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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways celebrates 25 years of service in Sri Lanka this month. The airline commenced its flights to Colombo in October 1993 with just two flights...

 findmyfare.com Sri Lanka’s online travel company, is raising funding of US$ 2 million from Ironwood Capital Partners. The investment that they recently raised will help...

In a bid to fall in line with some of the advancement of online ticket bookings, The National Transport Commission (NTC) has launched an online booking facility for long distance...

World Tourism Day on the theme Digital Transformation -UNWTO organized by Chamber of Tourism and Industry Sri Lanka was held in a grandeur in Arugambay Pacific Hotel Auditorium...

 Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority decided to open a branch office in Jaffna soon, said Tourism and Christian Religious Affairs Minister John Amaratunge at the...

Glyphosate is not available despite the removal of its ban, tea industry sources said. “Though the ban on Glyphosate is lifted for specific use in tea and rubber a plantation,...

Fitch Ratings Lanka Limited has assigned Serendib Finance Limited a National Long-Term Rating of ‘A+(lka)’. The outlook is stable. Serendib’s rating is driven by Fitch’s view that...

China has been prompt and highly professional in the selection of projects and disbursements of funds which Sri Lanka has found to be lengthy and time consuming in other multi-lateral...

It is the duty of all local exporters to convert Lanka in to a export- oriented country to achieve the objective of prospering its economic growth, 99X Technology CEO Mano...

Sri Lanka’s communication sector has hit top spot in the world and the country is capable achieving this feat in the power and energy sector as well, asserted State Minister...

Fairfirst Insurance clinched the title of best website insurance at the Web Awards 2018 organized by the esteemed Web Marketing Association in USA. Now in its 17th year, the Web...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China’s biggest e-commerce firm, warned on Thursday investments in its delivery business would keep pressuring profits even as it reported its strongest-ever...

Mercmarine Training, Sri Lanka’s leading maritime training institute has been announced as a finalist for ‘The Maritime Education & Training Award’ at the Maritime Standard...

The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) held its 57 Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently in Colombo. Raja Hewabowala, who had been the Chairman CNCI for the past...

Global IT Park Minami Uonuma initiated in 2016 with an aim to practice and promote open innovation between Japanese companies, Sri Lankan IT companies and other foreign IT...

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $300 million loan to help in the construction of about 5.3 kilometers (km) of elevated toll highway with...

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Information and cyber security are critical for businesses today, especially those that rely heavily on digital infrastructure such as Nations Trust Bank, with its comprehensive...

The Bank of Ceylon opened its self service banking unit, BOC Smart Zone at the newest state-of-the-art Luxury residences, hotel and shopping mall in Colombo, Colombo City...

Colombo Business Systems (PRIVATE) Ltd. was recently appointed the distributor for the Amano range of products in Sri Lanka. Amano Time Recorders, Watchman’s Clocks, Finger Scanners,...

The Department of Industrial Development and Enterprise Promotion (DIDEP) Central province recently concluded the Star Awards for the year 2018 for the 14th consecutive year...

The Metropolitan Group celebrates 60 years of bringing advanced technology and services to workplaces across Sri Lanka with the issue of a commemorative stamp showcasing the...

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer- CHEC Port City, Colombo, Liang Thow Ming said that Colombo port city will be developed as a world class city for South Asia and also sought...

China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy by 2030, economists at HSBC Holdings Plc predicted in a study published on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. The...

Chairman of National Agency for Public Private Partnership (NAPPP) Thilan Wijesinghe yesterday said NAPPA is looking at ways how PPP could be used to make state owned entities...

The Organization of Professional Association of Sri Lanka, holding their annual conference for the second consecutive day yesterday listed the importance of moving onto digital...

Sri Lanka incurs a massive financial and man-hour loss due to traffic congestion every year and the loss is estimated at Rs 360 billion per annum. According to the experts,...

The World Tourism Day under the global theme ‘Tourism and the Digital Transformation’ was celebrated in Jaffna yesterday with a series of events hosted by the Sri Lanka Tourism...

National Youth Corps training centers has launched a major island-wide drive to recruit students who have completed their GCE A/L and have failed to continue higher studies. Mooted...

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Standard Chartered was named the Best Overall International Bank for Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) in Asiamoney’s New Silk Road Finance Awards 2018 and the Best Foreign Bank...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesteray signed an agreement with Hatton National Bank (HNB), under ADB’s Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program, to expand local...

K-Line vessel Hawaiian Highway, a car carrier sailing from Marshall Island, called at the Hambantota Port recently. The vessel carried 1260 cars on board, for discharge at...

The LP Gas Distributors Association (LPGDASL), attached to Litro Gas says that they urgently need a revision of their handling charges. “Sri Lanka will be facing an imminent...

NLH Holdings (NLH), Sri Lanka has received the green light to restructure and settle liabilities of both Ceylinco’s Finance and Guarantee Real Estate Company (FGRECL) and...

The Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) has identified digitalization as the most challenging phenomenon, currently affecting the humanity and its future. “Digital...

Following the depreciation of the Sri Lankan Rupee against the US Dollar, the Sri Lanka Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry (SLCPI) issued a statement calling on the Minister...