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The national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) made history by appointing Sandra De Zoysa as its first female...

COVID-19 has been a ‘blessing in disguise’ for the Life Insurance Sector as the pandemic has enticed more people to reconsider health insurance needs coupled with Life Insurance,...

Amana Takaful Insurance has carried out several community initiatives within the past few weeks, in the spirit of upholding its core mission, commitment and responsibility,...

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) unveiled a loan scheme which paves way for its massive student base to purchase laptops on an easy payment scheme...

The broader market gained +15.7% as of mid-year 2021whilst month of June’21 sustained the robust investor appetite recording a gain of +5.9% MoM and surpassed the milestone...

SIERRA CABLES Plc, one of the largest cable manufacturers in Sri Lanka with an international presence, recorded a 6.9% annual revenue growth which is Rs 5,265,169 during the 2020/2021...

Softlogic Finance PLC, a subsidiary of Softlogic Capital the financial arm of the Softlogic Group, announced plans to strengthen its Tier 1 Capital in compliance with Capital Adequacy...

Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) has issued a clarion call for support towards the industry and for a consultative approach when taking national lockdown decisions...

MMBL Money Transfer increased their volume of business by 22% notwithstanding the COVID 19 epidemic in the country. The company contributed to the National Economy by bringing...

Recent changes to shipping regulation by way of the gazette was welcomed by logistics firms and their customers as it had set out a better-organized mechanism for dispute...

NDB Bank disclosed that they have secured a long term funding line of USD 75 million from the Development Finance Corporation of the United States to further the Bank’s support...

Compared to men, women in Sri Lanka are more likely to face both institutional and sociocultural barriers that limit their access to finance, collateral assets, markets, and...

National Savings Bank (NSB) recently introduced ‘NSB PayApp’ and the launch was held with the initiation of the Minister of Youth and Sports and State Minister of Digital...

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South Asia’s heavy reliance on state-owned (SO) commercial banks, state-owned enterprises, public-private partnerships and other national and sub-national public entities...

Access Engineering PLC (AEL), was awarded construction of a flyover connecting Baladaksha Mawatha and the Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha going over the railway track and...

Dr D.B.T Wijeratne – Assistant FAO Representative (Programmes); Vimlendra Sharan - FAO Representative for Sri Lanka and the Maldives with Mahindananda Aluthgamage - Minister...

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce elected Vish Govindasamy as its Chairman during the Chamber’s 182nd Annual General Meeting on yesterday (29). Govindasamy succeeds Dr. Hans...

Supporting the national effort in the fight against COVID-19, Bank of Ceylon, Dialog Axiata PLC and Wavenet International (Pvt) Ltd have partnered to establish the national...

The national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) appointed Sandra De Zoysa as Chairperson for 2021/22, at...

To mark UN Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Day and the vital role that they play in post-pandemic recovery , Emirates is empowering small and medium sized enterprises to get...

The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), ‘the voice of banking in Sri Lanka’, launched it’s revamped website through an on-screen link at a virtual event by the Chief Guest...

The Ceylon Money Market Fund managed by Ceylon Asset Management (CAM) emerged as the top performing Money Market Fund for 2021 Q1 reporting an annualized return of 8.23% p.a....

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Photographed from left to right: Dr. Lal Panapitiya, Deputy Director Medical Services, Dr. Lakshmi Somathunga, Additional Secretary, Public Health Services, Dr. Anuruddha...

MTI Consulting has appointed Scotland-based Asanka De Silva as a Non-Executive Director of their UK subsidiary, with the intent of activating their business operations in the UK....

The Government reiterates its stance of ensuring that all its external debt service obligations would be met on time, thus maintaining Sri Lanka’s unblemished record of servicing...

Organic fertilizer and hydroponic systems of nutrient delivery were identified as the modern best practices in agriculture by global and Sri Lankan policy experts. Israel...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has once again been named among the global giants in banking, becoming the only Sri Lankan bank to be ranked in the ‘Top 1000 World Banks’ announced...