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Commercial Bank Head Office


The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has moved up to second place in the latest ‘LMD 100’ after a solid performance in 2019-20 saw the Bank achieving the No 2 spot in the two principal rankings – Turnover and Profit – to reaffirm its position as one of the country’s strongest business entities.

Hatch Open House returns for 2021

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 06:28

Hatch Open House returns for 2021


When it comes to business, the line between success and failure is often paper-thin, and this line has only gotten thinner with the arrival of the Pandemic which completely disrupted the economic landscape of the world.

Atlas wins CSR Brand of the Year Bronze award at SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2020


Atlas Axillia, Sri Lanka’s largest and most reputed manufacturer and marketer of stationery and school supplies, walked away with the prestigious ‘CSR Brand of the Year - Bronze’ award for the Atlas SipSavi programme at the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2020 held on 22nd January 2021.

Lina Spiro begins operations as Sri Lankas first Metered Dose Inhaler manufacturing plant


Sunshine Healthcare Lanka (SHL), the healthcare arm of the diversified conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN), officially commenced the operations of its subsidiary, Lina Spiro (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s first Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) manufacturing plant in Kadawatha today.

LIBT Website


Sri Lankan entrepreneur Sesiri Pathirane, Co-founder of The London Institute of Business & Technology (LIBT), recently announced the launch of the world's first ever ‘College-As- A-Service’ platform successfully adopting principles of ‘Software-As-A-Service’ or SAAS into higher education.

Findit.lk seals a key award at SLIM DIGIS 2.0

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 05:24

Findit.lk seals a key award at SLIM DIGIS 2.0


Findit.lk, a leading promotion and business directory website in Sri Lanka has emerged victorious at SLIM DIGIS 2.0 held recently at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike International Memorial hall.

ComBank supports Colombo launch of CBSL campaign to promote LANKAQR


The Commercial Bank of Ceylon extended its wholehearted support to the Colombo launch last weekend of the Central Bank’s initiative to promote cashless digital payments via LANKAQR, the national Quick Response (QR) Code platform.

Sri Lanka Agri Food Startups Have What Global Markets Need GLX is Here to Help Get Them There


As the world trends on urbanization and nutrition, shifting gears with the new realities presented to us, Sri Lanka is demonstrating promising new energy in the agri-food innovation sectors.

Mastercard launches one stop resource site to support digital transformation of SMEs in Asia Pacific


To help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) recover from the pandemic and prepare for the future, Mastercard has launched the Digital Acceleration for Small Businesses microsite across most of its Asia Pacific websites with information and resources on how to digitalize and run businesses more efficiently.

Rakuten Viber robust growth in Sri Lanka contributes to impressive performance for APAC region in 2020


Viber, one of the world’s leading apps for free and easy communication, has recorded an overall increase in app usage across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in 2020, with Sri Lanka also contributing with usage gains.