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Category: Corporate
This section presents in-depth stories of prominent businesses, exploring their remarkable achievements, notable failures, and the personal journeys, decisions, and personalities behind them.
Nishan Sumanadeera: A Story of Endurance, Leadership, and Unwavering Determination
Success, whether in business or sport, is rarely defined by a single achievement. It is built through resilience, discipline, strategic thinking, and the ability to […]
The Growing Backlash Against Dialog Axiata PLC
Dialog Axiata PLC has now emerged as one of the most valuable listed company in Sri Lanka by market capitalisation with over Rs 382 billion cementing […]
Sanjiva Weerawarana : The Quiet Tech Mind Who Helped Put Sri Lanka on the Global Software Map
Sri Lanka has long suffered from a curious national insecurity.For decades, we have often behaved as though truly world- class companies can only emerge from […]
The Man Who Taught Private Television to Speak Freely: The Shan Wickremesinghe Story
Every country has a handful of individuals who quietly alter the direction of an industry so profoundly that, years later, people forget how different things […]
NDB Bank Fraud: Under the Lens – Questions No Longer Waiting
Allegations of fraud, internal controls in doubt, and mounting calls for regulatory scrutiny? Is the Central Bank on the ball? 4-Eyes rules clearly failed! Be […]
Janashakthi’s Long March: From Insurance Pioneer to JXG’s Market Ambition
In the shifting landscape of Sri Lanka’s financial sector, few corporate stories reflect reinvention and strategic timing as clearly as that of the Janashakthi Group now […]
Asia Capital PLC: From the Brink of Closure to the Hope of Recovery
After nearly five years of legal battles, restructuring efforts, and complex negotiations, Asia Capital PLC one of the first Investment Banks founded in 1991 and listed on […]
From “Unlock Secure Growth” to Earnings Collapse: How WealthTrust’s IPO Narrative Unravelled Within One Quarter
When WealthTrust Securities Limited came to the market in December 2025, the IPO was marketed as a discounted opportunity to participate in a high-return, capital-efficient […]
PC House PLC: How Borrowed Growth and Broken Governance Brought Down a Retail Giant
The story of PC House PLC is one of the most sobering corporate episodes in Sri Lanka’s listed retail history. What began in 1997 as a single […]
CodeGen — The Quiet Export That Doesn’t Fit the Sri Lankan Stereotype
“While we argue about brain drain, CodeGen shows what happens when you keep the brains, sell the IP, and invoice the world.” Sri Lanka exports […]
The Rise and Fall of Touchwood Investments PLC: A Plantation Investment Cautionary Tale
The downfall of Touchwood Investments PLC remains one of the clearest cautionary episodes in Sri Lanka’s capital market history. Marketed as an innovative plantation-based investment model, the […]
Sena Yaddehige: Doctor with Remote Control
Chairman of one of the country’s largest listed conglomerates is at the centre of a high-profile legal issue that has raised questions about executive leadership […]
Vanik Incorporation PLC: From Market Darling to Bankruptcy
Once celebrated as a rising star on the Colombo Stock Exchange, Vanik Incorporation Ltd captured the optimism of Sri Lanka’s rapidly expanding financial sector in […]
Bimputh Finance PLC: A Listed Company That Ended in Bankruptcy Lessons We Cannot Ignore
The delisting and effective collapse of Bimputh Finance PLC marks one of the more sobering failures in Sri Lanka’s non-bank financial sector. Once a licensed […]
From Ceylon Tea to Cautionary Tale: The Rise and Fall of Ferntea Ltd
Once, Ferntea Ltd carried the quiet prestige of Ceylon tea into boardrooms and balance sheets. It was a name that sat comfortably at the intersection […]
MADE IN SRI LANKA Eng. Nahil Wijesuriya: The Long Game of Building
Sri Lanka has never suffered from a shortage of businessmen. What it has struggled to produce consistently are builders — individuals who begin with a […]
Dhammika Perera dazzles again – with Hayleys PLC
By Faraz Shauketaly There are two kinds of capital markets participants in Sri Lanka.Those who trade headlines — and those who compound value. Dhammika Perera belongs firmly […]
