REUTERS: Nintendo Co’s smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea yesterday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.

Software development involves a number of interrelated factors which affect development effort  and productivity. 

Stakeholders engaged in marketing Sri Lanka tourism should be creating colourful stories of the wildlife experiences in Sri Lanka instead of presenting basic facts in order to better promote tourism, an industry veteran stressed recently.

To mark 60 years of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Sri Lanka, a high ranking ministerial level delegation will visit Sri Lanka in March and April this year, Cultural Attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Colo

Amid reports that two thirds of the main Maha season paddy crops this year have been destroyed due to weather anomalies, the state-run policy think tank,Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), called for index-based climate insurance products to be develo

Professionals should not allow bureaucrats and inefficient politicians to disrupt ongoing development drive, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly weaker yesterday as importer dollar demand outpaced mild greenback sales by exporters, while the market expects the downward pressure to continue until some steady foreign inflows come in, dealers said.

A team of economists from the Standard Chartered Bank yesterday ‘strongly recommended’ Sri Lanka continuing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and strengthening the country’s foreign reserve base to face turbulent

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) returns to Sri Lanka’s largest automotive event, the CMTA MOTORSHOW 2017, with the local debut of the All-new Jaguar F-PACE

Sri Lanka is currently engaged in trade negotiations with China and five rounds of talks have taken place to date with the expectation of concluding discussions in mid-2017. Whilst such negotiations are ongoing, it would be prudent for Sri Lanka to e

Placing his palm on the same Bible that President Lincoln used at his inauguration, Donald J. Trump was sworn in amid pomp and protest as the 45th president of the United States on January 20.

For the sixth consecutive year, MTI Consulting in partnership with Daily FT, Daily Mirror and Sunday Times, has concluded the MTI CEO Business Outlook Survey, collectively outlining the Sri Lankan business community’s perception for the state o

The Sri Lanka-Indonesia Business Council (SLIBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce organized a farewell for The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Sri Lanka,

The shopping experience in the Kohuwala area is scaling new heights following the opening of a spanking new, environment-friendly hypermarket in the heart of the suburb by Arpico.

LMD business magazine ranked the performance of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, as First in the Trading Companies category for the year 2015/16 (year ended December 2015 and March 2016).  The ranking was released in December 2016.  

The Sri Lanka-Indonesia Business Council (SLIBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce organized a farewell for the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Sri Lanka, Harimawan Suyitno, at the Hilton Colombo Residences recently. 

The unique Otello collection at Abans provides the perfect toxic-free solution for homeowners who desire both modern, eclectic style and extra storage space in their living rooms. 

Marking its fifth year as a CarbonConscious company, Bodyline - Sri Lanka’s leading apparel group, renewed its certification making it the first sustainability milestone under its new leadership. The company recently appointed Dinesh de Silva a

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Ministry of Strategic Development and International Trade, District Secretary office, Kurunegala and the Export Development Board organized a job fair at Sir John Kotalawela College in Ku

Marking its fifth year as a CarbonConscious® company, Bodyline - Sri Lanka’s leading apparel group - renewed its certification making it the first sustainability

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank yesterday announced that an internal inquiry is underway to look into the transactions made by the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) in government securities (G-sec) during 2015 and 2016.

Inflation, as measured by the change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), which is compiled by the Census and Statistics Department, increased marginally to 4.2 percent in December 2016 from 4.1 percent in November 2016, on an year-on-year (Y

Bharti Airtel, the Indian mobile network operator said that they will continue to invest in networks and capacity building in Sri Lanka, and expressed its commitment to empower the youth in Sri Lanka, at their eighth anniversary celebration held in C

OPPO which has been making great strides in Sri Lanka lately, won two honours from International Data Group (IDG) at a ceremony hosted on Jan. 6 as part of Las Vegas’ annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES). 

Hitachi Data Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. announced the appointment of Milan Dantanarayana as Country Sales Head for Sri Lanka. 

Continuing its rich history of delivering game-changing cloud services, Oracle unveiled new enhancements to the Oracle Cloud Platform, making it even more compelling for customers to move business-critical applications to the cloud. 

The shareholders approved a move by Orient Finance PLC, a Janashakthi group subsidiary, to raise up to Rs.400 million via a rights issue to strengthen its Tier II capital, during an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held yesterday. 

The inauguration of the 45th US President, Donald Trump, is a game-changer and the fallout threatens Asian interests perhaps more than those in any other part of the world.

At the World Economic Forum in Switzerland Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe stated that Sri Lanka would soon have access to four major markets. He requested local and international investors start ventures in Sri Lanka. The proposed free trade arr

A news item (Island, January 19) gave the welcome news that the World Bank has signed a credit line to provide Sri Lanka with US $ 125 million to make the sector “more efficient and attractive, more responsive to consumer demand and more enviro