LMD (magazine)

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LMD
LMD magazine cover.jpg
Cover of the January 2022 issue, which portrays Yohani, magazine's 2021 Sri Lankan of the year
Editor-in-chief Hiran Hewavisenti
CategoriesBusiness
FrequencyMonthly
FormatPrint and digital magazine
Circulation 5,000
PublisherMedia Services (Pvt) Ltd
First issueAugust 1994;30 years ago (1994-08)
Country Sri Lanka
Based in Colombo
LanguageEnglish
Website lmd.lk
ISSN 1391-135X
OCLC 1229177893

LMD, formerly known as Lanka Monthly Digest, is an English language Sri Lankan business magazine. Media Services (Pvt) Ltd owns the magazine, and was first issued in August 1994. The magazine is available in print and online versions. Hiran Hewavisenti is the magazine's editor-in-chief. LMD derives its revenue from advertising and subscription fees. Monthly circulation is about 5,000 while monthly readership is around 30,000-40,000. The magazine has a subscriber base of about 1,800. Living and Discover Sri Lanka are the sister publications of the magazine. [1]

Contents

Compiled lists and indices

LMD compiles and publishes popular company listings, rankings and indices.

PublicationNotes
LMD 100Dubbed "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500." [2] A list of leading 100 quoted companies in Sri Lanka. [3]
Sri Lanka’s Most Respected EntitiesAn annual survey carried out in collaboration with Nielsen with 800 corporate respondents. [4]
LMD-Nielsen Business Confidence IndexA monthly survey-based index. [5]
Sri Lankan of The YearThe Sri Lankan who has made the most outstanding contribution each year. [5]
A-List of Sri Lankan BusinesspeopleA list of leading business personalities [6]

LMD 100

Cargills (Ceylon) has been ranked amongst the top 15 on LMD 100 continuously for the past decade. Cargills (9).jpg
Cargills (Ceylon) has been ranked amongst the top 15 on LMD 100 continuously for the past decade.

Dubbed "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500." [2] The magazine has been publishing the LMD 100 since the 1994/95 fiscal year. [5] The latest edition, the 29th edition of LMD 100 was published for the fiscal year 2021/2022 in 2023. Sri Lankan conglomerate, Hayleys was ranked first for the fifth consecutive year in 2022. [2]

2021/22
Rank
2020/21
Rank
CompanyRevenue 2021/22
Rs (mns)
Revenue 2020/21
Rs (mns)
12 Expolanka Holdings 694,157218,735
21 Hayleys 338,010241,276
33 LOLC Holdings 224,100160,482
46 John Keells Holdings 218,075127,676
58 Carson Cumberbatch 170,695114,836
69 Bukit Darah 170,656114,808
74 Commercial Bank of Ceylon 163,675151,966
87 Dialog Axiata 141,915120,142
910 C T Holdings 136,873112,941
1011 Cargills (Ceylon) 136,692112,607
115 Hatton National Bank 135,710134,436
1212 Sampath Bank 113,075109,208
1315 Melstacorp 106,07177,682
1413 Sri Lanka Telecom 102,34891,119
1514 Vallibel One 96,85981,035
1618 Lanka IOC 89,95166,686
1716 Ceylon Cold Stores 84,54368,766
1819 Hemas Holdings 78,83164,501
1917 Singer (Sri Lanka) 76,84867,412
2022 Richard Pieris & Company 67,66856,725
2120 National Development Bank 64,08361,632
2223 Ceylinco Insurance 60,61355,924
2324 Ceylon Beverage Holdings 60,21151,172
2425 Lion Brewery (Ceylon) 58,57149,849
2527 Royal Ceramics Lanka 57,54544,972
26  Hela Apparel Holdings 56,18032,155
2726 Dipped Products 55,29446,387
2821 Seylan Bank 54,75158,443
2938 Aitken Spence 54,15231,461
3029 Tokyo Cement 52,47842,962
31 Colombo Fort Land & Building51,55643,231
3242 Brown and Company 50,30429,391
3337 Teejay Lanka 49,58831,780
3431 Nestlé Lanka 45,42037,866
3528 DFCC Bank 43,02943,604
3632 CIC Holdings 41,76037,233
3741 Lanka Walltiles 39,85829,423
3847 Access Engineering 39,63023,837
3930 Nations Trust Bank 38,37840,466
4039 Diesel & Motor Engineering 37,50730,819
41  ACL Cables 35,32922,619
4233 LAUGFS Gas 34,59735,534
4336 Ceylon Tobacco Company 33,61532,073
4444 Haycarb 33,16025,485
4543 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka 33,06929,238
4635 People's Leasing & Finance 32,63133,645
4745 Sunshine Holdings 32,16624,339
4860 Hayleys Fabric 31,65314,769
4934 LOLC Finance 30,57033,762
5040 LB Finance 30,15729,930

