An increasing number of Sri Lankan tea exporters are setting up tea processing facilities outside Sri Lanka, as the government doesn’t have a “backbone” to implement its own policy of creating a tea hub in the country due to influen

Introducing new additions to its product portfolio, Sony Electronics launched its new range of Bravia OLED televisions, ‘X series’ and ‘A series’ product lines to the Sri Lankan market, in collaboration with the authorized dis

Introducing new additions to its product portfolio, Sony Electronics launched its new range of Bravia OLED televisions, ‘X series’ and ‘A series’ product lines to the Sri Lankan market, in collaboration with the authorized dis

Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) sponsored the ‘Best Innovative Exporter of the Year’ at the 25th annual export awards ceremony of the National Chamber of Exporters (NCE). The winner of the Gold award for 2017 wasthe Hayle

Lanka IOC (LIOC), Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) and Tata Motors Limited India announced the launch of Tata Motors Genuine Oil recently. 

CIC Holdings PLC reiterating its strong commitment towards the agriculture industry in the country acquired 70 percent control of Unipower (Pvt) Ltd for Rs. 238 million recently. 

The board of directors along with staff, architects, contractors and builders came together to mark the beginning of construction for the Regent Country Club’s brand new sports complex recently.

In a bid to support the Blue Ocean Group’s ongoing construction projects in the Northern province, Link Ready-mix, a subsidiary of the Group, has obtained a new ready-mix batching plant at No.21/1, Kandy Road, Navatkuli, Jaffna.

When trying to enhance the performance or behaviour of their staff, many leaders make the mistake of telling people what to do: the message often goes in one ear and out of the other one! People have to take ownership of the need for the change and b

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in collaboration with the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (CPM) and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) will be conducting the Top Management Programme on t

‘Crowdfunding’ is the pooling of small amounts by a large number of investors to fund a project. It is carried out using the Internet. Crowdfunding is a novel approach for raising funds and is known to have been in existence for a little

It’s beginning to smell like Christmas at Grandeeza. The annual tradition of the mixing of the Christmas cake at Grandeeza was conducted with the participation of Chairman Dunstan Goluhewa, Managing Director Dishan Goluhewa, General Manager Ami

Aligned with its commitment to uplift the lives of children from economically underprivileged schools, the My Friend Foundation organised an exclusive event to mark the Children’s Day on October 4, 2017. 

Leads, a registered charity, is at the threshold of moving to 35 years of service in ‘Touching Lives, Transforming Communities and Building the Nation of Sri Lanka’.  ‘By the communities for the communities’ is the philos

NDB Toastmasters Club emerged as the Encore 2017 drama competition winner recently.

Huawei, the leading smartphone brand in Sri Lanka, recently rewarded the winners of the Cricket Promo Raffle Draw. 

Managing Director of Port City Colombo (Pvt.) Ltd, Jiang Houliang, speaking at the 11th Annual General Meeting of the Institute of Environmental Professionals Sri Lanka, said that Port City Colombo’s vision is to be the benchmark in environment

AFP:  Catalonia’s independence push is taking its toll on the region’s tourism industry, with revenues and hotel bookings down since a banned October 1 secession referendum that was marred by violence.

AFP: The last car rolled off the production line of Australian auto-maker Holden yesterday, marking the demise of a national industry unable to stand up to global competition.

AFP: Asian and European markets rose yesterday, with Japan’s Nikkei clocking up a record-equalling 14 straight wins, while the dollar also rallied on hopes for Donald Trump’s tax cut plans.

Germany is the third most popular destination among international students in the world.  Over 12 percent (over 340,000) of all students in Germany are of foreign origin. 

AFP: The United States does not intend to disrupt European business deals with Iran, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published yesterday.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended marginally higher yesterday as selling of the U.S. dollar by banks on account of inward remittances surpassed early demand for the greenback from importers, dealers said. 

Leading Sri Lankan travel solutions provider, Hayleys Tours will serve as Official Travel Partner to the internationally famed triathlon, Ironman 70.3, set to take place in Colombo on the 25th February 2018. Serving as the qualifying round for triath

Top performers of Grade Five Scholarship Exams 2017 received Nations Kids Accounts and a cart full of books from Nations Trust Bank and FriMi at the recently concluded Big Bad Wolf book fair to enlighten their future. Nations Trust Bank and FriMi wis

AFP: Sri Lanka plans to restrict imports of tuk-tuks in a bid to reduce road accidents and congestion, the country’s transport minister said yesterday. 

The Colombo International Shopping Festival 2017, organized by the Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs Ministry in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau and Sri Lanka Retailer’s Association opened its doors t

Sri Lanka’s favourite brand of household paint, Multilac received a Silver award for the Industry Sector at Export Awards 2017, held by the National Chamber of Exporters, recently.

The most prestigious event of the leostic year 2017/18 of the Leo Club of University of Colombo, the third Annual Installation Ceremony was held recently at the New Arts Theatre of University of Colombo.

Etihad Airways and Alibaba’s Tmall and Alitrip will today debut a specially branded aircraft livery for the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival 2017. Five aircraft emblazoned with this special 11.11 exterior will