Month: May 2018

JOHN MATTONE

The Sri Lanka institute of Marketing (SLIM), the apex Marketing body in the country, is gearing up for one of its biggest highlights of this year. SLIM announced

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THE ECONOMY

Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) data notes that GDP growth slowed to 3.1 percent in 2017, which reflects a new low since 2001. This is attributed

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This week we speak with Nalin Wickramasinghe, Director of Lion Royal (Pvt) Ltd

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JAT

Sayerlack, a product of JAT Holdings is Sri Lanka’s undisputed wood care specialist and has a range of products in store to ensure the perfect care of interior and

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EXCEL RESTAURANTS

Excel Restaurants Pvt Limited, a subsidiary of Browns Investments PLC (BI), was granted franchise rights of FLOOR by O! and SHORE by O!, two leading pub and

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT CAPITAL MARKETS Deshal de Mel in the hot seat BIZ CONFIDENCE BCI Nosedives Sharang Pant THE ECONOMY Sri Lanka’s Macro Outlook Shiran Fernando

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CHINA TO INVEST IN AGRICULTURE

Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera revealed that Chinese investors were interested in expanding investments in Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector. He made this statement following

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ADB AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP SKILLS

The Asian Development Bank (ABD) and Government of Sri Lanka signed a US$ 100 million loan agreement to provide additional finance towards the government’s efforts to develop skills to meet labour demands

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LOAN SCHEMES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera stated that it is time to revive the “entrepreneurial potential of Sri Lankans” and that the government is in the process of

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CENTRAL BANK TO MAINTAIN STANCE

With the release of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) monetary policy review, the Monetary Board of CBSL stated that based on current developments and the outlook for key macroeconomic variables

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