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Hayleys revenue up 34-pct YoY to Rs.219Bn in FY 18/19

May 22, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys PLC, group revenue expanded by 34 percent yoy to 219 billion rupees while operating profit before interest …

May 22, 2019

Sri Lanka arrests suspects of mob violence in the island

May 15, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Police continued to arrest and remand dozens of persons linked to communal attacks in several towns in the …

May 15, 2019

Comm Bank records PAT of Rs.3.2Bn in Q1 2019: Performance reflects impact of external factors

May 15, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has reported gross income of 35.501 billion rupees for the three months ended March …

May 15, 2019

Govt announces debt relief for tourism sector

May 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government and cabinet yesterday gave a heads up for a ‘relief package’ to strengthen the tourism industry …

May 8, 2019

SriLankan Airlines appoints a new CCO and CFO

May 07, 2019 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines has appointed Joshua Bustos as its chief commercial officer and Shaminda Samaraweera as its chief financial …

May 7, 2019

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals decline 7.5- pct in Apr 2019 : Q1 up 2.2-pct

May 07, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals declined 7.5 percent during April 2019, latest data from the Tourisum Ministry show.

However, a …

May 7, 2019

EFL 3PL looks towards Bots and RPA to stay ahead of logistics game

May 06, 2019 (LBO) – Expolanka Freight (Pvt) Ltd. (EFL), a logistics service provider announced that it has implemented its first wave of …

May 6, 2019

Interview : How SL’s housing market is gearing to meet economic, environmental and social challenges

Apr 30, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Landmark Group, a real estate development company bent on challenging traditional approaches to the island’s …

April 30, 2019

Sri Lanka vehicle registrations rebound in March 2019

Apr. 29, 2019 (LBO) – Vehicle registrations rebounded on most categories in March recording a total of 35,150 units up from 29,837 units the …

April 29, 2019

Dialog will double every donation up to Rs.100Mn to help victims of 21st Apr tragedy

Apr 29, 2019 (LBO) – ‘Dialog Foundation’, a charitable trust under the aegis of Dialog Axiata PLC, invites all Sri Lankans to help victims of the …

April 29, 2019

CEB Eng Union points fingers at PUCSL and Snr. Govt officials for power crisis

Apr 04, 2019 (LBO) – The power crisis in the country is mainly due to the timely non approval of the `Least Cost Long-Term Generation Expansion …

April 4, 2019

Opinion: SL Planters Assosiation on allegations of labour abuse

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) wishes to draw the general public’s attention to serious factual misrepresentations and inaccuracies …

April 3, 2019

Opinion

Fishing For Sustainable Profits in the Northern Province

By Jekhan Aruliah

I have so often heard from well meaning cash rich Diaspora
that they can’t …

May 22, 2019

Opinion: Don’t let children’s future be ruined by getting caught up in a racial conflict

By Harsha de Silva, PhD, M.P(Minister of Economic Reform and Public Distribution)

Recovering …

May 14, 2019

HappyMarket.lk Helping Small Entrepreneurs Bust the Sales Barrier

By Jekhan Aruliah

If your objective is to make money you’d better be sure you know how to …

May 1, 2019

Opinion: One week after Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday terror

April 28, 2019 (LBO) – A nation is in mourning. One week ago today, on Easter Sunday April 21, …

April 28, 2019

Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks among the worst modern acts of global terror

April 23, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has been a nation that has endured many a crisis. Death toll’s in …

April 23, 2019

Opinion: Ways for Sri Lanka to fix its healthcare

By Deepika Attygalle

Today on World Health Day, we can say with confidence that Sri Lanka’s …

April 8, 2019

Ambitions are affordable for Asia & the Pacific: Executive Secretary of UN ESCAP

Op-ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 …

April 4, 2019

Opinion: The truth about Geneva Human Rights Council Resolution

By Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera

During the past few weeks, I have been watching the many …

April 1, 2019

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