Business Notebook

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...

Soflite interlining is the newest brand to enter the local market. This new brand is imported from Korea where...

Associated CEAT (Cari Electric Affini Torino) (Pvt) Ltd., has been awarded the ISO (International Standards Organization) 9002 certification. This...

Ammeraal is a Dutch based organisation which specializes in the development and manufacture of process and conveyor belting for...

National Asset Management Limited (NAMAL) is the manager of the National Equity Fund (NEF), Sri Lanka's first unit trust....

The Pay Phone Co. Ltd., operators of the Super Card pay phone system, has introduced a new IDD link...

The Overseas Trust Bank, (OTB) which has been serving its Sri Lankan clientele for the past 15 years, moved...

The ultimate yuppie (young up wardly-mobile professional) accessory, the Filofax personal organizer, has arrived in Sri Lanka. 1996 sees...

Steve Hollman, Director Prokart Centre, with the first clients and staff The Colombo ProKart Centre, which opened to the...

The Cricket Club Café, a new concept in the local hospitality and restaurant trade, has been drawing crowds since...

Exercise is no longer a mania, it is accepted as an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. There have...

A fully equipped auditorium built at a cost of 3 million and at the request of Slimline (Pvt) Limited's...

Hilton International signed an agreement in Male recently with the Maldives Crown Co. Private Ltd., to convert the 100...

"Our philosophy is the latest programming with a contemporary attitude", said Mahen Perera, Marketing Director of the EAP Edirisinghe...

A leading business group in the US, Emerging Market Partnership (EMP), will assist the Sri Lankan government in promoting...

Avalon Paper Trades, a member of the Avalon Group of Companies, has been in the field of paper and...

Augustus de Hoedt is hardly your typical Sri Lankan name. But somehow it is a name that perfectly fits...

The Rowland Company is the first multinational Public Relations Agency to be set up in Sri Lanka. Inaugurated on...

Plans for Hyster Europe to enter the warehousing equipment market have been given an extra boost. The fork lift...

Singer Sri Lanka, has introduced water filters to the local market-the Singer Ultra Clean Water Filters, made in the...

KLM is planning to transform the schedule structure on the SPL hub from a 3-Wave system to a 6-...

Delta Airlines announced the formation of Delta Express, its new low-fare service which will begin a daily non-stop service...

Abdul Rashid Mordiff, General Manager of Singapore Airlines hands over ticket to Dr Arthur C Clarke "Vidya Jothi', Dr...