SriLankan partners with Booking.com to provide passengers one-stop travel solution

SriLankan Airlines has entered into a partnership with Booking.com, the world’s largest accommodation website, providing airline passengers the convenience of booking accommodations online along with their flight tickets on the SriLankan Airlines website www.srilankan.com, from September 18, 2017.

Office 2017 to kick off on September 29

Office 2017, the first-ever exclusive exhibition for all corporate solutions, will be held on September 29 and 30 and October 1, at the BMICH.

Capitol TwinPeaks Model Apartment now open

Capitol Developers, the company developing the iconic Capitol TwinPeaks has unveiled its model apartment to the public for viewing. Staying true to its impeccable track record of delivering projects 

Hameedia’s “What’s Your Fit” campaign continues around the country

Hameedia, Sri Lanka’s premier men’s wear specialist renowned for quality and style recently introduced ‘What’s Your Fit?’ campaign at the beginning of August to extend their fashion expertise 

DSL Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd Pledges to Support “Little Hearts”

DSL Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, announce their participation in the Little Hearts project, which aims to build a Cardiac and Critical Care Complex at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital. 

Omega Line emerges best value added exporter in apparel sector

Omega Line Pvt Ltd, a leading apparel manufacturer with a highly focused export-oriented strategy and part of globally renowned Italy-based CalzedoniaS.p.A, was yet again awarded the highest

Hemas Hospitals Wattala revamp Radiology Dept. with state-of-the-art facilities and services

Hemas Hospital Wattala, award-winning healthcare facility in the Gampaha District, recently upgraded its Radiology Department thereby elevating itself to be the most up-to-date radiology facility in the country.

GlaxoSmithKline breathes easier as U.S. approves triple lung drug

REUTERS: U.S. regulators have approved GlaxoSmithKline’s three-in-one inhaler for chronic lung disease, a key new product for the group as it strives to keep its lead in respiratory medicine despite falling sales of the older drug Advair.

Lanka Hospitals continues to win awards for excellence

The internationally accredited, multi award-winning Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC, continues to excel as an organization by winning yet another series of awards, this time for Annual Reporting. The hospital won an award for

Pan Asia Bank offers 13.1% AER on 4-month FDs

Pan Asia Bank has come out with a short-term fixed deposit promotion, which offers a higher rate of interest on four-month fixed deposits, where the customers get the opportunity of receiving a 13.1 percent annual effective rate (AER) on their fixed deposits (nominal rate 12.57 percent p.a.).

SANASA Federation hosts ACCU Forum 2017

SANASA Federation of Sri Lanka (Federation of Thrift and Credit Co-operative Societies Ltd in Sri Lanka), has the honour of hosting Association of Asia Confederation Credit Unions (ACCU) Forum 2017, from September 16 to 22, 2017, at Galadari Hotel Colombo.

Fitch rates LB Finance’s senior and subordinated debt

Fitch Ratings has assigned LB Finance PLC’s (LB; A-(lka)/Stable) proposed senior, unsecured and subordinated debentures expected national long-term ratings of ‘A-(lka)(EXP)’ and ‘BBB+(lka)(EXP)’, respectively.

World Federation of Exchanges CEO visits CSE

Making her first visit to the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Chief Executive Officer Nandini Sukumar commended the special relationship between the two organisations and stressed on the important contribution made by the CSE to regional capital market development. 

Asia must act to prevent demographic dividend from becoming tax

Asia is undergoing a demographic transition as its population is gradually aging. The economic growth in Asia and the Pacific has benefited in recent decades from a demographic dividend triggered by declining fertility rates in countries with relatively youthful populations, leading to a subsequent drop in the dependency ratio and a burgeoning workforce.

Unpaid care work: Overlooked barrier in women’s economic empowerment

There is broad consensus that women’s empowerment underpins the success of the new 2030 Agenda for Development (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)). While gender equality itself constitutes 

End of oil age: Not whether but when

A transportation revolution is underway that could completely transform the oil market in the coming decades.

ABAF 2017 holds ‘Building a Great Start-up’ preview event

Organisers of Sri Lanka’s first Asian Business Angel Forum (ABAF) recently held a unique and valuable preview event, ahead of the main conference on October 11-12, 2017.

Stream music anytime with Etisalat Music App

Etisalat’s affordable music streaming service, containing over 2,500 music videos, 15,000 Sri Lankan songs and 9,000 International songs, was launched for its customers addressing all their musical needs.

Microsoft announces new Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives

Microsoft has appointed Hasitha Abeywardena as Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Abeywardena, who joined Microsoft Sri Lanka in 2015 as the Director for Enterprise Business, will take over the role from Brian Kealey.

How to become data-driven - The winning trifecta

We are living in the era of the data gold rush, with enterprises eager to collect as much information as possible to inform their decision-making.

Huawei partners TÜV Rheinland for certification of SuperCharge technology

Huawei Consumer Business Group today announced its cooperation with TÜV Rheinland to certify Huawei’s SuperCharge technology.

SimpleCRM launches solutions to support education institutes in Sri Lanka

During the last decade, digital transformation has been the main challenge for numerous industries and service providers and it has also touched the education sector in all geographies.

Mitra Innovation CTO to speak at European WSO2 conference

Mitra Innovation, a technology innovation and cloud integration company with its research and development teams based in Sri Lanka, is exhibiting at WSO2Con Europe, in London, in November, with esteemed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Architect Sudaraka Jayashanka speaking at a panel discussion on day two of the conference.

Oppo launches speedy A71 in Sri Lanka

Oppo, the leading global technology brand, marked a significant shift towards speedy operation with a spectacular design, the A71 in Sri Lanka.

Far Shipping Singapore Marks 15 Years of Success

Far Shipping (FAR) Singapore recently celebrated 15 years of service excellence as a leading feeder services provider in the Indian Subcontinent and Bay of Bengal.

FedEx to raise shipping rates for some services

Package delivery company FedEx Corp said this week it would raise shipping rates  for some of its services from 1st January.

Ports and Shipping Minister visits MSC to promote Colombo Port

The Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe and Sri Lanka Ports Authority Chairman Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake paid a courtesy visit to the Head Office of Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (MSC), based in Geneva, Switzerland.

China’s One Belt One Road policy ‘very positive’ for shipping

Leading ship finance executives see China’s massive One Belt One Road (Obor) as very positive for shipping.

Gamer.LK announces second consecutive Inter-School eSports Championship

Gamer.LK is proud to present the second edition of its Inter-School eSports Championship with students from government and private schools competing for the prestigious Championship Trophy.  Powered by Dialog Gaming, the Championship will be held on 30th September and 01st October at Trace – Expert City.

UN SDG becomes key criteria for ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award’

‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2017’ will take into consideration the sustainable work done by local firms in line with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, when evaluating applications forwarded by companies for this year’s competition.