Great Place To Work Sri Lanka concluded its much anticipated ‘Become a Great People Manager’ workshop at Mandarina Colombo, with over 35 enthusiastic participants in attendance.

Dearo Investment Pvt. Ltd. was honoured with four titles at People`s Excellence Awards, 2024.

Ruminda Randeniya, CEO of Prime Lands (Pvt) Ltd, was honoured as the ‘CEO of the Year in Real Estate Sector’ at the Business Leader of the Year Award ceremony held at Taj Lands End, Mumbai recently.

Sri Lanka’s legal liquor consumption declined by 9.5 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) in the first ten months of 2024

Sri Lanka’s national monthly consumer prices slowed to 0.9 percent in January 2025 from the 1.1 percent increase in December 2024 on the back of increases in both food and non-food prices during January 2025.

The Export Development Board (EDB) is gearing up to establish eight regional export hubs across selected districts this year in a bid to improve export contribution to GDP.

The Ministry of Industries is gearing up to launch a nationwide SME incubator system campaign backed by the Rs. 1 billion allocation dedicated for research and development (R&D) commercialisation under the government’s 2025 budget.

The maiden budget of the National People’s Power (NPP) government expects to raise around Rs.300 billion from excise taxes,

Melstacorp PLC reported some solid financial performance for the three months ended in December 2024 on the back of improved performance from some business segments that was possible from improving top-lines and margins which also helped from lower d

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) began maintenance dredging this month, in order to restore the harbour’s original depth.

Pro Realtors Academy, the first and only real estate education programme in Sri Lanka, has been officially launched by Transco Properties and is set to reshape the country’s real estate industry by creating real estate professionals on par with int

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), in collaboration with the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE),

Austin House, the brainchild of Shirantha Peries, founder of the Mega Pharma group of companies, will be extending his considerably extensive portfolio when he opens the doors of the Austin House Aesthetic Centre to women and men who are looking for

Hayleys Fentons has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hira Industries LLC to bring Aerosafe fire and smoke curtains to Sri Lanka, marking a major milestone in the country’s fire safety landscape.

Dentsu Grant Group reaffirmed its position as a leader in Sri Lanka’s advertising industry with an outstanding performance at Effie Awards Sri Lanka 2024, securing 15 awards—the highest tally for a single agency this year.

Unilever Sri Lanka inaugurated a new Foods Factory at the Lindal Industrial Processing Zone in Sapugaskanda, graced by Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunneththi.

The Colombo Chapter of TiE Global, a Silicon Valley-founded organisation also known as The Indus Entrepreneurs, recently unveiled the exclusive Stanford Seed Spark Programme, aimed at empowering the budding start-up founders, to scale their ventures

HNB Assurance Group (HNBA and HNBGI) posted yet another year of remarkable performance, improving on its impressive growth rate maintained over the last few years.

Pan Asia Bank is making vehicle ownership easier and faster than ever with its latest leasing offer – ‘Drive Your Dream Sooner’.

Prameela Chittazhi Ramanadhan took charge as CEO and MD of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Ltd (LIC Lanka) on February 19, 2025.

DFCC Bank recently held its Annual Branch Managers’ Conference 2025 at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo, bringing together its leadership team and branch managers from across the country.

The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) expressed its apprehension regarding the proposed removal of the simplified value added tax (SVAT) system and its replacement with a streamlined value added tax (VAT) refund mechanism.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to positioning Sri Lanka as a globally competitive nation through advancements in digitalisation and innovation.

The small-scale gem industrialists in Monaragala expressed their concerns, highlighting the hardships they face when running this cottage industry and urged the authorities to provide formal training in lapidary.

The government will soon enter into an agreement on debt restructuring with Hungarian Export Credit Insurance Private Limited (HECIPL), which will include the loan concessions, under the debt restructuring exercise.

At the Colombo Tea Auction this week, less activity from Iran continued to impact the tea prices, in general.

Unilever this week commenced the operations of a Rs.3.8 billion malt beverage and food manufacturing plant, under the popular Viva brand, marking the multinational’s largest investment in South Asia, according to the Industries Ministry.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) signed a new groundbreaking Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) on February 20, to deepen their collaboration on cofinanced public sector projects.

Sampath Bank PLC saw its December quarter receiving a massive lift from the reversals of provisions on the International Sovereign Bonds (ISBs) and also the substantially lower provisions made for loans, due to the improving borrower profiles in a re

Indices closed in green as a result of price gains in counters such as Commercial Bank, Melstacorp and John Keells Holdings with the turnover crossing Rs. 3.5 Bn. High net worth and institutional investor participation was noted in Commercial Bank, S