Trump to cut pay raises for government workers

Friday, 01 September 2017 10:28

President Trump sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday announcing his intention to cut pay raises for civilian government workers.

Sri Lanka’s pioneering entrepreneurship acceleration and empowerment program Venture Engine has begun holding workshops for 23 companies with the true potential, and skill, required to make it all the way to its October 11 Finale.

ikman.lk unveils ‘ikman Compare’

Saturday, 19 August 2017 02:19

ikman.lk, Sri Lanka’s largest online marketplace, unveiled ‘ikman Compare’ recently with the aim of assisting ikman users to compare a choice of insurance policies for their best suited option.

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in association with the Colombo Stock Brokers Association (CSBA) recently launched a series of events presenting investment research on companies featured on the S&P SL 20 Index, to an exclusive audience of Local Institutional Investors.

Building on the success of its growing network of merchants and customers, Sri Lanka’s fast-growing startup, PAYable, announced the successful completion of a round of funding that will set the pace for a new wave of credit and debit card usage and e-commerce led growth in the Sri Lankan economy.

In a move aimed at supporting the expansion planned for the organization going forward, Central Depository Systems (Pvt) Ltd (CDS), a fully owned subsidiary of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), relocated its operations to a larger premises located at the Ground Floor of the M & M Centre, No.341/5, Kotte Road, Rajagiriya today.

“There has been significant interest expressed by Asian-region junior golfers for this year's NDB Private Wealth Management Junior Masters Golf Championships.

HNB Grameen Finance Limited has been recognized as one of Sri Lanka’s best work places by Great Place to Work Institute Sri Lanka.

The scale and diversity of Sri Lanka’s economy makes it an ideal candidate for the deployment of advanced data analytics according to world renowned, Pakistani-born, data scientist and recently appointed Director at SAKS Analytics, Dr. Zeeshan-Ul-Hassan Usmani.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has introduced Mastercard debit cards with Chip & PIN technology for the first time in Sri Lanka.

On the same day Warner Bros. wowed fans with trailers for "Justice League" and "Ready Player One" at Comic-Con, "Wonder Woman" passed "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" to become the highest domestic-grossing film of the summer.