The world’s largest multilateral lender, the European Investment Bank (EIB), will be ramping up its funding to Sri Lanka due to the efforts made by the government, the head of the bank’s delegation currently in town said yesterday during

The past few months has seen a new player enter and revolutionize the e-ticketing game. Taktikbook.lk has taken the online entertainment community by storm, racing to over 130,000 

The Maldives Hotel Asia International Culinary Challenge is the regions premier culinary competition with the participation of over 500 chefs. 

The important role played by supervising members in nurturing chartered accountants to become globally sought after professionals was highlighted recently at a Training Partners workshop organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lank

CIMA Students’ Society (CIMASS) held its 23rd Annual General Meeting to appoint its office bearers for 2017: 

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will conduct a seminar on the topic ‘WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement – What Business Needs to Know,’ under the Trade Intelligence for Private Sector (TIPS) Initiative of the Chamber, which aims to hel

Blue Mountain, Sri Lanka’s leading real estate solutions Group, has launched Sri Lanka’s first real estate automated chat agent ‘Property-bot’ on Facebook to channel the increasing property inquiries

Keeping with the spirit of the Avurudu season, DFCC Bank is pleased to introduce the ‘Avurudu Hat Trick’ campaign which offers families the opportunity to receive three kinds of benefits including gifts, 

Expert shoemakers, Clarks launched its 3rd store in Colombo today through their sole distributor in Sri Lanka, D. Samson & Sons (Pvt.) Ltd. The store brings to the city Clarks’ beautifully crafted 

The ever-evolving global smartphone brand OPPO, kick startedthe ‘Group Selfie’ trend today by launching the new Selfie Expert F3 Plus, priced at Rs69,990.The F3 Plus features the brand’s first 

Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Etihad Airways is reassuring passengers of its highest level of service to minimise disruption following the introduction of a new US travel directive on 

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a bespoke version of the new Land Rover Discovery for use by the Austrian Red Cross. ‘Project Hero’ was 

Sri Lanka’s trade deficit in 2016 widened 8.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US $ 9.09 billion with export earnings falling 2.2 percent YoY to US $ 10.3 billion, while the expenditure on imports rising 2.5 percent YoY to US $ 19.4 billion, the c

The Central Bank yesterday said the Monetary Board has decided to take disciplinary action against any official of the bank for wrongdoing with regards to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) transactions in government securities.

HNB Grameen Finance, the microfinance arm of Sri Lanka’s second biggest private lender, Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), has entered into an equity partnership with Developing World Markets (DWM), a leading emerging markets investment firm. 

Sri Lanka’s banks may be operating with fancy projected numbers to grow their loan books during 2017 but the country’s Central Bank seems to be standing firm on their way to crush those expectations as cheaper credit always tends to desta

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares fell to a more than one-year closing low yesterday in dull trade as investors sold shares of lenders after the Central Bank tightened monetary policy in the previous session, dealers said.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed largely unchanged yesterday as importer dollar demand almost offset the inward remittances after the country’s Central Bank raised benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points.

Taking another bold step in its journey of creating elegant living spaces at competitive market rates, Global Housing & Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd., (GHR) recently launched the Marriott Residencies project, yet another luxury residential building in I

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) relocated its Kiribathgoda branch to a more spacious and a conveniently accessible location at No: 540, New Hunupitiya Road, Dalugama, Kelaniya, in a bid to provide a better service experience to people in the area

Top performing dealers for the year 2016 were fêted at the Tokyo Cement Annual Dealer Convention held on March 18th, at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo.  

Union Assurance PLC increased its December quarter net profit by 34 percent to Rs.1.12 billion largely supported by the growth in gross premium incomes and investments incomes, which rose sharply against the corresponding period last year, the financ

HNB Assurance PLC (HNBA), held its annual Banca Night to felicitate the finest achievers of the bancassurance channel over the gone year.  

Since the civil war ended over seven years ago, Sri Lanka has rapidly become a hotspot for investment among emerging markets. 

Ulagalla, a boutique property by renowned hotel chain Uga Escapes, took home the award for ‘Best Boutique Hotel’ at the 2017 Connoisseur Hospitality Awards held in Berlin, Germany recently. 

Cashew processing company ‘Royal Cashews’, has teamed up with New Zealand Honey Company to introduce world famous ‘Manuka Honey’ and other specialty honey products to Sri Lankan consumers. 

Deen Brothers Imports Pvt Ltd celebrated their colours night at Sanaya Mention Hotel, Mathara recently. 

Tourists watch a Sri Lankan elephant walk through a field in the Minneriya National Park. Sri Lanka earned US $ 3.52 billion from tourism in 2016 on the back of little over two million tourists visiting the country (AFP)

The ‘Pinnacle Awards,’ is an awards show dedicated to the Trade Marketing Executives (TMEs) and distributors of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) which celebrate and reward true mastery in marketing. 

From smartphones to cloud computing, technology is rapidly changing virtually every facet of society, including communications,