We need to move beyond policy dialogue and economic summits, towards time-bound action plans and implementation. There clearly is a mutually respectful dialogue between the public and private sector today. The debates, arguments, criticisms, bouquets

Damro Group, South Asia’s leading furniture retailer opened its largest showroom in Sri Lanka in Katubedda recently as it is on a major expansion drive throughout the country. 

The most luxurious global vacation brand, Club Med, has been gifting its clients the core emotion of happiness during their stay at its 80 exclusive properties around in some of the most beautiful natural settings in the world. 

The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) may well be the only seat of higher educational learning in Sri Lanka with two significant milestones in its 50 year existence. 

Aitken Spence Travels was named as Sri Lanka’s leading destination management company at the 24th annual World Travel Awards held in the Maldives recently.

The employees in Sri Lankan firms may start to demand higher wages, after observing the higher price levels of goods and services stemming from weather-related supply-side disruptions, the Central Bank cautioned.

Sampath Bank PLC reported earnings of Rs.18.72 a share or Rs.3.49 billion profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (2Q17), an increase of 39.1 percent from a year ago, mainly due to a jump in exchange and dividend incomes.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka this July fell 1.8 percent to 205,482 tourists compared to July 2016, as the Chinese tourist boom, which pushed up the market growth during the last off-season, petered out, bringing to question whether even the revised

Logistics and warehouse supplier, Expolanka Holdings PLC, saw its profits for the June quarter being adversely affected by the pressure on yields in certain key trade lanes and the losses made by the group’s other investments. 

The financial sector regulatory bodies have started closer cooperation among themselves in recent months by establishing two regulatory processes to reduce the gaps in regulatory oversight, the Central Bank said recently.

Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, a poultry group that operates a feed mill, has appealed to the government to allow it to directly import maize as the local prices remain elevated and the import restrictions have begun to hurt operations. 

A group of foreign tourists and some local tourists watch a session of snake charming at the Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya. 

Advantis Bunkering was recently awarded the International Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series certification or OHSAS 18001:2007 by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS

Advantis Bunkering was recently awarded the International Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series certification or OHSAS 18001:2007 by Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS), the world’s leading inspection,

Lanka Livestock’17 was recently held at the SLECC where Bodum Engineering Solutions Ltd, a leading knowledge-based company specializing in supplies, installation and equipment maintenance for the poultry, dairy, swine and feed industries, was t

Being Sri Lanka’s largest bulk tea distributor holding 53 percent of the market share, Richy Tea celebrated its 25th year anniversary recently. 

The Browns Agriculture Division was selected by the Government of Sri Lanka as the preferred partner in its initiative to distribute water to the drought affected communities in the country.

Need to go somewhere? Book a PickMe. Hungry? Why not order from quickee.lk? Need a job? everjobs.lk is your friend. And the list goes on. Sri Lanka is increasingly shaped by online start-ups, who are changing the business landscape by disrupting the

Asia and the Pacific has long been the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), propelled by increasing trade and investment openness in the region. From 2001 to 2016, Asia’s share of global foreign direct investment (

Strathspey Estate, managed by Maskeliya Plantations PLC, which is owned by Richard Pieris Group of Companies, recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of the tea industry and 25th anniversary after the privatization of estates from Sri Lanka State P

Working to enable a new paradigm in the e-Commerce led growth of Sri Lanka, DFCC Bank announced a vibrant new partnership with Webxpay to connect the bank’s customers to e-Commerce merchants. 

St. Anthony’s Consolidated (PVT) Ltd. launched ‘Homemart’, a one-stop general hardware supermarket and homewares retailer, hosting the largest selection of the most trusted brands in the nation.

The Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) under the patronage of the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) is organizing the ‘Colombo Int

CHEC Port City Colombo has signed up with MTI’s idea2fund, thus demonstrating their commitment to Sri Lanka by helping to identify and groom emerging Sri Lankan entrepreneurs.

Over 20 years ago, during my second year at medical school, I spent my semester break with an Indian non-governmental organisation providing health services to the urban poor in Kolkata. I soon realized that being a doctor or a nurse accomplishes lit

REUTERS: China has approved plans to establish international agricultural demonstration zones in 10 countries, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, as Beijing looks to extend its influence in the global farm sector.

Nations Trust Bank’s branch at Pettah (Bankshall Street) has been refurbished and is now equipped with a more spacious interior with even more facilities such as a 24/7 cash deposit machine (CDM), business banking, leasing and hire purchase, in

Colombo Dockyard successfully delivered the 40-passenger ferry built for the Jaffna District Secretariat recently at the Colombo Dockyard premises.  

Saveyourmonkey.com, Sri Lanka’s pioneering Insurtech startup which began operations earlier this year, announced their official launch following the trilingual launch of Sri Lanka’s first digital insurance agent, ‘Amaya’. 

Emirates’ much-anticipated one-off A380 flight to Colombo on August 14 reflects the airline’s commitment to the destination and its tourism industry and is an opportunity for Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to show the world that