REUTERS: Small palm plantations in Indonesia drew more attention than usual at the opening of the nation’s annual palm oil conference yesterday, as the world’s top palm oil producer seeks to boost overall output by improving smallholder p

Maggi recently partnered the 45th International Pepper Conference as Silver Sponsor, as part of its commitment to use popular Sri Lankan spices in its products to naturally enhance flavour,

Advancing the trend in drone application development in Sri Lanka, Mobitel is partnering Bhoomi-Tech (Pvt) Ltd, Browns Advanced technology (Pvt) Ltd, Center for Research and Development 

Blue chip John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) will own 100 percent of Trans-ware Logistics, a company involved in renting of storage space, with the exit of its Singaporean and Malaysian shareholders, foreign news reports said.

The CIC group subsidiary, Chemanex PLC, said on Tuesday it was ceasing its export business, as such operations have been deemed to be unviable.

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares edged up yesterday on foreign buying in market heavyweight John Keells Holdings while investors awaited for direction from September-quarter earnings and the national budget scheduled to be presented next week.

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) yesterday announced a rights issue of non-voting shares convertible into voting rights, as the lender plans for aggressive growth in assets, ahead of the need for higher capital requirements under the new BASEL III accord

This is a clarification to the article that appeared on the front page of Mirror Business yesterday, November 1, 2017, titled ‘Govt.’s PPP boss wants new set of regulations to facilitate investment’.   I wish to reiterate

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) reported an after-tax profit of Rs.1.03 billion or Rs.6.13 a share for the July-September quarter (3Q17), which is an increase of 17.2 percent from the same period last year, the interim financial accounts showed.&

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly weaker for a third straight session yesterday on importer dollar buying, with the market expecting further depreciation in the currency on anticipated higher imports this month, dealers said.

John Keells Hotels PLC, which operates the John Keells group’s non-city resort hotels in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, saw its net profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (2Q18) falling 71 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.100.6 million, a

Seylan Pahasara 134th Library successfully developed and handed over to the students of Jinaraja Girls College of Gampola.

SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier and Oneworld member airline, held its monthly draw to select the lucky winner from those who provided feedback by taking part in the international  passenger survey.

The Foundation for the Advancement of Life & Insurance Around the world (FALIA) Japan, recently hosted the alumni get together in Sri Lanka, at which the title of ‘Grandmaster’ was conferred on Ceylinco Life’s Managing Director

One of the premier creative power houses in the country, TBWA Sri Lanka has been ranked the number one Creative Agency in Sri Lanka by Campaign Brief Asia.

Doors are being opened for Sri Lankan producers to export to ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ (FBA) centres in mature online markets such as the USA and UK.

Shraddha Media Network in partnership with the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society Malaysia, Theravada Buddhist Council Malaysia, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Disaster Management and Dialog Axiata PLC commenced the construction of a new building for lan

Mirror Business received the following letter from former Tea Exporters’ Association (TEA) Chairman Rohan Fernando in response to the article titled ‘If government needs a backbone, TEA needs a brain’, authored by Sri Lanka Tea Boar

Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel, resort and residential group Shangri-La joined in as a partner with Trail Sri Lanka last month to drive a fundraiser in USA, urging the Sri Lankan expats to contribute towards this year’s Trail initiat

Sometimes the smallest decisions can be the most rewarding ones. Such is the case with the NDB Wealth Family Share Builder account, an ideal alternative to fixed deposits with just a little more risk. 

Sampath Bank’s Puttalam branch, previously located at No. 114/A, Kurunegala Road, Puttalam is now relocated at No. 85/1, Kurunegala Road, Puttalam. 

Just In Time Group (JIT), a leading ICT Systems and Solutions company received the award for ‘Best CSR Practices’ in the ICT sector at the Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards 2017 held in Bangalore, India recently.

The rising popularity of chicken meat as a daily staple in most Sri Lankan diets has been well underway over recent decades with the country projected to consume as much as 189,690 metric tonnes (MT) of chicken, projecting an annual growth rate of 3

HNB General Insurance Takaful, the Islamic Insurance unit of HNB General Insurance Limited (HNBGI), a fully owned subsidiary of HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA), received the Gold Award for ‘Takaful Window/Unit of the Year’ at the recently held I

Multilac, one of the leading paint brands in the country spearheaded a campaign called ‘Lead Poisoning Prevention Week’ recently to create awareness among public on the harmful aspects of lead exposure especially to the children.

Anjana Reddy named as one of the top 30 e-commerce and retail entrepreneurs in the Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for Asia 2017 is founder of Universal Sportsbiz Pvt Ltd (USPL), which owns the brands Collectabillia, Imara and Wrogn. She is a go-gette

Assetline Leasing Company Limited opened its new branch in Kiribathgoda, expanding the company’s island-wide presence to 49 branches and further strengthening its network in the Gampaha district. Situated in Makola Road, Kiribathgoda, the new b

Pan Asia Sammana Account was specially introduced for all pensioners who have given their best years for the country and are now enjoying life in retirement. As a result of the increasing popularity of this product, the bank recently decided to add s

The Association of Banking Sector Risk Professionals of Sri Lanka together with the Association of Compliance Officers of Banks organized a Forum on Cyber Security and Trusted Cloud, Data Sovereignty and Blockchain recently.

Under the theme ‘Buddimath Hethak Wenuwen Shishaadara’ the charity foundation in Puttalam has commence a programme to distribute exercise books and school equipment sans any race or caste difference to over 300 children selected from poor