Sri Lanka’s industrial production slipped in March from February as most of the manufacturing segments weakened on the back of softening global demand and also precarious local market...

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A group of TikTok users has sued to overturn Montana’s new statewide ban blocking the app, alleging that the law signed this week by Gov. Greg Gianforte violates the First...

Emerging Sri Lankan public policy leaders have come together to form the country’s first platform for professional development and networking towards advancing better public policy capabilities. The Young...

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) recently announced the appointment of Samantha Rajapaksa as Location and Consulting Leader at EY GDS Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa....

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, through its innovation arm Citra Social Innovation Lab, has partnered with the National Innovation Agency (NIA) to jointly address...

Turning a new leaf in the country’s public financial management, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) together with its public sector wing, the Association of Public Sector...

The government is mulling strict measures to rectify the prices of imported goods, if the traders fail to pass down the benefits of the recent appreciation of the rupee against the US dollar to the consumer.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given the relevant authorities a timeframe of one month to present a plan to accelerate the digitalisation processes, so that there are no more delays in steering the way forward in this regard.

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) welcomed yesterday 2,200 tourists, who arrived on cruise liner Mein Schiff 5.

Sri Lanka affirmed commitment to the Indian Ocean Cooperation this week, where the government pledged to contribute to efforts towards regional cooperation, peace, security and inclusive economic development.

The Colombo Tea Auction broke the recurrent trend of dampened offerings, with the largest volume since June 2021 coming under the hammer this week. The auction offering expanded to 7.2 MnKgs, the highest since Sale No. 24 of June 21/22, 2021, where q

The highly-anticipated Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) convention is all set to take place in July, after being postponed several times last year.

The 10th edition of Sancharaka Udawa, Sri Lanka’s largest travel and tourism fair, kicked off yesterday, bringing together industry officials and professionals on a single platform.

In reference to the incident where several patients in Sri Lanka were found with minor eye complications after the use of a medicine manufactured by one of the renowned Ophthalmic products manufacturing companies in India, the Indian health authoriti

The 10th edition of Sancharaka Udawa, Sri Lanka’s largest travel and tourism fair, kicked off yesterday, bringing together industry officials and professionals onto a single platform.

Sri Lanka’s rupee further appreciated against the US dollar (US$) yesterday dropping below Rs.300 for the first time since April last year as the Central Bank (CB) took a breather from its dollar purchases to allow consumption to rebound.

Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts, Walker’s Tours, Aitken Spence Hotels, Aitken Spence Travels, Jetwing Hotels, and Jetwing Travels join forces with SLTPB and SriLankan

The European Union (EU) has expressed its willingness to extend support to Sri Lanka as it adapts to the impacts of climate change. The EU has said it is committed to working with Sri Lanka to help the country build a more resilient and sustainable f

​State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe and State Minister of Social Empowerment Anupa Pasquale this week chaired a discussion with Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe on regulating the Samurdhi banking system.

The Bank of Ceylon (BOC) Annual Report 2022 was presented to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilisation, and National Policy, by BOC Chairman Ronald C. Perera at the Ministry of Finance yesterday.

BBC: Montana is set to become the first US state to ban Chinese-owned media giant TikTok from personal devices.

Oceanpick, Sri Lanka’s first and South Asia’s largest oceanic finfish farm, has reached another momentous milestone for its ocean-grown Barramundi having successfully entered the European market through its strategic partnership with Kangamiut Se

The Grand Ward Place, the ultra-luxurious flagship project of Prime Group declared open with its esteemed clients and project partners this week.

National carrier SriLankan Airlines is expecting to wrap up its re-fleeting exercise, which got the Cabinet approval last year, in the next two to three months, acquiring at least seven aircraft in the first phase, a top official said.

Sri Lanka has promised the European Union (EU), the country’s second largest trading partner, to present a plan by June to lift the import restrictions that came into place in 2020 as a measure to hold on to the fast-depleting foreign exchange rese

The weeks-long run-up in the Treasury bill yields ended yesterday at the weekly auction, which sold a record Rs.180 billion in bills, the largest auction in the history of bill auctions.

Four more delistings are on the cards for the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) this year, with four subsidiaries of Singapore-based Goodhope Asia Holdings Ltd, the holding company of Carson Cumberbatch PLC, making another attempt to delist from the CSE.

Tea exports continued to decline in April, following the downward trend seen in the previous months of the year.