The first female French athlete team for the 20th edition of Raid Amazones arrived in Sri Lanka today.

HSBC announced on Monday it has agreed to sell its branch operations in Greece to local bank Pancreta Bank, as the lender further sharpens its focus on its biggest market Asia.

REUTERS: A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official will be visiting Sri Lanka on Monday and Tuesday to brief President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on the Fund’s assessment of the crisis-hit economy, Sri Lanka mission chief Masahiro Nozaki told Reu

Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal refuted claims made by foreign media that Sri Lanka is going to talk to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a rescue package and the Fund-led debt restructuring.

The Central Bank issued fresh directions to licensed commercial banks and the National Savings Bank (NSB) last week rescinding the earlier instructions issued on capping the interest rates offered on foreign currency deposits, effective from March 11

Two Indian naval vessels visited the Hambantota International Port (HIP) for replenishments and husbandry services.

The Central Bank in an extraordinary gazette issued on Friday included payments to local suppliers as part of permitted payments and commitments from the dollar proceeds before converting the residual amount into Sri Lankan rupees on or before the se

In an effort to diversify source markets for Sri Lanka tourism, authorities have kicked off a fresh initiative to attract visitors from Bangladesh.

Pest management and environmental enhancement technology company Exterminators Limited’s IPO will open today.

Ahead of Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa’s Indian visit next week to finalise a US$ 1 billion credit line, India has inked a joint venture and shareholders’ agreement (JVSHA) with Sri Lanka to develop a 100 MW solar power plant in Sampur in the

National carrier SriLankan Airlines aims to reach greater heights next year and several efforts are underway to pull it towards a positive growth trajectory after years of reported losses.

People’s Bank has partnered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) to provide a timely boost for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) customers of the bank through a mentoring programme.

UB Finance Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Union Bank PLC recently announced an aggressive plan for future growth and expansion.

Sampath Bank PLC hosted ‘Wonder Women Initiative’, an open forum of discussion on the significance of celebrating women’s achievements and addressing leadership roles and prejudice that exists in today’s society for women leaders.

AIA Group Ltd on Friday launched a US$ 10 billion share buyback plan and declared a higher final dividend on strong growth in 2021, but warned of near-term pain from a recent outbreak of coronavirus infections in Hong Kong.

Nations Trust Bank American Express announced the winners of the ‘Pump Fuel and Win’ campaign held in partnership with Samsung.

Two major events happened during the past few days in regard to possible changes in the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals in the near future.

There’s mounting opposition from the entire tourist industry against the government’s plan to change the existing Tourism Act, as seen in the media. Having been a member of the team that helped draft the current act around 15 years ago, I felt th

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) on Wednesday announced the official rebranding of the prestigious Annual Report Awards Competition, as TAGS Awards, from this year onwards.

CFA Society Sri Lanka is hosting an information session on the CFA Programme on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 3:00 pm, with speakers CFA Society Sri Lanka President Dinesh Warusavitharana, CFA, Investment Research Managing Director and Acuity Knowledge

The CEO Forum of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) recently arranged a panel discussion and webinar titled ‘How the Pandemic has Changed the Way CEOs Must Lead’, to discuss and share insights on the pandemic-led leadership style changes

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) entered into an understanding with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 2018 to foster effective sustainability performance and communication among the listed companies.

The Support for Integrated Rural Development Enterprise programme was implemented by the British Council in partnership with Chrysalis and Care Germany over the last 4.5 years with the funding of the European Union.

The Sri Lanka Japan Business Council will present a seminar on the theme of Japanese design and Sri Lankan manufacturing excellence on March 16, at Ramada Hotel, Colombo, at 6:00 p.m. onwards.

The local tourism should brace itself to face a major impediment in relation to outbound travel and prolonged absence of tourists, especially from Russia and Ukraine, due to the ongoing conflict between the two countries.

The private sector stakeholders of the tourism sector met with the officials of the Tourism Ministry this week to share their concerns with regard to the repeated challenges faced in steering forward.

Sri Lanka’s consumer electronic retailer Singhagiri (Pvt.) Ltd has stepped up efforts to revolutionise the history of the television industry in the country by making available locally assembled systems that are equipped with improved technology.

A total of 5.2 MnKgs came under the hammer this week at the Colombo Tea Auction, which was a marginal increase from the 4.98 MnKgs on offer the previous week.

Women entrepreneurs in emerging markets face a daunting gender finance gap when it comes to growing their start-ups, a research by International Finance Corporation (IFC) showed.

Goldman Sachs analysts downgraded their forecasts for U.S. economic growth for this year, reckoning that spikes in oil and other commodities since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will hurt spending.