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Sri Lanka up 4 notches to 91 on Corruption index
Feb 23, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has moved up four places to 91st from 95th, in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017 released by Transparency International with the island failing to show significant improvement. The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption. This year, New Zealand and Denmark rank highest […]
16 top companies come onboard as CA Sri Lanka Training Partners
The training partner portfolio of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) received a fresh boost recently with 16 top companies coming on board to provide practical training for Business & Corporate level students of the institute. Accordingly, Ansell Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Business Promoters & Partners Engineering (Pvt) Ltd, Co-operative Insurance […]
Seylan Bank rewards iPhone X through Facebook competition
As a part of the social and digital media efforts of Seylan Bank, many events and special occasions have been digitalized to provide their customers the best they could offer. Connecting with their fan base Seylan Bank has a variety of activations to get their customers engaged. The iphone competition held in December 2017 attracted […]
Buoyant property market witnessed at the Lanka Property Show 2018
Colombo : The 2018 edition of the Lanka Property Show was concluded successfully, drawing praise from both exhibitors and visitors. The event, which was organised by Sri Lanka’s leading property website LankaPropertyWeb.com, is the largest property show in the country and was held on the 16th and 17th of February at the Kingsbury Hotel. The […]
Ariyana Resort Apartments launched by Home Lands Skyline
Going somewhere else to relax your mind & body will soon to be outdated, with the initiation of Home Lands Skyline’s – ARIYANA Resort Apartments – one of its kind of project, which has already changed the concept of apartment living. For the first time in Sri Lanka, with ARIYANA Resort Apartments, Home Lands Skyline […]
Sri Lankan start-ups pitch for MTI’s idea2fund venture challenge platform
The 3rd wave of MTI’s ‘idea2fund’ successfully completed the second round’s concept presentations on the 17th of February at the Hilton Colombo. ‘idea2fund’ is a venture challenge platform powered by MTI Corporate Finance for aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch venture ideas, connect with potential investors and receive consulting advisory & implementation support through MTI Consulting. 17 […]
Sri Lanka receives South Asia Procurement Innovation Award
Sri Lanka has received the South Asia Procurement Innovation Award 2017- 2018 at the Fifth South Asia Region Public Procurement Conference held from February 5 – 8, 2018 in New Delhi. A case story on the path breaking reform submitted by the Department of Public Finance of the Ministry of Finance and Mass Media was […]
DFCC Bank profit after tax up 34-pct in 2017 amid tight margins
DFCC Bank continued to demonstrate positive momentum across businesses in 2017 as a rapidly growing commercial bank completing its second year after the amalgamation. Despite a backdrop of higher taxes, volatile interest rates, tight margins and intensifying competition, the Bank closed the financial year ended 31 December 2017 with a profit before tax of LKR […]
Hayleys Advantis Does the Heavy Lifting for IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo
(PRESS RELEASE) – Lending its expertise in end to end logistics management to ‘Sri Lanka Wonder of Asia IRONMAN 70.3 Colombo’, Hayleys Advantisannounced that it is handling the movement of all cargo being brought to Colombo from the IRONMAN regional hub in Malaysia. Advantis’ teams in Colombo are working closely with Advantis Malaysia on this.The […]
Hemasiri Fernando’s new book on Ceylon Railways launched
There are very few books in the literary world that offer you worthwhile reading about the history of Ceylon Railways. Fewer still; books written in English by Sri Lankan authors with hands on experience on this particular subject. Among them, there are two books that comes to any railway expert’s mind; ‘The Viceroy Special’ and […]
DIMO launches German-certified Automobile Mechatronics course
(PRESS RELEASE) Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO), one of the leading automobile companies in Sri Lanka, will beoffering a three-year course paving the way for students to obtain a German qualification in Automobile Mechatronics. Accredited by the German Chamber of Commerce, this is the first time such a course is offered in Sri Lanka. […]
Nawaloka Hospital opens dedicated specialist centre for channelling
Sri Lanka’s pioneer in premium private healthcare, Nawaloka Hospital PLC set another benchmark in the country’s health sector by opening its dedicated ‘Specialist Centre’ for Channelling and medical services which brings together over 500 consultants from various disciplines under the same roof. The Specialist Centre built with an investment of Rs.5 billion, as the fourth […]