Shangri-La’s Hambantota Resort and Spa, celebrated its first year anniversary with the launch of its golf membership earlier this month, and more recently a most memorable cocktail and dinner event held at the Sunset Beach and Artisan Village.&

The Maldives attracted 85,222 visitors in June 2017 recording a 7.8 percent growth compared to 12 months ago, with the momentum of arrivals growth from Europe cushioning a decline in visitor levels experienced  from China.

Dr. Ali Asgar Shabbir Gulamhusein yesterday bought 61 percent of Ceylon and Foreign Trade PLC (CFT), represented by 85.6 million shares in a Rs.430 million deal.

Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama has asked International Trade State Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe to appoint an independent committee to look into recent allegations made by Justice and Buddhasasana Minister

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) has incorporated a private limited company in the name of ‘Galle Cable Depot (Pvt) Ltd.’ for the purpose of carrying out the business of constructing, providing and managing a cable depot in Galle. The incorpor

Sri Lanka’s corporate sector figure Samantha Rajapaksa has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of state banking giant Bank of Ceylon (BOC) by Public Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim.

A  Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation led by Fatema Z. Sumar, Regional Deputy Vice President for Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America, is currently in Colombo to advance progress on the development of a five-year grant pro

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended steady in thin trade yesterday as gains in financials were offset by losses in industrial shares, with foreign investors continuing to be net buyers.

The interim results released by John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) for the June quarter proved that even the country’s largest conglomerate in terms of market value is not immune to the headwinds in the economy.

More prominence will be given to the Small and Medium enterprises (SME) sector and online brands at the 16th Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) Brand Excellence awards, themed, ‘Exhibit your masterpiece’ to be held  in November.

Do you want to revitalize your cooking routine? Then, head over to Abans Elite Kollupitiya tomorrow (July 29), at 10:30 am and learn more about preparing ultra healthy recipes in a quicker and easier manner, as demonstrated by a celebrity Chef using

After Apparel Tech Up in Bangladesh, India, Vietnam and Indonesia, ThreadSol hosted the first edition of Apparel Tech Up for the Sri Lankan apparel industry on 20th July at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. 

The idea among the general public is that statistics relating to Sri Lanka’s educational achievements look outstanding. However the reality is that there is a vast gap between skilled and unskilled labour.  To address this issue from the g

The recent resurfacing of the runway of Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport marked an important milestone in the country’s aviation history. 

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Department of Sri Lanka Customs, will organize a series of half day seminars on export and import procedures in order to help exporters maximize opportunities in the  global market.

The ever-evolving Camera Phone  brand  OPPO  has  established  an association with Sony Pictures on the much-awaited superhero movie, Spider-Man: HomeComing, in theaters from 08th July.

Etihad Airways today announced its 2016 financial results, recording a net loss of US$ 1.87 billion on US$ 8.36 billion in revenues as one-off impairment charges and fuel hedging losses weighed against

The Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA) announced that Mr. Ruwan Waidyaratne, Managing Director – Hayleys Advantis Limited, had been unanimously elected as its Chairman for 

Oceanpick, Sri Lanka’s producer of oceanic barramundi; supported Sri Lankan chefs as their Seafood Sponsor when they entered the Bocuse d’Or competition, a biennial global culinary competition

Coca-Cola has entered into a 3-year partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) as the ‘Official Carbonated Beverage Partner’ from 2017 – 2020. 

mCash is the first to integrate as a mobile payment solution to power the newly-launched Ceylinco Customer App. Ceylinco General Insurance has partnered with mCash to offer third party insurance 

Qatar Airways has announced it will introduce a fourth daily non-stop service from Doha to Colombo from 1 August, 2017.

The Blue Mountain Group recently introduced CrossFit Colombo, along with a luxury leisure pool complex, as the two latest value additions to the group’s state-of-the-art sports and wellness complex, OSMO Fitness. 

Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCL), the John Keells group’s retail and manufacturing subsidiary, saw its net profits for the June quarter (1Q18) falling 21 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.675.80 million due to a weakened performance of its manufactu

Lycamobile, the world’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), announced that it has launched its services in Ukraine, in partnership with national telecom operator Ukrtelecom and its mobile vehicle 3Mob. 

Optimistic on the future prospects, the country’s Central Bank chief this week assured the local business community that it would see stability in the immediate future and time is ripe for it to take advantage of the current favourable circumst

A delegation led by Prince Fahad Bin Muqrin Bin Aziz Al- Saudi, a renowned businessman and member of the House of Saudi Arabia, was on a visit recently to explore the investment opportunities in Sri Lanka. The delegation met Development Strategies an

The CFA Society Sri Lanka announced the holding of the fifth Capital Market Awards on August 01st. The award ceremony recognises and rewards professionals who have established industry benchmarks and spearheaded governance and ethics to advance the d

Allianz Lanka announced that it has been recognized as the ‘Best Employer Brand’ at the Sri Lanka Best Employer Brand Awards 2017 held recently. 

Sri Lanka’s leader in office automation and a fully-owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, John Keells Office Automation (JKOA) took pride in rewarding its dealers who made outstanding contributions to the company’s performance las