January 2021 - Lanka Business News

January 29, 2021

An agile business model was the cornerstone to Expolanka Holdings PLC sustaining its strong growth momentum during the latest quarter which ended 31 December 2020. The company attributed its performance to staying on the path of a focused and consistent growth strategy while remaining flexible and optimizing opportunities in a dynamic operating environment. The quarter’s […]

January 29, 2021

A trading halt was imposed on the market at 12.07 p.m. today following a technical failure of a Broker back-office system provider which was brought to the attention of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). The Broker back-office systems are operated by independent systems vendors who provide these directly to stock broking firms. Although the failure […]

January 29, 2021

Nations Trust Bank, the industry leader in innovation, has introduced revolutionary first-time-ever features in their ATMs &CRMs (Cash Deposit and Withdrawal Machines). This new addition allows customers to save their favourite transaction and to choose the exact denomination of cash notes that they want their withdrawals to be in. ‘Favourites’ feature allows users to choose […]

January 29, 2021

OXFORD, U.K. – Jan. 21, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today published a new report on MrbMiner, “MrbMiner: Cryptojacking to bypass international sanctions,” tracking its origin and management to a small software development company based in Iran. MrbMiner is a recently discovered cryptominer that targets internet-facing database servers (SQL servers) and downloads and […]

January 29, 2021

The U.S.-funded Sri Lanka@100 initiative, a private sector-led program to help mid-sized firms grow their businesses, will host a webinar titled ‘Enhancing Business Reach: Access to Finance, Markets and Technology’ on 2 February at 11:00 am Sri Lanka Time (GMT + 05:30). The webinar, the first in a series planned for 2021, will provide businesses […]

January 29, 2021

Sri Lanka’s fastest growing digital agency received the largest wins for a multi-industry agency at SLIM DIGIS 2.0 Awards Colombo, Sri Lanka: Isobar, the digital agency of Dentsu Aegis Network, emerged victorious at the SLIM DIGIS 2.0 Awards, walking away with a total of 9 awards; 3 Gold Awards, 1 Silver Award, 3 Bronze Awards […]

January 29, 2021

29th January 2021, Colombo: Stax Inc., a leading global management consulting firm, observes that delaying digitization during this pandemic era would present substantial drawbacks for Sri Lankan companies as they would lack the capacity to compete globally. By adopting digitization, Stax Inc. articulates that businesses would soon learn that customers are no longer confined to […]

January 29, 2021

The award-winning loyalty programme is one of the first in the world, and first in the region, to offer its members an extension on all tier status reviews scheduled for 2021 by an additional 12 months. Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, has rolled out new measures to offer its members […]

January 29, 2021

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 26th, 2021 – Neelika Malaviga, a university professor known for her work in researching COVID-19, is among the winners of this year’s ‘Top 50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2020, by Women in Management (WIM), in collaboration with Women in Work, a partnership between IFC, a member of the World Bank […]

January 29, 2021

Colombo, 27 January, 2021 – Standard Chartered Sri Lanka won the award for the ‘Best Private Sector Organisation for Promoting Women in Workplace’ at the Top 50 Professional & Career Women Awards 2020 held on the 26th of January, 2021. In addition to the award recipients, the event was graced by Members of Parliament, Diplomats, […]

Expolanka upholds stable growth; records Rs 57.8 Bn Revenue and Rs 4.5 Bn PAT during Q3

Trading Halted following technical failure of a Broker back-office system provider

Nations Trust Bank Introduces smart features to its ATM Network

Sophos Identifies Source Of “MrbMiner” Attacks Targeting Database Servers

Sri Lanka@100 Webinar on “Enhancing Business Reach” to Feature IMF’s Dr. Ratna Sahay

Isobar Wins Big at Slim Digis 2.0

Stax says Sri Lanka slow to accept remote-working, advocates wider adoption

Emirates Skywards offers members more flexibility and assurance until 2022

Women in Management, IFC and Government of Australia Honor Sri Lankan Women

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka wins ‘Best Private Sector Organisation for Promoting Women in Workplace’ at Women in Management Awards 2020