Business Notebook

The articles on "Investment" published in the August 1996 issue of Business Today were taken from "Sri Lanka Investment Policy...

The Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing and Export Corporation Ltd., (SLRMC), has launched an extended latex collection programme to support the...

The Ministry of Industrial Development has, with the aid of other related agencies, pepped up the match manufacturing industry which...

DIMO International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimo Auto Industries, recently exported a consignment of 50 buses to Nitol...

Rajah Abeyasinghe with Malcolm Godbold Hyster, the world's second largest manufacturer of lift trucks, has appointed Allied Trading and Engineering...

The Sri Lanka-Korea Economic Co-operation Committee (SLKE- CC) of the Ceylon Chamber of commerce is organizing a Business Promotion Mission...

The Radio Communications Division of Bartleet Electronics has been sold to the Red Alert Group of Companies. This is part...

A core element of the restructuring program of the Board Of Investment is the appointment of Manilal de Mel as...

The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) has been rated as the number one research house in the Indian Subcontinent according...

Mrs T. J. Bata admiring the trophy At the annual "Shoecon 1996" conference held in Italy, BATA, Sri Lanka literally...

Singapore Airlines' (SIA) Managing Director and Chief Executive Cheong Choong Kong signed a record order for up to 77 Boeing...

A reception was held at the Hotel Galadari recently to introduce Peter Davidse, the new General Manager of KLM Royal...

Singapore Airlines' (SIA) order for Rolls-Royce Trent engines for its B777 aircraft was cemented recently at a signing ceremony in...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) and Northwest Airlines. (Northwest) have agreed on a transaction initiated by KLM, whereby, KLM will...

Mobitel and Lanka Pay Phones entered into an Memorandum of Understanding whereby, they would work together to install more payphone...

"Sunset Reef" an ambitious real-estate development backed by one of Sri Lanka's leading investment companies got-off to a flying start...

by Tharuka Dissanaike Dialog GSM is the newest arrival into the cellular phone market in Sri Lanka. Since it's first...

Hatton National Bank has launched yet another novel savings scheme a scheme that guarantees a regular monthly income to the...

The Board of Investment (BOI) has offered many concessions to investors whose projects exceed Rs.5 million in value. Tax holidays...

The 'Sanitact Service' is the newest environmental service marketed by Finlay Rentokil (Ceylon) Ltd. The sanitact service is a hygienic...

Investors from provinces who have never before ventured into share investment have expressed interest in the offer for sale of...

A leading local manufacturer, the Macky Group of Companies exported garments worth Rs.300 million to the Russian Federation recently. This...

British Airways has introduced a new concept called "Club World" on their flights, which has been designed to cater to...

The world over an increasing number of people are getting on to the information superhighway or what is popularly known...

On the directive from President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge, an overall project costing Rs.10 billion, to develop Colombo Fort and Janadhipathi...

James W. Spain The US$200 million Uma Oya Hydro Power Project will be launched shortly by Lanka Infrastructures Ltd., a...

A 7-member Cabinet Sub-committee has been appointed by the President to promote investment. This panel will be headed by the...

Representatives of the Indian travel trade met their Sri Lankan counterparts in Colombo recently and launched a drive to promote...

Richard Peiris Exports Ltd., an associate of Richard Peiris & Co. Ltd., which began business in 1993 with equity collaboration...

Pelwatta sugar industries Ltd., the island sugar producer is to venture into distillation of alcohol. A subsidiary company Pelwatta Sugar...