With the objective of defining and developing a framework for professional skills which will fulfil the current soft skills gap in the IT/BPM industry and support its stakeholders to have a more comprehensively competent workforce,

Softlogic Invest, one of the newest entrants into the unit trust industry, sealed the completion of its first financial year with the launch of the company’s inaugural annual report, documenting the year ending in March 2021.

LCB Finance is gearing to going public to raise up to Rs.500 million, offering a 15.82 percent stake or 125 million shares, at Rs.4 each.

HDFC Bank hosted its 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on September 17, 2021, at the bank’s head office on a virtual platform, in adherence to the government regulations and healthcare best practices to support prevent spread of COVID-19.

SampathCards continues to extend greater assistance to cardholders at a time when people in Sri Lanka and around the world are faced with unparalleled financial challenges brought about by the global pandemic. Providing the much-needed support to car

Seylan Bank, the Bank with a Heart, announced its partnership with South Korea’s STAREMIT, enabling a convenient real-time money transfer option for Sri Lankans in South Korea.

HSBC has been recognised as the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Sri Lanka for 2021 by Global Finance at the World’s Best Consumer Digital Banks Awards in Asia-Pacific.

DFCC Bank has increased the advances of its ‘DFCC Ranwarama’ pawning facility as a solution for families to meet their urgent cash requirements as many families are experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 outbreak that has had a s

hSenid Mobile has expanded its footprint in helping revolutionise the banking sector in Sri Lanka by introducing ‘Bank with ComBank on Viber’.

SriLankan Airlines is among the airlines leading the way in the South Asian region by trialling the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass, commencing October 1, 2021, with selected sectors.

The World Tourism Day is celebrated internationally on September 27, 2021. Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, was under the British rule from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka is a mesmerising island nation, surrounded by the Indian Ocean.

People were seen purchasing books at book stores in Colombo yesterday

The current trajectory of the consumer inflation is likely to go past the medium-term inflation target of the Central Bank, forcing it to lean towards its hawkish stance, which it set off in August to stem any more likely pressures on prices, accordi

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) announces the appointment of Asanga C. Seneviratne as a Director of the CSE board, with effect from September 23, 2021.

In a bid to generate traffic at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA), Mattala, the Tourism Ministry announced that a special concessionary package would be offered for international airlines registering to operate scheduled flights.

China’s central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin.

Uber Eats announced its launch in Gampaha, its fifth city in Sri Lanka, bringing convenient food and grocery to the region and connecting local restaurants and merchants with new customers.

School education could be the next thing which could go hybrid in the post-pandemic world, when the governments begin to safely return the children to school after more than one and half years of remote learning necessitated by the pandemic.

The Labour Ministry promises to take the necessary steps to conduct the COVID-19 testing process of the returning migrant workers at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) free of charge and without much hassle.

Four more government hospitals around Sri Lanka have received medical equipment pivotal in the treatment of critical patients battling the coronavirus under an ongoing initiative of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.

Continuing to empower rural communities across the nation, Sampath Bank embarked on the restoration of the Athawetuna Wewa in Divulwewa, Anamaduwa under its flagship community outreach initiative, Wewata Jeewayak recently.

Fairfirst Way refers to Fairfirst Insurance’s commitment to do good for the community that it serves.

South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT), the first public private partnership container terminal in Sri Lanka, furthered its commitment to driving sustainable business practices throughout its operations in a recent road surfacing project carried out at

Janashakthi Foundation – The philanthropic arm of Janashakthi Group, together with the Janashakthi Group companies initiated several support initiatives relating to COVID-19 in response to the nation’s ongoing battle against the pandemic. Further

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider partnered Samsung Sri Lanka to enable all Samsung Galaxy S21 flagship series users to experience the power of 5G through their devices on Dialog’s 5G trial network, the first of its kin

Sri Lanka stands to lose up to US$ 400 million over the next five-year period if the government decides to move ahead with the unsolicited proposal submitted by the US-based New Fortress Energy (NFE),

Some form of a tax relief on incremental exports is the least that could be granted by the government from the upcoming budget given its fiscal constraints to incentivise exporters who continuously strive to add more capacity and bring foreign exchan

Agriculture and industrial sector players sought a higher allowance for Research and Development (R&D) expenses they spend for tax purpose from the upcoming budget to further incentivise the businesses to spend more on new product development,

Sri Lanka’s producers across agriculture, manufacturing industries and utilities continued to experience near double digit prices through July 2021 continuing the momentum set forth from the beginning of this year as supply chain disruptions caused

Some of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty, income inequality, lack of economic opportunity—can be linked in many parts of the world to insufficient access to quality education and training.