EU rep affirms SL on track to regain GSP Plus

The European Union representative head in Sri Lanka yesterday said Sri Lanka is on track in regaining

ComBank 1Q net up 29% over strong core banking and stable margins

Sri Lanka’s largest commercial bank by assets, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (ComBank) increased its

FinMin vows to investigate Lankans in Panama Papers

Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayaka said formal investigations of all Sri Lankans exposed by Panama

Shares snap 5-day winning streak

REUTERS:  Sri Lankan shares ended marginally lower yesterday, snapping a five-session winning streak,

NDB March net profit slips 37% to Rs.547.5mn

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) group saw its March quarter net profits falling by 37 percent year-on-year 

Top UN official calls for multi stakeholder collaboration to ensure water security

Top visiting United Nations official yesterday stressed the need for multi stakeholder collaboration in Sri Lanka to ensure 

SLI surpasses own record, declares Rs.5.4 bn life bonus for 2016

Breaking all landmarks in the local insurance industry Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) has once again declared

Fusion Marketing Guru Lon Safko to hold workshop in Colombo

Sri Lankans will have the rare opportunity of witnessing one of the world’s foremost multi-faceted personalities live in Colombo, when Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) hosts leading business author, inventor, strategist and futurist, Lon Safko for a workshop on the 27thMay.

Sarva Integrated celebrates 11 years of explosive growth

Sarva Integrated, which recently won two Gold Abbys and a Best of South Asia Award at Goafest - India, celebrated its 11th anniversary by treating the Sarva crew to tea at Kingsbury Colombo.  Started as a small, five man operation with three clients in 2005, Sarva today has over 60 employees, a portfolio of prestigious brands and a reputation for developing insight based ad campaigns that capture the market and increase client sales. Combini

Fitch assigns ‘B+(lka)’ Rating to Kotagala; Outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned Sri Lanka-based Kotagala Plantations PLC (Kotagala) a national long-term ‘B+(lka)’ rating, with a negative outlook. Fitch has also assigned Kotagala’s outstanding senior secured debentures a national long-term rating of ‘B+(lka)’.

Metropolitan Communications wins two top performance awards

Metropolitan Communications wins two prestigious top performance awards by global enterprise communication manufacturer, NEC at an Asia Pacific achievers’ awards night held in Vietnam for performance in the second half of the 2015 / 2016 financial year.

Fortinet unveils Security Fabric to protect enterprises from securtiy threats

Fortinet, the global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, recently unveiled its Security Fabric,an integrated, collaborative, and adaptive architecture designed to deliver distributed security for global enterprises providing protections against threats from IoT and remote devices, through the infrastructure core,andinto the cloud. 

BoardPAC chosen by Bangladesh’s City Bank to debut corporate governance solution

The award-winning Sri Lanka-developed corporate governance solution BoardPAC has been selected by The City Bank, a leading commercial bank in Bangladesh,as its paperless board meeting & corporate governance solution.

Why Tesla scares me

“It’s a phone. It’s an iPod. It’s an Internet communications device. Are you getting it?” is the only line I can vividly remember from Jobs’ 2007 iPhone launch event in Cupertino. I recall watching the event after the fact and thinking to myself, ‘everything’s going to change’ and since then, both literally and figuratively, everything has. Seemingly indomitable giants of the industry like Mot

Mazda MX- 5 Miata RF debuts at New York Auto Show

The 2017 Mazda MX- 5 Miata RF debuted at the 2016 New York Auto Show, impressing the gathering with the more upscale approach to the popular roadster. The Miata RF is expected to go on sale in  Spring 2017.

The entrepreneur journey – where does it end?

For every entrepreneur, the business started and nurtured through tough times is as personal as raising a child. 

