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United Motors Group announced strong financial results for the year ending 31 March 2012. During the year under review, the Group achieved a turnover of Rs. 20.8 billion and a post-tax profit of Rs. 2.27 billion which compares with a post-tax profit of Rs. 907.8 million achieved during the previous financial year. Commenting on the ...
- UML Group Makes Rs. 11 Bn. (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia forecasts UML net profit to rise 79% to Rs. 1.6 b in FY12 (Category: Business)
- UML races to highest ever half yearly after tax profit (Category: Business)
- President revs up reconditioned vehicles (Category: Business)
A pledge of continued support to Sri Lanka’s tourism industry through award-winning air services was one of the highlights of the high profile formal opening of The Emirates Lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake yesterday. Tim Clark, President of Emirates airline and Mohammed Mattar, Divisional Senior Vice President Airport Services joined Minister of ...
- Emirates invests in own premium lounge at BIA (Category: Business)
- Emirates invests Rs. 200 m for dedicated lounge at BIA (Category: Business)
- Emirates wins Gold “Airline of the Year” at ATN Awards (Category: Business)
- Oman Air opens new lounge at Muscat Airport (Category: Business)
Peter Kropotkin is a Russian revolutionist who has commented in his book ‘The Conquest of Bread’ what he considers to be the weaknesses of the economic systems of capitalism and how poverty and scarcity thrives on. However, Kropotkin did not believe in the theory of state and is known as an anarchist. The issue of ...
- Sri Lanka state finances would improve with domestic domestic restructure: think tank (Category: Breaking News)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka net government debt soars in 2021 despite zero foreign deficit finance (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee depreciation: A powerful tool to drive growth and employment? (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera The new direction of the banking sector in Sri Lanka has been announced. Union Bank, one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing banks, which was also the pioneer of internet banking in Sri Lanka, partnered with SLT PEO TV at Galle Face Hotel yesterday. SLT PEO TV paved a new path in the ...
- PEO TV, HBO promotion winners take away big prizes (Category: Business)
- Transforming towards broadband Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- SLT deploys FTTX technology to boost broadband (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank promotes financial inclusion in 2011 (Category: Business)
Rameez Fazal and Danushka Kathriarachchi of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) the Sri Lankan office of the internationally acclaimed advertising agency network Leo Burnett Worldwide will represent Sri Lanka in Cannes at the Young Lions TV category at the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.
- Triad Team wins Young Lions in Sri Lanka - heads to Cannes 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven young Sri Lankans to compete at Cannes Lions 2012 (Category: Business)
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 finale (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins first ever Cannes Lion metal for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently launched their range of ultra energy efficient TCL LED TVs. TCL has been Singerandrsquo;s second best selling TV for a considerable period of time and has become a trusted household name. TCL LED TVs offer up to 60% savings on power consumption (35 watts) compared to a conventional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) television off equal size which consumes up to 90 watts of power.
- Most energy efficient range of LED TVs from TCL debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
By Shanuka Tissera Singer Sri Lanka last week announced the tie up as the exclusive distributors in Sri Lanka, for Huawei’s best selling range of Android-enabled smartphones, mediapads and mobiles. Huawei, a global giant in telecom and mobile devices is entering the Sri Lankan market with a range of affordably-priced products that appeal to youth ...
- Singer Drives Smartphone Revolution With Huawei (Category: Business)
- Huawei launches its largest-ever regional Seeds for the Future Program, inspiring digital talent... (Category: Breaking News)
- Huawei looks for cloud acquisitions, partnerships (Category: Business)
- Huawei and Discovery team up to make waterproof phone (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently launched their range of ultra energy efficient TCL LED TVs. TCL has been Singer’s second best selling TV for a considerable period of time and has become a trusted household name. TCL LED TVs offer up to 60% savings on power consumption (35 watts) compared to a conventional Cathode Ray Tube ...
