Advantis Bunkering was recently awarded the International Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series certification or OHSAS 18001:2007 by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), the world’s leading inspection,

Lanka Livestock’17 was recently held at the SLECC where Bodum Engineering Solutions Ltd, a leading knowledge-based company specializing in supplies, installation and equipment maintenance for the poultry, dairy, swine and feed industries, was t

Being Sri Lanka’s largest bulk tea distributor holding 53 percent of the market share, Richy Tea celebrated its 25th year anniversary recently. 

The Browns Agriculture Division was selected by the Government of Sri Lanka as the preferred partner in its initiative to distribute water to the drought affected communities in the country.

Need to go somewhere? Book a PickMe. Hungry? Why not order from quickee.lk? Need a job? everjobs.lk is your friend. And the list goes on. Sri Lanka is increasingly shaped by online start-ups, who are changing the business landscape by disrupting the

Asia and the Pacific has long been the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), propelled by increasing trade and investment openness in the region. From 2001 to 2016, Asia’s share of global foreign direct investment (

Strathspey Estate, managed by Maskeliya Plantations PLC, which is owned by Richard Pieris Group of Companies, recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of the tea industry and 25th anniversary after the privatization of estates from Sri Lanka State P

Working to enable a new paradigm in the e-Commerce led growth of Sri Lanka, DFCC Bank announced a vibrant new partnership with Webxpay to connect the bank’s customers to e-Commerce merchants. 

St. Anthony’s Consolidated (PVT) Ltd. launched ‘Homemart’, a one-stop general hardware supermarket and homewares retailer, hosting the largest selection of the most trusted brands in the nation.

The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) is organizing the ‘Colombo Int

CHEC Port City Colombo has signed up with MTI’s idea2fund, thus demonstrating their commitment to Sri Lanka by helping to identify and groom emerging Sri Lankan entrepreneurs.

Over 20 years ago, during my second year at medical school, I spent my semester break with an Indian non-governmental organisation providing health services to the urban poor in Kolkata. I soon realized that being a doctor or a nurse accomplishes lit

REUTERS: China has approved plans to establish international agricultural demonstration zones in 10 countries, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, as Beijing looks to extend its influence in the global farm sector.

Colombo Dockyard successfully delivered the 40-passenger ferry built for the Jaffna District Secretariat recently at the Colombo Dockyard premises.  

Nations Trust Bank’s branch at Pettah (Bankshall Street) has been refurbished and is now equipped with a more spacious interior with even more facilities such as a 24/7 cash deposit machine (CDM), business banking, leasing and hire purchase, in

Saveyourmonkey.com, Sri Lanka’s pioneering Insurtech startup which began operations earlier this year, announced their official launch following the trilingual launch of Sri Lanka’s first digital insurance agent, ‘Amaya’. 

Emirates’ much-anticipated one-off A380 flight to Colombo on August 14 reflects the airline’s commitment to the destination and its tourism industry and is an opportunity for Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to show the world that

Pan Asia Bank recently announced of two changes to its Board of Directors. 

“Our labour force should step up and needs exposure to a higher level of skills if Sri Lanka is serious about seizing maximum advantage of the ‘One Belt-One Road’ (OBOR) initiative” expressed Sunshine Holding’s Group Man

Plastindia Foundation of India invited Sri Lanka’s plastic industry players to take part in the largest plastic exhibition, to meet new plastic equipment suppliers and manufacturers.

SriLankan Airlines has recorded a consistently superior on-time performance during the first six months of this year, in comparison with its peers. The latest statistics by the global flight data tracker Flightstats.com ranks Sri Lanka’s nation

Collaborating with an employers’ organization for the first time, the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, (ITC - ILO) recently entered into an MoU with the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) in launc

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the parental body of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, established a branch in Sri Lanka last week named ‘RIBA Members : Sri Lanka’, the second RIBA membership group to be formed in the A

Given the recent stock market trends, you may be wondering whether you should make changes to your investment portfolio.  At times some investors, including bargain hunters and mattress suffers, make rapid investment decisions without considerin

The Sri Lanka – Malaysia Business Council was inaugurated on February 23, 1994 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. 

AFP: Singapore Airlines said yesterday it is offering cabin crew unpaid leave in a cost-cutting measure as it struggles to keep up in an increasingly tough market. 

AFP: Japanese auto giant Toyota and smaller rival Mazda said yesterday they agreed a capital tie-up to focus on joint development of electric vehicles, while building a US$1.6 billion factory in the United States which will create up to 4,000 jobs.

Rimbun Forensic Advisory Sdn Bhd, the partners representing Foresptin in Malaysia, signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Asia Pacific University Malaysia (APU) to enhance the undergraduate and postgraduate learning experiences on Forensic Acc

People around the world prefer the use of shampoo over soap because of a number of reasons.  Most of them use it to because it clears away any foreign residue, some of them because it gives a good smell or some people use them as treatments for

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee was little changed yesterday, as mild importer demand for the dollar offset light greenback sales by banks in dull trade ahead of the long weekend, dealers said.