SL industrial production expands 3% in 3Q

Sri Lanka’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which measures the performance of the country’s 

Leema Creations trains VTA, DTET wood working instructors

Leema Creations (Pvt.) Ltd Managing Director Channa Wijesekara conducted a comprehensive 

What does Trump and Putin relationship mean for Asia?

The United States (US) vote in favour of President-elect Donald Trump was a shock for Russian 

Ingot Brokers introduces services to Sri Lanka  

Ingot Consultation Bahrain will facilitate the Sri Lanka-based activities of Ingot Brokers, and 

Russian shares hit record high after Rosneft stake sale

REUTERS: Emerging market stocks climbed the most in a month yesterday, as Russia’s approval of 

AIA Real Rewards programme winners tour Singapore

AIA’s most recent Real Rewards programme winners enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to Singapore, the 

CIM Sri Lanka’s first Principals’ Forum today

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka is hosting its first Principals’ Forum under the 

SIA CEO presented with Eisenhower Global Innovation Award

Singapore Airlines (SIA) CEO Goh Choon Phong has been presented the prestigious 2016 Dwight D. 

Maternal demigoddess status – Reflections on Jayalalitha and South Asian women leaders

It is a concept unique to South Asia – there is unlimited adulation for charismatic leaders. Although 

Stranded trucks, unpaid workers: India Inc counts cost of cash crunch

Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vimal Somani cheered Prime 

Britain’s financial watchdog sends warning letter to debt firms

REUTERS: Firms that help people manage debt repayments are failing to make regular checks on 

Sri Lanka Tourism to celebrate success and the season

With Sri Lanka expected to create history by welcoming two million tourists during 2016 in the month 

SLID presents ‘Brand in the boardroom’

Continuing its Power evenings, the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) presented ‘The Brand in the 

World Marketing Congress 2016 recognizes MyDeal’s Mehraj Sally

MyDeal.lk (Pvt.) Ltd Group Director/CMO Mehraj Sally was recognized as one of the 50 Most 

Abans pilots Dialog’s Trash Alert IoT sensor

Furthering its leadership in the Internet of things (IoT) smart innovation space, Dialog announced last 

Chevron excels at Business Today Top 30 business entities list

Chevron Lubricants Lanka was recognized at Business Today Top 30 business entities award for the 

Access Projects leads in construction, interior designing and aluminium sectors

Access Projects (Pvt) Ltd has been initially formed in 1997 as the interior contract division of Access 

Union Assurance shows people path to success through island wide campaign

Union Assurance has introduced a number of solutions in place to propel individuals towards fulfilling 

Prime Grand construction gets underway at Ward Place

Construction of Prime Grand, an upmarket, 36-floor, 316 unit apartment complex by Prime Group got 

SLT-partnered SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable wins Global Carrier Awards

The consortium that developed the Southeast Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 

CIMA Tour de Colombo 2016 concludes with great team spirit

CIMA Sri Lanka’s member engagement event, held for the third consecutive year, saw the 

Laugfs Gas secures another win at NBEA 2016

Laugfs Gas PLC, a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka, was bestowed another prestigious 

Seylan Bank rewards remittance customers through newest promo

Seylan Bank launches the ‘Seylan Ethera Kasi - Methara Wasi Draw’, a new promotion scheme to 

American Express celebrates Dutch Hospital’s 5th anniversary

Nations Trust Bank American Express invites all to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Dutch 

Huawei Experience Store in hill capital

Huawei, the fastest growing smartphone brand in Sri Lanka, introduced the Huawei Experience Store 

China launches exchange for fast growing commercial paper market

REUTERS: China launched a platform for centralized commercial paper trading yesterday to promote 

Distilleries under new parent to focus more on premium liquor types

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (DIST), the country’s market leader in hard liquor, is planning 

Sri Lanka Telecom partnered SEA-ME-WE 5 Submarine Cable System wins at the Global Carrier Awards

The consortium that developed the South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable was awarded the “Project of the Year – Subsea Award”

WB approves US $ 75mn credit line for SL’s welfare programmes

The World Bank Board has approved a US $ 75 million credit from the International Development 

CSE rings final bell for the year with Asiri Hospitals

Looking forward to embrace the New Year with renewed aspirations, the country’s stock market