Brand Fundamentals, a workshop towards growing Sri Lankan brands, jointly organised by Informatics Holdings Ltd and the Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT), was held recently at Ramada, Colombo. 

Proving themselves as the best of the best in the Media category, Kumarini Rajakaruna and Achala Ramanayake walked tall as the winners of this year’s Cannes Young Lions award. 

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka (CIM Sri Lanka) Education Focus Group entered into a training partnership with Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC (PABC) to fulfil the training requirements of PABC job-oriented sales internship programme.

Two-wheelers and 3-wheelers continue to drive vehicle imports to Sri Lanka, which is already plagued with congested roads, unruly drivers and equally bad pedestrians, the latest data available for the month of April, showed. 

REUTERS: Engineers, supported by Toyota Motor Corp, demonstrated their flying car on Saturday, which they hope will be able to light up the Olympic flame for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games. 

Sri Lanka’s Cargills Ceylon PLC (Cargills) saw its group performance for the January-March (4Q17) quarter adversely impacted by the challenging operating conditions and one-off, non-recurring expenses, but the top-line remained intact.   &

Seylan Developments PLC completed its planned disposal of a block of land off Union Place last week for Rs.730 million, a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange by the company stated.

Diversified conglomerate, Hemas Holdings PLC, will be asking its shareholders for an extension of up to two and a half years to utilize the Rs.4.1 billion it raised through a rights issue in 2015, a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) stat

CIC Holdings PLC (CIC), Sri Lanka’s leading crop and agricultural solutions provider, has recorded a net loss of Rs.200 million or a loss of Rs.2.11 a share for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (4Q17) against a net profit of Rs.229 million year

The appointment of Dr.Parakrama Dissanayake was made by Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, fulfilling a long awaited requirement of SLPA to have a professionally qualified personality as the institution’s Chairman. 

As the average number of electronic transactions that happen in the country is only two transactions per point of sale (POS) machine a day, it was recently stressed that much more has to be done to propel electronic transactions in Sri Lanka and to p

Cargills Bank Limited, the banking unit of the Cargills group, turned a net profit of Rs.44.9 million or 5 cents a share for the January – March quarter, recovering from a net loss of Rs.85.7 million incurred during the corresponding quarter la

Siyapatha Finance PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s leading financial organisations and the largest fully-owned subsidiary of the Sampath Bank group, celebrated the relocation of its Metro branch in Kurunegala recently.  

Twenty five customers of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, who received remittances in the first quarter this year, were rewarded this week at the first prize presentation of the bank’s Gedarata Thégi remittance promotion. 

AIA believes that life is meant to be enjoyed to the fullest with family and loved ones. That is why we are constantly looking for ways to actively improve the lives of Sri Lankans while promoting healthy living, so people can live longer, healthier

In a timely move, DFCC Bank’s Community Projects team has launched a DFCC branded recyclable bag for staff – for the first time in the banking industry. Through encouraging the concept of ‘Take 

Expolanka Holdings PLC recently announced the retirement of Nobuaki Kondo as Chairman of its board of directors and welcomed the new appointee Naosuke Kawasaki. 

MTI Consulting, from its humble 1997 beginnings in Bahrain and Sri Lanka, has turned 20 years and in the process been recognized as an internationally networked boutique management consultancy for delivering impactful business solutions.

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI), Sri Lanka’s leading foreign policy think tank, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MJF Group, the group of companies that manufacture

Sri Lanka’s most dynamic diversified conglomerate, Sunshine Holdings PLC (SUN), rang the opening bell to commence trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) on June 2, 2017.

Asian markets headed into the weekend with another round of gains yesterday, following a record close for all three major New York indexes as traders welcomed a forecast-busting jobs reading.

REUTERS: The Russian Central Bank is piloting a number of digital currency schemes to understand which one is best suited to Russia, Olga Skorobogatova, the bank’s deputy chairwoman said yesterday, the TASS news agency reported.

AFP: Centuries-old French crystal maker Baccarat said yesterday it is being taken over by a Chinese investment fund in a deal that would allow it to accelerate its international expansion plans.

AFP:  Mobile internet usage in India has increased ninefold in a single year, after the launch of a new operator sparked a telecoms price war, according to a new report.

Sri Lanka’s largest and most focused constriction related exhibition, ‘Construction Expo 2017’, featuring all aspects related to the construction and building industry was inaugurated at the BMICH yesterday. 

REUTERS: Sri Lankan rupee traded slightly weaker yesterday as importer dollar demand outpaced the greenback selling by exporters, while investors weighed consequences of weather-related damage to the economy, dealers said.

AFP: Auto makers offered big discounts over the Memorial Day holiday, but the response from US car buyers in May was not enough to reverse months of sales declines.

Sri Lankan consumers now have the opportunity to the globally renowned Australian hair care brand muk.TM with the launch of its products in Colombo by 4rever Skin Naturals (Pvt.) Ltd. 

The National Chamber felicitated members conferred with national honours recently. The winners were felicitated at a ceremony  held at Colombo Hilton Residences on  May 26th, to recognize their members who were bestowed with national  

The DFCC Sports Day was held on a grand scale on April 30 at the Havelock Sports Grounds.  Themed ‘Aluth Avuruddai DFCC Api’, a wide range of competitions were organised right through the day. Seven teams participated from across the