Nippon Paint celebrated the successful conclusion of the Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) themed ‘You for tomorrow’ future living as envisioned today, in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive year with a glamorous awards ceremony held at t

Access Engineering PLC, one of the foremost civil engineering companies in Sri Lanka, is making a swift progress in the construction of the Deduru Oya water supply project, Ridi Bendi Ela, Maho.

Quick Tea (Pvt.) Ltd, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s largest Tea Exporter for over two decades- Akbar Brothers Ltd, became the recipient of yet another accolade for the diversified group of companies by being certified as a ‘CarbonConscious

Renewing a successful working partnership of three consecutive years, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka and First Capital Holdings PLC, committing to goals mutually benefiting

IITExpo-Colombo 2018, a 3-day event, showcasing the textiles of India, is being held from February 21-23 at Galadari Hotel, Colombo.  More than 40 Indian fabric manufacturers and exporters are displaying varieties of apparel fabrics (woven, knit

Lending its expertise in end-to-end logistics management to ‘Sri Lanka Wonder of Asia Ironman 70.3 Colombo’, Hayleys Advantis announced that it is handling the movement of all cargo being brought to Colombo from the Ironman regional hub i

Reinforcing the J. Walter Thompson pioneering spirit, Akila Abdul Azeez and Minendra Sarathchandra collaborated to deliver a compelling, relevant and innovative campaign that led them to winning the 2018 AdFest Young Lotus competition.

Statistical data from market research shows that Munchee Super Cream Cracker has become the country’s most popular biscuit surpassing other biscuit varieties.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka will be hosting its first networking event for this year titled ‘Legends of the Silver Screen’ on 27th February, at the CIM office, Colombo 03 at 

Umair Wolid, Head of Marketing – Content and Digital Media at Wijeya Digital Media was listed among 100 Smartest Digital Marketing Leaders at

Sri Lanka’s private sector credit growth has continued its moderation path towards end-2017, reflecting the effects of the delayed monetary policy transition gradually taking hold of the country’s money in circulation. 

THE HINDU: The Consortium of Pepper Growers’ Organisation, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, has urged the Centre to levy 54 percent duty on imports from Sri Lanka under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and scrap the Indo-Sri Lankan Free

The cabinet has taken a decision to award further tax concessions for state lands provided on a long-term lease basis for commercial agriculture. Land and Parliamentary Reforms Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka said such lands will be exempt from charg

REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s tea output in January rose 11.9 percent from a year earlier, due to favourable agro-climatic conditions and a lower base, the state-run Tea Board said on Tuesday. 

The Sri Lankan government is ready to implement a short-term reform process, which will generate short-term gains and help the government increase its acceptance among the voters in the run up to the 2020 elections, according to a senior government e

Bringing together suppliers and service organisations in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka, the Apparel Industry Suppliers’ Exhibition (AISEX) will be held from May 10-12, at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre (SBMEC). 

The Export Development Board (EDB) organised a seminar for the electronics and electrical sector exporters and potential exporters in Sri Lanka to make them aware on the recent developments of the industry and the market linkages and trade and tariff

The Shippers’ Academy Colombo (SAC) in association with the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has launched a new corporate quiz for the ExIm & Logistics Trophy for the first time.

Sri Lanka plans to borrow US $ 115 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region backed by China, to implement an accelerat

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, who also spoke at the same event, called on audit regulators to collaborate amongst themselves to improve financial sector supervision.

The new National Audit Bill has just been approved by the Cabinet, and would be presented to Parliament soon, according to a senior minister, who stressed on the importance of quality audits in Sri Lanka.

Neither confirming nor denying speculations that UK-based Lyca Group is nearing a deal to purchase ETI Group’s assets, the Central Bank Governor Dr.Indrajit Coomraswamy told Mirror Business that the Central Bank is still processing an investmen

The Sri Lankan government is ready to implement a short-term reform process which will generate short-term gains and help the government increase its acceptance among the voters in the run up to the 2020 elections, according to a senior government ec

Sophos Technologies was established in 1985 in the UK. For the last 32 years, the company has been built on pure technical sol

Diversified conglomerate Cargills (Ceylon) PLC (CARG) posted a Rs.827 million net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 (3Q18), recording a growth of 30 percent from the corresponding quarter last year, due to the gains from its associate, C

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended steady yesterday in thin trade amid political uncertainty after both parties in the ruling coalition suffered defeats in a local election earlier this month.

Slower vehicle sales saw the profits of Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) sliding over 35 percent during the December quarter (3Q18) compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (3Q17), the interim financial accounts released to

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee edged down yesterday on importer dollar demand, while political uncertainty continued to weigh on investor sentiment, dealers said. The rupee ended at 155.40/50 per dollar, compared with Friday’s close of 155.10/20

The Central Bank is yet to see whether the measures taken through its six-month programme to increase the liquidity in the troubled ETI Group  are successful.

Fashion Bug, one of Sri Lanka’s leading retail clothing stores bagged the Gold award for ‘Best Key Account Partner’ at the recent Annual Sales Conference of Triumph International held on February 15th at the Grand Ballroom of Hilton