Sri Lanka’s number one toilet cleaning brand, Harpic pledged to contribute a percentage from the sale of each Harpic 500ml bottle of its popular toilet cleaner range, reaffirming its commitment to the national campaign to build 300 toilets.&nbs

Primary grade students at two schools in Talawa and Wellawaya need no longer learn in temporary shelters or under trees, thanks to the generosity of Ceylinco Life.

NDB together with British Council awarded the successful candidates who completed the ‘English for Teaching’ training programme.

People’s Bank offers Grade-five scholarship students an opportunity to win valuable scholarships through its Sisu Udana  savings account. 

SDB Bank organized an island wide Lakdaru Scholarship Seminar Series for Grade-five students.  This is carried out as a CSR project and few of the seminars are also in Tamil medium. The 31st 

Commercial Bank of Ceylon has introduced Mastercard debit cards with Chip and PIN technology for the first time in Sri Lanka.

Nestlé Professional, Nestlé’s out-of-home food and beverage solutions provider, has joined hands with the Chefs Guild of Lanka to become Diamond Sponsor for Culinary Art Food Expo 2017.

Reaching out to its customer base, CLC made a few iconic additions to their existing branch network during the month of June. 

People’s Bank achieved a unique milestone in its digitalisation drive with the opening of its fully-fledged Digital Centre by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, at York Street, Colombo 1.

Ustocktrade, the world’s first retail alternative trading system (ATS), the mission of which is to bring Wall Street to Main Street, announced yesterday its launch in Sri Lanka, the first international expansion for Ustocktrade.

The number one bank in the country, Bank of Ceylon (BOC) has won the Best Employer Brand Award and Best Bank in Public Sector – Excellence and Leadership Award for the Banking and Financial Services Industry, presented at the event hosted by th

The tactics are all too familiar – when you are the one who has built something from scratch, you think you cannot let go. When you know the pain of having to create something from nothing, you do not want to give up easily. You fear no one wil

Corrupt officials, tax cheats and the financial backers of terrorism have one thing in common: they often exploit vulnerabilities in financial systems to facilitate their crimes.

The minimum room rates in Colombo hotels have been a hot topic in the tourism industry for some time. There are many proponents of it, and too few opponents.

Evergreen Line vessel MV (Motor Vessel) Toledo Triumph with the capacity of 14,000 TEUS made it’s maiden call at Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) recently.

Qatar Airways has announced it will introduce a fourth daily non-stop service from Doha to Colombo from 1 August 2017. 

 Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) - Sri Lanka arranged a panel discussion on “National Maritime Policy and way forward” following their Annual General Meeting held at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

Shangri-La’s Hambantota Resort and Spa, celebrated its first year anniversary with the launch of its golf membership earlier this month, and more recently a most memorable cocktail and dinner event held at the Sunset Beach and Artisan Village.&

The Maldives attracted 85,222 visitors in June 2017 recording a 7.8 percent growth compared to 12 months ago, with the momentum of arrivals growth from Europe cushioning a decline in visitor levels experienced  from China.

Dr. Ali Asgar Shabbir Gulamhusein yesterday bought 61 percent of Ceylon and Foreign Trade PLC (CFT), represented by 85.6 million shares in a Rs.430 million deal.

Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama has asked International Trade State Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe to appoint an independent committee to look into recent allegations made by Justice and Buddhasasana Minister

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) has incorporated a private limited company in the name of ‘Galle Cable Depot (Pvt) Ltd.’ for the purpose of carrying out the business of constructing, providing and managing a cable depot in Galle. The incorpor

Sri Lanka’s corporate sector figure Samantha Rajapaksa has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of state banking giant Bank of Ceylon (BOC) by Public Enterprise Development Minister Kabir Hashim.

A  Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation led by Fatema Z. Sumar, Regional Deputy Vice President for Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America, is currently in Colombo to advance progress on the development of a five-year grant pro

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended steady in thin trade yesterday as gains in financials were offset by losses in industrial shares, with foreign investors continuing to be net buyers.

The interim results released by John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) for the June quarter proved that even the country’s largest conglomerate in terms of market value is not immune to the headwinds in the economy.

More prominence will be given to the Small and Medium enterprises (SME) sector and online brands at the 16th Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) Brand Excellence awards, themed, ‘Exhibit your masterpiece’ to be held  in November.

Do you want to revitalize your cooking routine? Then, head over to Abans Elite Kollupitiya tomorrow (July 29), at 10:30 am and learn more about preparing ultra healthy recipes in a quicker and easier manner, as demonstrated by a celebrity Chef using

After Apparel Tech Up in Bangladesh, India, Vietnam and Indonesia, ThreadSol hosted the first edition of Apparel Tech Up for the Sri Lankan apparel industry on 20th July at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo. 

The idea among the general public is that statistics relating to Sri Lanka’s educational achievements look outstanding. However the reality is that there is a vast gap between skilled and unskilled labour.  To address this issue from the g