NORITAKE
Noritake Lanka Porcelain (NLPL) entered the New Year on a winning note by being awarded the National Quality Award in the Large Manufacturing Category
BANK OF CEYLON
Bank of Ceylon’s (BOC) Annual Report 2015 won the ‘Best Presented Annual Report Award’ in the public sector Banking Institutions category at the
JAPANESE CONSORTIUM
A multimillion-dollar project for the establishment of a solar power plant in Sri Lanka is underway with investment from three Japanese companies through a
CEYLINCO LIFE
Ceylinco Life deployed 4,500 sales officers in a concerted campaign launched on 11 February. An annual, countrywide campaign to widen the life insurance
PICKME
Sri Lankan mobile app for transportation PickMe selected Hatton National Bank (HNB) as its payment solutions provider for Visa and MasterCard
SRI LANKA AT ‘B+’; OUTLOOK REVISED TO STABLE
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Sri Lanka's Long-Term Foreign-
BURNING ISSUES
Government fiscal policy continues to haunt Sri Lankan corporates, so much so that a majority (78%, versus 86% in the prior month) of those consulted in the
BUSINESS SENTIMENT
The news from official quarters hasn’t been all that positive with the prospect of a power crisis following prolonged drought conditions that have already
CANCER RATES IN THE ISLAND
Some 27,873 new patients had registered with the main cancer treatment centres affiliated to nine hospitals in the country in 2016,
HIGHER WAGES FOR EXPAT WORKERS
The minimum salary of an unskilled worker abroad has been increased to US$ 350 a month and that of a skilled worker to US$ 450
COUNSELLING FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN
The Ministry of Education has decided to recruit qualified and experienced teachers as counsellors to deal with the rising number
SAITM GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD
The Appeal Court last week ruled that medical graduates of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) could
RECORD BREAKING TOURIST ARRIVALS IN 2017
Despite major apprehensions over the partial airport closure, tourist arrivals were the highest recorded in the month
TAKING A LEAP OF FAITH
I wonder how many people turn on the news so that the stories of horror and death form the background noise while they rush
REGIONAL MARKETS
Asian markets rose Monday as investors tracked a record on Wall Street fuelled by a better than expected jump in US jobs, while
MULTI-ETHNIC TRI-LINGUAL SCHOOL IN POLONNARUWA
India and Sri Lanka today signed an MoU to construct a new multi-ethnic tri-lingual secondary school in Polonnaruwa
WALKERS CML PROPERTIES
Walkers CML Properties, a subsidiary of MTD Walkers, announced that its affordable housing project Richmond Hill Residencies is sold out.
