The award ceremony was held on November 17, 2015 at the Hilton Colombo acknowledging 25 outstanding companies for their exceptional performance in corporate Sri Lanka during the year.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe attended the event as chief guest with Prof Maithree Wickramasinghe, which was also attended by distinguished guests from the business fraternity, diplomats, politicians and policy makers of Sri Lanka.

John Keells Holdings once again ranked at number one in the Business Today TOP 25, reiterating the Group's remarkable standing in the corporate sector of Sri Lanka. The Group saw a 22 percent increase in profit after tax from last year to 15.75 billion rupees with the leisure sector making the largest contribution of 31 percent.

The Business Today TOP 25 is strictly based on the published information of companies listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange.

Financial criteria considered include Share Turnover, Revenue, Profit after Tax, Return on Equity, Earnings per Share, Market Capitalisation and Value Addition. Weights are assigned to the criteria without any prejudice.

This year's winners are shown below.

01.John Keells Holdings

02.Commercial Bank of Ceylon

03.Hatton National Bank

04.Ceylon Tobacco Company

05.Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka

06.Dialog Axiata

07Lanka Orix Leasing Company

08.Bukit Darah

09.Sri Lanka Telecom

10.Sampath Bank

11.Hayleys

12.Aitken Spence

13.Nestle Lanka

14.Vallibel One

15.National Development Bank

16.DFCC Bank

17.People’s Leasing & Finance

18.Central Finance

19.Chevron Lubricants Lanka

20.Seylan Bank

21.Ceylinco Insurance

22.Nations Trust Bank

23.Hemas Holdings

24.Access Engineering

25.Lanka IOC

(Pics : Roshan Chathuranga)