IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank of Ceylon for a US $ 100 million financing structure to help the bank increase lending for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the country.&nbs

Large state banks lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through government influences could be one reason for the moderately high private credit growth rate this year, the Central Bank said recently.

Kotagala Kahata customers are in for a bonanza with the ‘Kotagala Kahata – Rasa Wasana’ consumer promotion, which began on June 22nd. 

A major concrete pour of 6500 cubic-metres was done at ITC One Colombo One project located on the 5.87 acres of land on Galle Face Road, Colombo - 01 adjacent to the Taj Samudra hotel, recently. 

Sri Lanka’s high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and recycling industry yesterday said the looming ban on polythene is likely to affect Sri Lanka’s retail economy, exports and even garbage disposal.

The conduct of US international relations has thus far been strangely insulated from the psycho-drama that has engulfed the White House since President Trump took up residence there. Perhaps that’s because of the adult supervision of Trump&rsqu

The Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) launched a quarterly magazine for the construction industry named ‘Construction Today’ at the 6th World Construction Symposium organized by the CIOB held at Hotel Galadari Meriden, Colombo, recently

Sri Lanka should celebrate the 150 years of its tea industry with a hard look at the sector in order to make it vibrant, so that it could overcome the challenges running up to 2050, when vast social and economic changes take place in the world, Prime

Island Dairies (Pvt) Ltd, Kegalle, a leading company involved in manufacturing dairy products using milk of our own country won the President’s award for the island’s best manufacturer of dairy products at the recent National Programme on

CIC Holdings PLC, one of the leading blue-chip conglomerates in the country, re-launched their website with a refreshing new outlook that includes easy navigation with user-friendly features taking user experience to a whole new level.

Several officers of the Govi Samithiya, the Department of Agrarian Development and other government bodies attended the ceremonial inauguration of the project on 20th July together with 

The National Forum for Life Insurance Advisors (NAFLIA) will take place for the 8th consecutive year with 2017’s theme being, “Towards the Day All Sri Lankans are Insured- “Are we ready?” 

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that accelerates business outcomes for its clients, reported consolidated financial results for the first 

99RetailStreet, a cloud-based common commerce platform provides services to ‘Kades’, individual pharmacies and other small retailers. The 99RetailStreet solution helps the ‘Unorganised Retail’ to compete on an equal footing wi

During an in-depth conversation with Oracle APAC Enterprise Performance Management Business Senior Director Mahadevan Natarajan, he addressed ways that CFOs can overcome current business challenges by steering  their organisations through a data

Information Technology (IT) is a subject every student should embrace as it has a lot of potential with many  employment opportunities locally as well as globally. 

NDB was felicitated with the award for the most innovative use of Training and Development as an HR initiative for Organisational Development and the award for Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award at World HRD Congress, Asia Training and Developmen

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka, concluded its Graduation and the Membership Investiture for the year 2017 recently.

David Pieris Motor Company (DPMC) held its annual dealers meeting and get-together recognising the best of the best within its 337 strong dealer network at a glittering event at Sri Lanka Karting Circuit (SLKC) at Bandaragama recently.

At the recently concluded Sri Lanka Best Employer Awards, Just In Time Group (JIT) walked away with the award for the ‘Best HR Event of the Year’ for its inaugural long service awards, that honoured and recognized their long standing empl

Ajinkya Pawar, the planning head of Phoenix Ogilvy Pvt (Ltd), won the prestigious WPP Atticus award 2016.

HNB Grameen Finance Limited has been recognized as one of Sri Lanka’s best work places by Great Place to Work Institute Sri Lanka. 

The beauty and harmony evoked by the name ‘Shangri La’ was much in evidence when Sri Lanka’s leading tyre brand CEAT recently felicitated top dealers at an entertainment-filled weekend gala at the Hambantota resort and spa of the sa

Commercial Bank of Ceylon has further broadened its social media presence with attractive new offerings on Viber, the free, cross-platform instant messaging and voice over IP (VoIP) app. The bank currently maintains the only public Chat Account verif

Continuing on its journey to better serve a growing base of valued customers, Softlogic Finance PLC announced the further expansion of its branch network with the opening of a fully-fledged new branch in Kottawa recently.

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) was crowned with the Gold award for best investor relations at CFA Sri Lanka Capital Market Awards 2017, which was held recently at The Hilton Colombo.

Family businesses account for two-thirds of all firms around the world and contribute to an estimated 70 to 90 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) annually. These institutions serve as engines for employment creation, contributing 50 perce

The objective of a free trade agreement (FTA) is not to bring about a balance in trade but to work out a ‘win-win’ situation for both producers and consumers in the FTA member countries. In doing so, there can be instances where the trade

President Maithripala Sirisena submitted a cabinet paper last week seeking the approval to appoint a new National Economic Council (NEC) under his purview to take the key decisions on all the economic and development projects of the government. The p

National Savings Bank (NSB), the largest savings bank in Sri Lanka has taken yet another giant step towards HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to conduct free Mobile  medical  and eye camps around the country.