The Takeda Foundation calls for applications for the Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award.The Application Period is from April 1 to July 31. The Award targets young entrepreneurs or 

‘No risk, no gain’ is a popular slogan. Although board members, senior managers and shareholders know that there are strategic advantages to taking risks in a business environment and that realizing growth requires taking a certain degree

Grundfos, one of world’s leading water pump manufacturing companies based in Denmark, which has been in Sri Lankan market for more than 20 years, served the industrial sector with many solutions. 

Sri Lanka’s fragile external sector continued to bleed as the most recent data showed a decline in exports and a spike in imports as the country’s oil bill more than doubled in February, deepening the massive hole in the country trade bal

Sri Lanka’s port services turned in a record performance in 2016 by attracting the highest number of ships and cargo traffic to the country.

The Exporters Association of Sri Lanka (EASL) yesterday welcomed the efforts of the government to secure the vote from the EU parliament to regain GSP Plus tariff concessions for Sri Lanka exports entering the European Union.

Record levels of private credit extended in 2016 has resulted in further slippage in capital adequacy ratios (CARs) of the Sri Lankan banking sector ahead of 

The Spices and Allied Products Producers’ and Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) yesterday welcomed the government’s decision to postpone the abolishment of Simplified Value Added Tax (SVAT) system as proposed in the budget 2017.

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares were largely unchanged in thin trading, near an 11-month high yesterday, as foreign investors turned net sellers for the first time in 26 sessions while blue chips saw profit-booking after a prolonged rise.

Sri Lanka has been given a fresh opportunity to showcase its investment and export portfolios to the emerging markets as well as the huge Russian region through a premier global forum, dubbed as Russia’s Davos. 

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka-based consumer durables retailer Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC’s National Long-Term Rating at ‘A-(lka)’ with a Stable Outlook. 

Manjula Mathews, Executive Chairperson of Dunamis Capital PLC and its listed subsidiaries – First Capital Holdings PLC and Kelsey Developments PLC, has retired from her post with effect from April 30, 2017. 

Omegaa Johkasou Engineering Lanka Private Limited can be considered as an amazing company which is famous for approaching new inventions that can help improve the life style of ours. 

The name Atlas, conjures much nostalgia, many memories and so much love amongst young and not so young homes, schools, offices and communities across Sri Lanka. Many successful professionals and entrepreneurs look back in life to acknowledge that Atl

Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC has announced two new appointments with effect from 1st May 2017, following the resignation of Suranga Perera from the post of Chief Executive Officer. 

In recognition of using high-tech applications in Sri Lanka’s agribusiness sector, launching of new innovative brands, ensuring high standards of customer service and strong client relations, Sri Lanka’s diversified conglomerate, Sunshine

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) signed an aide memoire with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) recently, marking the launch of ADB-KSP Joint Consulting to support the GoSL in drawing a blueprint for t

Green Scape Coir Exports (Pvt) Ltd, the brainchild of K.A.D.C Silva was established in 2007 with the objective of manufacturing and exporting coir products from Sri Lanka. 

Nothing says “Thank You, Mum” like a gastronomical experience set in the contemporary chic GRAZE Kitchen Restaurant,Hilton Colombo. 

Vehicle registrations demonstrated a strong rebound in March compared to the previous two months, despite the monetary impediments slapped to discourage private motor vehicle purchases. 

Sri Lanka’s inflation in the capital Colombo rose by 6.9 percent during the 12 months to April, slowing down from a multi-year high of 7.3 percent recorded in March despite being a festive month, according to the Census and Statistics Departmen

Sri Lanka, due to its strategic location, continues to be an obvious candidate to reap the plethora of benefits that stem from effective trade facilitation but requires a much serious effort in “grasping” opportunities, a top logistics ex

It appears that the Central Bank may need to sharpen its monetary policy tools, as credit to private sector has continued to grow stubbornly, a scenario that could drive the country’s inflation and imports beyond a tolerable level.

The Central Bank revised Sri Lanka’s budget deficit for 2016 downwards to 5.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) recently due to expenditure cuts, bringing the key indicator in line with government expectations again, following lapses in 2

Sri Lanka has embarked on a new journey towards sustainable development, thereby intending to pass on its benefits equally to every citizen in the country, said Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake. 

South Asia Head of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Manoj Kumar called on the Health, 

Sri Lankan entrepreneurship is geared to hit the fast-track at the second annual John Keells X Open Innovation Challenge 2017,as teams of aspiring innovators and inventors compete for a chance to win entry into a six-month accelerator programme at JK

KPMG will host a seminar on “Customs Valuation, 2017 Amendments to H.S Codes and Foreign Exchange Impact on International Trade” on May 19th at the Movenpick Hotel, Colombo 3, from 9.00 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. 

The Central Bank has instructed all banks to grant a moratorium on loans obtained by the borrowers hit by the floods and adverse weather conditions in a bid to provide some relief until they get back on their feet, Mirror Business learns. 

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to enhance and develop environmental and social risk