BANK OF ENGLAND TO RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN IN FEBRUARY
The Bank of England will press ahead with its tightening cycle next month as red-hot inflation runs well ahead of target and the economic
OIL MAJORS WITHDRAW FROM MYANMAR
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corporation, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country
COLOMBO PORT CITY: A NEW DUBAI OR A CHINESE ENCLAVE?
Next to Colombo's leafy business district, the huge expanse of sand reclaimed from the sea is being transformed into a high-tech
MENTAL HEALTH
Organisations and people tend to grow in the direction of their positive images of the future, much like a sunflower inclines towards
POST BALANCE SHEETS | 2020/21
BOTTOM LINES RISE Sri Lanka’s leading listed entities show signs of growing profits even as the…
SAMPATH BANK PLC
Sampath Bank PLC recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with Sri Lanka’s National Chamber of Exporters (NCE)
JAPAN’S INFLATION HOVERS AROUND TWO-YEAR HIGH
Japan's core consumer prices rose by 0.5 percent in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the fastest
BRITAIN FREEZES BBC’S FUNDING
Britain will freeze funding for the BBC for two years and debate whether a universal licence fee should continue, the government said
LSEG
LSEG Foundation And Leonard Cheshire Partner To Empower Disabled Women In Northern Sri Lanka LSEG…
ASIAN SHARES ON THE RISE
Asian share markets broke a five-day slide to edge higher on Thursday, shrugging off drops in Europe and on Wall Street overnight as China
BOARD BALANCE | 2020/21
THE GENDER SCORECARD Female representation on the boards of directors of Sri Lanka’s listed companies…
THE US AND UK FINALLY AGREE TO SIT DOWN ON STEEL TARIFFS
The US and UK have begun formal negotiations over Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium exports
GDP IS GROWING FASTEST IN THESE COUNTRIES
India, Saudi Arabia, France and Turkey are leading the bounce back from COVID-19 across the G20 forum of the world’s major economies
SUNLIGHT
With the dawn of the New Year, Sri Lanka’s most loved brand, Sunlight, launched its ‘Best Ever Sunlight’ to mark the beginning of the
ZONE24X7
Zone24x7, a leading provider of end-to-end technology consulting and engineering solutions, celebrates 18 years of weaving software
VISION CARE
Vision Care Hearing Solutions, one of Sri Lanka’s pioneer hearing care solutions providers and a part of the island’s largest eye care solutions
DARAZ
Daraz, South Asia’s leading e-commerce platform, unveiled its new brand look today – building on a successful 2021 of significant progress
INDONESIA RELOCATES ITS CAPITAL CITY
Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, situated to the east of Borneo
CORPORATE INSIGHTS | 2020/21
While the global operating environment has been challenging since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic towards the end of 2019
THE PANDEMIC EMPTIES THE WORLD’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS
Hong Kong is holding firm to a zero-COVID policy with strict social distancing and border restrictions. Although the tough policy has
