Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has announced orders for 65 additional Boeing 777-9 aircraft, powered by GE 9X engines, worth US $ 38 billion at list prices, on the opening day of Dubai Airshow 2025.

Sampath Bank Private Banking announced its role as the Official Banking Partner for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Sri Lanka (MBFWSL) 2025, presented by Academy of Design (AOD).

Green Tape, Sri Lanka’s cutting-edge integrated digital procurement ecosystem, has reached a major milestone with the execution of its 10,000th tender, underscoring the growing shift toward transparent, accountable and sustainable business practice

LK Domain Registry, celebrating 35 years as Sri Lanka’s trusted digital identity custodian, announced myPage.lk, an innovative platform that enables anyone to establish a professional online presence in minutes without requiring technical expertise

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd, part of Bureau Veritas, was honoured with the prestigious Gold award under the Environment Friendly Private Institutions Category, at Presidential Environment Awards 2025, demonstrating rema

Bairaha Farms PLC, Sri Lanka’s pioneering and leading chicken processor, reaffirms its dedication to providing consumers with the highest quality, antibiotic-free chicken products, devoid of chemical, artificial additives, preservatives or added ho

Futurity, Sri Lanka’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-native research and development studio, yesterday announced the successful close of its seed funding round.

The Colombo Stock Exchange witnessed another weak trading session on Tuesday (18th November 2025), with the ASPI declining 172.02 points (-0.72%) to close at 23,051.66, extending its pullback from the all-time high of 23,769.5. Market sentiment remai

The government’s latest decision to raise the plantation workers’ wages has been made without any consultations with the industry personnel, a senior representative of the plantation sector said while asserting the move could impact the output.

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry officially surpassed the two million arrival mark for 2025 yesterday, placing its current performance on par with the 2018 all-time record year.

Dialog Axiata PLC reported a strong performance for the three months ended in September, led by the mobile operations, while the fixed telephony and broadband and television segments languished.

The Free Trade Zone Manufacturers Association (FTZMA) yesterday shared it has agreed on a general wage increase of Rs.3,000 for 2026.

Senthilverl Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd has increased its shareholding in Serendib Land PLC, boosting its stake to 38.27 percent, according to a disclosure to the Colombo Stock Exchange.

The ASPI closed in red as a result of price losses in counters such as Ceylinco Holdings, Senkadagala Finance and Bukit Darah with the turnover crossing Rs. 4.4 Bn. A similar behaviour was witnessed in the S&P SL20. High net worth and institutional i

Vidullanka PLC has signed a share purchase agreement with Arinma Power (Pvt.) Limited to acquire a 30 percent equity stake in SAFE Power International (Pvt.) Ltd for Rs.225 million.

The common perception is that affordability and quality pull in opposite directions. Yet Keells has created a distinct space through its own brand portfolio, a range of products that proves value and quality can go hand in hand. With over 350 produc

The RMB Internationalization Forum 2025, organized by the Sri Lanka–China Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Bank of China, was held recently at the Shangri-La Colombo. The event brought together distingui

The secondary market reflected a broadly mixed sentiment, though buying interest ultimately outweighed selling pressure.

Manilal Fernando was appointed a new President of Chamber of Construction Industry of Sri Lanka, at the 21st AGM held at Kingsbury Hotel recently.

Ceylinco Life has become the first insurance company to open a purpose-built branch on company-owned land in Nittambuwa, reflecting the company’s long-term strategy of investing in high-quality, eco-friendly infrastructure to enhance customer exper

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) hosted its quarterly Analyst Earnings Call recently to discuss the Bank’s financial performance for the nine months ended 30 September 2025. This follows the release of the Bank’snine months’financial results

Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC has entered into a strategic partnership with Prime EV Automobiles, the authorized representative of the Deepal electric vehicle brand in Sri Lanka. This collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Memorandu

SLT-Mobitel Mobile has set a new benchmark in Sri Lanka’s digital journey achieving the highest-ever 5G speeds in the country, exceeding 10Gbps recently, on its advanced 5G Standalone (SA) ready network, under TRCSL 5G trial approval.

D P Logistics (Private) Limited (DPL), a member of David Pieris Group of Companies, has entered into a share sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Logicare (Pvt.) Ltd from Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC, for an enterprise value of Rs.1.3 billion

Sri Lanka officially launched Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2025 under the inspiring theme ‘Together We Build,’ commencing a nationwide celebration of innovation, inclusion, and economic empowerment.

JAT Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka’s leader in wood coatings and a diversified conglomerate in the manufacturing sector, continued its strong performance into the second quarter of FY 2025/26

The Teejay group, one of South Asia’s leading multinational textile manufacturers, announced its financial results for the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, recording a steady position.

Amãna Bank continued its strong profitability momentum by nearly doubling its profits in 3Q to reach a YTD PBT of Rs.2.7 billion (39 percent YoY) and PAT of Rs.1.6 billion (44 percent YoY), setting a new record by achieving the bank’s 2024 full-ye

Sysco LABS, the global innovation centre for Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest foodservice company, was honoured with the Gold award in the Export Brand of the Year Category at SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2025. This marks Sysco LABS’ first-

Rainco has unveiled ‘Be by Rainco’, an exciting and distinctive new brand of umbrellas. This launch signals a strategic move to reposition the everyday umbrella from a purely functional item into a statement of personal style and a fashion access