Business News

The Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA) announced the inauguration of its vocational training centre in Kaithady, Jaffna, on 4th March 2016.

At the recently concluded Sri Lankan Architecture Awards 2015, held at the BMICH, three promising architecture students were given a golden opportunity to participate in the world’s largest architecture festival.

Responding to rapidly increasing demand for modernized, high-end commercial office space in Colombo, Orion Development announced the continued expansion of its pioneering IT Park, Orion City, with the development of its latest project, the Bellatrix Building.

Emirates and AC Milan are celebrating their partnership with the unveiling of a bespoke decal which depicts the club’s football players in action on an A380 aircraft that operated on the Dubai - Milan - New York JFK route.

Technomedics, a leading turnkey solutions provider in the healthcare industry has invested in a first-of-its-kind sleep information centre in Sri Lanka, the DREAMS Sleep Centre at No. 1083, Pannipitiya Road, Battaramulla in alliance with the technical expertise of ResMed Australia (www.resmed.com), global leader in sleep solutions for last 25 years.

In commemorating International Women's Day, and its 2016 theme of "Pledge For Parity", it is paramount that we bear in mind that an important part of securing any sort of parity for women is their achievement of true financial freedom.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened its 14th Agriculture & Micro Finance Unit (AMFU) at Neluwa in the Galle District to facilitate the Bank’s efforts to support micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in the area including commercial scale agriculture entrepreneurs.

Sampath Bank PLC rang the opening bell to commence trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).

Employees of the Brandix Group, Sri Lanka’s single largest apparel exporter, donated 3,448 units of blood in 2015, earning the appreciation of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NTBS), which recently presented the Group with a special plaque for being the largest corporate blood donor in the country.

Sri Lanka’s leading fashion retail chain, NOLIMIT, won a slew of awards at the prestigious JASTECA 5S awards held at Hotel Galadari recently.