Sri Lanka faces the struggle of proving to the world that the troublesome khapra beetle is not present in the country, as a Russian fact-finding mission arrives this week.

REUTERS: The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly weaker yesterday in dull trade as banks and importers bought dollars, dealers said.

People’s Leasing & Finance PLC reported some modest performance during the December quarter as the country’s largest non-bank lender by assets became cautious amid the rising bad loans.

The Spices & Allied Products Producers’ & Traders’ Association (SAPPTA) yesterday hailed President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to ban re-export of pepper.

Fitch Ratings yesterday downgraded Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka’s (HDFC Bank) national long-term rating to ‘BBB-(lka)’ from ‘BBB(lka)’ as the bank has failed to beef up its capital base. 

The first copies of ‘Samudura Kelambuma’, the Sinhala translation of Dr. Raja C. Mohan’s ‘Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific’, published by the Pathfinder Foundation, were handed over to a group of

The Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) signed last week is credit positive for both sovereigns and more so for Sri Lanka as the trade pact is expected to enhance cross-border trade of goods and services and would promote foreign direct

IPM Sri Lanka - the nation’s leader in human resource management - paid tribute to its former President Lalith Wijetunge who was recently inducted as the President of the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA).

MullenLowe Sri Lanka, the fully owned operation of the multi billion dollar New York based Inter Public Group (IPG), completed 2017 on a record high.

Best known for their ‘disruptive’ approaches to brand building, TBWA\Sri Lanka has been a steadfast agency in Sri Lanka’s advertising industry over the past few decades.

The Pathfinder Foundation in collaboration with the National University of Singapore organised a one-day joint symposium on “The Belt and Road Initiative: the Politics, Potentials & Partnerships” in Singapore Orchard Hotel yesterday (

The International Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (ICCSL) welcomes Sri Lanka’s landmark ‘modern and comprehensive’ free trade agreement (FTA) between Sri Lanka and Singapore (SLSFTA), the first bilateral FTA to be signed after 20 year

At the request of the Sri Lankan High Commission in Malaysia, the Export Development Board (EDB) met the trade delegation from the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) recently, at the EDB. 

Sri Lanka’s iconic agency, Leo Burnett, is delighted to announce that the agency has embarked on a new chapter in its history with the start of the new year, led by Arosha Perera as its new CEO along with the new management team.

The Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Business Co-operation Council of the National Chamber of Commerce (NCC), will host Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Riaz Hamidullah as a special guest speaker on bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Th

Mumbai-based salt-to-software conglomerate, the US$100 billion Tata Group, has awarded the mandate to manage its public relations and communications requirements across India to Adfactors PR, India’s largest public relations firm.

As part of its annual CSR project, the charitable foundation, My Friend, distributed school packs to students from eight schools around the countr

DFCC Bank opened a new branch at Nivithigala thereby growing their network to 138 fully-fledged branches across the country.

The Fairway National Literary Award competition reached a successful conclusion on the 26th of January at the Fairway Galle

Mahaweli Reach Hotel (MRH), reputed as the first hotel to achieve 5-star status in Kandy, recently marked another

Every year for the past nine years, Insee Cement has been rescuing and carefully relocating all species of fauna at the company’s Aruakalu quarry, Puttalam in the North 

Team XYZ from General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (KDU) beat team In Toxic from Informatics Institute of Technology

Ceylinco Life recently made several donations to the Sri Lanka Police as a part of the company’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Swadeshi ‘Little Princess’ recently empowered the maiden book launch of ‘Blossoms’, written by Ashirwadi Manamudali, a 15 year old (Grade 10) student from Loyola College, Daluwakotuwa, Negombo.

The official handover of the first copy of the Loris Magazine’s 28th volume was presented to Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Company Secretary, CSR Head and Legal DGM Theja Silva by Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) President Rukshan Jayew

E-waste is a rapidly growing stream of waste from discarded electronics and appliances.

There are things to overcome when it comes to the stock market, especially if you are new to the financial market.

CMA (Australia) completes 20 years since the qualification was first introduced to Sri Lankan professionals in 1998. 

Amãna Bank recently relocated its Kattankudy b ranch to a more spacious location to accommodate an ever increasing customer base as well as to provide greater reach, convenience and an enhanced banking experience to 

Ceylinco Insurance PLC was chosen as Sri Lanka’s best insurer by not only one but several key business ranking  indices recently.