Graduating students of the eighth-batch of William Angliss Institute of Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management had a grand ‘Prasthan’ recently, which was held in a colourful manner with a Bollywood themed Street Food Festival. 

Hemas Travel Cluster Managing Director Harith Perera was appointed as incoming president of the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) 2017/2018 at the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of SLAITO which was held on 25th August in the

Recognizing the importance of a streamlined growth plan and educating industry stakeholders, the second edition of Cinnamon Future of Tourism Summit 2017 will host 14 innovators of the travel and tourism industry to emphasise on the importance of tec

Shazna Zuhyle, a Research Manager at LIRNEasia, will be chairing a session at the 8th Meeting of the Expert Group on Telecommunication/ICT Indicators of the ITU (International Telecommunications Union), starting 12 September, in Geneva. 

Central industries PLC won the ‘CNCI Top Ten Awards’ (Extra-large category Manufacturing) 2017’ which is presented annually by CNCI for Industry and Services Excellence. Central industries PLC is the producer of Sri Lanka’s fo

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that accelerates business outcomes for its clients, today announced that it has been awarded three 

Allianz Lanka, in a bid to provide their customers with greater access to their world class services, opened a new city office at No.251, Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 07. Serviced by an experienced

Leo Burnett Sri Lanka, the local office of the globally recognized advertising agency Leo Burnett Worldwide, recently completed the fifth annual Leo Burnett Masterclass programme. Being the only 

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka will be hosting its third CIM CEOs Breakfast Forum for this year on September 13, 2017, at Union Ballroom, Hilton Colombo Residences, from 7:30 a.m. onwards.

Demonstrating its digital prowess, Litro Gas Lanka Limited (LGLL), the largest importer and supplier of LP Gas in Sri Lanka won high honours at the ZeroOne Awards organized by Sri Lanka Telecom, clinching the Best Digital Integrated Campaign award un

Sri Lanka’s Tourism Development and Christian Affairs Ministry will begin actively enforcing the provisions of the Tourism Act No. 38 of 2005 with regard to the informal sector operators who have not registered their businesses with the Sri Lan

At the recently held progress review meeting of the Public Enterprise Development Ministry, chaired by Minister Kabir Hashim, it was revealed that Kurunegala Plantations Ltd has provided Rs.35 million to the Treasury from their profit of Rs.155 milli

The 17th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Sri Lanka Thailand Business Council (SLTBC) was held at Waters Edge, Battaramulla recently under the patronage of council President Rizan Nazeer. 

Public Enterprises Development Minister Kabir Hashim recently stressed the need to urgently iron out the issues in the country’s gem and jewellery sector so that the economy can reap the benefits of its full potential.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended firmer yesterday as dollar selling by exporters and banks outpaced importer demand for the US currency, dealers said. The spot rupee ended at 152.45/55 per dollar, compared with Thursday’s close of 152.70/75.

AFP: Global stock markets slid yesterday as investors sought safer bets after North Korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb, one week after firing a ballistic missile over Japan.

Sri Lanka witnessed the entrance of a new Japanese brand of automotive filters entering the local market with the launch of Fuji Filters. 

REUTERS: Norway’s US $ 990 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, yesterday proposed to streamline its fixed-income portfolio by shortening maturities and cutting corporate bonds and some 20 currencies from the benchmark it t

Managing Director of Three Sinha Group of Companies Manjula Ariyakumara received the Silver Award in Large Category – Manufacturing Sector (National Level) at the CNCI Achiever Awards 2017 organized by the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries

The good governance government, consisting of the United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party, yesterday launched its latest economic policy document titled ‘Vision 2025’,

Ambalangoda’s rich but partly-forgotten tradition of puppetry is to be revived and developed with the establishment of Sri Lanka’s first puppetry museum with funding support from the Commercial Bank of Ceylon.

‘Rani’ Sri Lanka’s hallmark in beauty soaps for over seven decades has broken new ground with the launch of the country’s first gel bar soap for face and body. 

For the second consecutive year, Virtusa became the champions of the Mercantile eSports Championship – powered by Dialog Gaming, held recently at Trace-Expert City. 

PwC’s Academy Sri Lanka will play a pioneering role in helping organisations and their senior executives understand and embrace the importance of innovation with the launch of a specialized 11-day certificate course, to help executives, includi

SriLankan Airlines yesterday notified the public about a fake airline survey currently circulating on the Internet and social media, including messenger apps, mentioning SriLankan Airlines is offering free tickets. 

MedHack is Sri Lanka’s first ever Hackathon for the health sector organized by Mobitel, the National Mobile Service Provider of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Nutrition

With a new green target, the Insurance arm of the LOLC Group, LOLC Insurance recently launched an islandwide tree planting campaign to inculcate the good habit of tree planting amongst the general public.

The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have officially opened three new projects - a paediatric ward at Mannar Divisional Hospital Chilawathurai, a water supply scheme in Periyamadu East, and the Gramodhaya Heal

Ex Sampath Bankers Club successfully completed its first CSR project when it set up a Children’s Library at a school which lacked many facilities as the children were all from very poor families in the area.

Capitol Developers is proud to announce that Colombo’s newest and most coveted address, Capitol Elite, has been successfully sold out! The project was completed in a timely manner as promised