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LankaPropertyWeb partners with HNB for Home Loan Products
LankaPropertyweb.com (LPW), Sri Lanka’s premier property site, recently tied up with Hatton National Bank (HNB) to offer its customers a range of home loan products. Through this expansion of services, LPW seeks to minimize the hassle buyers undergo in order to secure a credit facility to make a property purchase. Available through the LPW website, […]
MODSIT to fast track German investments in Sri Lanka
Oct 04, 2019 (LBO) – The Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade (MODSIT) and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka held an interactive meeting titled the German Sri Lankan Fast Track Dialogue with the German investor community, to address any issues faced by investors from Germany currently operating in Sri Lanka. The German […]
Mahindra bets big on Sri Lanka
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a part of the US $20.7 billion Mahindra Group, emphasized the importance of Srilanka as a key strategic growth market in the company’s overall global growth strategy. With the recent inauguration of its 1st automotive assembly plant, the company is now fully equipped to deliver products customised to local needs, on […]
Mangala calls Mahinda to a public debate on debt status
Oct 04, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera called on former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to enter into a public debate on the true status of the national debt. Samaraweera addressing media on Thursday assured the island’s economy is now stable because of sound fiscal policies introduced over the past few years by […]
UK announces a further £10m of funding for stability projects
Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia and Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon visited Sri Lanka on 1-2 October. At the same time, the UK announced over £10m of new funding to support long-term stability in Sri Lanka. The UK support will […]
Sampath Bank among the top 10 Most Respected Entities in Sri Lanka
Sampath Bank, the growing force in Sri Lanka’s financial services recently appeared in the 15th annual edition of the Most Respected – a survey and publication commissioned and conceptualized by LMD and conducted by Nielsen. Sampath Bank was named to be among the top 10 most respected entities in Sri Lanka, making it to the […]
‘s office tower to open in Q1 2020
Oct 03, 2019 (LBO) – John Keells Properties announced that Cinnamon Life projects office tower complex will officially open for business in early 2020. In May the real estate developer announced the completion of structural work on all towers of its skyline-transforming development with the office tower the first to be ready for occupation. Cinnamon […]
HNB recognised as Sri Lanka’s strongest bank by Asian Banker
Oct 03, 2019 (LBO) – Hatto National Bank was recognized as Sri Lanka’s strongest bank by balance sheet evaluation by the Asian Banker Magazine. “There are a multiplicity of metrics which professionals utilize to gauge the success of a bank, because business is about numbers, but it is also about trust, ” Jonathan Alles, managing […]
Access Engineering buys warehouse -logistics firm for Rs.925Mn
Oct 03, 2019 (LBO) – Access Engineering PLC has bought 100 percent stake of WUS Logistics Ltd. The shares were bought at for 925 million rupees, the company said in a stock exchange filing. “W.U.S. Logistics owns a land of 41.5 acres in Kimbulapitiya to be used for warehousing purposes,” it added.
Sri Lanka tea prices down in first nine months of 2019
Oct 03, 2019 (LBO) – All elevations show a negative variance January-September 2019 compared with January-September 2018 and high growns show the largest deficit of Rs. 63.37 YOY, a report shows. National average for the month of September 2019 totalled Rs. 511.31 compared with Rs. 506.86 of August 2019 showing a marginal increase of Rs. 04.42 month […]
Future of modern workplace – powered by AI, driven by people
The first plenary session at the ‘Future of Business’ innovation strategy and learning event organized by The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be on the future of the modern workplace – powered by AI, driven by people. This session will tackle how organizations can make critical decisions with data and act on, or implement these […]
Sri Lanka says tangible assistance needed to restore normalcy post 21/4
Oct 02, 2019 (LBO) – Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha who is presently leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly says that Sri Lanka was adopting a whole-of-Government approach in addressing the areas of concern and that it was important that programmes of assistance are tangible and can be […]