Insee Cement , the first green cement manufacturer in Sri Lanka continued their renowned and popular animal rescue programme for the 8th consecutive year, in partnership with the International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at the Aruakal

With an increasing number of millennials and Generation Y entering into the corporate world, companies have now started to rethink and create changes that would accommodate their perception of work.  

Committed to improving rural livelihood and nutrition through sustainable agricultural development, Hayleys Agriculture the agriculture arm of the leading multinational conglomerate Hayleys PLC, 

Giving effect to a long awaited reform to consolidate the overcrowded stock broking industry, Sri Lanka’s capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),

REUTERS: Sri Lanka aims to finalize a free trade agreement with China this year and the country’s Prime Minister will visit Beijing in May, the Sri Lankan Ambassador said on Saturday, amid rising concern in the South Asian nation about Chinese

The Hayleys group knitted fabric manufacturing unit, Hayleys Fabric PLC, reported a net profit of 6 cents a share for the quarter ending December 2016, against 34 cents a share recorded during the same quarter last year, the interim report of the com

Certain new pneumatic off-the-road tyres imported to the US from Sri Lanka and India will shortly be subjected to anti-dumping and countervailing duties following a recently concluded United States International Trade Commission (USITC) investigatio

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka this January grew by 12.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 219,360, despite the country’s main airport in Katunayake being closed for a considerable period of time.

The Japanese are known for their obsession with cleanliness. They are also known for their high quality and productivity. There is obviously a connection. 

Senkadagala Finance PLC, a licensed finance company with an asset base of just under Rs.29 billion last week announced its plans to raise equity capital via a rights issue to maintain the minimum regulatory capital requirements, a disclosure to the C

Diversified freight and logistics firm, Expolanka Holdings PLC, saw its December quarter (3Q17) performance being hampered through the “challenges arising from constrained returns from passive investments combined with the impact of a drop in e

Sri Lanka’s leading non-banking financial institution, Lanka Orix Leasing Company (LOLC), saw its unique microfinance model being accepted to be applied in yet another regional market.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake will be the chief guest on the occasion of the celebration to mark the 50 years of Sri Lanka’s partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The London and Home Counties (LHC) region of the Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE) retained MTI Consulting, whose Senior International HR Consultant Darshan Singh was in London this week for this initiative. 

The Korea Programme on International Agriculture (KOPIA) Sri Lanka Centre donated 25 drip irrigation system units, 40 power spreading machines and 1,000 plastic containers to transport onion mother-bulbs for vernalization to a total of 40 Sri Lankan

Sri Lanka’s external trade deficit widened by 32.9 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US$ 1.05 billion last October, as a 2-month export growth spurt slowed down, while importation of equipment for the Colombo Port City project boosted imports.

Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen checking out some items on display at the 9th Footwear and Leather Fair 2017 at BMICH yesterday.  Pic by Kithsiri de Mel

AFP- Asian traders moved cautiously yesterday, at the end of a volatile week and following another tepid lead from Wall Street while focus shifts to the release later in the day of US jobs figures. Markets have struggled to find stability over the pa

AFP - Demand for gold rose in 2016 to a three-year high, aided by keen investment appetite for the precious metal, the World Gold Council said yesterday in a report.

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

THEFACESHOP recently held the ‘Get Glamorous’ makeup and beauty workshop on 17th December at the Colombo Racecourse. 

REUTERS: Hyundai Motor Company plans to set up a car assembly plant in Pakistan in a joint venture with Pakistani textile giant Nishat Mills, a Nishat Mills official said yesterday. 

Citrus Waskaduwa was recently awarded the 2017 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award in the category of ‘Top Hotels’, ranking within the top 25 hotels in Sri Lanka. 

AFP - Japan’s public pension fund on Thursday denied a report it will invest in US infrastructure as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s expected offer to President Donald Trump to help boost US employment.

China’s meteoric rise has put the spotlight on the relationships it shares with its neighbours. Distinct national interests and the substantial social and political diversity in the region make the development of a regional community a complex

Emirates has launched an additional privilege to extend the usage of its luxury lounges at Dubai International Airport to its loyalty programme members and their guests at a minimal fee regardless of their class of travel. 

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares fell to a 10-month low yesterday, dragged down by banking and beverage stocks, 

The sky is the limit for Cool Planet’s loyal customers as they will now be offered a fabulous opportunity to avail themselves of amazing privileges and added bonuses through Cool Planet’s premier loyalty card ‘Sky High’

The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Sri Lanka participated at the EDEX Expo exhibition, Sri Lanka’s largest education and job fair held at the BMICH Colombo from 20th to 22ndJanuary. 

SampathCards by Sampath Bank hosted 250 Signature and Infinite credit cardholders to a special movie premiere screening of ‘AlokoUdapadi’. T