Softlogic Finance PLC has extended its islandwide presence to 25 fully-fledged branches with the opening of a Metro Branch in Matara, continuing the company’s plan to expand its footprint across the country.

BBDO Worldwide took home the title of Network of the Year at the Spikes Asia 2015 awards ceremony held on Friday (11) at the Ritz Carlton, Singapore.

Euromoney, widely considered one of the world’s leading financial magazines, has adjudged Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC the Best Bank in Sri Lanka in 2015 at the magazine’s Asia Awards for Excellence presented recently in Hong Kong.

zMessenger, the award winning integrated mobile media company, made history once again as they became the first and only Sri Lankan digital agency to receive the ISO 27001:2013 certification for information security by the Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS-UK branch.

For finance and human resource professionals, the job doesn't get much better than this.

The National Long-Term Rating of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has been affirmed at 'AA(lka); Stable Outlook' by Fitch Ratings Lanka (FRL).

Social Enterprise Lanka partners PR Wire

Wednesday, 22 July 2015 16:39

PR Wire, one of Sri Lanka's leading PR firms has partnered with Social Enterprise Lanka, the leading organisation for developing the social enterprise sector in Sri Lanka.

The AAA (Triple A) long-term credit rating accorded to the Bangladesh operations of Commercial Bank PLC has been reaffirmed by Credit Rating Information and Services Ltd (CRISL) for the fifth consecutive year.

The Planters’ Association of Ceylon refutes incorrect and misleading statements being circulated by certain parties with regard to the payment of daily wages to estate workers who pluck 18kg to 20kg of tea leaves being entitled to receive two full days’ wage for a single day’s work.

Mahapola Lotto now at Rs. 20 only

Tuesday, 14 July 2015 08:08

With a mission to facilitate inclusion for each and every Sri Lankan, lotteries innovator Mahapola Lotto recently introduced a new price for its M Lotto ticket.

Pointing out that the demand of plantation sector trade unions for an unconditional increase of the daily wage of estate workers to Rs. 1,000 – a massive 62% increase from the Rs. 620 at present – is inconceivable in any industry, Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) note however that their productivity-based wage proposal enables workers to meet their aspirations of earning Rs. 1,000 per day.