- TCL - The Most Energy Efficient Range Of LED TVs Makes Its Sri Lankan Debut (Category: Business)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest mobile service provider, has extended its strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) to meet the growing customer demands for managed services. According to the arrangement, Dialog Axiata will leverage C&W Worldwide’s extensive International MPLS network, mainly into the European region and with it, be able to offer its ente...
- Dialog partners with CWW aiming to grow managed services (Category: Breaking News)
- Suntel is history now (Category: Business)
- DTV powers Mercantile Rugby 7s (Category: Business)
- Vodafone to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide for $ 1.7 b (Category: Business)
DFCC Bank (DFCC) and DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB) consolidated and integrated their presence on the information superhighway into one location through the launch of their new website www.dfcc.lk. With a view to delivering seamless banking services through a convenient, easy to navigate portal, the Banking Group hopes to meet the financial needs of the cyber ...
- “Make a Major Change in Leasing with “DFCC Bank – Unlock the Most Affordable Option in the Market” (Category: Breaking News)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank takes exclusive personalised banking to Jaffna (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank opens 125th branch in Kegalle (Category: Business)
- Introducing DFCC Freelancer World Mastercard Credit Card – A First for Freelancers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Historically, capital markets have played an important role in the development of market economies and therefore the development of efficient regulation of securities too has become increasingly important. While fostering the development of the economy, the capital markets also play an important equalising role. Viz – it attracts the participation of a large number of ...
- SEC To Work Towards Strengthening Investor Protection (Category: Business)
- Regulatory framework in place for Exchange Traded Funds (Category: Business)
- Top Govt. politico among investors summoned by SEC via ‘fiery’ notice (Category: Business)
- ‘Those who live by the Dhamma are protected by the Dhamma’ SEC Chief tells investors (Category: Business)
The DFCC Group yesterday disclosed that it has posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs. 2,973 million for the financial year 2011/12. The figure is an increase of 37% over the Rs. 2,170 million recorded in the previous year (excluding the exceptional profit relating to the reduction of DFCC’s shareholding in Commercial Bank of ...
- DFCC Group posts Rs. 702 m after tax profit in 1Q (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank PAT up by 92.5% (Category: Business)
- Strong growth at DFCC Vardhana Bank in 1H (Category: Business)
- Fitch affirms DFCC Vardhana Bank at ‘AA-’ (Category: Business)
By Damien The Secretary to the treasury Dr. P.B Jayasundera recently made statement that the country is wasting the foreign currency on things that can be made in this country. I would like to add to this by stating that as a country we should have clear targets and policies that are aimed at both ...
- Subsidized student loan scheme through commercial banks in addition to existing interest-free st... (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks lift overseas spending limits imposed on credit cards as dollar liquidity improves (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten problems; one solution (Category: Business)
- Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age (Category: Breaking News)
This Poson too, for the 19th consecutive year, Aviva NDB has made the customary arrangements to keep watch over the pilgrims who bathe in the reservoirs in and around Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla. Poson full moon day is on 4 June. Over a million pilgrims visit Mihintale to commemorate the introduction of Buddhism to Sri ...
- Aviva NDB Insurance operates Poson Vandana free shuttle to Anuradhapura (Category: Business)
- Aviva NDB Safety Campaign Saves Lives During Poson (Category: Business)
- Poson festival begins in Sri Lanka's sacred city of Anuradhapura (Category: Breaking News)
- Poson Message- May you all experience a blessed Poson festival...! (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The biggest mobile forum in the region, the South Asian Mobile Conference was held for the third year in Colombo earlier this week, bringing together some of the world’s top experts in the mobile sphere, developers of the next generation, researchers, academics and policy makers, creating a platform for a chance of ...
