Category: Companies
Notice on Covid 19 to passengers travelling on UL to Australia
As per the latest health guidelines issued by the Australian High Commission in Colombo, passengers travelling on SriLankan Airlines to Australia require a negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) prior to check-in for flights, commencing on 15th May 2021. The testing requirements would include: A negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test result is required for […]
HNB records Profit After Tax of Rs 4.7Bn during the first quarter of 2021
HNB recorded a Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 4.7 Bn during the first quarter of 2021 while Profit Before income Tax (PBT) amounted to Rs 5.5 Bn. At Group level PBT and PAT were at Rs 5.9 Bn and Rs 4.8 Bn respectively. The substantial monetary loosening adopted to revive the pandemic hit economy […]
EDB supports exporters to continue operations during travel restrictions in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) has made arrangements to facilitate export-oriented industries based on the circulars issued by the Government Health Authorities to continue operations of their activities during the lockdown of specific areas in the country and inter-provincial travel restrictions subject to stringent health regulations. Although travelling between provinces is restricted from […]
Hambantota Port sees highest monthly RORO volume in April
The Hambantota International Port has seen a significant increase in their RORO figures during the first 4 months of 2021, compared to the corresponding period last year. The first 4 months of this year saw 193,690 vehicles come into the port for transshipment as against 118,872 vehicles during the same period last year. 62,736 vehicles […]
ComBank makes strong start to 2021 with robust growth in fund-based operations
Q1 net interest income up 21.08% with interest expenses down 17.14% CASA ratio improves further to 45.26%, among best in industry Operating income up 21.73% to Rs 24.161 billion Impairment charges raised by 7.56% to Rs 7.156 billion Provision cover improves to 60.98%; net NPL ratio to 1.93% The Commercial Bank Group led by Sri […]
Capitol TwinPeaks unveils ‘Capitol-ize investment Scheme’ for buyers
Capitol Developers – the Developer of Capitol TwinPeaks, the 50-storey twin-tower, mixed development under the Sanken Group, recently announced the provision of the ‘Capitol-ize’ Investment Scheme for potential property owners/ buyers, as a means by which to ease financial pressures (a resultant of Sri Lanka’s recovering economy) allowing more entrants into the real estate and […]
Financial results of Sampath Bank for Q1 of 2021
The Bank recorded a Profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 6.1 Bn in 1Q 2021 compared to Rs 3 Bn in 1Q 2020, denoting a growth of 101%, while Profit after tax (PAT) increased by 83% to Rs 4.6 Bn from Rs 2.5 Bn recorded in the first quarter of 2020. Resilient performance of all […]
Widespread informality likely to slow recovery from COVID-19 in developing economies
A strikingly large percentage of workers and firms operate outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)—a challenge that is likely to hold back the recovery in these economies unless governments adopt a comprehensive set of policies to address the drawbacks of the informal sector, a new World Bank […]
Prime Residencies IPO oversubscribed on opening day
Following the debut of Prime Lands Residencies’ Initial Public Offering (IPO) yesterday (11), the company’s oversubscription forecasts proved to be true as the initial 100 million shares were purchased in record time. The Board of Directors have decided to exercise the option to issue up to a maximum of a further 87.5 million shares as […]
Melstacorp Chairman Harry Jayawardena visits Colombo Port City
Leading businessman Harry Jayawardena of Melstacorp PLC was recently hosted at the Port City Colombo project development site by Executive Project Management Director, Raja Edirisuriya. Jayawardena, who has held many prestigious titles in his years of service to the country, was able to view first-hand the progress and impact of Port City Colombo on Sri […]
Opinion:Today’s CFO is the protector of tomorrow’s business resilience
By Sherman Gunatillake With market uncertainty and disruptions across different business verticals christened as the ‘New Normal’, the chief financial officer (CFO) of the modern-day has many elements to balance across the business. In such a context, strengthening business resilience is a crucial responsibility that a CFO has on his agenda. But has a CFO’s […]
Rizing acquires attune Lanka from MAS Holdings
MAS Holdings announced today, that in line with its long-term strategic objectives, it has concluded the acquisition of its subsidiary attune Lanka (Private) Limited by Rizing. Rizing is a privately held, US-based boutique firm specializing in providing SAP solutions for Consumer Industries, Enterprise Asset Management and Human Capital Management worldwide. In 2018, MAS Holdings completed […]