Top real estate developers identified in new brand health survey 2021
This year’s Research Intelligence Unit (RIU) survey delved deeper than brand surveys of the past by looking into multifarious factors that included brand …
Japan provides human resources development scholarships for SL public sector
The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) Programme was introduced to Sri Lanka in 2010 by the Government of Japan in order to …
MAGA to design and construct two flyovers in Col 02 valued at Rs. 5.2Bn
Maga Engineering has begun construction of two new flyovers in Slave Island (Colombo 02), along Justice Akbar Mawatha and Uttarananda Mawatha. The proposed …
Sandra De Zoysa appointed Chairperson of SLASSCOM for 2021/2022
The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) appointed Sandra De Zoysa as Chairperson for 2021/’22, at the 9th Annual General …
JAT Holdings IPO oversubscribed
The IPO of JAT Holdings was an oversubscription of 82,904,846 ordinary shares. Priced at a value of Rs. 27 per share, the IPO raised Rs.2.2 billion in funds …
Interview: CIAM; Challenges, opportunities and utilising it to meet evolving customer needs
Prabath Siriwardena, Vice President and Deputy CTO – Security Architecture at WSO2 discusses some of the challenges, opportunities and points to note …
Sri Lanka vehicle registration decline in Apr 2021
Total vehicle registrations for the month of April declined to 2,418 units from 3,556 units the previous month – the comparative month 12 months ago was zero …
President instructs to tow ‘X-PRESS PEARL’ vessel into deep seas
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials a short while ago to tow the X-PRESS PEARL container ship into deep seas off the Colombo …
Govt and ADB sign USD200Mn loan agreement for rural road development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Sri Lanka recently signed a $200 million loan agreement for the Second Integrated Road Investment …
JKH group revenue up by 17-pct excluding Leisure in Q4
• The Group witnessed a faster than anticipated recovery momentum with the performance of most businesses reaching pre COVID-19 levels with business activity …
Port City Colombo opens gates for investment
Port City Colombo, Sri Lanka’s brand-new reclaimed land, slated as the “Gateway to South Asia”, now officially becomes the country’s first service …
Interview: Union Assurance will continue to grow through distribution channel expansions
Union Assurance was awarded Life Insurance Company of the Year at Business Leader Awards ceremony held in India recently affirming its leadership in the …
Prime Residencies IPO oversubscribed on opening day
Following the debut of Prime Lands Residencies’ Initial Public Offering (IPO) yesterday (11), the company’s oversubscription forecasts proved to be true as …
Sri Lanka secures USD 500Mn concessional financing from Republic of Korea
In order to further strengthen the economic cooperation between two countries, the Government of Republic of Korea has agreed to provide concessional loans …
Rizing acquires attune Lanka from MAS Holdings
MAS Holdings announced today, that in line with its long-term strategic objectives, it has concluded the acquisition of its subsidiary attune Lanka (Private) …
China backed Port City missing link for SL to become game changer; no threat to sovereignty
The Colombo Port City, one of Sri Lanka's most significant projects with tremendous potential has to go forward in the right direction as a game-changer for …
Prime Lands Residencies Limited debuts IPO
Prime Lands Residencies Limited the condominium property arm of the of real estate artistry in Sri Lanka, Prime Group, recently debuted its Initial Public …
NCPI based inflation increased to 5.1-pct in March 2021
Headline inflation as measured by the year-onyear (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100)1 increased to 5.1 percent in March 2021 …
World Bank approves USD80.5Mn additional financing to help SL access to COVID-19 vaccines
The World Bank today approved $80.5 million additional financing to help Sri Lanka access and distribute fairly COVID-19 vaccines and to strengthen the …
ADB projects Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rise to 4.1-pct in 2021
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) flagship annual economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021, forecasts a significant rebound in Sri …