Sri Lanka’s Renuka Foods to acquire Shaw Wallace Ceylon through a share swap

Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Renuka Foods is to acquire Shaw Wallace Ceylon limited through a share swap agreement to save cost and improve operational efficiencies, the company said in a stock exchange filing. A share swap is a tactic use during an acquisition of a company, paying shares rather than with cash. […]

Sri Lanka stocks up 0.3-pct

Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0.35 percent on Friday with yesterdays momentum continues as gains seen in the index heavy stocks, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed up 25.06 points at 7,105.54 higher 0.35 percent. S&P SL20 closed 14.73 points higher at 3,851.06 up 0.38 percent. […]

HSBC, CCC and IUCN to improve Knuckles conservation forest

Guided by the Forest Department, HSBC together with the Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and IUCN will begin working together on conserving and improving the mini watershed area of the Puwakpitiya Oya in the Knuckles Conservation Forest and Environmental Protection Area. This collaborative effort aims to enhance […]

LAHES partners with ATMC to provide Australian Qualifications

LAUGFS Higher Education Services (Pvt) Ltd (LAHES) has recently partnered with the prestigious Australian Technical & Management College (ATMC), offering recognized Australian undergraduate programs in the Business Management, Hospitality Management and Electronics & Telecommunications fields to students in Sri Lanka. The programs are specially designed for students who successfully complete the GCE “A” Level and […]

US 2017 Green Card lottery begins

Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program also known as the “Green Card” lottery has been opened for on-line registration from yesterday to November 3, 2015, the US embassy in Sri Lanka said.The lottery allows randomly selected applicants the opportunity to interview for an immigrant visa, and if qualified, become legal […]

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister to visit Japan

Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will pay a four day official working visit to Japan from this Sunday, Japanese embassy in Sri Lanka said.During his stay in Japan, the Prime Minister and his spouse will be received in audience by their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Prime […]

Sri Lanka up five notches in Global Competitiveness Report

Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has moved up five ranks to 68 from 73 in a global index of the world’s most competitive economies for the year 2015-16.The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness of 140 world economies.The report, which serves as a reference point for investors worldwide, comes in a year […]

UN resolution on Sri Lanka adopted unanimously

  Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – The UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted unanimously with it calling for a judicial process including foreign judges, to investigate alleged war crimes during the islands 30 year conflict. The resolution debated among the 47 member states over two days was adopted by consensus and […]

Sri Lanka stocks up 0.4-pct, healthy foreign inflow

Oct 01, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0.42 percent on Thursday with  foreign investors activity rose to record the highest foreign participation after 17 months, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed up 29.61 points at 7,080.48 higher 0.42 percent. S&P SL20 closed 10.18 points higher at 3,836.33 up […]

Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World finalists visits Arpico

A bevy of beautiful women added extra colour and glamour to Arpico Supercentres recently when the 15 finalists of the 2015 Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World pageant visited the Supercentres at Hyde Park Corner, Battaramulla and Dehiwela.Accompanied by the winners of the Miss Sri Lanka contests of 2012, 2013 and 2014, the women aspiring […]

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