Janashakthi Insurance PLC created history at the recently held Effie Awards 2016, winning the coveted Gold Award in the Insurance category.This was the first Gold won in the insurance

Representing Sri Lanka with 2 Quality Circles, the DSI Samson Group emerged as the Gold Award winners at the recently concluded International Quality and Productivity Convention 2017

Janashakthi Insurance PLC (Janashakthi) reported a consolidated Gross Written Premium (GWP) of Rs.11.047 billion for the nine months ended 30th September 2017

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has announced a US$15.1 billion (AED55.4 billion) commitment for 40 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners.

Sri Lanka’s premier cement manufacturer Siam City Cement (Lanka) Limited, also known as, Insee Cement secured dual awards in recognition of the company’s 

Cathay Pacific collaborated with PressReader to deliver what passengers value: Thousands of popular digital newspapers and magazines to everyone who flies with Cathay Pacific.

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, and CFM International have signed an agreement for the purchase of 58 LEAP-1A engines to power 17 Airbus A321neo and 12 A320neo aircraft and an additional seven spare engines to support the o

Lanka Walltiles PLC won a Merit award at the Presidential Environmental Awards 2017 (Chemical Industry category), organized by the Central Environmental Authority on 16th October 2017 at the BMICH.

Under the request made by Chrysotile Information Centre, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) and the University of Moratuwa conducted two independent researches on Chrysotile fibre cement roofing sheets.

SriLankan Airlines was recently accoladed the title of ‘Best Full Service Airline in Central and South Asia’ for the third consecutive year at the Future Travel Experience Asia Awards 2017 in Singapore, an event that recognizes the most c

There is little argument that both Colombo and the city of Galle are two of the most developed urban regions in Sri Lanka.

Building on the success of the initial phase of their partnership, Emirates and flydubai have announced 16 additional destinations to which Emirates’ passengers will be able travel on a single ticket.

With 30 years of experience, Anil de Silva has succeeded in revolutionising the Sri Lankan aluminium industry by identifying the trends in the international market.

Sri Lanka’s pioneer in innovative and affordable luxury living, Iconic Developments (Pvt.) Ltd announced an agreement with Maga Engineering (Pvt.) Ltd, the country’s largest construction firm, to serve as its engineering partner for the u

Historically, the customs duty on motor vehicle imports has been calculated on the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) value of the vehicle. In customs terminology, the value for customs duty is assessed on the price ‘paid or payable’ by th

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones this week announced the launch of the Nokia 2, with two-day battery life, the Nokia 2 is built to keep going long after other smartphones need recharging.

Epihack Colombo brought together 55 experts from 11 countries all over the world to take part in the international collaborative effort spanning five days facilitating an intensive environment to develop, integrate, and improve technological solution

In embracing technology for smart and intuitive education, St. Sylvester’s College Kandy launched the XOLO Smart Classroom platform, first of its kind in the Central Province and the largest deployment to date in Sri Lanka.

Global Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) software vendor, CAMMS won a Gold award for its Project Management solution, ‘cammsproject’, at the 19th annual National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA) ceremony held in Colombo.

IFS, a global enterprise software company that has built sustainable partnerships with leading universities in Sri Lanka, recently celebrated 20 years of University collaboration at The Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo.

The budget for the year 2018 that was presented to parliament by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera was totally different from the others that we saw during the past few years. 

It would be a suicidal mission for the Central Bank to undertake inflation target-based monetary policy without strictly enforcing budget discipline by the government, as I cautioned in my article appeared in Daily Mirror of October 31, 2017. Althoug

Admiral Dr. Jayanath Colombage, Director Pathfinder Foundation said that the Indian Ocean Region is a region of “strategic competition, strategic alliances for some major powers against others and strategic dilemma for smaller and less powerful

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) and the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) will host a joint lecture by Dr. S. Narayan, former Finance Secretary of India, on ‘India-Sri Lanka

The European Union (EU) launched one of the largest programmes of development support in the country. 

In a media statement, the Tea Exporters Association (TEA) yesterday welcomed the government’s budget for 2018 especially the proposals for trade reforms presented to the parliament by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera last week. 

In a media statement about the tax increase on packaging raw materials under the proposed budget, the Sri Lanka Laminated Flexible Packaging Manufacturers’ Association says that the tax increase will only have a negative impact on the public wh

Haycarb PLC appears to be caught up in a prolonged supply chain issue as the company known for activated carbon making is now struggling to source continuous supply of charcoal and its attempt to pass on the increased cost to the buyers has had 

Steps are being taken to promulgate regulations related to all adventure tourism activities in Sri Lanka. Ten advisory committees have been appointed for each field of the adventure tourism service to setup international standards.  As per the i

Despite ‘whistle-blowing’ being made a mandatory requirement for listed companies by its regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the benefit of the mechanism is yet to be fully reaped by the local entities, as the employe