Wins 3 awards including coveted “SLIM-Nielsen People’s Brand of the Year” Singer Sri Lanka, the country’s leading consumer durable retailer, celebrated its 11th consecutive win as Sri Lanka’s popular brand at the latest edition of the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards held at the Waters Edge recently. In a repeat of last year’s success, the…
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce made submissions last week to the Government containing recommendations and observations on the proposed new Inland Revenue Bill. The Chamber was alerted by its members that the Government is in the process of formulating a new Inland Revenue Bill, to be implemented with effect from 1 April 2017. The Taxation…
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (LFS) is designed to measure levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka. This survey has been conducted quarterly, since the first quarter of 1990. LFS 2016 is the 36th year of the survey series. The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) has released labour force…
Lankem Ceylon PLC says certain media reports on its acquiring a stock broking company named Navara Securities (Private) Limited is baseless. Lankem Ceylon PLC Managing Director D.L. Vitharana further states that neither Lankem Ceylon PLC nor its related entity The Colombo Fort Land and Building PLC has any plans or intentions of acquiring regarding this…
Ceylinco Life was adjudged the Peoples Life Insurance Brand of the Year at the 2017 SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards on Friday night, reaffirming Ceylinco Insurance’s status as the most popular insurer in the country for the 11th consecutive year. The hallmark awards event of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the 2017 awards at…
The largest ever contingent of Food and Beverage exporting companies from Sri Lanka participated in the 22nd edition of Gulfood 2017 trade exhibition which is considered as the world’s biggest Food and Drink event held annually. It was held at Dubai World Trade Centre in UAE from 26th February to 2nd March daily. The…
Given the rapidly escalating problems surrounding the management of municipal solid waste (MSW) especially in the Western Province, the Government has seen fit to adopt a “waste-to-energy” approach in order to ensure that MSW is disposed of in a hygienic and sustainable manner. The disposal/treatment of 650 and 500 metric tons of MSW per day…
Sri Lanka Pavilion at the international tourism exhibition ‘ITB 2017’ in Berlin, Germany was inaugurated on 8th March with the participation of John Amaratunga, Minister of Tourism Development of Sri Lanka. Jürgen Klimke and Michael Donth, both Senior Members of the German Bundestag, P.M. Withanathe Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lankan…
Sri Lanka has clinched continued support for its international trade work from the Commonwealth on March 9. Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen is representing Sri Lanka at the inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting that opened in London on 9 March. Joining Minister Bathiudeen is Sri Lanka’s Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade…
The 8th Textech Sri Lanka 2017 International Expo, an exhibition on textile garment technology and machinery, focuses on the entire textile and garment sector of the country. The fair is currently underway in Colombo along with two concurrent fairs, – 26th Dye+Chem Sri Lanka 2017 International Expo and 8th Colombo International Yarn & Fabric Show…
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