The Sri Lankan government must continue with the recently started reform process over a long period, while notching up small wins, in order to generate meaningful gains for businesses and individuals, much like cricket, the Australian High Commission

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka in June increased by 4.5 percent year-on-year (YoY) to reach 123,351 visitors, recording the third highest monthly growth so far this year, despite occurring during the usual quiet period for tourism in the country.

A forward-looking approach and a focus on the needs of every stakeholder have made it possible for Senkadagala Finance PLC to cross Rs.1 billion milestone in profit before tax and record Rs.1,119 million for the financial year 2016/17 with a growth o

Encouraging women to ride motorbikes halved their travel time to markets in Cambodia.

Dr. Arvind Subramanian, the Chief Economic Advisor of the Government of India will attend as the keynote speaker of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017 inaugural session. 

Seylan Bank, took centre-stage at the recently-concluded LankaPay Technnovation Awards 2017, where it won four key awards as Runner up of the ‘Overall excellence in Interbank Payments’ category; Top award Winner of ‘Best Bank for Se

SAP SE recently announced the appointment of Scott Russell as the President of SAP Asia Pacific Japan (APJ). 

Arpico Finance recently celebrated their journey of 66 years on May 26th.  Since its inception in 1951, they have been on a constant growth and thus gradually climbed to  new heights. 

PickMe, Sri Lanka’s leading taxi-hailing app, has partnered with LOLC Life Assurance, a fully-owned subsidiary of Lanka ORIX Leasing Company PLC to provide a valuable life insurance solution to its driver partner community.  The tie up bet

Imperium (Pvt) Ltd, a leading software development and solutions company has been appointed as the authorized partner in Sri Lanka for Talaia OpenPPM which is an industry leading Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) solution. 

Multi award winning digital marketing agency in Sri Lanka, zMessenger, has entered into a partnership with the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) as the digital media and broadcasting partner for the National IT Conference (NITC) 2017.

The advertising industry in Sri Lanka is now poised to compete in one of the most exciting events in the advertising calendar – Effie Awards 2016. 

Effective immediately, the electronics ban has been lifted for Emirates’ flights from Dubai International Airport to the U.S.A, an Emirates spokesperson said.

Innovative Data Solutions (Pvt) Ltd (IDS), a local software company launched their latest software platform, centraSERV Version 1.0, for the hospitality industry in Sri Lanka. The product launch and demonstrations were held on July 4, at the Galle

The Sri Lankan business community is optimistic with Sri Lanka regaining GSP Plus.  There is much expectation that this would boost the exports of Sri Lanka. As GSP Plus provides an importer in the EU zero duty benefit on importation of listed g

Kelani Cables PLC honoured its outstanding sales persons with the CEO’s Awards for the sixth consecutive year at Water’s Edge with the participation of Kelani Cables PLC Director/CEO Mahinda Saranapala.

Sri Lanka’s successful transformation of 65 schools into ‘smart schools’ capable of deploying digital learning protocols is to be showcased in the Asia Pacific region by Microsoft.

Emirates operated its inaugural A380 service to Nice Cote d’Azur International Airport on 1st July, marking the introduction of the iconic double-decker on the route. Passengers on the flight represented travellers from countries across Africa,

Singapore Airlines has launched an all-new Singapore Airlines HighFlyer programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to get more mileage out of flights on company business. 

On the side-lines of Sri Lanka’s premier start up conference and showcase Disrupt Asia 2017, another key gathering to be held is the ‘Investor Strategy Round Table’ bringing together interested early-stage and seasoned investors f

Following are the opening remarks of World Bank Country Director Sri Lanka and the Maldives Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough, at the launch of ‘The Roadmap to Improve the Investment Climate’, this week in Colombo. 

Kuwait Airways, the national carrier of the State of Kuwait, welcomed its eighth Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft, at Kuwait International Airport. The latest addition to Kuwait Airways’ fleet, flew 15 hours direct from Seattle, Washington. 

Lilamani Benson and Sandya Salgado are two talented professionals who have spent all their adult lives in that vibrant, dynamic, demanding, energising, unremitting space called advertising.  Each in her own way is a high-flyer. Each has a reputa

Following is the speech made by Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama at the launch of ‘The Roadmap to Improve the Investment Climate’, this week in Colombo. 

Inmarc marked seven years in the fields of advertising and marketing with the opening of its new office on Nugegoda Road, Pepiliyana.

The Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resources Development Scholarship (JDS) Programme was introduced in Sri Lanka in 2010 by the Government of Japan in order to provide opportunities to the executive level public sector officials to undergo Master Degre

Following a fact-finding tour undertaken by a team of academics representing the prestigious Sichuan University (SCU) in April at the invitation of the Pathfinder Foundation (PF), a three-member PF delegation visited SCU recently with a view to explo

“We welcome the decision by the US Department of Homeland Security to lift the electronic devices ban on flights between Abu Dhabi and the United States, following the successful validation of security measures at the US Preclearance facility a

Sampath Bank received double honours for its excellence in use of digital technologies at the inaugural SLT Zero One Awards held recently. 

IPM Sri Lanka, the Nation’s leader in HRM, was awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certificate covering all its operations including branch operations in Galle, Kurunegala and Kandy.