Trademark registration: From Colombo to Madrid

The Sri Lankan exporters have long highlighted the importance of Sri Lanka acceding to the Madrid 

Chevron trains Sri Lankan lecturers of SLGIT in Kilinochchi

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, the leader in the lubricants market in Sri Lanka recently conducted 

Can Trump’s trade policies uphold US credibility in Asia?

As the dust settles on Donald Trump’s far-reaching campaign promises, one thing is clear: the Trans-

ADB appoints Yasuyuki Sawada as Chief Economist

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Yasuyuki Sawada, a professor at the University 

Colombo Chamber concludes Australian trade tour on positive note

A trade delegation to Australia organised by the Colombo Chamber of Commerce concluded recently amidst much positive response. 

SampathCards to offer season’s biggest discounts

SampathCards, the nation’s leading credit card is ringing in the jubilant ambience for this season of holiday and cheer. 

LB Finance September net profit up 20% on higher lending growth

LB Finance PLC, Sri Lanka’s third largest non-bank finance company by assets, increased its net 

Sri Lanka a positive market for Regus: Asia Pacific chief

Regus, the provider of solutions in workspace recently opened its 7thcentre in Sri Lanka, spelling out 

Ceylinco Life opens new green branch in Horana

Ceylinco Life has formally declared open its new branch building in Horana, purpose-built to the new 

Atlas Cool wins Bronze Award at SLIM Brand Excellence Awards

Atlas, the market leader in school stationery in Sri Lanka, continued its proud tradition of proven 

TVS wins highest number of awards as single brand at SLIM Awards

Automobile brand TVS has created history by winning 6 awards under a single brand name at the recently concluded 15th SLIM Brand Excellence Awards Ceremony.

New Zealand High Commissioner meets Malik

New Zealand High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in New Delhi Grahame Morton is on a visit to Sri Lanka 

Pathfinder Foundation joins hands with Fujian Province to promote trade, investment

The Pathfinder Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China’s Fujian 

Lankan company to use latest technology to tackle waste recycling issues of corporates

A Sri Lankan company is poised to make a major step in resolving the waste recycling problems of Sri Lankan corporates in the fabric and rubber industries. 

Pan Asia Bank joins hands with Ceylinco Life to offer bancassurance services

Pan Asia Bank recently signed an MOU with Ceylinco Life to offer a wide range of insurance products to its customers. 

SWT Associates to revolutionize Cloud accounting in Sri Lanka

Business owners and managers are bombarded with technology shifts and challenged to stay r

SLT joins Wana Ropa national tree planting programme

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC organized a special tree planting programme called National Ruk Ropa - 2016 in line with the Wana Ropa national tree planting programme,t hat aims to increase forest cover in the country up to 32 percent within the next three years.

Knowledge economy, a political slogan far from reality

The term ‘knowledge economy’ is a buzz word used more often in political platforms here nowadays without realizing what it really means. Almost every new development project, be it a mega city project or a power generation project, is launched in the name of knowledge economy to gain political mileage. 

Condominium developers welcome budget

The Condominium Developers’ Association of Sri Lanka, an affiliated trade body of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, which represents the condominium developers in the country, hailed the budget proposals presented to parliament by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake.

NDB sponsors FOGSL’s 40-year celebration

NDB has extended its support to the Department of Zoology of the University of Colombo by being a sponsor for the 40-year celebration of the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (FOGSL). 

Amãna Bank continues service towards children at Kalubowila hospital

As part of its continued CSR focus towards children, Amãna Bank made another valuable contribution to the children’s ward (15B) of the Colombo South (Kalubowila) General Hospital by donating acute medical equipment.

Abans presents 100th laptop to deserving student

Continuing their CSR initiative year after year, Abans presented laptops to nine deserving students. With this presentation Abans reached the important milestone of presenting the 100th laptop to a  deserving student. 

Synapsys empowers businesses to optimize value chains

DFCC Bank was the exclusive banking partner at the World Export Development Forum held recently in Colombo. This forum was a unique global conference and business-to-business (B2B) matchmaking platform dedicated to supporting trade-led development and provided an ideal platform for the nation’s exporters to engage with overseas buyers.

Ceylinco Insurance feted for 5th consecutive year as only insurer among top 30 corporates

Ceylinco Insurance moved up the corporate ladder to the 15th position and once again earned the honour of being the only insurance company amongst the top 30 companies for the year 2015 / 2016. 

Veta Life tech start-up hopes for a dengue-free Sri Lanka

Veta Life, a technology start-up, is attempting to address the ever growing issue of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika.

Mohammed Faroz wins 20th edition of PB Foreign Remittance Gold Fortune

A.G Mohammed Faroz, an account holder at the Nintavur People’s Bank branch was named the 20th lucky winner of the weekly People’s Bank Foreign Remittance Gold Fortune 2016.

Fonterra completes 45 projects to uplift dairy farming communities

As part of its pioneering dairy development programme, Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka continues to help build more sustainable dairy farming communities through its grass roots fund, investing over Rs. 33 million in 45 community projects since 2014. 

Huawei GR5 2017 debuts in Sri Lanka

Huawei, the fastest-growing smartphone brand in Sri Lanka, together with Singer Sri Lanka, launched the all-new Huawei GR5 2017 at a ceremonious unveiling at the Singer Lifestyle Festival in Colombo. The launch event was graced by Huawei Sri Lanka CEO Shunli Wang, Huawei Device Sri Lanka General Manager Kalpa Perera, Singer Sri Lanka PLC Group CEO Asoka Pieris and Singer Sri Lanka PLC Marketing Director Kumar Samarasinghe. The launch of the GR5 2

Virtusa announces 2Q consolidated performance

Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, reported the consolidated financial results for the second quarter fiscal 2017, ended September 30, 2016.

Port City officials inspect granite quarry sites

The Megapolis, Port City and project contractor China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) have begun inspections of the quarries that will be supplying quarry material for the Port City project.  According to the Supplementary Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA), only licensed quarries can be used for the supply and the inspection tours are to ensure that all the conditions stipulated in the environment approvals are properly met.