Continuously setting the benchmark in the fashion industry, Hameedia, Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist recently enrolled 34 employees at the University of Moratuwa for a six-week long certificated course in Visual Merchandising. Hameedia

DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB), Sri Lanka’s fastest growing commercial bank, recently upgraded its extension office which is located at 601/1 High Level Road, Gangodawila into a fully-fledged branch. The ceremonial opening of DVB’s new branch o

Amãna Takaful (ATL) recently hosted its network of insurance brokers for an evening of fellowship at the ‘Broker Bowling Championship – 2015’ which took place at Excel World - Colombo 10. Many insurance brokering companies pa

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) hosted at the Hilton Colombo, invites international fashion experts from important markets to speak at CFW Fashion Workshops. The selected speakers will provide Sri Lankan designers with valuable insights and knowledge

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) established the CFW Fashion Design Fund in 2014 to financially support the most impressive young designer who is a participant of the ‘BrightSpark’ Shows. Each year one up-and-coming designer with high pote

?Foreign investors will not tolerate the treatment the domestic investors have been receiving from the public sector, according to a top figure in the tourism industry, who was speaking at the Sri Lanka Law Summit yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed his Secretary to set up a three-member committee to probe into the irregularities that were said to have taken place during a 30-year bond sale by the country’s Central Bank.

?The organisational culture of the country’s public sector must change to accommodate the upcoming Right to Information (RTI) Act, according to Highways and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister Eran Wickramaratne...

?REUTERS: Sri Lankan stocks fell to a more than one-month low yesterday, losing for a sixth consecutive session, as investors stayed on the sidelines amid rising interest rates and political uncertainty ahead of parliamentary elections.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady yesterday on moral suasion by the Central Bank, with the market expecting downward pressure on the currency to ease due to higher government borrowing amid rising interest rates.

?Despite a visible reduction in sales volumes of Ceylon Tobacco PLC (CTC), which holds a monopoly in cigarette manufacturing and distribution, the tobacco consumption is growing in Sri Lanka, a top CTC official said.

?Visionary property tycoon Shing Pee Tao was honoured and conferred the prestigious Outstanding Chinese Business Pioneer Award by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) for his spirit of entrepreneurship and charity.

?Switzerland Ambassador Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn and Senta Walker-Nederkoorn visited Baurs’ factories and facilities.  Baurs was established in 1897 by Alfred Baur and the company celebrates its 150th birth anniversary this year.

?Pinnacle Awards 2015, an awards show to recognize and celebrate outstanding Trade Marketing Executives (TMEs) and distributors of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) was recently held at Hilton Colombo amidst its employees and other invitees. 

?Lankem Paints Ltd, manufacturers, marketers and owners of the international flagship brand Robbialac, treats its customers islandwide with a novel pre-Sinhala and Tamil New Year promotion.

?Making an announcement with regards to the recent change in leadership at Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), SLT Chairman P.G. Kumarasinghe Sirisena stated, “Sri Lanka Telecom is the premier ICT solutions provider to the nation and plays a pivotal role

?Union Assurance PLC (UA), a leading player in the Sri Lankan insurance sector, recorded steady growth in combined gross written premium (GWP) and profits as at the end of the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Hilton Colombo celebrates the sixth year of its collaboration with HSBC Colombo Fashion Week (CFW), with a specially designed fashion environment called the Fashion Village. The Hilton Colombo is also participating in an exciting segment of the &lsqu

American & Efird (A&E) Lanka, a fully owned subsidiary of one of the world’s premier industrial sewing thread manufacturer American & Efird LLC, USA, once again was lauded and recognized for its continuous transparency and accountab

?The Colombo stock Exchange (CSE) listed entities saw their overall profits for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 (4Q14) slowing down to 9.3 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rs.56 billion after growing 52.8 percent yoy in the third quarter, an indepen

?Sri Lanka Tourism and SriLankan Airlines have agreed for a mutually beneficial joint marketing programme at a meeting at ITB in Berlin.  Sri Lanka Tourism last week entered into a promotional tie-up with Sri Lanka Tea Board worth Rs.1 billion.

?Shifting of large surplus labour in low productive agriculture, state-owned enterprises (SoEs) and the public sector could address the private sector’s cry for want of labour, according to a veteran economist. 

?Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals in the month of February rose 16.7 percent year-on-year (yoy) to 165, 541, amid a surge in Chinese tourists, the data released by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority showed.

?Sri Lanka’s bilateral trade with European Union (EU) topped US $ 5 billion mark for the first time in country’s trade history, Industry and Commerce Ministry said.

The simple, effective and immediate solution for the high rising cost of fuel, the new Bajaj four-wheeler, RE60 is yet to make its presence in Sri Lanka. The eco-friendly budget car is the first four-wheeler developed by Bajaj.

Capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will revive the investigations against the alleged capital market offenders involved in pumping and dumping of shares, leaving thousands of innocent retail investors destitute dur

The Board of Investment’s (BOI) new one-stopshop would make last year ’s Strategic Projects Development Act irrelevant and create an investor-friendly environment, according to Deputy Minister of Investments Promotions Eran Wickramaratne.

DSI recently held two Dealer Conventions to felicitate its dealers in Matale, Kandy and Kurunegala out of its network of more than 3,800 dealers from around the country. The company believes in maintaining strong relationships with the dealers and in

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