AFP : South Korean business leaders voiced alarm yesterday after US President Donald Trump said he might tear up a free trade agreement with Seoul, warning the deal was a ‘major pillar’ of the allies’ ties.

Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd (CCBSL) once again partnered with Fox Hill Supercross 2017 as the official beverage partner to the longest-running motor racing event in Sri Lanka as it celebrated its silver jubilee of 25 years. 

Taking solo or group selfies tends to be a highly cumbersome experience. This is because the process of taking a selfie usually involves spending time on finding the perfect camera angle, 

Thousands of shoppers thronged at the Seylan Lifestyle Fair at the BMICH last week ahead of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festivities.

The Marina, the exclusive member club by Debug Hospitality and Leisure (Pvt.) Ltd in Bolgoda, recently celebrated a special milestone as it successfully completed its first year of operations in Sri Lanka. 

April 2 was a special day at Lotus Grove in Dehiwela when its residents, their families and friends heralded in the New Year celebrations with the annual LG Aluth Avurudu Sports Day.

With a committed vision of becoming the trend-setting lifestyle bakery brand, BreadTalk, announced the introduction of Genovese, a world-renowned coffee brand manufactured in Australia with a special aroma and unique blend, to the Sri Lankan market.&

Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd together with the Friendly Hands Club, Ethimale, celebrated the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with a ‘Harvest Festival’ as a gesture of giving thanks to an excellent harvest given by Prima Pacific Maize seeds and i

The Board of investment of Sri Lanka hosted a delegation from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Beijing Chapter that was visiting Sri Lanka to study the potential for trade and investments between the two countries. &

The Photographic Society of Sri Lanka is holding ‘Discover Mannar’, a photographic competition, to highlight and promote Mannar as a tourism destination in Sri Lanka. 

The name Atlas, conjures much nostalgia, many memories and so much love amongst young and not so young homes, schools, offices and communities across Sri Lanka. Many a successful professional and entrepreneurs looks back in life to acknowledge that A

Blue Mountain’s latest and most iconic real estate project to date ‘Achilleion’ is two weeks ahead of its piling schedule and is well on track to meet its target completion date in 2020. The company 

The Body Shop in Sri Lanka together with the Hilton Colombo hosted invitees at a session about sensitive skin and superfood for skin on Thursday, 20 April. A soothingly timeless pairing of milk

Access Engineering PLC, the pioneers in the flyover construction in Sri Lanka, is speeding up the construction work of the Rajagiriya flyover, a reliable solution to lessen the heavy traffic congestion at the Rajagiriya junction along the A0 road, Sr

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a Global 500 company with its subsidiary company, AVIC International Hotels Lanka Limited, had recently produced a progress update with regards to the upcoming formative construction project of the A

Acecam (Pvt.) Ltd introduced a breakthrough technology solution – YFCAD, for the interior designing industry, which integrates 3D designing and extending it up to virtual reality.

At an investor forum in Hong Kong and in Colombo Stock Exchange/Securities Exchange roadshows in Sydney and Melbourne, Indocean Developers Director Pradeep Moraes focused on the combination of factors that are uniquely offered by Sri Lanka to interna

With the inauguration of its production facility in Koggala with an investment of US $ 5 million this Wednesday, Japan’s Kansai Paints Ltd, entered into the Sri Lankan market, with the expectation of capturing a 50 percent market share of the R

The new organisational structure for the Walkers CML group was presented to the senior management and executives of the group at an event held recently at Hilton Colombo with the participation of over 800 employees.

FORBES: As regional powers like China, Russia, Japan, and India vie for political and economic position throughout the eastern realms of Eurasia, many of the less powerful countries caught in the middle are employing what could be called a ‘mul

The Indian Ocean is the third largest water-body on planet earth. There are two billion people living in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This ocean has played a strategically significant role in the history. Its strategic significance has now become e

NDB, formerly known as National Development Bank, was a recognized development bank which financed long-term investments to many large-scale projects. After many years of spurring development in the country,

Amãna Bank recently launched its fifth remote ATM at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka in Oluvil. 

The new regulations issued by Sri Lanka’s Central Bank to increase minimum core capital levels for all licensed finance companies could spur small companies to improve their capital buffers and may reignite industry consolidation, says Fitch Ra

Cargills Bank prioritizes customer convenience and value by progressively expanding remittance access points to its customers and through its latest tie-up with another leading money transfer service partner, Instant Cash.

Mid-sized bank, Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC, reported an after tax profit of Rs.353.4 million for the March quarter (1Q17) recording an increase of 16 percent from the same period last year.  

The aim of Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) is to eradicate extreme poverty and to reduce all forms and dimensions of poverty, at least by half, by the year 2030. As such, this article looks at the status of poverty in Sri Lanka, based on diffe

With the electoral manifesto of current President, Maithripala Sirisena, which promised the formulation of a national policy that could face modern ecological challenges, the country’s drive towards sustainable development was instated.  

Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, Sri Lanka’s only Nobel Peace Prize winner delivered the inaugural Nobel keynote speech at the Global Water and Sustainability conference in Barcelona, Spain recently. He made his speech and also launched the latest editi

National carrier, SriLankan Airlines, made an operating loss of Rs.14.1 billion in 2016 compared to a loss of Rs.4.9 billion in 2015, the 2016 Central Bank annual report released this week showed.