- Creating digital inclusion and regional connectivity (Category: Business)
- Microsoft, Nokia unveil new Lumia smartphone (Category: Business)
- Google+ and Apple iCloud bring mobile platform battle to the cloud (Category: Business)
Seven young prominent marketing communications professionals from Sri Lanka’s advertising and marketing industries were selected to represent the country at the annual Young Lions Competitions and the Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes, France next month after having successfully completed the Sri Lankan Cannes Young Lions Competition. The local competition to select the contenders was organis...
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 (Category: Business)
- SLIM welcomes young marketers Dinal and Wishmini from Cannes (Category: Business)
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 finale (Category: Business)
The other day I was shopping with my wife at Odel – that’s where I do most of my clothes buying; not because I want to be fashionable but simply because they’ve got the right sizes in shapes that fit me! I was about to buy another of my usual T-shirts when my wife made ...
- Best Western opens its largest and first hotel in Russia (Category: Business)
- Best Western to open sixth hotel in Bangkok (Category: Business)
- Pelican struck down in 'gutless' hit-run (Category: South Australia)
Sri Lanka’s first-ever digital ready and HD ready television station, Hiru FM, was launched on 23 May, marking Asia Broadcasting Corporation’s foray into Sri Lankan television under its flagship brand Hiru after enjoying much success in the radio industry.
SriLankan Airlines said yesterday it has acquired a new Airbus A320 last month, expanding its fleet to 23 aircraft. The national carrier’s fleet now consists of eight medium – range A320’s, seven twin engine wide-body A330’s, and six long-haul A 340’s, and two De Havilland Twin Otter floatplanes for domestic services. The new aircraft has ...
- New Wings (Category: Business)
- Air Arabia fleet rises to 30 (Category: Business)
- RJ receives new Airbus A320 (Category: Business)
- New Airbus A320 joins RJ fleet (Category: Business)
NAIROBI (Reuters): A shipping container filled with hundreds of elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka this week came from the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Thursday. The 359 tusks, weighing 1.6 metric tons (1.76 tons), had been declared as scrap plastic but were impounded in Colombo on Tuesday while en route ...
- Elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka came from Kenya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ivory Trade (Category: Business)
- Kenyan Mansur Mohamed Surur charged in US over '$7m smuggling ring' (Category: Technology)
- Kenyan Mansur Mohamed Surur charged in US over '$7m smuggling ring' (Category: Technology)
The first quarterly draw of the Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Nations Saver Promotion was held recently in the presence of an official from the Western Provincial Council and six winners from each branch were selected and awarded an array of electrical home appliances. The prizes included a double door refrigerators, 22” LCD televisions, washing machines, ...
- Nations Trust Bank opens Personal Banking Centre at Keells Super, Rajagiriya (Category: Business)
- NTB partners National Exchange Company of Italy to extend global remittance network (Category: Business)
- NTB takes 365-day banking to the city of gems (Category: Business)
- NTB extends reach to Malabe (Category: Business)
Firstsource Dialog Solutions, the joint venture between Firstsource Solutions and Sri Lanka based Dialog Telecom Axiata PLC yesterday announced that it has significantly grown it’s Sri Lankan business since inception in May 2011. Firstsource Dialog Solutions (FDS), a joint venture between Firstsource and Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata (FDS) contributed significantly to Firstsource’s A...
- Outsource Option (Category: Business)
- Firstsource, Sri Lanka''s Dialog Axiatato to form JV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Dialog enters BPO JV with India's Firstsource (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog enhances global data, voice footprint with Starhub (Category: Business)
E.A. Dayawathie (56), a year teacher from Matugama recently won the top prize of Rs. 1 million in Seylan Bank’s (February) ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw, becoming the fourth millionaire to date. “I never expected to win the top prize. And yes of course I am very happy,” she says. With 24 years teaching experience, Dayawathie ...
- Seylan launches ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ with mega benefits on offer (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw yields 7,890 winners so far (Category: Business)
- Winners galore in Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw (Category: Business)
Unilever Sri Lanka recently reintroduced the popular TV show ‘Wonderlight Kumariyo’ with new attractions. The show was a household favourite back in the day before Unilever acquired the brand in 2009. As a brand that is popular amongst the masses of Sri Lanka, the company took a novel approach to revive this show with more ...