Source: LMD 100 [7]

Sri Lankan of The Year

Sri Lankan diplomat, Jayantha Dhanapala was LMD's 2006 Sri Lankan of the Year Jayantha Dhanapala.jpg
Sri Lankan diplomat, Jayantha Dhanapala was LMD's 2006 Sri Lankan of the Year
YearPersonNotes
1995 Lakshman Kadirgamar The Minister of Foreign Affairs
1996 Arjuna Ranatunga and "the boys"Under the captaincy of Ranatunga, Sri Lankan team won the 1996 Cricket World Cup
1997 Sanath Jayasuriya [8] Became Sri Lanka's first triple centurian
1998 Ken Balendra Chairman of John Keells Holdings
1999 Lalith Kotelawala Chairman of Ceylinco Consolidated
2000 Susanthika Jayasinghe Became the first Olympic medallist since 1948 in Women's 200 metres.
2001 Chandra Jayaratne Managing Director of Eagle Insurance
2002 Ranil Wickremesinghe The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
2003 K. N. Choksy The Minister of Finance
2004 Dayananda Dissanayake The Election Commissioner of Sri Lanka
2005 Lakshman Kadirgamar The Minister of Foreign Affairs. Assassinated in 2005.
2006 Jayantha Dhanapala [9] The Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Disarmament
2007 Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE)
2008 Hans Wijayasuriya COO of TM International Berhad
2009 Mahinda Rajapaksa The President of Sri Lanka
2010 Muttiah Muralitharan Retired from Test cricket as the leading wicket taker
2011 Kumar Sangakkara Delivering the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture
2012 Pradeep Sanjaya Became the first Sri Lankan Paralympian to win a medal in Men's 400 metres T46
2013 Susantha Ratnayake Chairman of John Keells Holdings
2014"The Sri Lankan cricketer"Sri Lankan Cricket team won their second world title at 2014 ICC World Twenty20
2015 Mahinda Deshapriya [10] The Election Commissioner of Sri Lanka
2016 Indrajit Coomaraswamy [11] The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
2017 Jacqueline Fernandez [12] Bollywood actress, starred in According to Matthew
2018 Asha de Vos [13] Marine biologist, listed on the BBC's 100 Women
2019 Kumar Sangakkara [14] The President of Marylebone Cricket Club
2020"The healthcare worker""been pushed to the forefront of efforts to mitigate the impact of the highly contagious respiratory disease" [15] [16]
2021 Yohani Singer, songwriter.
2022 Saliya Pieris President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Source: lmd.lk [17]

Most Awarded 2021

LMD Most Awarded index tallies the cumulative awards won by business establishments in the respective calendar year.[ citation needed ]

Most Awarded 2021 Hall of Fame
20212019/20EntityTotal Awards
12 National Development Bank 60
210 Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings 53
21 Commercial Bank of Ceylon 53
420 Softlogic Life Insurance 36
520 Dialog Axiata 34
623 Ceylon Biscuits 32
714 Union Assurance 30
89 Aitken Spence 28
950 Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company 22
950 Jetwing Hotels 22

References

  1. "Corporate Profile". lmd.lk. Media Services (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hayleys and LOLC take the honours in LMD 100 rankings". DailyFT. Wijeya Newspapers. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. "Seylan Bank Rises Up the Ranks in LMD 100". seylan.lk. Seylan Bank. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. "Dreamron among Elite League of LMD's Most Respected Entities". Daily News . Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "LMD Voice of Business" (PDF). superbrands.com. Superbrands . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "LMD releases 2018 'A-List of Sri Lankan Businesspeople'". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. "Financial Profile". LMD 100 . Media Services Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. "Jayasuriya named Sri Lankan of the Year (29 Dec 1997)". ESPNcricinfo . ESPN. 29 December 1997. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. "Jayantha Dhanapala". Macquarie University. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  10. Dissanayake, Methmalie (7 November 2020). "I Have No Regrets – Mahinda Deshapriya". Ceylon Today . Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  11. "Dr. Coomaraswamy joins Dialog Axiata Board". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  12. "Showbiz icon wins LMD's 'Sri Lankan Of The Year' award". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  13. "Dr. Asha de Vos wins LMD's 'Sri Lankan Of The Year' award". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  14. Kumarasinghe, Chathura (4 December 2019). "LMD's 'Sri Lankan Of The Year' 2019 – Kumar Sangakkara". thepapare.lk. Dialog Axiata . Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  15. "'The Healthcare Worker' wins LMD's 'Sri Lankan Of The Year' Award". ft.lk. Wijeya Newspapers. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  16. Saheed, Zulfath. "The Healthcare Worker is conferred LMD's Sri Lankan Of The Year title for 2020". LMD. Media Services (Private) Limited. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  17. "Saliya Pieris is conferred LMD's Sri Lankan Of The Year title for 2022". LMD. Media Services. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.