The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) is scheduled to host the 16th edition of the prestigious World Export Development Forum (WEDF) in Sri Lanka on the 12th and 13th of October 2016. A highlight of the global export industry calendar, the WEDF is a widely represented…
Murray Douglas is back from a month spent voluntarily helping Sri Lankan farmers produce more and better milk from small herds, many consisting of 1-10 cows. The Titoki farmer – who with his wife and sons is establishing dairy farms in Brazil – was among four volunteers recruited by Fonterra to carry out work which…
The BlackBerry Classic is being discontinued. The company behind the smartphone resurrected the classic style, complete with the raised button keyboard, in 2014 as a replacement for the BlackBerry Bold. As many people gravitated toward the touch screens of iPhones and sleek new Android devices, the BlackBerry Classic and its predecessors remained steadfast companions to…
The annual Venture Engine event in Colombo, Sri Lanka that started as a small, local event to fund and encourage early stage companies has scaled up significantly and now attracts global investors. The 16th edition of the event held last week in Colombo attracted about 20 investors from India, US, Singapore and Hong Kong. These…
Government rejected the Joint Opposition charges that the economic policies have deteriorated the investor confidence leading Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) to crash significantly last year and to witness a net foreign outflow of Rs.5.3 billion. Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Niroshan Perera responding to a question for Oral Answers raised by Joint Opposition…
A joint research project to help dairy farmers has been launched by Sri Lanka’s University of Peradeniya’s Faculty of Agriculture, Fonterra Brands and the Coconut Research Institute (CRI). “The Sri Lankan dairy industry consists mostly of small-scale farmers who face many economic hardships, and the ultimate goal of this research is to make these farmers…
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar on ‘Cyber Security’ in a bid to create awareness of the growing threat of cybercrimes on businesses. The upcoming seminar will discuss three titles such as the ‘Possible Threats and Contingency Planning to Protect Your Cyber Space,’ Regulatory Cover and Legal Backup for Businesses’ and ‘Internet…
Ruwan Perera, Chief Operating Officer of NDB Wealth Management Limited was unanimously elected as the new President of Unit Trust Association of Sri Lanka (UTASL) at its 14th Annual General Meeting recently held in Colombo. Prior to being appointed as President of UTASL, he served as the Secretary of the Association. Ruwan Perera is an…
The world’s most sought after purchasing and supply chain management speaker and trainer, Omid Ghamami, who is also known as the ‘Godfather of Negotiation Planning’ will be a guest speaker at the Strategy Summit organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) on July 26th and 27th at the Mount…
Reuters – Sri Lankan shares rose on Tuesday, recovering from a near three-month closing low hit in the previous session, as investors picked up battered stocks such as John Keells Holdings Plc. However, the gain was capped as worries about a capital gains tax on equities and rising interest rates weighed on sentiment. The benchmark…
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