AFP: Asian markets turned lower yesterday as investors cashed in at the end of a mostly positive week while the dollar weakened against its main peers with analysts questioning the chances of a third US interest rate hike this year.

AFP: Standard & Poor’s yesterday slashed Hong Kong’s top-notch credit rating, a day after lowering China’s, warning of potential spillover risks the mainland’s ballooning debt pile.

AFP: Swedish telecom firm Telia will pay fines of nearly US$1 billion to settle a bribery case brought by US, Swedish and Dutch authorities, the US Justice Department announced Thursday.

Executive Director of the World Bank for the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, S. Aparna, together with the World Bank’s Country Director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough, called on the Minister

Regional Consultations as part of the design of Sri Lanka’s National Export Strategy (NES) took place in Galle yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is expected to keep its key interest rates steady on Tuesday, a Reuters poll showed, to support a stuttering economy even as inflation accelerates amid strong credit growth.

David Stanford - CIMA Global President met with Prime Minister Wickremasinghe at Temple Trees to discuss potential opportunities for CIMA to work with the government to build a skilled workforce and financial literacy in the country. Venkkat Ramanan

AFP: The third round of talks on revamping NAFTA, which start today in Ottawa, are expected to be punishing as diplomatic tensions mount.

AFP:  Smaller planes will dominate aviation orders worldwide in the next 20 years, driven by the needs of budget airlines in emerging markets like Southeast Asia, Boeing said yesterday.

Instilling unbridled passion into the craft of producing timelessly stunning works of art destined to add unique style to any interior space, Mahogany Masterpieces expands its presence with the opening of its brand-new store at No 87, Dickmans Road C

Hameedia, Sri Lanka’s premier men’s wear specialist renowned for quality and style, recently introduced ‘What’s Your Fit?’ campaign at the beginning of August to extend its fashion expertise to its loyal customers. 

AFP: Russia’s energy minister said yesterday that he was in favour of continuing cooperation with the OPEC oil cartel as their joint accord to cap output bears fruit in boosting the price of crude. “We should keep the pace and definitely

Eight outstanding young professionals from Sri Lanka’s advertising industry and two students have been selected to represent the country at the annual Young Spikes 2017 & Cheil Young Creative 

The Malay Sports Festival organized by Kumpulan Melayu Battaramulla (KMB) concluded at the Padang Complex on Sunday the 17th of September 2017.

September 19th saw leading distribution network, DSL Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, announce their participation in the Little Hearts project, which aims to build a cardiac and critical care complex at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital. 

The Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) will be hosting a Golfers for Charity event in aid of Lanka Alzheimer’s Foundation (LAF) and RCGC Charity Welfare Fund on Saturday 23rd September. The Platinum sponsor of the event is Cargills Ceylon PLC who h

Seeking to cultivate the savings habit in young Sri Lankans, Hatton National Bank rewarded 274 selected winners of the HNB Singithi Depositors competition together with their parents for a special educational tour around a series of landmark location

Envisioning to offer quality education to the children of Sri Lanka, ‘Seylan Pahasara’ opened its 132nd and 133rd libraries in Gampaha and Trincomalee respectively. 

In keeping with its theme of child empowerment and improving quality of life in rural communities, the eighth Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centre was declared open in Oddusuddan in the Mullaitivu District recently, a joint project of SriLankan Airli

Construction of the 242-unit ‘Capital Heights’ luxury apartment project commenced on 18th September 2017, when Blue Star Realty (Pvt.) Ltd, a member of Access Engineering PLC, formally received China State Construction Engineering Corpora

In selecting the winner of the recently held Urban Design Idea Competition by the CHEC Port City Colombo, the judges looked for more than just the creation of iconic buildings.

Capitol Developers, the company developing the iconic Capitol TwinPeaks has unveiled its model apartment to the public for viewing.

Ogilvy Public Relations Sri Lanka succeeded in finishing ahead of 1,200 of the best award entries from across the Asia Pacific region at the SABRE APAC Awards held in Hong Kong recently.  The agency’s ‘Uncover the Truth’ campai

Digibrush, one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing digital media agencies, drives yet another client to bag an eminent award at the CMO Asia annual awards this year. Union Bank PLC earned the prestigious Social Media and Digital Marketing Awards 201

When the public sector officials are hardly recognized for their contribution to the national development, particularly the management of public organisations and meeting the set goals, the Zonta Club of Colombo has recognized to award the Woman of A

The first law of CEO communication is for the leader to ‘be on message’. What does this mean?  ‘Being on message’ means that the leader crafts her message to her audience to create a positive image about or get something

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka will be hosting its third Talking Point Programme for this year on September 27, 2017, at Union Ballroom, Hilton Colombo Residences, from 6:00 p.m. onwards. 

JASTECA Institute of Management had announced a newly designed seminar on a concept titled ‘Integration of Japanese Management Standards with ISO9001:2015 QMS International Standards’. Most managers assume that Japanese management teachin

The turning out of the Trincomalee oil tanks deal for India and the Hambantota port deal for China are only indicative of the massive trust deficit or leverage the two competing powers have in Sri Lanka. Relative to its size, Sri Lanka probably punch

Failure. Many of us have been there. Some have refused to go beyond it while others have persevered and gone on to conquer great frontiers – be it business, entrepreneurship or anything else. But few have realized the value of failure as a teac