Sri Lanka, one of the top two emerging hotel and resort markets in Asia, is to host the first Asia Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (AHTIC), a top-level gathering of international investors, business leaders, government ministers and officials. President of Sri Lanka, H.E. Maithripala Sirisena, is supporting the conference as patron and speaking at the…
The 20th meeting of the European Union (EU) – Sri Lanka Joint Commission took place in Brussels on 19 July 2016. The meeting was co-chaired by Mrs Chitranganee Wagiswara, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, and Mr Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action…
Colombo School of Business and Management or CSBM is the only Business School in Sri Lanka governed by a combined structure of both visionary corporate leaders and respected senior academics. The philosophy on which the business school was built is to develop world-class corporate leaders with multiple competencies who thrive in the global business environment…
Having achieved remarkable progress in its Millennium Development Goal (MDG), Sri Lanka called for global support on its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on 19 July in Nairobi, Kenya. “We are optimistic that active engagement with necessary resources and capacity development assistance by the international agencies, we may be able to reach Sustainable Development Targets…
Telangana Minister for IT, Municipal Administration, Industries and Commerce and NRI Affairs K T Rama Rao has been invited for the first ever Sri Lanka Human Capital Summit 2016 to be held in Colombo on August 11 and 12. KTR will participate as the guest of inaugural session of the summit by National Human Resource…
Reuters – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker on Monday, from their more than three-week closing high hit in the previous session, as investors turned cautious ahead of the government’s policy statement next month. The bourse touched a three-week high on Friday after investor sentiment was boosted with Sri Lanka raising $1.5 billion in its first…
Two globally renowned strategy specialists, Martin Roll and Sam Dias is set to take Colombo by storm at next week’s Strategy Summit organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), where they will share invaluable insights and expertise on brand strategy and brand valuation with corporate leaders, helping them redefine…
Dr. T. Senthilverl has announced that he has no intentions of selling his 13,328,770 of shares in Browns Hydro Power PLC. Dr. Senthilverl is the second largest shareholder in Browns Hydro Power and is a member of its Board of Directors. While Lotus Renewable Energy (Private) Limited last week consolidated its majority shareholding in Browns…
Reuters – Singapore and Sri Lanka have started talks for a free trade pact, including measures to free up trade in goods and services as well as investments, the city-state’s trade minister said on Monday. Sri Lanka’s push to build infrastructure and develop its industries presented prospects for Singapore firms to partner with companies in…
Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC recently moved in to acquire 80 per cent shares of Sri Lanka’s prominent food producer Norfolk Foods (Private) Limited with an investment of 04 million US dollars. While this acquisition was handled on behalf of Charoen Pokphand Foods PLC by its subsidiary CPF Investment Ltd by acquiring ownership of 50…
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