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LNP - Shares end lower for a fourth straight session Business

LNP - Shares end lower for a fourth straight session

Trading activities at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday were negative and shares ended lower for a fourth  straight session, dragged down by…

19 Mar 2021
LNP - CBSL and IFC launch National Financial Inclusion Strategy Business

LNP - CBSL and IFC launch National Financial Inclusion Strategy

Sri Lanka’s first National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) aunched recently, aims to make financial services more accessible, efficient, and…

08 Mar 2021
LNP - Massive revenue loss: Eyebrows raised over delay in responding to House query Business

LNP - Massive revenue loss: Eyebrows raised over delay in responding to House query

Many an eyebrow has been raised over the delay on the part of the Finance Ministry to respond to a Finance Committee (FC) request for a comprehensive report on…

04 Mar 2021
LNP - HNB partners CCC Residences to offer prospective residents rare loan facility – ZiF Investments Business

LNP - HNB partners CCC Residences to offer prospective residents rare loan facility – ZiF Investments

(from Left) CCC Sales Manager – Sevvanthy Bashkaran, CCC AGM Finance – Amila Niranjana, CCC Senior Manager – Tuan Haniffa, CCC Head of Sales – Suranga Peiris,…

03 Mar 2021
LNP -  Business ‘Seylan Harasara’ revamped to offer a range of exclusive benefits to senior citizens Business

LNP - Business ‘Seylan Harasara’ revamped to offer a range of exclusive benefits to senior citizens

Seylan Bank, the bank with a heart, is ready to relaunch ‘Seylan Harasara’, a financial product that offers a host of exclusive benefits and specialized…

23 Feb 2021
LNP -  Business Pickme Nena Pahana: school supplies, stationery distributed among children of exemplary drivers Business

LNP - Business Pickme Nena Pahana: school supplies, stationery distributed among children of exemplary drivers

Sri Lanka’s leading home-grown mobility solution, PickMe, recently distributed school supplies and stationery for the new school year under its CSR initiate:…

19 Feb 2021
LNP - Businessman, officials on the mat over floor tile imports in violation of ban Business

LNP - Businessman, officials on the mat over floor tile imports in violation of ban

A businessman had imported a large consignment of floor tiles in violation of the import ban in effect, Industries Minister Wimal Weerawansa said yesterday…

17 Feb 2021
LNP -  Business ‘Caltex Havoline Thegi Engima Season 2’ mega consumer promotion Business

LNP - Business ‘Caltex Havoline Thegi Engima Season 2’ mega consumer promotion

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, the nation’s lubricant market leader, * has launched the second phase of the ‘Caltex Havoline Thegi Engima’ mega promotion from…

16 Feb 2021
LNP - Call for legal and market-based rationale before looking to increase FDIs Business

LNP - Call for legal and market-based rationale before looking to increase FDIs

A reliable legal framework and a market-based level playing field are of crucial importance to increase the presence of foreign investors in Sri Lanka and to…

11 Feb 2021
LNP - D’las Int’l – ‘first SL company’ to obtain COSMOS organic certification Business

LNP - D’las Int’l – ‘first SL company’ to obtain COSMOS organic certification

D’las International (Pvt) Ltd, the leading manufacturer of fine fragrances and natural body care products in Sri Lanka, made history by obtaining…

08 Feb 2021
LNP - Ceylinco Insurance ranked 6th in Business Today’s Top 30 for 2019 /20 Roll of Honour Business

LNP - Ceylinco Insurance ranked 6th in Business Today’s Top 30 for 2019 /20 Roll of Honour

Once again, for the eighth consecutive year, Ceylinco Insurance PLC, the holding company of insurance giants – Ceylinco General Insurance and Ceylinco Life…

07 Jan 2021
LNP -  news PM says no decision to hand over ECT to foreign company Business

LNP - news PM says no decision to hand over ECT to foreign company

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that no decision had been made to hand over the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port or…

07 Jan 2021
LNP - Hatton Plantations sharpens competitive edge through strategic partnership with Regency Teas Business

LNP - Hatton Plantations sharpens competitive edge through strategic partnership with Regency Teas

Hatton Plantations (HPL) is entering into a Partnership with Regency Teas, a milestone in the company’s rapid and remarkable progress. In a share trade off…

29 Dec 2020
LNP - Customs, CEA delaying legal action against importers of foreign waste Business

LNP - Customs, CEA delaying legal action against importers of foreign waste

The Sri Lanka Customs and the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) have failed to take legal action against the companies responsible for importing 263…

29 Dec 2020
LNP - SLRA to host Asia Pacific Retail Convention and Exhibition 2024 Business

LNP - SLRA to host Asia Pacific Retail Convention and Exhibition 2024

Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) aims to be the apex body of the retail industry in Sri Lanka with an ambitious vision of ‘Achieving Retail Excellence’…

22 Dec 2020
LNP - United States supports Verité Research in identifying ways to improve youth entrepreneurship Business

LNP - United States supports Verité Research in identifying ways to improve youth entrepreneurship

The United States has supported Verité Research in producing its latest youth labor market assessment. The findings were presented to the public via a webinar…

18 Dec 2020
LNP - Lanka Realty Investments acquires controlling shares of On’ally Holdings Business

LNP - Lanka Realty Investments acquires controlling shares of On’ally Holdings

Lanka Realty Investments Plc has acquired 50.8 percent  of the issued capital of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE)  listed On’ally Holdings Plc for…

04 Dec 2020
LNP - INSEE Cement continues investment in mason development across Sri Lanka Business

LNP - INSEE Cement continues investment in mason development across Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s leading cement manufacturer INSEE Cement is driving transformation across the local construction industry with significant investments in…

30 Nov 2020
LNP - CSE welcomes Budget 2021 directed at developing the capital market Business

LNP - CSE welcomes Budget 2021 directed at developing the capital market

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) welcomes the progressive capital market related proposals presented to parliament by Prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at the…

23 Nov 2020
LNP - New private sector retirement age: Question mark over mandatory or voluntary status Business

LNP - New private sector retirement age: Question mark over mandatory or voluntary status

reasury Secretary S.R. Attygalle yesterday (22) said that the implementation of the 2021 budget proposal to increase the retirement age of private sector…

23 Nov 2020
LNP - Five-year income tax exemptions for agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors Business

LNP - Five-year income tax exemptions for agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors

* Special Tax Appeals Court to resolve tax issues expeditiously * Rs 500,000 start-up capital loan with 5-year grace period for entrepreneurs * A sports…

18 Nov 2020
LNP - DFCC Bank offers customers a seamless digital experience in banking Business

LNP - DFCC Bank offers customers a seamless digital experience in banking

DFCC Bank, one of the fastest growing commercial banks in Sri Lanka, continues to reaffirm their promise to customers of being the bank for everyone by…

18 Nov 2020
LNP - They gave way to his sense of self-importance! Business

LNP - They gave way to his sense of self-importance!

The main character of this story is a national list Diyawanna member from the North. A new laboratory was set up at an institute of higher studies in Jaffna…

12 Nov 2020
LNP -  Business LOVI Ceylon Nationals to reimagine corporate wear Business

LNP - Business LOVI Ceylon Nationals to reimagine corporate wear

“In today’s global economy, self-confidence is a must. And uniqueness a strategic advantage for any leader. With that in mind, I invite our forward-thinking…

12 Nov 2020