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Compared to men, women in Sri Lanka are more likely to face both institutional and sociocultural barriers that limit their access to finance, collateral assets, markets, and business information and training, according to a survey by…

National Savings Bank (NSB) recently introduced ‘NSB PayApp’ and the launch was held with the initiation of the Minister of Youth and Sports and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development, Namal Rajapaksa, at the…

The national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) appointed Sandra De Zoysa as Chairperson for 2021/22, at the 9th Annual General Meeting held on June 29. She…

The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), ‘the voice of banking in Sri Lanka’, launched it’s revamped website through an on-screen link at a virtual event by the Chief Guest Professor W D Lakshman Governor of the Central Bank. “The CBSL…

The Ceylon Money Market Fund managed by Ceylon Asset Management (CAM) emerged as the top performing Money Market Fund for 2021 Q1 reporting an annualized return of 8.23% p.a. Meanwhile, Ceylon Financial Sector Fund emerged as the best…

Supporting the national effort in the fight against COVID-19, Bank of Ceylon, the No. 1 bank in Sri Lanka, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, and Wavenet International (Pvt) Ltd have partnered to establish…

South Asia’s heavy reliance on state-owned (SO) commercial banks, state-owned enterprises, public-private partnerships and other national and sub-national public entities conceals its vulnerability to accumulating unsustainable…

Access Engineering PLC (AEL), was awarded construction of a flyover connecting Baladaksha Mawatha and the Chittampalam A Gardiner Mawatha going over the railway track and Beira Lake in Slave Island. Slave Island is a very busy…

Speaking following the presentation of credentials Sharan stated, “I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to work for the people of Sri Lanka, especially the smallholder farmers in rural areas. I look forward to deepening…