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Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy will deliver a lecture on ‘Myanmar: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Roots of the Conflict and Possibilities for the Future’ at the Lakshman Kadirgamar...

Dialog Axiata PLC, has partnered with Uber, the world’s largest ride-sharing company for the first time in Sri Lanka, to offer its customers exclusive fares while travelling...

Credence Genomics Sri Lanka’s first and only NGS based diagnostic firm made Sri Lanka proud again by reaching the finals of Pitch@Palace Commonwealth held at St. James’s Palace,...

Many leading global Intellectual Property experts are converging in Colombo today (26) for the launch of the two-day long World intellectual Property Day (WIPD) commemorations...

Minerals Gem & Jewellery bagged a Gold Award at the tourism excellence award ceremony organized by Western Province Tourist Board recently at Hotel Kingsbury, Colombo. The...

The future outlook of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is a bullish one, according to industry leaders who spoke at the inaugural Sea Asia LNG Forum yesterday. The leaders...

Madusha De Silva, Nayomi Fernando and Umendra Abeynayake of team ‘Innovints’ from the University of Sri Jayewardenapura were adjudged winners of Unilever Challenge 2017 held...

Turyaa Chennai, owned and operated by the local hospitality chain Aitken Spence Hotels was conferred the ‘best five-star deluxe hotel’ in Tamil Nadu at the recently held Tamil...

Beverages major Coca-Cola is witnessing a strong growth momentum in India, especially in the sparkling drinks segment, with a positive start to the year. The company, which...

Lloyds Banking Group has said it has made a “strong start” to 2018, with profits for the first three months of the year jumping by nearly a quarter. It made pre-tax profits...

The founder of a Chinese startup jostling for a slice of the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market says the race for leadership in the industry has barely started. While...

The Colombo Stock Exchange has requested the four stockbroker firms, whose trading activities have been prohibited due to non-compliance, to transfer their securities portfolios...

Adding another global property to the Sri Lankan Tourism inventory the US based Sheraton Group will open Kosgoda Turtle Beach Resort in Kosgoda on September 10. The Browns...

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), on behalf of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, successfully launched and raised USD 2.5 billion in a dual-tranche 5 and...

The Kandy Industrial Park has emerged as a major economic centre in the Central Province and has contributed US$ 93 million worth of direct exports earnings in 2017. This...

Both China and Sri Lanka have benefited from World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the global trade rules, which have contributed to China’s reform and opening up and also making...

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The IFS World Congress (WOCO) will inaugurate with the newly appointed CEO, Darren Roos addressing the attendees of the conference in Atlanta USA in May. Over 15 Sri Lankans...

The Research Intelligence Unit, (RIU) a research and consultancy with a global presence will host its annual edition of RIU Investor Forum on Thursday May 17 2018 at the Sri Lanka...

Fortude, a global provider of enterprise application solutions and a subsidiary of the Brandix Group, has been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner certification in Data Analytics. Fortude...

Investment Bank, First Capital Holdings PLC has signed a third memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OBG for its forthcoming publication. Under the MoU, the firm will once...

Singapore Airlines (SIA) partnered with Plug and Play, a startup innovation platform based in Silicon Valley, to further promote creativity and innovation within the airline industry...

SriLankan Aviation Collegeand Kingston University London have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the launch of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) top up degree in...

The Asia Pacific Institute of Digital Marketing (APIDM) Sri Lanka’s premier educational institute with an outstanding team of resource persons in the region for Digital Marketing...

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Market turnover increased by 33% in relative to last Friday to amount to Rs 0.55 billion while the crossings for the day amounted to 16% of the total turnover. Foreign investors...

The industrial committee of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka will soon carry out a study with regard to industrial safety and hazard rules and regulations in factories. They...

Headline Inflation, as measured by the change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100), which is compiled by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), continued...

LOLC Group merged its micro credit company, LOLC Micro Credit Ltd (LOMC), with its finance company, LOLC Finance PLC (LOFC). Earlier this year, the Group sought approval from...

Though private sector credit growth had eased last year, data suggested it was on track to reach a targeted 16% in 2018, said Michael Todemann, Oxford Business Group (OBG’s) editorial...

Over 200 Commonwealth entrepreneurs converged to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Sri Lanka in London last week. According to the Department of Commerce of Sri...

Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CLC) has announced the appointment of Former Deputy Governor of Central Bank, Priyantha Fernando as its Chairman with effect from March...

Executive Director, The Pathfinder Foundation Luxman Siriwardena, and Director, Center for China -Sri Lanka Cooperation Studies Centre and Admiral Dr. JayanathColombage, Director,...

Ceylinco Life has been ranked among the 50 most valuable brands in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance Lanka in 2018, and is the highest-ranked life insurance brand in the country. Brand...

IPM Sri Lanka – the Nation’s leader in human resource management, will be showcasing winning corporate HR practices at its popular “IPM Great HR Practices” for the second...

ings, recently won 11 coveted awards at the prestigious JASTECA Awards Ceremony. Organized by the Japan Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association (JASTECA), the competition...

“The shares of the Anand Mahindra led, Mumbai headquartered Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M) surged more than 2% to hit an all-time high, thus steering the automaker...

Turkey is emerging strong once again recording a GDP growth of more than 7 percent in 2017. The country is calm and its business as usual with the economy remaining resilient...

Singapore Airlines (SIA )will extend its title sponsorship of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix for another two years, until 2019. Singapore Airlines first signed as Title...

Founder of Sungreen luxsury Resort and Spa Habarana, Priyankara Bandara Athukorala, has won the Anuradhapura District Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year - 2017 Gold Award. The...

Sri Lanka’s first B2B e-commerce platform for the Hospitality Industry was re launched by Minister of Tourism John Amaratunga recently. Hotelsupplier.lk came into existence...

EXCEL Restaurants a subsidiary of Browns Investments, has taken over two popular entertainment venues on a long term rent. The two brands. Floor By O at the CH & FC Colombo...

The Avurudu Pola organised by Colombo Hilton was held at ‘The Blue’recently. The event saw the participation of foreign and local guests. Especially prepared pickles and chutneys,...

‘The One’ mixed development project hosted the Sinhala and Tamil new year with their Chinese and local employees in Colombo on Saturday. Minister of Home Affairs, Vajira Abeywardane,...