With the dawn of a brand-new year and a range of milestones and targets set in place to be achieved over the next few years, ReadMe – Sri Lanka’s premier IT magazine, and Sri Lankan Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM

If 2016 has taught us anything, it’s that making predictions is an inexact science. There is much that has happened over the past 12 months that we would have been hard pressed to predict this time last year. 

Assetminder, an ingenious fleet maintenance and workshop management solution developed by Auxenta Inc. (Auxenta), won the prestigious Innovation Award at Ireland’s Fleet Transport Awards 2017 held in Dublin, Ireland recently.

Czech Republic Ambassador for Sri Lanka Milan Hovorka called on Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama at the ministry this week. He was accompanied by Czech Republic Consul General for Sri Lanka Dr. Lohitha Sama

Having marked Sri Lanka’s Independence Day, it’s time to start preparing for your own financial independence. Meaning different things to different people, financial independence can, for example, result in being debt free or even having

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) is inviting corporate firms to be a part of its annual Business Events Calendar of the year 2017/2018, which plans to hold a series of key business events, forums, seminars and discussions throughout the year.

“Geographic facts do not change, but their meaning for foreign policy will.” -Nicholas J. Spykman A new world order has begun with roles interchanging. The US, as the leader of the free world and the architect of globalization, is advocat

In October 2011, then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a new foreign policy vision for the US that rebalanced its focus to East Asia and the Pacific from the Middle East.

Renewed efforts are being made to position Sri Lanka as an attractive destination for the outbound Middle East tourism market, Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry said. 

REUTERS:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that has left the economy reeling, calling it a fight’ for the poor.

The Ambassador of Finland to Sri Lanka Rauli Suikkanen said that he would call leading entrepreneurs of his country to invest in Sri Lanka. 

The Sri Lanka’s Commerce Department is currently fighting what it calls an erroneous imposition of countervailing duties on Sri Lankan made pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tyre exports to the US, with the aim of reducing or removing the duties, Mi

Renuka Agri Foods PLC, a Renuka group company, which has interests in food manufacturing and plantations, posted a Rs. 75.67 million net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2016, up from Rs. 65.19 million year-on-year (YoY), financial statement

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly weaker yesterday due to dollar demand from banks as foreign investors continued to sell government securities, while the Central Bank revised the spot reference rate to a record low of 150.75, dealers said

Leading insurer, Ceylinco General Insurance Ltd, has announced excellent results for the year ended December 31, 2016, with premium income growing by Rs.2.5 billion or 18.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.16.1 billion.

Credit extended to Sri Lanka’s private sector by the country’s financial system throughout 2016 reached an all-time high of Rs.755.5 billion, surpassing the previous highest of Rs.692 billion in 2015, Central Bank data showed. 

AIA Insurance Lanka PLC has entered into an exclusive, long-term, strategic bancassurance partnership with DFCC Bank PLC, marking another key milestone in the AIA-DFCC relationship. 

With Viber users in Sri Lanka reaching over six million and Viber being the most downloaded app in Sri Lanka, Seylan Bank decided to launch a sticker pack to promote its new youth banking product – Seylan Seylfie – to reach the youth of S

The 27th J.E. Jayasuriya Memorial Lecture, to take place on Monday, February 13, 2017, will be delivered by Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka Executive Director Dr. Saman Kelegama on the topic ‘Non-State Actors in Higher Education in Sri

Deepal Sooriyaarachchi’s latest book Inward Bound explores how the currently ‘military-sounding’ business environment saturated with ideas such as ‘war room’, ‘penetrate’,

Sampath Bank’s largest fully owned subsidiary , Siyapatha Finance ceremonially relocated their Negombo branch ; located at No. 187 Thaladuwa Road , Negombo

Sri Lanka’s largest condominium developer – Blue Ocean Group of Companies on Thursday (February 2) unveiled its twenty first and newest flagship project – Blue Ocean at Layards Road, Colombo 04 heralding in a new era to Sri Lanka&rs

Good governance activist and retired private sector executive, Chandra Jayaratne has written to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) to come forward to protect the independence of the country’s Auditor General (AG)

A US $ 15 million project for the establishment of a solar power plant in Sri Lanka is underway with investments from three Japanese companies through a Japanese consortium.  

The leading infrastructure developer, Access Engineering PLC (AEL), performed better during its December quarter due to the rebound in construction activities, but the steeper rise in tax expenses took the glow out of otherwise excellent results, the

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee closed slightly weaker yesterday due to dollar demand from importers and banks as foreign investors continued to sell government securities, dealers said.

REUTERS: Oil steadied close to US $ 57 barrel yesterday as the rising tensions between the US and Iran and OPEC supply cuts were countered by ample inventories and signs that higher prices will revive US output.

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce(CCC) together with the Council for Business with Britain organized a business forum with a visiting business delegation, which was led by the British Sri Lankan Association (BRISLA), United Kingdom.

On the popular theme ‘Birth of Freedom’, People’s Bank has taken steps to grant Isuru Udana gift certificates to babies born during the Independence Week.

CFA Sri Lanka announced that Royal Institute of Colombo won the local competition of the CFA Institute Research Challenge 2017 and would advance to the Asia Pacific Regional round where they will compete against leading universities from the region.&