Nations Trust Bank PLC strongly believes that change is needed within the organisation and the financial services sector as a whole for it to survive and thrive in the future.

The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) is scheduled to conduct the Annual Exports Awards at the Hilton Colombo on 29th September.

The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association will organize its premier event, Sri Lanka Retail Forum 2017 under the theme ‘Winning the New Consumer – Energizing Retail’ which will be held at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo on 13th Septembe

The concept of ‘Marketing’ has been heard for many years and in-fact; it has been in existence since the end of Second World War, in 1950, where the service economy first employed more than 50 percent of the US population. 

Hutch, Sri Lanka’s fastest growing mobile broadband operator recently introduced 24/7 reload service through the island wide ATMs, Cash Deposit Machines (CDM) and Kiosks network of Hatton National Bank (HNB). 

In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility, members of NDB Toastmasters Club recently carried out a CSR initiative by donating sports items to the Tamil Methodist College, Colombo 03, at a ceremony organized by its school principal, teachers an

Microsoft Asia recently released regional findings from their global Security Intelligence Report (SIR), Volume 22, which found that Asian countries, especially emerging ones, are most exposed to malicious programs. Out of the top locations across th

Staring at the tipping point of an environmental crisis, South Asia is mute and in self-denial. Collective wisdom needs to prevail in order for climate change policies to be implemented across the region that prepare for — and prevent — t

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka will be hosting its second networking event for this year titled “Sportsmanship and fair play in one of the world’s most popular games” today (30th August) at the CIM office, No: 20, De

The Bank of Ceylon was conferred the Master Brand status for the year 2017-2018 by the CMO Council Asia at the ceremony held at Taj Samudra Hotel Colombo recently. 

AFP: American billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway group has officially become the top shareholder in Bank of America after exercising its right to buy 700 million shares at a discount.

Unilever Sri Lanka and Richard Pieris Distributors Ltd., together carried out the ‘Don’t Be Silly Silly’ awareness drive to encourage shoppers to go green by switching to the reusable Arpico-Unilever co-branded blue Eco-bags at Arpi

The 20th Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Singapore Business Council (SLSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce was held recently at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. 

The momentum of Sri Lankan firms investing in foreign countries appears to have faltered this year and more domestic investments are likely to realize in the future, according to the  Central Bank.

The 8th CMO Asia Awards for excellence in Branding and Marketing is a premium forum bringing elite marketers, brand custodians, advertising and creative honchos together under one roof.  

The government has been in office for two years and its agenda to many people still seems to be disconnected from the hopes and expectations of those who elected it to office on the promise of good governance. However, the government needs to be comm

AFP: Asian traders returned to buying Wednesday, reversing the previous day’s losses as Donald Trump’s measured response to North Korea’s missile launch and upbeat US data restored a semblance of calm to markets.

AFP: Uber hired Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as its new chief executive late Tuesday, in the hopes he can steer the ride-sharing service away from the string of controversies it has faced in the past year.

The much awaited, FACETS International Gem and Jewelry Exhibition begins today (31st) at the BMICH with an official ceremony, which will be attended by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. 

The Hemas Outreach Foundation (HOF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs of Sri Lanka and the Welikada Prison Authorities, launched ‘Piyawara Singithi Diriya’. 

Shashika Edirisinghe - Head of Enterprise Solutions, Finco Technologies (Pvt) Ltd receiving the award as the best emerging partner 2016 from Suresh de Silva , Chief Operating officer, E-Guardian Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and   Bhardwrj Naik  Director

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares fell for a second session yesterday, ending near a more than four-month closing low hit last week, as investors sold shares of banks and beverages companies. The Colombo stock index fell 0.13 percent to 6,390.26.

Wendesiya– the best reverse bidding online portal to hit the Sri Lankan market has turned a new page in online entertainment by offering unbeatable prizes for its winners.

Mobitel’s Cash Bonanza Montero Extravaganza programme announced P. D. P. Chathuranga Pitawala from Borupana, Rathmalana as the lucky winner of the Cash Bonanza Montero Extravaganza for the month of July 2017. 

The key to more than 800 airport lounges around the world is now with holders of World Mastercard credit cards issued by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon, following the launch of LoungeKey in Sri Lanka by Mastercard from 1st September 2017.

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC (Dilmah) will be issuing new shares to its parent company MJF Teas (Private) Limited (MJFT) to acquire all value-added tea export operations of the MJF group for Rs.442.5 million.

Empire kitchen, a novelty in the food catering sector in Sri Lanka is set to launch a simple web application in lieu of the upcoming Hajj festival. 

The cabinet yesterday approved to provide a Rs.150 per kilogramme subsidy for pepper growers until the pepper prices reach the levels seen early this year.

Dr. Harsha Vardhan Singh – former Director at the World Trade Organisation and currently the head of Brookings India – was a speaker at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Economic Summit, in a session on ‘Executing a Smarter Trade Str

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed slightly weaker yesterday as importer dollar demand from foreign banks surpassed the exporter greenback sales, dealers said.