Teejay Lanka PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest textile manufacturer, has announced that distinguished business leader Ajit Gunewardene is to be appointed Chairman with effect from 17th February 2022, consequent to his appointment as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 1st February. Gunewardene, a former Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings (JKH) and a former […]
Veteran journalist Saroj Pathirana was appointed as an advisor to Verité Media in January 2022. Until recently Saroj served as the Deputy Head of BBC Sinhala Service, based in London. His newest initiative is a YouTube channel named ‘Sandeshaya by Saroj’. Saroj is an experienced broadcast and digital journalist with over 25 years’ experience with […]
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2013=100)1, increased to 14.2 per cent in January 2022 from 12.1 per cent in December 2021. Meanwhile, on an annual average basis, the CCPI increased to 6.9 per cent in January 2022 from 6.0 per cent in December 2021. […]
Leading integrated financial services provider HNB FINANCE PLC, under the auspices of Managing Director/CEO Chaminda Prabhath, introduced its all new “Gold Plan”, an innovative financial service through its Gold Loan Unit, at the HNB FINANCE Auditorium, Nawala. As an asset which always maintains and increases in value with time, gold products are becoming more out […]
A special meeting was held on the 11th of January 2022 between the Palm Oil Association of Sri Lanka (POIASL) and Dewi Gustina Tobing, Indonesia’s recently-appointed Ambassador to Sri Lanka. The present role of, and challenges faced by, the oil palm industry in Sri Lanka were discussed at the meeting, with the intention of obtaining […]