The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the CFA Society Sri Lanka jointly held a special market opening ceremony yesterday in support of the “Putting Investors First Month” campaign, as a to call attention to the needs and rights of investors.

Women in Management (WIM) and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today invited nominations for the 6th Professional and Career Women Awards, 2016.

Fazaal Naufer, the Head of Design at Digibrush Productions - a boutique creative and digital media agency has won the Silver A' Design Award in Graphics and Visual Communication Design.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently formalised its tie-up with the Bank Muscat Oman to facilitate remittances to Sri Lanka via the latter’s new feature-rich mobile banking app, with the signing of an agreement in Muscat.

In keeping with the increasing trend in adventure sports, Orient Finance PLC (OFP) signed an MOU with Debug Auto Exclusive (Pvt) Ltd at Coco Royal Beach Resort Wadduwa in order to promote the world renowned Sea Doo brand Jet Skis' with their Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) leasing package.

Calamander Group Chairman Roman Scott, who has Sri Lankan roots, shares why he believes in the country's investment potential. CNBC's Sri Jegarajah has more.


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Sri Lanka's pioneering entrepreneur empowerment platform Venture Engine will once more welcome the participation of top global startup accelerator 500 Startups, along with a number of high profile venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors, at its June 29 grand finale to be held in Colombo.

The Ceylon Dollar Bond Fund (CDBF) that invests in Sri Lanka Dollar Sovereign Bonds and Bank Bonds has recorded an 8.82% p.a. annualized return (10.60% p.a. in Rupee terms) during the first quarter of 2016.

Chief Operations Officer/Executive Director of TV Derana Madhawa Madawala was awarded the Most Influential Brand Leader award at the World Brand Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently.

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) ended trading on a positive note today, with the All Share Price Index (ASPI) crossing the 6,500 mark.