CIPM Sri Lanka, the nation’s leader in human resource management, together with the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) and Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) announced that the world’s most premi

Leading Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer Brandix has embarked on a journey to strengthen the company’s gender equality policies and procedures with technical support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to support and provide an inspirin

The ‘performance first’ work ethic embraced by First Capital Holdings PLC, a Janashakthi group company, received industry validation recently, as it was certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work (GPW) in Sr

Ceylinco Life has been certified a Great Workplace in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive year with a five-mark improvement over the overall rating accorded to the life insurance leader last year, following an independent analysis conducted by Great

CIMA, ICC Sri Lanka and the Daily FT recognised the winners of Sri Lanka’s Most Admired Companies Awards, at an event held at the BMICH on October 27 and Cargills was among Most Admired Companies of Sri Lanka 2021.

LOLC Life Assurance Limited and LOLC General Insurance Limited, two of the fast growing insurance companies in Sri Lanka, were recognised for its profound commitment to its staff at the recent Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2021, organised by th

The Central Bank this week issued a fresh warning to the public to be on alert on financial scams.

Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC yesterday announced the appointment of Ajit Mahendra De Silva Jayaratne as the new Chairman of the company,

World-renowned property developer South City Projects Kolkota let out a sigh of relief yesterday with the construction of Sri Lanka’s tallest residential building Altair Colombo coming to a successful close and ready to be officially handed over to

A footwear, leather products and handloom exhibition, organised by the Footwear and Leather Goods Manufacturers Association,

The Cabinet approval was granted this week to secure a US $ 33.2 million loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arabic Economic Development, which is also known as the Kuwait Fund, to finance the construction of the Medical Faculty of the University of Moratu

After considering the requirement of some agrochemicals such as weedicides and pesticides to control certain diseases, Agriculture Ministry Secretary Senior Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe has been vested with powers to allow such imports, other than ferti

As the country gets gradually and safely reopened after months of mobility and other restrictions, the broader business community is of the view that the office-based work must stay hybrid going forward, after seeing the positive results during the 2

The government has decided to re-test a fresh sample of earlier rejected organic fertiliser from China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co. through a mutually agreed third-party with an accredited laboratory following a request from the Chinese Embas

The Central Bank yesterday gave an update on the envisaged foreign exchange inflows announced in the six-month road map early this month.

The Cabinet this week cleared the path for Sri Lanka to officially support the global initiative ‘Consign Coal to History’ at the upcoming 26th Conference of the Parties (COP 26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC

The Central Bank (CB) Governor’s designation has been elevated to the fifth rank in the new Table of Precedence of the government with a status equal to a Cabinet Minister.

The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Lanka Credit and Business Finance Limited (LCB Finance), which opened yesterday, was oversubscribed.

In a statement, Dr. Harsha Cabral PC, Chairman of Sri Lanka’s largest cement manufacturer, Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC yesterday said the company has taken several immediate measures to address the cement shortage in the market.

SLASSCOM, Sri Lanka’s national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, through its Global Trade and Investment Forum, recently launched the Investment Playbook webinar series, kicking off with ‘Chapter 01: Roadmap to Funding Options: What Every CEO Sho

The first-ever Women Friendly Workplace Awards (WFWP Awards) 2021, jointly pioneered by Satynmag.com and CIMA Sri Lanka, will be held on November 2, 2021, with COVID-19 protocols strictly observed.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is a UK-based entrepreneurship research network with objectives to conduct national surveys in order to thoroughly identify the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country.

Port City Colombo, the largest and most ambitious development project ever undertaken in Sri Lanka, with an initial investment of US $ 1.4 billion,

Pushing back on the claims that the recent bout of inflation is caused by the unprecedented liquidity injections made into the system, the Central Bank said it had recognised the need to shrink its treasury bill holdings in a methodical manner, witho

The board of directors of the third airline operator in Sri Lanka, Fly Lankan Asia Limited, has unanimously chosen Dr. Arosha Fernando,for the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

The vehicle import ban, which has been in effect since March last year, is expected to remain in place at least in part in the near term, although there are expectations that some mechanism would be created to relax the controls by the government, co

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga has instructed the authorities to expedite the implementation of a special promotion programme targeting five major countries to attract more tourists to Sri Lanka.

Vallibel Finance PLC delivered a yet another robust financial performance for the three months to September 2021, as the licensed finance company continued to defy the pandemic-induced pressures and the prolonged ban on vehicle imports as loans grew

Oil prices climbed yesterday, extending pre-weekend gains to hit multi-year highs as global supply remained tight amid solid fuel demand in the United States and elsewhere in the world as economies pick up from coronavirus pandemic-induced slumps.