Business News

The Arpico retail chain has broken new ground in value addition with the deployment of its own dedicated taxi service exclusively for shoppers.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) recently rolled out a program to promote improved corporate and ethical business practices for small businesses in the Mannar and Vauvniya districts of Sri Lanka.

Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC has announced the appointment of Neminda Karunaratne as Director, Human Resources, effective January 1, 2016 following the retirement of Chitral Perera.

Leading International property consultancy JLL today released an incisive report investigating Sri Lanka’s rapidly evolving hospitality industry.

Fashion Bug, one of Sri Lanka’s leading retail clothing chain with over 16 outlets island-wide sponsored an event organized by the ‘Parliament Sevaka Sangamaya’ with a motive of granting scholarships to outstanding and deserving students who excelled at the recently concluded GCE O/L, A/L and Grade 5 scholarship Examinations.

The Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire, will visit Colombo, Jaffna and Galle in his third official visit to Sri Lanka.

Celebrating over 30 years of excellence in the healthcare sector in Sri Lanka, the Asiri Group of Hospitals re-launched itself as ‘Asiri Health’ at a ceremonial event that was held across all hospitals of the group.

In the backdrop of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to launch, Bangladesh is hosting the 6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN – VI) from the 11th of January 2016 till the 13th of January 2016 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that for the first time in Sri Lanka, users of the Bank’s Online Banking facility can now make instant, real-time transfers of funds from their Commercial Bank accounts to accounts in other banks, via the LankaPay - Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS) launched by LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd.

NOLIMIT, “The Choice of Every Sri Lankan”, and the country’s biggest fashion chain, launches its new brand - Pink Elephant - which embodies Sri Lankan identity and tradition with a collection of Fashion Clothing, Accessories, Footwear, Homeware, Stationery and Souvenirs.