Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera will present a “designer budget” next month that will focus on a start-up culture of “empowering the private sector,” a Finance Ministry communiqué said.

Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (AAT) President J.M.U.B. Jayasekera this week requested the government to stimulate economic growth by facilitating the training of 100,000 accountants.

REUTERS: HSBC has named John Flint as its next chief executive the bank said on Thursday, sticking with its model of always promoting company insiders to run the firm.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended weaker for the fourth consecutive session yesterday as banks bought dollars on behalf of state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corp, which stocked up crude ahead of an expected fuel price hike, dealers said. The spot rupee en

MTI CEO Hilmy Cader arrived in Perth to strengthen ties with the University of Western Australia (UWA), with the intention of jointly exploring opportunities in Sri Lanka for research and executive education.

The Institute of Supply and Materials Management (ISMM) is celebrating its 45th anniversary on par with a full-day international seminar, under the theme ‘Leveraging supply chain management to enhance sustainability’, on October 24, at Th

The Evaluation Panel of the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2017’ (BCCS Award 2017) commenced its work to select the corporate sustainability champions of the country, as accepting of applications for the competition was clos

The Sri Lanka Association of Printers (SLAP) will be conducting a full day workshop on Negotiation and Decision Making on 20th October at Galadari Hotel. 

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICCSL) 51st Annual General Meeting concluded on a high note recently at Hotel Galadari, Colombo.

The National Human Resource Development Council organized a lecture on ‘Good Governance and the Role of the Public Service’ for senior public servants at the Auditorium of the Ministry of Tourism recently. This lecture was delivered by PI

Staying true to its commitment to the environment, Cotton Collection recently launched the ‘Bring Your Own Bag’ project, a sustainability initiative organized with the objective of reducing the plastic footprint 

The National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel has partnered with the Perinatal Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) to launch the SCOPE hotline, which enables peripheral level consultants and Medical Officers 

The Hirdaramani Group facilitated TEDx Colombo for the third year in a row as Main Partner. Known globally for being a platform that can spark change, its ethos mirrors that of Hirdaramani’s, which has

One of the harshest critics of the government economic policies, former Central Bank Deputy Governor W.A. Wijewardena, gave his seal of approval for the current regime and diplomatically mediated a disagreement between two leading economists, at the

REUTERS: The current broad-based global economic upswing will likely be sustained this year and next, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday, with gains in most of the world offsetting sluggish outcomes in the United States, Britain and India

The key stakeholders of the EU-Sri Lanka Trade-Related Assistance Programme yesterday gave the government thumbs up for having taken a “firm” commitment in improving the local trading environment and actively working towards complying wit

The government will deliberate on National Policies and Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva’s proposal to cut back on the capital expenditure on education to free fiscal space to improve the quality of education Sri Lankans rec

George Steuart Teas known as the ‘Original Ceylon Tea People’ is now offered exclusively to NEGC membership through the loyalty programme managed by  CH17 Loyalty.

References have also been made to Sri Lanka in foreign media reports on the massive corruption scandal rocking the world’s second largest aircraft manufacturer, Airbus.

Unilever Sri Lanka initiated a partnership with the Sri Lanka Federation of Tea Smallholders and Dialog Axiata PLC to support the over 400,000 smallholder tea farmers in Sri Lanka. This comes at a time when the nation is celebrating 150 years of Ceyl

The Browns General Trading Division (Browns GTD) walked away with the ‘Most Committed Stall’ award at the ‘Construct 2017 Awards Night’ held at the Water’s Edge, recently.

Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC announced that the company was adjudged winner of the Gold award in the large scale industrial sector for ceramics and porcelain products category at the recently concluded NCE Export Awards 2017. 

Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt.) Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Colombo Science and Technology Cell recently launched Mosguard, a safe, natural and highly effective lotion that protects users from mosquitoes without irritating the skin, at th

Etihad Airways has announced plans to launch scheduled flights between Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and Baku, the capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan, effective 2 March 

Addressing the urgent need for a safe, natural and highly effective lotion that protects users from mosquitoes without irritating the skin, Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd in collaboration with Colombo 

In Sri Lanka, It is an essential legal requirement that every motor vehicle on the road be equipped with at least a third party insurance cover. This requires that motor vehicle owners approach an 

Hayleys Advantis was recognized as one of Asia’s Top Employer Brands at the World HRD Congress’ Best Employer Brand Awards 2017 which was held recently in Singapore. The company was selected 

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing companythat accelerates business outcomes for its clients, today announced that it has been 

The government revenue during the first seven months of the year rose 17.95 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.1.02 trillion, nudged along mainly by indirect taxes due to the increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate.

No less than two thirds of annual imports to Sri Lanka will enter the country duty free when the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with China and Singapore are wrapped up, said a visiting top official from World Trade Organization (WTO) in Colombo yesterd