business Sri Lanka

The Pathfinder Foundation & Stockholm International Peace Research Institute join hands in addressing the Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk in the Time of Artificial...

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the leading telecommunication service provider in the country celebrated the international women’s day March 8, 2019 by conducting an awareness programme...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has won two more international awards – ‘Best Internet Bank – Sri Lanka’ and ‘Best Green Bank – Sri Lanka,’ continuing a winning streak that...

Aitken Spence Travels, the largest inbound tour operator in Sri Lanka, welcomed its 200,000th happy visitor a few days back for the FY 2018/19. The company has recorded a...

The Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) on March 7, 2019 filed action before the Fort Magistrate’s Court against Dr. Sena Yaddehige, for dealing in the shares...

Hatton National Bank (HNB) held its 50th AGM on March 29. To commemorate the special occasion HNB was invited to ring the ceremonial bell at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). Today,...

Agri Scientists from Laiyu Chemical Co. Ltd., China, which is the joint venture partner to manufacture fertilizer in Sri Lanka with Araliya Agro Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd., were...

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jointly announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize collaborative efforts...

Major stakeholders agreed to the proposed regulation and standards introduced for water fittings at a public consultation held at the BMICH recently organized by the Public...

The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is set to celebrate 60 years of shouldering the progress of the nation through education excellence with a grand innovation and invention...

The Human Resources Department of Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd., organized a competition among tea-pluckers in estates under its management area in an effort to give inducement...

Women are already making important contributions across all key spheres of our society. The field of engineering is one such major beneficiary. In the midst of these changes,...

 Lakmini Wijesundara, Co-founder and CEO of IronOne Technologies and BoardPAC in Sri Lanka, was chosen as the SAARC Woman Entrepreneur for the Year 2018, from a pool...

For the first time in South Asia, Dialog Axiata PLC, has successfully demonstrated a fully standard based 5G mobile service, integrating 5G network infrastructure with a mobile...

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Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) brought into Sri Lanka, including the oil refinery project in Hambantota, is channeled through the approved local banking system through Inward Investment...

More than 500 businesses in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are being supported to report on their sustainability impacts following the launch of new guidance. ​GRI has provided...

The 9th edition of ‘Sancharaka Udawa’ the premier Tourism and Travel Exhibition, organized by Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) in collaboration with...

Sri Lanka needs a strong legislative framework to attract investors in the oil and gas industry. Therefore Industry stakeholders urged the authorities to speed up the passing...

The coveted Huawei Mate X made an appearance in a surprising turn of events, following the unveiling of the latest Huawei P30 range at Dialog. The impressive device claims...

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, announced that Seylan Bank PLC is the first enterprise in Sri Lanka to adopt VMware’s vSAN Hyperconverged...

The Industrial Development Board (IDB), has introduced a “Small Scale Chemical Industry Development Pilot Project” for the Western Province with a view to improving the overall...

The Postgraduate Institute of Management entered into an MoU with the Sri Lanka Institute of Taxation (SLIT) recently facilitating the members of the SLIT to follow the MBA...

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau for the first time in four years organized the roadshow for the Russian tourism business. The events took place on March 15, in Moscow and...

The Vehicle Importers’ Association of Lanka (VIAL) deplored the attempt by the Customes Nomenclature (NC) Committee of the Department of Customs to degrade certain categories...

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Board of Directors of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC has resolved the amalgamation of TOKYO Super Cement Company Lanka (Private) Limited, a fully owned subsidiary company with...

A new report from the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on Sri Lanka’s wide-ranging plan to achieve upper-middle-income status. The...

  The government should incorporate digital aspects into the agriculture, tourism and manufacturing sectors to strive towards a digital economy in order to achieve the ICT...

 Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al -Rumhy, Minister of Oil & Gas of the Sultanate of Oman called on Malik Samarawickrama, Minister of Development Strategies and International...

  The Colombo Dockyard PLC reported Rs. 337 million after tax profit for the financial year ending December 31, 2018, compared with Rs. 26 million in the previous year. CEO,...

The 3rd Edition of the Maldivian ‘GOLD 100’ Business Awards was recently held at Paradise Island Resort, with the Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), Ray Abeywardena...

Munchee, the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited, has won the prestigious “People’s Export Brand of the Year” award at the recently concluded SLIM-Nielsen People’s Awards...

 South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd, the first public private partnership stevedoring container terminal in Sri Lanka strengthened its operating infrastructure capabilities...

Sri Lanka’s leading Chartered Accountant firm SWT Associates, successfully hosted the IAPA Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Colombo, bringing together 25accounting firms...