- Unilever Sri Lanka owns 12 of Sri LankaÂ?s Top 100 Brands (Category: Breaking News)
- Signal introduces Junior toothbrush through Lankas first motion capture commercial (Category: Breaking News)
- Unilever Sri Lanka ranked 4th most respected entity (Category: Business)
- Unilever ends Brylcreem Brand license for Lanka, India (Category: Breaking News)
Q: Is Cricket a sport, a business or an industry? A: Cricket, like a lot of sports started off as an amateur sport (with part-time players), then became a professional sport (with people playing it for a living) and has now transitioned into a multi-billion dollar, multi-faceted industry In the first two years of the ...
- Developing cutting-edge brand strategies (Category: Business)
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Nation branding via Sri Lanka Cricket (Category: Business)
- “ Tea industry is like a candle burning on three sides”: MTI (Category: Business)
TVS Lanka recently held its Annual Service Dealer Conference 2012 for its countrywide dealer network at the Randiya Hotel in Koralawella, Moratuwa. With an attendance of over 350 service dealers covering all four corners of the island, representative from TVS and Sons TVS Motor Company Ranjith Fernando – Chairman United Motors and the Management Team ...
- TVS holds Annual Service Dealer Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- Most energy efficient range of LED TVs from TCL debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- American Express rewards card members with LED TVs (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans migrating from conventional to LCD / LED TVs (Category: Breaking News)
Rs. 1.4 b forex drags bottom line down by 72% to Rs. 365 m Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the leading national integrated telecommunications service provider, said yesterday it continued its financial trajectory, complemented with pragmatic operational initiatives, to deliver Q1 2012 results with a growth of 9% in revenue and 14% in operating profit. The ...
- SLT 1H operating profit up 15% to Rs. 3.36 b (Category: Business)
- SLT Records Impressive Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT ends 2011 with impressive results (Category: Business)
- SLT group achieves a profit of Rs. 4.8 billion in 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
An internship with MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and DialogCorporate heavyweights MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and Dialog Axiata PLC are in search of the next batch of exceptional interns to join their annual Summer Internship Program, commencing July 2012. This joint initiative is rated one of the best internship programs in the island and has been ...
- Major summer internship program kicks off (Category: Business)
- MAS-Deutsche Bank-Dialog Summer Internship Program ends successfully (Category: Business)
- Deutsche Bank rolls out new integration solution for Dialog Axiata (Category: Business)
- Dialog empowers 7.5m with mobile money transactions (Category: Business)
Posts Rs. 2.1 b non-cash forex loss from rupee devaluation Dialog Axiata PLC yesterday announced its consolidated financial results for the three months ending in March. Financial results included those of Dialog Axiata PLC and of the Dialog Axiata Group post-consolidation with subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks (Pvt) Ltd. (DBN) and Dialog Television (Pvt) Ltd. (DTV). ...
- Dialog dials top line growth in 2Q; forex losses cut profit (Category: Business)
- Dialog rings steady results (Category: Business)
- Dialog ends 2011 ringing Rs. 5.4 b net profit (Category: Business)
- Dialog profitability improves in 1H 2023,driven by cost rescaling initiatives (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka’s first-ever digital ready and HD ready television station, Hiru FM, will be launched on 23 May at 6.02 a.m., Asia Broadcasting Corporation announced yesterday. It marks the organisation’s foray into Sri Lankan television under its flagship brand Hiru after enjoying much success in the radio industry. Hiru TV will be the ...
- ABC’s Hiru TV gears to shake up the television industry (Category: Business)
- Stars for Hiru TV (Category: Business)
- Video: Hiru TV (Hiru Television) Introduction - www.hirutv.lk (Category: Video)
- Hiru FM blames Thilanga for Colombo defeat (Category: Breaking News)
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