?As part of the celebrations to mark the ‘125th Anniversary of the Royal College Union’, a formal celebratory dinner will be held on Sunday 17th, January 2016 commencing at 7.00pm at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel.

?Beginning from the 28th of November 2015, no. 76/A, Kandy Road, Kiribathgoda has become the location of D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd.’s brand new showroom. This is the 210th showroom in the DSI retail network. 

UK bank Standard Chartered (StanChart) could be acquired by a white knight as its recovery could prove to be “challenging”, according to broker CLSA, which upgraded shares of the Asia-focused lender on that possibility.

REUTERS: Russian oil producers have strengthened their position in Asia by supplying nearly a quarter more crude this year, shifting the balance of power in one of the few bright spots in the global market and blunting OPEC’s high-profile drive

REUTERS: Banks in Hong Kong are intensifying the battle for young customers key to their future retail profit, offering online perks and mobile banking products in a bid to erode the dominance of HSBC in its Asian stronghold.

REUTERS: Apple Inc said it will launch its payment service in China as soon as 2016, pitting it against entrenched Chinese rivals Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings.

15 year old Januka Dilshan played brilliant golf in tough conditions to take the coveted national title at the Sri Lanka Junior Open Golf Championship 2015, concluded at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.

?‘Envoy Concept 2016’ by Envoy, which took place for a successful 3rd consecutive time on 15th  December  2015 at the Envoy Mansion, received glowing reviews from its distinguished audience and the fashion trade pundits alike.

Pegasus Reef Beach Hotel in Hendala Wattala is geared for the Christmas holiday with an array magical lifestyle experiences to help patrons celebrate the season in style by embracing the Christmas spirit.

Samsung Electronics’ ‘60 Days of Happiness’ promotion recently culminated after a series of daily and weekly giveaways with the announcement of the grand-prize winner of a Kia Sportage SUV at a gala event.

?Sri Lanka’s largest online travel company, findmyfare.com recently hosted a day of fellowship for all staff members at the Cinnamon Bey in Beruwala. The retreat allowed the findmyfare.com team

?Oman Air is celebrating major success at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2015. For the second year in a row, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman has won the ‘World’s Leading Airline Economy Class 2015’ title.

?The Initial Public Offering (IPO) of People’s Insurance Limited has been oversubscribed on the opening day itself amidst strong individual and institutional investor interest.

?Over 100 AIA employees - dressed in bright red branded T-shirts - did an energetic cycle ride across the Colombo City recently, to mark the Healthy Living Month of November.

Nawaloka Hospitals PLC has opened a state-of-the-art Skin Care and Cosmetic Centre, which is equipped with the Gold Standard Acu Pulse, a safe, simple CO2 laser, manufactured in the USA, which is the industry standard that delivers outstanding result

?Deegayu Ayurvedic and Botanical Products (Pvt.) Ltd, one of Sri Lanka’s leading manufacturer and marketer of Ayurveda pharmaceuticals and Ayurveda concept-based herbal healthcare products

?Award-winning Professor Jennifer Perera has joined the clinical panellists of Credence Genomics, the country’s leading commercial biotechnology venture, equipped with next generation sequencing technology. 

?Interrelated lifestyle and demographic changes have resulted in a rise in non-communicable diseases among Sri Lankans. Moreover, evidence mounts of an increase in the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among adults in urban Sri

On December 10, the day before the opening press conference for the World Twenty20 2016, the International Cricket Council announced that OPPO, the evolving global smartphone brand, will become its official partner worldwide for the mobile phone cate

Startup Sri Lanka, the recently launched initiative from the Sri Lanka Association Software and Services Company (SLASSCOM) recently held Disrupt 2.0, a startup bootcamp for potential and existing startups with the theme ‘Inspire, Ideate, Initi

REUTERS: Mahindra & Mahindra is close to signing a deal to buy Italian car designer Pininfarina , two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, the latest purchase of an iconic Italian brand by an Asian company.

?Laugfs Car Care, a subsidiary of Laugfs Lubricants Ltd., recently held its annual get-together at the LAYA Beach Resort in Wadduwa.

?As a reputed brand in the automobile industry of Sri Lanka, Sterling announced a ‘green transportation solution’ for its entire management staff. 

?Eurocars (Private) Limited, the official Porsche importer in Sri Lanka, organized the “Porsche Sport Driving Boot camp” on 5th of December from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Katukurunda Airforce base exclusively for Porsche owners. 

?REUTERS: China’s top online search firm Baidu Inc said it aims to put self-driving buses on the road in three years and mass produce them within five years, after it set up a business unit to oversee all its efforts related to automobiles.

JAT Holdings, the proud distributor of the world renowned Herman Miller seating and desking solution in Sri Lanka, successfully conducted its inaugural Aeron Hockey Tournament, yet another first in the corporate sporting history of the country.

Britain yesterday said it would delay announcing where to expand London airport capacity to assess environmental impact, but critics said the move smacked of “gutless” political expediency.

REUTERS: The Internet’s economic impact has doubled since 2007 and now fuels at least six percent of the overall US economy, a study showed Thursday. The study for the Internet Association -- which includes major companies such as Facebook and

AFP: Japanese auto maker Honda said Thursday it was recalling around 90,000 units of two of its diesel car models in India over a potential defect in a fuel pipe.Honda Cars India, the company’s Indian arm,

REUTERS: Car production in China will expand at nearly double this year’s rate in 2016, but the industry’s capacity glut will worsen as idle production rises, consultancy PwC said in a report.