LMD (magazine)

LMD
Cover of the January 2022 issue, which portrays Yohani, magazine's 2021 Sri Lankan of the year
Editor-in-chiefHiran Hewavisenti
CategoriesBusiness
FrequencyMonthly
FormatPrint and digital magazine
Circulation5,000
PublisherMedia Services (Pvt) Ltd
First issueAugust 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08)
CountrySri Lanka
Based inColombo
LanguageEnglish
Websitelmd.lk
ISSN1391-135X
OCLC1229177893

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]

Compiled lists and indices

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

Publication Notes
LMD 100 Dubbed "Sri Lanka's Fortune 500."[2] A list of leading 100 quoted companies in Sri Lanka.[3]
Sri Lanka’s Most Respected Entities An annual survey carried out in collaboration with Nielsen with 800 corporate respondents.[4]
LMD-Nielsen Business Confidence Index A monthly survey-based index.[5]
Sri Lankan of The Year The Sri Lankan who has made the most outstanding contribution each year.[5]
A-List of Sri Lankan Businesspeople A 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.

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		 Company Revenue 2021/22
Rs (mns)		 Revenue 2020/21
Rs (mns)
1 2 Expolanka Holdings 694,157 218,735
2 1 Hayleys 338,010 241,276
3 3 LOLC Holdings 224,100 160,482
4 6 John Keells Holdings 218,075 127,676
5 8 Carson Cumberbatch 170,695 114,836
6 9 Bukit Darah 170,656 114,808
7 4 Commercial Bank of Ceylon 163,675 151,966
8 7 Dialog Axiata 141,915 120,142
9 10 C T Holdings 136,873 112,941
10 11 Cargills (Ceylon) 136,692 112,607
11 5 Hatton National Bank 135,710 134,436
12 12 Sampath Bank 113,075 109,208
13 15 Melstacorp 106,071 77,682
14 13 Sri Lanka Telecom 102,348 91,119
15 14 Vallibel One 96,859 81,035
16 18 Lanka IOC 89,951 66,686
17 16 Ceylon Cold Stores 84,543 68,766
18 19 Hemas Holdings 78,831 64,501
19 17 Singer (Sri Lanka) 76,848 67,412
20 22 Richard Pieris & Company 67,668 56,725
21 20 National Development Bank 64,083 61,632
22 23 Ceylinco Insurance 60,613 55,924
23 24 Ceylon Beverage Holdings 60,211 51,172
24 25 Lion Brewery (Ceylon) 58,571 49,849
25 27 Royal Ceramics Lanka 57,545 44,972
26  – Hela Apparel Holdings 56,180 32,155
27 26 Dipped Products 55,294 46,387
28 21 Seylan Bank 54,751 58,443
29 38 Aitken Spence 54,152 31,461
30 29 Tokyo Cement 52,478 42,962
31  – Colombo Fort Land & Building 51,556 43,231
32 42 Brown and Company 50,304 29,391
33 37 Teejay Lanka 49,588 31,780
34 31 Nestlé Lanka 45,420 37,866
35 28 DFCC Bank 43,029 43,604
36 32 CIC Holdings 41,760 37,233
37 41 Lanka Walltiles 39,858 29,423
38 47 Access Engineering 39,630 23,837
39 30 Nations Trust Bank 38,378 40,466
40 39 Diesel & Motor Engineering 37,507 30,819
41  – ACL Cables 35,329 22,619
42 33 LAUGFS Gas 34,597 35,534
43 36 Ceylon Tobacco Company 33,615 32,073
44 44 Haycarb 33,160 25,485
45 43 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka 33,069 29,238
46 35 People's Leasing & Finance 32,631 33,645
47 45 Sunshine Holdings 32,166 24,339
48 60 Hayleys Fabric 31,653 14,769
49 34 LOLC Finance 30,570 33,762
50 40 LB Finance 30,157 29,930

Source: LMD 100[7]

Sri Lankan of The Year

Sri Lankan diplomat, Jayantha Dhanapala was LMD's 2006 Sri Lankan of the Year
Year Person Notes
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
2021 2019/20 Entity Total Awards
1 2 National Development Bank 60
2 10 Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings 53
2 1 Commercial Bank of Ceylon 53
4 20 Softlogic Life Insurance 36
5 20 Dialog Axiata 34
6 23 Ceylon Biscuits 32
7 14 Union Assurance 30
8 9 Aitken Spence 28
9 50 Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company 22
9 50 Jetwing Hotels 22

References

  1. ^ "Corporate Profile". lmd.lk. Media Services (Pvt) Ltd. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c "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. 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.