Recognised in Sri Lanka for its continued excellent workmanship and maintaining high standards in the construction industry, Chandana Builders was the proud recipient of the Shramabhimanai award recently.

Seemingly the largest ex-hotel chain get together – The reunion party of Confifi Group Hotels will be held on March 17th 2018 from 7:00p.m. onwards at Raffles Residence, Pita Kotte.

JAT Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd, successfully concluded an accolade filled 2017 including Managing Director Aelian Gunawardene winning the prestigious Platinum award at the 22nd Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year 2017.

Turret is today a designer store catering to the high-end customer for luxury watches, writing instruments and leather accessories.

Senani Products, Sri Lanka’s leader of Goraka cream was recently recognised by Sri Lanka Chamber of Small and Medium Industries (SLCSMI) as the winner of the Woman Entrepreneur award for ‘National Excellence’.

Thailand Week, trade fair and business opportunity with Thailand is happening once again in Colombo from March 9-11. 

In line with its continuous efforts to advance technology and consistently provide users with a world-class customer service experience, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, launched an app for Google Assistant. 

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK Sri Lanka Branch recently joined hands with the International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) to promote education, training and business. 

Being held for the first time in the South Asian region, ‘Ironman 70.3’, a global triathlon brand is being hosted in Sri Lanka from February 22nd to 25th.

Lending its expertise in end to end logistics management to ‘Sri Lanka Wonder of Asia IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo’, Hayleys Advantisannounced

Stronger growth in new loans and better margin management amid challenging macro-economic conditions helped Sampath Bank PLC report some robust performance for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the interim financial accounts released to the Colomb

LVL Energy Fund Limited (LVEF), which started trading in the Colombo bourse this January, posted a Rs.103.5 million net profit for the December quarter (3Q18), which was an over six-fold increase compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous

Both manufacturing and services activities in Sri Lanka expanded at a slower rate in January 2018 compared to December 2017, the Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey compiled by Central Bank’s Statistics Department showed.&nb

MUMBAI (REUTERS): India’s City Union Bank said yesterday that ‘cyber criminals’ had hacked its systems and transferred nearly US$2 million through three unauthorized remittances to lenders overseas via the SWIFT financial platform.

One-off gains lifted the Softlogic Holdings PLC’s December quarter (3Q18), which is currently going through an exercise to reduce its group debt that weighs on profits as the borrowing costs continue to climb.

Pathfinder Foundation (PF), in association with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and in collaboration with the Strategic Council for Foreign Relations (SCFR) held a round-table conference on the theme ‘Iran and the Indian Ocean in th

President of Sri Lanka Chamber of Small and Medium Industries was appreciated at the recently concluded awards ceremony organized by the Chamber itself in Colombo.

The inauguration of the 12th Annual Inspection Workshop of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR), hosted by Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing Standards Monitoring Board (SLAASMB) will take place at the Kings Court, Cinnamon

The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka will conduct a seminar on tax, fiscal, and other issues related to the new Foreign Exchange Act, the New Inland Revenue Act, budget proposals for 2018 and the Sri Lanka-Singapore treaty for prevention of

Training workshops highlighting salient features of the ISO 17025:2017 will be held from the 19th -23rd February, with the first two days at the MILODA Academy of Financial Studies and the final three days at the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board (SLAB)

To encourage Advanced Level students gain a better understanding on the importance of developing a business plan and to also help harness the entrepreneurial skills among future business leaders, the Business Plan Competition organised by the Institu

MTI Consulting, through their proven international market-entry methodology has enabled the makers of Samahan and Sudantha to breakthrough into the fast growing Vietnam and Myanmar market. 

AFP: Asian stock markets climbed yesterday in thin holiday trade, led by gains in Tokyo, as volatility eased after last week’s rollercoaster ride. Tokyo tracked Wall Street higher as investors gradually regained confidence heading into the week

AFP: Palm oil giant Indonesia is pressing the European Union to abandon plans to apply strict environmental standards to the sector and silence ‘negative’ criticism about the commodity, documents obtained by AFP have revealed.

AFP: American lender US Bancorp has agreed to pay US$613 million to US authorities for violations of money laundering controls, including an attempted cover-up, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

AFP: The heads of Sweden’s largest companies, including clothing giant H&M and telecoms maker Ericsson, denounced yesterday deportations of highly-skilled workers as the nation’s technology sector suffers a shortage of staff. 

State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne represented Sri Lanka at the first global conference of the platform for collaboration on tax, which commenced at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on February 14th.

REUTERS: Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million rubles (US$6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian Central Bank said yesterday.

The Sri Lankan government had obtained Asian Development Bank (ADB) financial assistance worth US$ 100 million in 2016 to finance the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Line of Credit Project. 

AFP: US regulators Thursday blocked the purchase of the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) by a group of investors including the Chinese company Chongqing Casin.