Port City ‘sahana’ for flood victims!

Port City’s flood relief programme, “Port City Sahana” kicked off on Sunday (22) in the Sedawatta area along 

FinMin visits flood victims

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Saturday visited the Wellampitiya area in a Navy boat to assist the 

Wesak Week

Wesak preparations gave the country some momentum in the aftermath of landslides and flash floods killing 

Helping the needy

Volunteer flood relief workers brave the floods to take food ,medicine to people trapped in their homes in Sedawatte, 

LSEG to set up facility in Colombo to run its capital market infrastructure biz

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) yesterday said it would be setting up a state-of-the-art facility in

Torrential rains drive more than 130,000 from homes

REUTERS: Flash floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, triggered by more than three days of heavy rain, have

Battling weather

A man and a woman struggle to hold their umbrellas from high wind and rain during a wet day in Colombo  Reuters Picture

Economic revival

Malaysian women walk past each-other at the popular Chinatown market in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Malaysia

SLI surpasses own record, declares Rs.5.4 bn life bonus for 2016

Breaking all landmarks in the local insurance industry Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) has once again declared

Internet-based taxi service provider returns Rs.2mn to passenger

A driver belonging to Sri Lankan online taxi hailing service provider PickMe has returned Rs.2 million to a passenger

FinMin tells biz community to ‘stop doubting the system’

As concerns continue to mount on the stability of the operating environment amid lack of policy consistency,

Debt burden unlikely to improve despite IMF funding: Moody’s

Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding is set to ease immediate liquidity pressures, the continuing fiscal consolidation challenges would further increase the Sri Lanka’s debt burden and the debt-to-GDP ratio would continue its upward path during the next two years, Moody’s Investors Service cautioned. 

SriLankan performance improves for last FY

SriLankan Airlines announced that it has recorded a significantly i m p r o v e d p e r f o r m a n c e a t the close

Importers to halt vehicle imports until rupee strengthens

“This is not isolated. The sharp rises in vehicle import taxes over the last two years also led to this,” he said.

Importers to halt vehicle imports until rupee strengthens

“This is not isolated. The sharp rises in vehicle import taxes over the last two years also led to this,” he said.

April tourist arrivals up 11.6% as Chinese tourists flock

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka grew 11.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to 136,367 in April 2016, with the continued

Lubricant industry to pass tax increase impact to customers

??By Chandeepa Wettasinghe The lubricants industry will be completely passing on the effects of the value added tax

SRI LANKA STRIKES US $ 1.5 bn DEAL WITH IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said they reached a staff level agreement with the Sri 

How Takas.lk founder Pathmalal's twisting career path led him home

The 34-year-old angered his father by abandoning his economic major to study politics and psychology in the U.S. Yet Pathmalal ended up being one of Sri Lanka's

Hemas appointed Evergreen shipping agents in Sri Lanka

As exclusively reported by Mirror Business on Tuesday, Hemas group shipping subsidiary Hemas Maritime

Central Bank presents Annual Report

The 67th annual report of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was presented to President

PM addresses world biz community through CNBC

P r i m e M i n i s t e r R a n i l Wickremesinghe addresses the world business community and invites them

Electrifying Chinese car buyers!

Journalists look at the Smart “Forfour” Kris Wu edition car at the Mercedes store as part of the “Auto China 2016”

High-tech take off

The X-2 advanced technological demonstrator plane of the Japanese Air Self- Defence Force takes off at Komak

Finance Ministers connect at IMF Spring Meetings

The Finance Ministers who attended the 2016 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the

Sri Lanka currently not a destination for sustainable tourists despite industry efforts: expert

Sri Lanka is currently not a destination for sustainable tourists despite industry efforts, but new investments

FinMin meets IMF chief

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake met with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine

Finance Ministry launches initiative to promote SL with CNBC

Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry in partnership with CNBC, the world’s leading business and financial news network

Netherlands aims to strengthen ties with ‘old friends’ using ‘new trends’

Attempting to strengthen ties with ‘old friends’ using ‘new trends’, top Netherlands envoy to Sri Lanka stated 

PM Ranil meets Huawei VP Yao Weimin in Beijing

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Huawei Vice President Yao Weimin in Beijing during his recent visit to China.