If you love your work, does that make you a workaholic?

We all know the terms – one who loves alcohol is an alcoholic, one who loves chocolates is a chocoholic and one who loves shopping is a shopaholic.

Astron Steals the night at NASCO 2015…!

Sri Lanka’s leading privately owned pharmaceutical company – Astron Ltd – clinched 4 Golds, 3 Silvers and 1 Bronze awards in the Healthcare industry sector at the recently concluded National Sales Congress 2015 (NASCO) Awards Ceremony.  Mudith Dharmapriya and Achala Welivitiya won the Gold and Silver awards respectively in the Territory Manager category while Dulith Jayawickrama, V. Gunalan and Amila Patabendige won the G

Leo Burnett Sri Lanka presents a book featuring its award winning work to the U.S. Chargé d’Affaire

Thursday 6th August 2015, Colombo: Ranil de Silva, Managing Director of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) together with the Executive Committee of the company, presented a book featuring the agency’s award winning work to Andrew C. Mann, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the global network. Leo Burnett Worldwide was founded in Chicago, U.S.A. on 5August in 1935 and celebrat

Serendib Flour Mills celebrates seven years of nourishing the nation

Thursday 06th  August 2015, Colombo: Serendib Flour Mills (SFML) recently celebrated seven years of success since it first introduced its ‘7 Star’ range of wheat flour to the local market. SFML, a part of the highly diversified Al Ghurair Company in Dubai, launched the ‘7 Star’ range of wheat flour in the local market, as part of its mission to produce and supply a variety of high quality wheat flour to Sri Lankan c

CFW Fashion+Food and AfterParties present Day-Night Brunch Series and ‘The Morning After Party’ for

Thursday 6th July 2015, Colombo: Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) Swim, presented by OLU Tropical Water, is preparing to host its highly-regarded sub-events at its upcoming swimwear showcase. The CFW Fashion+Food Day-Night Brunch Series (7 to 9 August) and a unique after-party – ‘The Morning After Party’ – (9 August) will run alongside an exciting line up of poolside runway shows and trend stores. 

Janashakthi launches book to commemorate 20 years in insurance

Janashakthi Insurance recently launched the book ‘Taming Risk – The Janashakthi Story’ by author Michelle Gunawardana at the Cinnamon Grand hotel. 

SLT Broadband launches first ever Terabyte Data package in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the flagship national ICT solutions provider and the leading broadband service provider, recently launched the Terabyte Data package offering its broadband users the highest data volume given so far by an internet company in Sri Lanka.

Do more business with a Fast-Growing Payment Partner- UnionPay

With the increasing number of Chinese tourists coming to Sri Lanka, more and more local merchants have signed up to accept UnionPay cards to provide more convenience through the additional payment option and to attract more new customers.

DIMO hosts Mercedes-Benz customers to extravagant evening

Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) recently hosted their valued Mercedes-Benz customers to an extravagant evening...

Nissan partners Colombo Fashion Week “Swim”

The event of the year for couture in Sri Lanka – Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) sees global automaker Nissan as the official automobile partner this year.

Ravi vows to crush crony capitalist monopolies

Industry monopolies created through protectionist policies of crony capitalism will be brought down by opening the markets,

Restructuring begins to pay off; Expolanka June net up 28%

Japan’s Sagawa group unit, Expolanka Holdings PLC, saw its net profit for the June quarter (1Q16) increasing 28 percent year-on-year ....

Vidullanka subsidiary enters power purchase agreement with Ugandan govt.

Muvumbe Hydro Limited, a subsidiary of mini hydro developer Vidullanka PLC, has entered into a power purchase agreement...

Lanka IOC’s woes continue as June net plunges 86%

The local unit of the Indian oil giant, Lanka Indian Oil Company PLC (LIOC), saw its net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2015...

Global dairy prices collapse to 13-year low

agrimoney.com: Global dairy prices have plunged to a 13-year low, with whole milk powder suffering particularly sharp losses.

Hellibees Fahrenheit racing workshop provides hands-on training to participants

Want a shot at high-adrenaline professional motor racing debut? Or even gaining experience or getting the most out of your car or bike,...

Seylan Bank powers ‘Maris Motor Rally 2015’

Seylan Bank sponsored the recently concluded Maris Motor Rally, one of the most anticipated events in Negombo.

Policy stability more important than political stability: President

President Maithripala Sirisena in an impressive policy-centred address to Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2015 yesterday stressed that policy stability was more important than political stability.

TVS Lanka opens branch in Kalubowilla

Premier Automotive company TVS Lanka opened its Kalubowilla showroom recently.

ADYAPANA 2015 higher education, career exhibition in October

The first exhibition held immediately after the Advanced level examination, ADYAPANA 2015, the higher education and career exhibition, will be held for the 10th consecutive year from October 2 – 4, at the BMICH Colombo.

APFASL organises inaugural public sector Best Annual Report and Accounts Awards

In an effort to enhance transparency and accountability in the public sector and to encourage excellence in the presentation of information in the annual reports and accounts,...

Local companies must be innovative when entering Chinese market: SLCBC

?The Sri Lanka – China Business Council (SLCBC) urged local companies to think differently and be innovative in their approach if they aim on setting a firm foot in the Chinese market.

Road to becoming energy-independent country: Can we deliver?

Sri Lanka annually imports 2 MMT of crude oil, 4 MMT of refined petroleum products and 2.25 MMT of coal. This costs approximately US$ 5 billion and covers 44 percent of the energy requirements.

The Singapore model: Lessons for Sri Lanka

When discussing Asia’s economic success, economists always take Singapore as a role model to develop nations and create wealth.

Post-election agenda: An economy that is more open to world with more companies going global

Over the past decade or more the Sri Lankan economy has become less and less open to the world than it has ever been. Exports to gross domestic product (GDP) has nearly halved; the share of trade in overall growth has fallen;

ComBank launches low cost insurance for micro borrowers

?A low cost insurance scheme that will protect micro borrowers has been launched by Commercial Bank of Ceylon in association with two insurance companies, Ceylinco Insurance and BIMA.

Sampath Bank expands off-site ATM network

?The newest ATM of Sampath Bank was ceremonially opened at Dandugama, Ja Ela, by Upali Dharmasiri, AGM Recoveries.

Seylan Bank becomes first to introduce crowd sourcing

On Wikipedia, the general understanding of crowd sourcing is the process of getting work or funding, usually online, from a crowd of people. The word is a combination of the words ‘crowd’ and ‘outsourcing’.

Sampath Bank launches exclusive online loan application

?Sampath Bank has yet again provided customers with a platform of online technological convenience. With the introduction of an online loan application, Sampath Bank customers are now extended with an exclusive web-based solution to inquire and apply for loans. 

Union Bank launches VISA international debit card

?Union Bank, one of Sri Lanka’s top five private commercial banks in market capitalisation and one of the fastest growing banks in Sri Lanka, added yet another pragmatic feature to its fast growing retail portfolio, with the launch of Union Bank VISA international debit card.