The first-ever direct partnering effort by Group of Fifteen (G15) global grouping with Sri Lanka will commence today in Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s national consumer prices reached a 26-month high in March while the authorities seem to be making massive efforts to rein in further price pressures resulting from higher bank credit, 

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in recent weeks has garnered a keen interest among foreign institutional investors, with a surge in foreign activity contributing to a strong showing in both daily turnover levels and the performance of the stock mark

It appears that the slowdown in the vehicle imports, liberalization of lubricants imports, lax regulations and intense competition have taken toll on Sri Lanka’s lubricants market leader, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC (LLUB),

REUTERS:  Member countries of the International Monetary Fund on Saturday pledged to work to reduce global imbalances but failed to repeat their past pledge to resist all forms of protectionism. The International Monetary and Financial Committee

The National Policy and Economic Affairs Ministry will be creating a national policy on standards for adventure tourism to address safety and service delivery qualities of the fast-developing industry, following discussions with key stakeholders.&nbs

At the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)-organised forum on The Belt and Road Initiative: Risk Management, which was held in Beijing, Pathfinder Foundation Executive Director Luxman Siriwardena, in his presentation emph

MTI Venture Manager/Business Analyst Jananga Piyadasa will represent MTI Consulting at the ‘Pursue UWA Week’ forum, which will be held in Perth, Australia from May 1 to May 6, 2017.  Pursue UWA Week is a forum organised by the Univer

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) will conduct a CPD workshop on ‘Big Data Analytics for Accounting’ on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., at the CMA headquarters, 3rd Floor Auditorium, Vis

The mega forum, ‘Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: Making Cross - Border Trade Easier for Sri Lankan Business’, organised by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL), will be

Comfort World International, the market leader in mattress manufacture and retail in Sri Lanka, Maldives and Seychelles, will shortly introduce Serta mattresses, the emperor of mattresses to Sri Lanka . 

Hirdaramani repeated its sterling performance at the JASTECA Awards held recently, topping the awards list for the second consecutive year. 

Nestlé Lanka recently celebrated Avurudu with its staff at its head office premises, with the participation of Nestlé Lanka’s Managing Director Shivani Hegde. 

Mattel, a multinational toy manufacturer that for decades inspired the wonder of childhood across the globe, has identified Sri Lanka as a key market for growth. 

AFP: The International Monetary Fund renewed its warnings against protectionism on Thursday as nationalist political trends threaten trade integration on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM has elected Elangovan Karthik as its 39th president at the 47th AGM held on the 29th of March at the Kingsbury hotel, with a new council along with the ten-member executive committee of SLIM for the year 201

AFP: Coral reefs may be losing their ability to shield coastal communities from storms, sea surges and tsunamis, geologists said on Thursday.

The following estates established all-time record prices at the weekly tea auctions held on April 18. Delmar Estate

Jaya Container Terminals Limited of Sri Lanka Ports Authority [JCT Oil Bank] has enhanced its profit in the previous year by 113 percent in relation to the year 2015, Minister of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga said. 

AFP:  The president of war-torn Afghanistan is creating a tourism ministry in a bid to attract visitors to the country endowed with stunning landscapes and archaeological sites, but wracked by nearly four decades of conflict.

Join Sri Lanka in the Wings for Life Organised App Run on May 7, 2017 and find a cure for spinal cord injury.

In keeping with the traditions of the national new year, the team at Leo Burnett Sri Lanka, the local office of the global advertising network Leo Burnett Worldwide celebrated the joy with the agency team and  their families. 

iflix, Southeast Asia’s leading subscription video on demand (SVoD) service, offering subscribers unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more, is thrilled to premiere the new hit comedy, The Good Place. All 13 episodes of the hil

The famous brand of Rainco (Pvt.) Ltd, Silver, has come forward as one of the main sponsors of Sri Lanka’s most popular motor and motorcycle racing event Foxhill  Super Cross Diyatalawa.  The Foxhill Super Cross, which is organised by

Inviting an auspicious start to the new year, the BMICH recently hosted an expansive and entertaining Bakmaha Ulela celebration featuring over 20 events, including the commonly popular fancy dress parade,

The Federation Award for the Most Outstanding University Student (FAMOUS) award has been offered by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) convocation held rece

AFP: Sony yesterday nearly tripled its annual net profit forecast, citing lower-than-expected costs in its chip business and other divisions, including the PlayStation games business.

Sri Lanka’s tourism authorities are hoping to attract 2.5 million tourists and generate US$ 4 billion in foreign exchange for the country this year, backed by a short-term Rs.500 million digital media campaign, which is currently being planned.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will be holding the PATA Annual Summit 2017 in Sri Lanka next month, under the theme ‘Disruption, Innovation, Transformation: The Future of Tourism’.

PTI: Talent shortage is acute in the IT and data science ecosystem in India with a survey claiming that 95 per cent of engineers in the country are not fit to take up software development jobs.