Int’l spec. or Japanese domestic model? AMW sets record straight for Lankan vehicle buyers

 The Sri Lankan vehicle retail market has recently been the centre of focus following the new national budget. The average Sri Lankan vehicle buyer is constantly on the search for good deals on the latest models from Japan. And eventually every Sri Lankan vehicle buyer is faced with a choice: do they purchase a brand-new international spec. model (which is sometimes referred to as the export model) or do they purchase an unregistered vehicle

Valvoline marks 150 years in business

Valvoline, the first trademarked lubricant brand in the U.S. – will turn 150 years old in 2016 and will celebrate this milestone with a series of  global initiatives. 

Roshan Perera appointed to Laugfs Leisure board

Roshan R. Perera was appointed to the board of Laugfs Leisure Limited at the recently held Board Meeting. Laugfs Leisure is a subsidiary of Laugfs Gas PLC and owns and manages the Anantaya chain of luxury resorts.

Wattala gets redesigned Odel department store

The bustling suburb of Wattala was granted bragging rights to a new dimension in fashion and lifestyle retail when ODEL and Burger King came together at one spacious location to offer residents and passers-through better access to some of the global brands represented by the Softlogic Group.

EPSI expands e-commerce offering with Takas.lk partnership

Sri Lanka’s pioneering total PC solutions provider EPSI Technology (Pvt) Ltd announced an exciting new partnership with dynamic e-commerce retailer Takas.lk for the resale of a vast variety of sophisticated IT-based products. 

Speed Motors opens new showroom

  The new showroom of Speed Motors (Pvt) Limited was ceremonially opened in Borella recently.  

FDI key to future of South Asian regional integration

Recent decades have witnessed a growing trend towards regional economic integration. As of February 2016, some 625 notifications of regional trade agreements had been received by the WTO and of these, 419 were in force. But South Asia is still lagging behind. It remains the least integrated region in the world.

Aitken Spence Technologies powers Marina with Oracle E-Business Suite

Aitken Spence Technologies, the premier ERP solutions provider and Oracle Gold partner, recently completed a successful Oracle E-Business Suite deployment at NMK Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, better known as Marina Kingdom of Oils and Fats.  

Micro launches Sri Lanka’s first dedicated servicing facility for buses

Proving once again that Micro Cars is definitely the ‘Pride of the Nation’, the company launched its latest servicing facility at, Kandy Road, Wedamulla on 07th May in the presence of Kent Chang Hao, Vice President Yutong Overseas markets, Wang Yingqi, the Commerce Councilor of the embassy of Peoples Republic of China, Li Shuwei, General Manager of Yutong Asia Pacific, Dr. Lawrence Perera, the Chairman of Micro Holdings and other dist

ICT Gateway to link SL ICT firms with Norwegian counterparts

Under the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Advance Business Partner AS of  Norway led Sri Lanka – Norway Matchmaking program, Sri Lankan ICT firms now have the opportunity to link up with the Norwegian counterparts to explore global opportunities.

Triad among world’s leading independent agencies for 2016

Triad, Sri Lanka’s path-breaking indigenous communications company, was featured among 14 other independent agencies from around the world in the 2016 edition of ‘The World’s Leading Independent Agencies,’ a magazine published by Campaign from the Haymarket Media Group, UK, on behalf of ‘the network one,’ the world’s leading network of independent advertising agencies.

VirtusaPolaris recognized as most valuable IT brand in Sri Lanka

VirtusaPolaris, the market-facing brand of Virtusa Corporation and Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd. and a leading worldwide provider of information technology (IT) consulting and outsourcing services, was ranked the most valuable IT brand in the country for the second consecutive year by Brand Finance Lanka in their 13th edition of Brands Annual. 

Contextual advertising

Contextual advertising is a modern marketing concept. There are plenty of terms that marketers frequently use for their marketing activities like Advertisement, promotion, online marketing, branding; public relation, direct marketing and customization and also probably all customers are familiar with this terms. But there are many terms in marketing that customers may not know but have knowledge about the concept. Contextual advertising is one of

Blue Mountain all set for high five property expansion

Prospective home-buyers island-wide can make their dreams come true when Blue Mountain Properties puts on the market five new land projects