Business News

A new level of convenience has been offered to policyholders of Ceylinco Life to pay their insurance premiums, following the deployment by the life insurance leader of mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) devices via sales personnel in the field.

The CEAT Racing Team won the Team Championship for Cars for a second successive year and Ashan Silva was declared Best Driver, accounting for the top laurels at the 2015 CEAT SLADA Championship awards, the grand culmination of another closely-contested motor racing season.

Geocycle, a subsidiary of Holcim (Lanka) Ltd, a member of LafargeHolcim recently signed a vital memorandum of understanding with the Department of Local Government for the North Western Province (NWP) to dispose of all non-biodegradable waste in the area.

Emirates launches new toys for young travellers

Thursday, 10 December 2015 16:08

Emirates has released its newest range of toys, the Fly with Me Animals for infants and toddlers and specially designed Fly with Me Lonely Planet activity bags for those aged between six and 12 years old.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently felicitated 88 employees who have completed 25 years of service at the 2015 edition of the Bank’s annual Long Service Awards gala at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo.

The headquarters building of the Brandix Group has been awarded the Green Mark – Platinum certification by the Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB), making it the first commercial building in Sri Lanka to receive this rating, developed by the Building Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore to assess Green buildings.

Metropolitan Office partnered with China’s Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevators, the world’s largest supplier of passenger lifts, escalators and passenger belts as part of Metropolitan’s expansion to providing the complete workplace and building solutions from a single company.

GICS for Colombo Bourse

Thursday, 10 December 2015 11:24

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) adopts Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) to classify its listed companies.

The third of four Public Employment Services (PES) Centres being launched under the EU Support for District Development Programme (EU-SDDP) was ceremonially declared open at Arasady, Batticaloa by H.E. David Daly, Ambassador of European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, on 3rd December.

mCash celebrates 2nd anniversary

Thursday, 10 December 2015 10:30

The National Mobile Service Provider SLT Mobitel’s mobile money platform, mCash which has redefined the way consumers perform transactions with the use of a mobile phone, recently celebrated its second anniversary of successful partnerships with thousands of customers andbusiness stakeholders alike.