Kala Pola went online for the second time in 2021, ahead of Christmas as a month-long event held from 28th November to 28th December.

Emerald, Sri Lanka’s leader in menswear, recently opened its doors to its first retail outlet.

Continuing the drift of rewarding loyal card members in light of the New Year, the latest Nations Trust Bank (NTB) American Express ‘Pump Fuel & Win’ campaign will give away a TAG Heuer Watch from Colombo Jewellery Stores (CJS).

Abans, in its quest to provide its customers with an ‘enhanced way of life’, makes available a range of star appliances for the kitchen, a range that not only brings style and ease, but also ensures safety and durability.

Cavinkare’s latest product for the Sri Lankan market, ‘Meera Facewash’ was unveiled in an official event at Colombo recently.

‘Daraz Drone Show’, the first-ever drone light show in Sri Lanka, illuminated the Colombo night sky with over 150 drones on January 22 and 23 at Galle Face Green.

Ichi Zen, Colombo’s newest Japanese restaurant opened its door this week, bringing the best of the cuisine to the city.

Stoned Jewelry, established in 2019 by Nabeela Yaseen, celebrated its third year anniversary along with the launch of its new website this week.

As part of its continued efforts of reviving Sri Lankan industries and SMEs in the new normal, Dialog Enterprise, the corporate solutions arm of Dialog Axiata PLC

Sri Lankans may need to brace for a new wave of consumer price pressures from around April with the one-off taxes proposed in the budget for this year coming into effect, according leading finance professionals and tax experts in the country.

Sri Lanka is negotiating with bondholders and is contemplating a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa had told Financial Times based in London (FT.com).

The newly appointed members of the Board of Investment (BOI) director board met with Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D. V. Chanaka and BOI Chairman Eng. Raja A. Edirisuriya, recently.

Standard Chartered Sri Lanka has arranged a Senior Secured Syndicated Term Loan Facility amounting to US$ 225 million to Waterfront Properties (Private) Limited, acting as the sole mandated lead arranger and bookrunner.

Turkey is set to explore new avenues with Sri Lanka to increase the bilateral trade volumes to US$ 500 million, from the current US$ 175 million, under the Turkey-Sri Lanka Joint Economic Commission.

The Supreme Court yesterday permitted respondent parties including the Attorney General and Finance Minister to file objections against several Fundamental Rights petitions filed challenging the legality of the Cabinet memorandum that authorised to e

The International Trade Administration Agency under the United States (U.S.) Department of Commerce (DoC) has launched an investigation into certain steel nails imports from Sri Lanka and a few other countries violating anti-dumping (AD) and counterv

Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council (SLSC) yesterday joined the chorus calling the government to urgently resolve the issues faced by businesses in carrying out day-to-day business activities as there is no indication​ as yet to how the ongoing challenge

Prime Group, the undisputed leader in real estate, has launched the latest in its best of range lands development offerings with Elinor in Koswatte, Battaramulla.

The CTBUH Sri Lanka conference on ‘Future Cities: Addressing Carbon, Climate and societal Crises’ was held recently at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall.

Veteran corporate leader Roshanie Jayasundera Moraes joined the board of directors of Kelsey Developments PLC, a member of the Janashakthi group, as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from January 10, 2022.

A new real estate investment hub outside the commercial capital is advancing in Sri Lanka.

Efforts are underway to bring back Sri Lanka’s lost coffee industry with private sector stakeholders, together with the government assistance looking to bring specialty coffee, produced, processed and value added in the country, under fresh focus.

The Association of International Marketing Graduates in Sri Lanka (AIMGSL) is scheduled to host the AIMG CEOs’ Breakfast Forum on February 2, 2022, at Earls Court, Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo, with the overarching theme and focus of the event to be

Talal Rafi will be giving a guest lecture on the topic ‘How can SMEs and start-ups navigate the post-pandemic business environment’, at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on February 7.

Veteran journalist Saroj Pathirana was appointed as an advisor to Verité Media in January 2022.

Business Magnates, a meeting of the finest business minds organised by Hashtag Media, powered by CIMA Sri Lanka, successfully concluded recently at The Kingsbury Colombo.

The BMICH, Sri Lanka’s most recognisable and iconic landmark, recently won the prestigious BWIO Platinum Award of Honour for the Most Outstanding Service Excellence Organisation for the Year 2020, in the large venue facilitators category.

Flexiprint (Pvt.) Ltd, Sri Lanka’s pioneer manufacturer of tea bag tags, tagged pyramid tea bag mesh and envelopes for the tea manufacturing industry and labels for FMCG and other industries,

As a large amount of the initial public offering (IPO) shares of companies get often allocated to so-called undisclosed eligible investors, market participants are calling for the disclosure of such shareholders in a bid to bring in transparency to t

In an effort to aid the local tourism sector towards a recovery, an exclusive job fair for the industry will kick off come February.