Business Notebook

Dilki Wijesuriya J Walter Thompson (JWT), Colombo, has been awarded the 'Asian Agency of the Year' title for the...

Asiff Husein Ceylinco Seylan Developments Ltd., a member of the Ceylinco Group recently completed the superstructure of the Ceylinco...

The Munich Trade Fair organizers, in cooporation with NCC Management and development Co. Ltd, of Thailand, will organize 'Pollution...

Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Ansett Australia and Ansett International announced plans for the creation of the largest International...

The eleventh joint meeting of the Sri Lanka-Japan and Japan-Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committees was held on May 30...

In a recent traveler survey conducted by the Asian Wall Street Journal, Singapore Airlines was voted the top airline....

SilkAir has decided to acquire 18 Airbus aircraft (8 on firm order and 10 on option) to bolster its...

The global market is at our door-step! One has to only step into a shop or supermarket to be...

Colombo Rider, the newest locally assembled bus was launched to the market recently. The local partners for this multinational...

Bitelli. the first Italian group and indisputably one of the world leaders in the field of road mechanics, entered...

Pure Beverages, producers of Coca-Cola and a wide range of other soft drinks, is testing twoelectric powered Hysters E2.00XN1...

Dorset Chamber of Commerce will fly in a trade delegation into Sri Lanka during the first week of June....

Standard Charted Bank becomes the latest player in telebanking with the launch of its automated telephone banking service which...

Smithkline Beecham International the worldwide health care company has appointed a Sri Lankan, Nalin Jayasuriya as their regional human...

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch a new passenger service to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from August 3, 1997.The three-times-weekly non-...

The first of the series of rehabilitated locomotives was launched recently. The project which is funded through an OECF...

Air Lanka has been awarded two awards, 'Best Company in Transport Business in 1996' by the Chartered Institute of...

Dr Justin Samarasekera, one of Sri Lanka's architectural pioneers will hold his first exhibition of paintings Impressions of an...

The Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company (PSIDC) was formed to give incentives to the private sector investment in national...

Asia Securities (Pvt) Ltd. and Colombo Hilton have joined hands to turn Hilton's Echelon Pub into a virtual trading...

Theatre lovers in Colombo will have the chance to sink their teeth into something juicy this May when Feroze...

DELL Computer Corporation of USA, one of the world's leading direct marketers of computers has disclosed plans to expand...

Lately, there has been a dearth of spots in Colombo where one could enjoy a hearty meal followed by...

Recently, CTC Eagle Insurance Co. released their Annual Report and Performance and Long Term Plans for the financial year...

Financial results for 1996 released by the Commercial Bank show a pre-tax profit of Rs 580 million, an increase...

Air New Zealand welcomed its newest marketing representative for Sri Lanka - Worldlink Air Services (Pvt) Ltd at a...

Microsoft, GTE and Trade Compass announced the formation of Export America '97 a broad- based initiative designed to empower...

The Colombo Hilton opened its seventh restaurant, the Moghul Ghar, which is located at the entrance to the hotel's...

United Tractor & Equipment Ltd., has launched the newest Scania 4-series into the Sri Lankan market. The 4-series which...

Asia's fastest-growing regional research company, Asia Market Intelligence (AMI), today announced the launch of a new state- of-the-art system...