. 

Nestlé Lanka celebrates Avurudu with employees

Nestlé Lanka recently celebrated Avurudu with its staff at its head office premises, with the participation of Nestlé Lanka’s Managing Director Shivani Hegde. 

Top toy maker Mattel aims to stimulate growth in Lanka’s toy industry

Mattel, a multinational toy manufacturer that for decades inspired the wonder of childhood across the globe, has identified Sri Lanka as a key market for growth. 

IMF warns against protectionism as Trump, Brexit loom

AFP: The International Monetary Fund renewed its warnings against protectionism on Thursday as nationalist political trends threaten trade integration on both sides of the Atlantic.

SLIM elects new President at 47th Annual General Meeting

The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM has elected Elangovan Karthik as its 39th president at the 47th AGM held on the 29th of March at the Kingsbury hotel, with a new council along with the ten-member executive committee of SLIM for the year 2017/18.

Degraded coral imperils coastal people: study

AFP: Coral reefs may be losing their ability to shield coastal communities from storms, sea surges and tsunamis, geologists said on Thursday.