People’s Bank has once again been recognised as one of Sri Lanka’s outstanding women-friendly workplaces at the Satynmag Women Friendly Workplace Awards 2026, held recently at The Grand Maitland. This marks the sixth consecutive year that People’s Bank has received this prestigious recognition, reaffirming its steadfast commitment to fostering gender equality, diversity and inclusion within […]
Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), the Young Directors Forum (YDF), and the Women Directors’ Forum (WDF), in collaboration with John Keells Stockbrokers (JKSB), successfully hosted an exclusive knowledge-sharing event titled “Investing in Times of Uncertainty” recently at the Sheraton Colombo. Held under JKSB’s #SHEinvests initiative, the event brought together SLID members and invited participants […]
Second Overall Among Sri Lanka’s Leading Creative and Advertising Agencies with Six Awards Hayleys Fentons Limited placed 2nd overall at the 26th Dragons of Sri Lanka Awards, with campaigns from Hayleys Fentons, Hayleys Solar and Hayleys Mobility receiving Gold, Silver, Bronze and Black Dragons across marketing, communications, digital and sustainability. The achievement is particularly significant […]
Sri Lanka could develop gemstones into a strategic foreign exchange asset by establishing a national gem reserve similar to its dollar and gold reserves, while using the initiative to expand imports, value addition and exports, according to Sri Lanka Miners and Dealers Association Director Dr. Sanjeewa Fonseka. Dr. Fonseka, who is also Chairman of Ceylon […]
A team from the International Monetary Fund will be in Sri Lanka from September 10 to 23 for the 7th review of its program, Mission Chief Evan Papageorgiou said in a statement. The 2026 Article IV Consultations will also be held at the same time. “The IMF team will communicate its findings at the end […]
Reaffirming its commitment to leading the nation toward a sustainable digital economy, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has taken its digital payments drive to Jaffna, undertaking its most extensive single-region merchant canvassing exercise to date in support of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) national digital payments promotional programme. The initiative, conducted as part […]
Delivering on its commitment to secure the future of all Sri Lankans, Cargills Bank introduced its new ‘Junior Kotipathi’ Investment Savings Account. The product was officially unveiled during a special launch event on August 22 at the Funcity area in Excel World, where the bank’s customers were invited to experience the new offering. A future-facing, […]
Market Leader Home Lands has announced that Central Park Boulevard Port City Colombo has reached a significant construction milestone, with 60% of its piling work now officially completed, just under three months after the project’s launch, placing its rate of progress 10% ahead of plan. With construction progressing ahead of target, the development’s piling programme […]
As Sri Lanka marks World Alzheimer’s Month 2026, Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation calls for greater awareness of brain health and dementia prevention Colombo, September 2026: This World Alzheimer’s Month, the Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation (LAF) is placing dementia prevention at the heart of its national awareness campaign, highlighting the importance of protecting brain health throughout life. The 2024 […]
Hayleys Solar, Sri Lanka’s No. 1 solar solutions provider, has completed a major solar energy transformation for Toyota Lanka (Private) Limited, installing a combined 3.3 MWp of solar generation capacity across four of the automotive group’s key facilities nationwide. The rollout is expected to generate roughly 4.6 GWh of clean electricity a year, enough to […]