Leo Burnett Sri Lanka, the local office of the global advertising network Leo Burnett Worldwide, repeated its success at Campaign Asia’s Agency of the Year (AOY) awards by securing the Gold for Agency of the Year for the Rest of South Asia.

REUTERS - The Sri Lankan rupee closed weaker yesterday on dollar buying by banks and importers, with dealers saying the rupee was expected to fall further unless the country’s central bank stepped in to raise interest rates.

Ever since I saw that advertisement/cartoon in the Fortune magazine, may be thirty years or so ago, wherein an executive tells a colleague returning from lunch that while this colleague was at lunch, a new printer model came into being and went out o

The Development Lotteries Board, which has earned prestige for being the leader of introducing the latest trends to the lottery market, took measures to launch a new lottery recently.

VirtusaPolaris, the market-facing brand of Virtusa Corporation and Polaris Consulting & Services, Ltd and a leading worldwide provider of information technology (IT) consulting and outsourcing services, announced that both Virtusa Corporation and

The graduation of the 3rd batch of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) ordinary members took place at World Trade Centre recently.

Mirror Business recently met with Sampath Bank PLC Consumer Banking Senior DGM Tharaka Ranwala to get his views on the bank’s and nation’s renowned credit card brand – SampathCards.  Below are the excerpts.

Thailand Ambassador Nopporn Adchariyavanich assured that his country would support Sri Lanka to strengthen the tax structure. 

Nippon Paints Lanka, one of the island’s largest paint manufacturers, was adjudged the Gold award winner at the recently held National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA) 2016, an annual competition conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce o

Brown & Company PLC announced that its annual report was awarded Silver for the Trading sector at the 52nd Annual Report Awards competition conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) at a glittering event that

Asia figures increasingly prominently in comparative research into happiness and wellbeing.  First, there is the question of how and whether rapid ‘Asian miracle’ income growth rates have translated into happier societies. 

Colombo will be the location of the Art Biennale 2016, an exhibition of art, architecture, music and performance centered on the theme, ‘Conceiving Space’.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for further strengthening in the financial sector supervisory and regulatory framework, as the recent rapid growth seen in credit has slightly lowered the capital adequacy ratios (CARs) of banks and financ

Ratings agency Moody’s yesterday noted that Sri Lanka’s Central Bank may have to tighten its monetary policy to limit capital outflows, in the midst of the country’s reserves falling significantly over the past two months. 

State-owned Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Sri Lanka’s largest bank, will be listing a Rs.5 billion debenture on the Colombo Stock Exchange tomorrow, in order to improve its capital adequacies and to expand its loan book amid high private credit growth.

Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC (PABC) has recently entered into an agreement with Geneva-based Symbiotics Group to raise over US $ 17 million through a senior debt arrangement to support PABC’s sustainable small and medium-scale enterprise (S

REUTERS: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered a reversal and a probe into the Rs.1.3 billion Seylan Bank foreign deal as it failed to follow proper procedure, the country’s finance minister said yesterday.

Social movements have shaped and are shaping modern societies around the globe. 

At his swearing-in ceremony last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked why he had appointed a gender-balanced cabinet, a first for Canada (and for most countries around the world). He replied “Because it’s 2015.”

Russel’s celebrated its 28th awards ceremony recently at Hotel Sapphire, Wellawatta with a grand gala dance.

Orient Finance PLC, which was relisted on the Colombo Stock Exchange earlier this year, will be raising Rs.400 million through the issuance of five-year, redeemable preference shares to meet its capital adequacy requirements.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed weaker yesterday on importer dollar demand, as the market braced for declines in the local currency with the Central Bank raising the spot reference rate following a hike in US interest rates, dealers said.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon won six awards including the Edmund J. Cooray Memorial Trophy for the Best Annual Report among banking institutions, at the 52nd Annual Report Awards of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka),

AFP - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged people yesterday not to panic after his government nationalised the country’s largest private bank to avoid a rapid financial meltdown. The former Soviet republic’s cabinet on Sunday took o

Preethi Fernando, a connoisseur of crystal ware and all things fine and luxurious reopened her super luxury crystal boutique recently with Maliban Biscuit Company Chairman A.G.R. Samaraweera gracing the occasion as the chief guest. 

Union Assurance in its efforts to showcasing the path towards enduring success has made its efforts to revolutionize the Sri Lankan insurance industry by continuously bringing forth innovative and creative solutions. 

This August holiday, Surf Excel’s ‘Raja Wada Paddo’, an initiative aimed at encouraging children to use their creativity by making their own toys with discarded items and Surf packs, kept children creatively engaged for the season.

Sri Lanka has recorded a very high economic growth rates compared to other countries in South Asia, yet the country’s per capita income is relatively low. Sri Lanka needs to now focus on being an e?ciency-driven economy. The country’s hig

BMICH was adjudged the Leading Meeting & Convention Venue at The South Asian Travel Awards concluded recently.  

Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC commenced the initial testing of a cutting-edge cement manufacturing plant in Trincomalee at a soft opening ceremony held recently.