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Apparel sector leads in mass scale insurance for employees and their families

2020-03-26 | Business

At a time when calamity strikes us, when every one of us in the whole wide world (www) are caught off guard how many of us – citizens, would have so...

Stock market to be closed till March 27

2020-03-26 | Business

In view of the extension of the ongoing curfew in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Puttalam, the Colombo Stock Exchange has declared the period f...

Powerful quake damages buildings in Croatia capital

2020-03-25 | Business

ZAGREB AFP March22, 2020 - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake tore down chunks of buildings in Zagreb and left a teenager in critical condition on Sunday, sta...

People first, economy next, says top economist Fighting COVID-19

2020-03-21 | Business

Nishan De Mel By Shabiya Ali AhlamAs Sri Lanka is witnessing its economy coming to an almost stagnant state due to the unavoidable measures taken by t...

Taxes on imported face masks, disinfectants removed

2020-03-19 | Business

The government has decided to remove import duty and other taxes imposed on all imported face masks and disinfectants including sanitizers from m...

Eswaran Brothers Exports Uses Plastic Credits to Create Sri Lanka’s First Plastic Neutral Product

2020-03-18 | Business

Handing Over of the PlasticNeutral® Certificate (from Left) Sanith de S. Wijeyeratne - CEO, CCC, Marc Perera - CEO, Eco Friends, Dr. Lakmini Senadhee...

COVID-19 to cost apparels over US $ 500mn in revenue

2020-03-11 | Business

The local apparel sector, following a series of stakeholder consultations, has assessed that the immediate revenue loss for the industry due to the co...

PM mulls new initiative to minimize coronavirus impact on tourism industry

2020-03-10 | Business

Tourism authorities in coordination with the Health Ministry will prepare a new programme to address the coronavirus outbreak impact on tourism indust...

A businessman and a politico in a tape-recording trap!

2020-03-05 | Business

The owner of this enterprise, a former commando, is a successful businessman. When Yahapalanaya took office following the fall of the former strongman...

Senkadagala Finance acquires Candor Asset Management

2020-03-05 | Business

Senkadagala Finance PLC yesterday acquired Candor Asset Management, a unit trust and asset management firm, from Eagle Proprietary Investments Limited...