Connecting
June 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Leo Burnett Solutions has launched an initiative called 'humankind' for the advertising agency's Asia-Pacific region …
Industry
Sri Lanka gets EU delegation to discuss trade concessions
June 6, 2006 (LBO) – A European Union delegation is due to visit Sri Lanka next week to discuss the renewal of trade concessions for exports, especially …
Sri Lanka Brandix is top apparel exporter
June 6, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's export promotion agency has named Brandix as the island's top apparel exporter Friday, the group which employs more than …
Sliding Up
June 06, 2008 (LBO) – Chevron Lubricants Lanka has raised prices of its products following sharp increases in the prices of crude and base oil, a senior …
Debit Deals
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Commercial Bank of Ceylon has started giving discounts previously limited to credit card customers to the bank's debit card …
Sri Lanka Janashakthi IPO braves slow market
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – The initial public offer of Janashakthi Insurance that is opening this month, the first in two years in the island, is a bold move …
Health Strategy
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – The Lanka Hospitals Corporation, which own's Colombo's Apollo Hospital, said it is targeting medical tourism in a big way, along …
Prime Property
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank has called for proposals to develop a prime property it owns in the heart of the capital Colombo in a …
Helping Move
June 05, 2008 (LBO) - Only two percent of the public buildings in Sri Lanka have easy access to the disabled, CEAT Tyres which is backing an organization that …
Oil Block
June 5, 2008 (LBO) – Cairn India Limited, a unit of Cairn Energy plc of the UK, has won an offshore exploration block in Sri Lanka's Mannar basin beating …
Sri Lanka in push for German visitors
June 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is hosting a workshop and familiarization tour for more than 100 German travel agents in a bid to lure more visitors, the …
Sri Lanka blast damaged hotel gets state help
June 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tourist promotion office had given a million rupees to re-build an old tourist hotel that was damaged in a Tamil Tiger …
Well Well
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Sri Lanka Janashakthi public offer opens June 16
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – An initial public offering of Janashakthi Insurance would open on June 16, the Colombo Stock Exchange said, making it the first …
Drug Link
June 03, 2008 (LBO) – PC Pharma, a unit of Sri Lanka's PCH Holdings announced the launch of Bangladeshi Square Pharmaceutical products in Sri Lanka, …
Lease Rate
June 02, 2008 (LBO) – Fitch Sri Lanka has lifted the credit watch on Commercial Leasing Company (CLC), following a take-over, and confirmed its 'A-(lka)' …
Japan may export rice to Sri Lanka: official
TOKYO, June 2, 2008 (AFP) - Japan is mulling a request from Sri Lanka to export up to 200,000 tonnes of its imported rice supplies to help Colombo ease acute …
Regional Push
May 02, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank said financial institutions would have to open two branches outside the fast growing Western province …
Foreign Deposits
June 2, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has allowed commercial banks to raise deposits from foreigners for their domestic banking units, from June 02, the Central …
Sri Lanka hydro power capacity boosted by heavy rains
June 01, 2008 (LBO) – Heavy monsoon type rain from Saturday is bringing much needed water to Sri Lanka's hydro power generation system though parts of …