REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares closed down for a sixth straight session yesterday with turnover slumping to a six-week low as cautious investors awaited a flurry of corporate results and next month’s  national budget.

Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s second issue of debentures for 2016 opens on Monday, October 24. The bank is seeking to raise Rs.5 billion with an option to increase it by a further Rs.2 billion to strengthen its Tier II capital and to raise long-t

Alliance Finance PLC (ALLI) announced the dates for its capital restructuring programme yesterday with a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed steady for a third straight session yesterday as dollar demand from importers offset exporter sales of the US currency in the absence of Central Bank intervention, dealers said.

The World University Service Canada (WUSC) and  supported by the National Chamber  of  Commerce will conduct a CSR session on October 18 from 2.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m at the National Chamber Auditorium 450 D R Wijewardene Mawatha Colombo &

LG’s deep roots in the television industry dates back to 1966 when it produced the first TV manufactured in Korea. LG’s leadership in TV technology has made it a global trailblazer, which has helped to make Korea a hotbed of the electroni

SriLankan Airlines is to once again facilitate the air travel of the Take Heart Mercy Mission, a team of medical specialists from the United Kingdom who travel to Sri Lanka every year to perform life-saving heart surgery on young children with life-t

Nature’s Agro Products Lanka, a leading value-added cinnamon and spices exporting company, was presented the Gold award in value-added agriculture sector, medium-scale coconut and coconut-based products sub category at the 24th annual National

People’s Bank is proud to be the Premium sponsor of the prestigious National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka 23rd Annual NCE Awards in order to support the exporters by giving them recognition and convenient finance solutions.

MTI Consulting, as part of an initiative to scale up their corporate finance and investment advisory practice, recently announced the appointment of Naushervan “Naush” Beg, a Canadian-Pakistani with formidable international experience in

Vegiland Exporters (Pvt.) Ltd won the Silver award in the Agriculture Bulk sector at the NCE 2016 Export Awards ceremony, organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka held recently at The Hilton Colombo.

Qatar Airways was awarded Best Business Class and Best Middle Eastern Airline at the 2016 Business Traveller Awards held in London on October 3rd.

Strathspey Estate owned by Richard Pieris Group of companies, conducted a health camp on 12th October at its Cultural Hall as another CSR project.

CL Synergy, a pioneer in providing integrated innovative logistics and freight forwarding solutions, was awarded two Gold awards and a Bronze award at the 24th annual award ceremony of the National Chamber of Exporters (NCE).

Ameresekere Consulting (Pvt.) Ltd has been recognized for its excellence in the social media domain with the prestigious award for the ‘Social Media Agency of the Year’ by the South Asian Partnership Summit at the Regional Business Excell

Oman Air has been named ‘Middle East’s Leading Airline, Business Class’ and ‘Middle East’s Leading Airline, Economy Class’ at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2016.

Emirates has announced it will launch a daily service between Dubai and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, on December 15, serving the South Florida area, including Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach. This will be Emirates&rsqu

NDB continuously endeavours to foster sustainability across all its business decisions and activities and believes in inculcating ‘Responsible Behaviour’ in all its employees ensuring that sustainability becomes a way of life. 

Sri Lanka’s Vision 2020 goal of eliminating avoidable blindness in Sri Lanka was supported through multiple initiatives on World Sight Day 2016.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will increase frequency on the Dallas/Fort Worth– Abu Dhabi route to a daily service early next year in response to heightened demand from guests travelling between the two desti

Kuwaiti Ambassador in Sri Lanka Khalaf Bu Dhhair said his country is willing to help Sri Lanka’s development plans with required investments.

High Commissioner of Australia Bryce Hutchesson will be the special guest speaker at a session on ‘Bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and Australia’ organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCC), on Tuesday, October 25,

The Student Committee of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka 2016 strongly believes in uplifting lives of people and drawing a smile on their faces. 

In terms of trade, China is Sri Lanka’s second largest trading partner and most significant source of imports, accounting for 20 percent of Sri Lanka’s total imports in 2015. While China accounts for just 2.9 percent of Sri Lanka’s

DFCC Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sathosa Motors on 7th October 2016 at the DFCC Head office. The CEOs of the two institutions signed the MoU,

E-Commerce in Sri Lanka has been growing at a fast pace in Sri lanka and one of the foremost companies driving that revolution is wOw.lk - the largest domestic e-commerce website

Sri Lanka’s foremost real estate group, The Blue Mountain Group, has won five prestigious awards at the South Asian Partnership Summit & Business Awards hosted by World HRD Congress

SLT Zero One Awards campaign is the first of its kind in Sri Lanka, created with the sole purpose of recognizing the initiatives of digital innovators and organizations.

The number of Sri Lankan small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have conducted international 

The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) calculated by the Central Bank showed that