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The Easter day bombings in Sri Lanka created a sense of deep fear among the citizens; it still prevails even one month after the i…

The share of Sri Lanka’s total exports to the South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries increased from 6% t…

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry will take several measures to rebuild the industry which got severely affected after several blasts…

Sri Lanka’s tourism industry will take several measures to rebuild the industry which got severely affected after several blasts…

Shangri- La Hotel Colombo and Kingsbury Hotel Colombo said that they will be back to business soon despite Easter Sunday terror at…

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera participating in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum’s Ministerial Financial …

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Senior Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka launching the Roadmap at the Sustainable Banking Netwo…

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka launched the Roadmap for Sustainable Finance in Sri Lanka on April 10, 2019 at the Sustainable Banki…

While the news was once again upbeat, Asian markets were unable to press ahead with the rally that has characterised the past two …

Softlogic Holdings PLC recorded a net loss of Rs. 346.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 (3Q19) from a profit of Rs…

Food importers and wholesalers shut their shops in the capital city yesterday, demanding the government to resolve trade union act…

Sri Lanka’s e-com pioneer Dulith Herath says in exclusive interview discussing how his network of online retail facilitators, f…

(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lanka’s rupee closed weaker yesterday due to dollar demand from importers, while stocks fell to an eight-…

Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake in discussion with the Chinese delegation   High-powered Chinese delegat…

The construction work on the second biggest hotel in the Southern province is proceeding apace, they say.   This 200-room- …

The government may have lost Rs.18 billion in cigarette tax revenue as a record 583 million illicit cigarettes were estimated to h…

Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy and representatives of the three regulators, viz, Central Bank Deputy Governor H.A…

October trade deficit up to US $ 903mn from US $ 752mn YoY Cumulative trade deficit in 10 months at US $. 8.8bn from US $ 7.6…

Markets sank across the world even as the Fed predicted two interest rate increases next year down from three with the bank trimmi…

Businesspeople won't throw up their arms in despair and tell you that they are nervous about what the budget for the year 2019 wou…

Merging 2G and 3G operations soon and launch of nationwide 4G in 12 months Merger will end up Hutch having around 2,500 tower…

HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian investors battled to finish a volatile week with some stability yesterday as they weigh the outlook for Ch…

At least eight Licensed Finance Companies (LFCs) have to fulfil their Rs 1.5 billion minimum capital requirements by 1 January, a …

Overall computer literacy at 28.6% in 2017 One out of every five households owns either a desktop or a laptop computer Digi…

Sri Lanka will have a very bright 2019 though the end of 2018 has been unsteady, said Ranjit Page, Deputy Chairman and Chief Execu…