Mitra Innovation is a technology Innovation company based in the UK, Sri Lanka, and Australia, and to celebrate its sixth year of success, the company threw a party for its employees at the JAIC Hilton in Colombo, on Friday evening.

Many articles have been written by economists and other experts analysing Sri Lanka’s economic performance in recent times and drawing comparisons to the performance during the last regime. As a layman, I thought of attempting to make an object

Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) recently launched Sri Lanka’s first innovation centre in the financial sector, named ‘Kaffeine Lab’ located at Gregory’s Road, with the first initiative being Sri Lanka’s first ever fintech h

Vista Rooms, South Asia’s largest chain of affordable stays, has partnered with handy to provide its network of hotels with free smartphones, allowing guests to enjoy unlimited international calls

In an affirmation of the strength of its financial standing, People’s Leasing Company’s (PLC) annual report for 2016/17 ‘Collective Moments’, recently won top honours at the 31st ARC Awards International held in  Tokyo Ja

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has emerged the Strongest Bank in Sri Lanka in 2017, according to the Asian Banker magazine, and has once again been ranked among the 500 strongest banks in the Asia Pacific region on Balance Sheet evaluation.

Mastercard announced that it will be opening up access to its Blockchain technology via its API published on Mastercard Developers.

The 2017 grade five scholarship exam results were released in early October, with 356,728 candidates sitting for the exam across Sri Lanka. As usual, the details of the top scorers were highlighted in the media. But,

The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in response to improving US economic conditions. While the Asian policymakers grapple with the ramifications of rising US interest rates on the stability of their financial systems, they may soon find

The Electronic Transactions Amendment Bill, approved by parliament this week, will be a major boost for commerce, business and trade in the digital era. This is the first amendment to the Electronic Transactions Act. No. 19 of 2006, presented to parl

Robotics enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning is proving to be a game changer that will bring unique operational efficiencies to the financial service industry, worldwide.

The National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel’s Cash Bonanza Montero Extravaganza programme continues to reach unprecedented heights in September, witnessing a growing numbers of customers 

Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has granted two concessional loans worth US $ 73 million to Sri Lanka for higher education and water resource management sectors, a Finance Ministry communiqué said.  

Just 3 percent of the brand new, large expenditure promises in the 2017 budget were on track or ahead of schedule at the end of the first half of this year, and the government has failed to provide information on more than half of the promises, accor

A consortium of local and foreign investors yesterday purchased a significant stake in the property development and hospitality holding company Ascot Holdings PLC (Ascot), as the firm’s two largest shareholders exited.

Although the rising household incomes have trimmed the country’s inequality to a certain degree, the wider disparities remain in incomes among urban, rural and estate sectors, the latest data from the Household Income & Expenditure Survey (

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is currently working towards breaking the trend of the country’s economic agenda being hijacked by electionsor other such political developments, by making an attempt to institutionalize the various frameworks for

Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications company recently extended its presence to Sri Lanka by launching Saatchi & Saatchi, a full service, integrated communications company that 

Pyramid Wilmar, the company behind Sri Lanka’s number one edible oil, Fortune, officially launched Meadowlea, a product of Goodman Fielder Australia and widely known to be one of Australia’s favourite spreads.

Metecno Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd has successfully implemented its branch expansion initiative to cater to the needs of the Metecno Lanka’s customers  more efficiently.

Digital transformation consultancy Innovation Quotient (IQ) recently announced its partnership with Ydigital Asia, a collaboration that leverages learnings from the world’s fourth largest consumer market, Indonesia, to augment IQ’s missio

Ajahn Brahm Society – Sri Lanka announced that Ven. Ajahn Brahm will be in Colombo early November, and has accepted the invitation to deliver two Dhamma talks. 

The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI) will host an inaugural lecture by Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja on ‘A Recovering Global Economy? The Dynamics of China and India in the Future of Global Growth.&r

Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC agreed to a settlement over a suit filed against Ruhunu Lanka Cement (Pvt) Ltd in the Commercial High Court of the Western Province. 

As Sri Lanka enters an increasingly competitive international environment with a renewed emphasis on transforming itself into a modern economy, the importance of promoting technological innovations and generating an educated workforce with market ori

With a vision of bringing digital smartness to everyday life and a continuous drive in providing world class customizable software solutions serving multiple industries across Sri Lanka, SE Asia

Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC agreed to a settlement over a suit filed against Ruhunu Lanka Cement (Pvt) Ltd in the Commercial High Court of the Western Province. Tokyo Cement, one of the

OPPO Mobileis all set to launch its newest Selfie Expert in Sri Lanka once again. OPPO’s latest offering will not only be the brand’s first full-screen model in Sri Lanka, but will also come equipped 

Digital transformation consultancy Innovation Quotient (IQ) recently announced its partnership with Ydigital Asia – a collaboration that leverages learnings from the world’s fourth largest consumer 

Mobitel achieves yet another milestone by being ranked as the ‘Fastest Broadband Network’ on 4G by the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL). This is based on the latest