Forty-two loyal customers of Sampath e-remittance service were in for a bonanza during the Ramadan season participating in the Sampath Cash Wasi promotion. This was the second time that Sampath Bank conducted the Cash Wasi promotion to reward its loyal e-remittance customers. When it was introduced first time during the Sinhala New Year season, 32 ...

The Lanka Micro Finance Practitioners Association (LMFPA), as the apex body of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs), in itsandnbsp; bid to address andandnbsp; create awareness about development and current status of the industry including best practices commenced a series ofandnbsp;Enabling Dialogues,andnbsp;where CEOs, General Managers, Directors of companies engaged in Micro-Financing (including Li...

andldquo;The measurement sticks of government services are reliability and productiveness. When the services are electronically implemented, reliability and productiveness should increase with great discipline,andrdquo; said the Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, at the launch of government of e-Services, which was held recently at the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (...

Today, there is a trend of gaining an academic accounting degree along with a professional accounting qualification.

A number of steps, including the relaxation of regulation, especially pertaining to quotas, encouragement of investment in the industry, increasing the availability of credit for expansion are some of the steps that must be taken urgently vital for the development of the cinema industry, points outandnbsp;EAP Films andamp; Theatres (Pvt) Ltd Managing Director Asanka Srimal Edirisinghe in a letter ...

Wisdom Business Academy, the largest CIMA Business School in Sri Lanka, renowned for its high quality higher education paths in Financial and Business Management stream has tied up with Robert Gordon University (RGU), UK with a vision of providing an opportunity to grant an internationally prominent graduate level qualification in Sri Lanka.

French automakerandnbsp;Peugeotandrsquo;s stylish new family car launched in 2010 andndash;andnbsp;the Peugeot 508 andndash; is now offered in Sri Lanka by Carmart Ltd.

EAP Films andamp; Theatres (Pvt) Ltd. is considering increasing the number of cinemas it operates in Sri Lanka from 18 to 25 within the coming two years and expansion overseas to Vietnam and Singapore thereafter, EAP Films andamp; Theatres (Pvt) Ltd. Director/CEO, Thushan Rangana Meemanage revealed recently.

Reuters: China has given the green light for 60 infrastructure projects worth more than $150 billion as it looks to energise an economy mired in its worst slowdown in three years, fuelling hopes the world’s growth engine may get a lift from the fourth quarter. Shares and steel futures jumped on the plans to build ...

Text and pix by Ruzaik Farook The ‘Bharath Hindi Gee Mela’ musical show presented by AMS Production was held at the Tower Hall, Colombo recently. Abdul Majeed (the golden voice of late Mohamed Rafi) and Ambili from India were presented.  Mohamed Rafi’s old Hindi film hits CD was also released and ITN Director Hashim Omar received ...

Marketing Director of Pan Audio Private Limited and Director of Pan Care Pvt. Limited, G. S. Sylvester has been selected as team leader for the Group Study Exchange, an international programme exchange for young professionals organized by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Baby Cheramy, a trusted brand of leading Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings PLC, celebrates 50 years of enriching lives of Sri Lankan mothers and children this year.

Thriving with the vision of becoming the global role model for community centred social development, International Movement for Community Development (IMCD) has demonstrated clear prospects of becoming an exemplary social service organization in Sri Lanka.

The OCBT Campus, a foremost professional and higher education institute in Sri Lanka conducting degree programmes in collaboration with globally recognized overseas universities, has introduced a Bachelorandrsquo;s Degree in Business Management.

Up to 160 new scholarships with a cumulative value of Rs 8.3 million are to be awarded to students and young people from all districts of Sri Lanka at the 12thandnbsp;round of the annual andlsquo;Ceylinco Life Pranamaandrsquo; scholarships presented by life insurance leader Ceylinco Life.

Sri Lanka Insurance Awards Night 2012, felicitated two key categories of excellence andmdash;the best of the best achievers in sales; and long standing service personnel.

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority greatly honoured Prasanna W. Jayewardene with the Pioneer in Tourism Award.

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.

Birds Park which is an estate bungalow converted into a villa now functions as a hotel. It is an elegant architect designed villa nestled in a 60-acre coconut plantation in Wadakada, about 10 kilometres from Polgahawela.

Lanka Market Research Bureau Limited (LMRB) the pioneering market research company in Sri Lanka established in 1981,which is andnbsp;a fully owned subsidy of the world renowned Kantar Group, hostedandnbsp; an evening meeting for Kantar CEO Eric Salamaandnbsp; to meet up with the senior business leaders and the media on 4 September at Earlandrsquo;s Court, Cinnamon Lake side Colombo.

Sri Lankans have been increasingly turning to healthier lifestyle options in practically every facet of their lives over the past few years. To facilitate this, many new nutrition supplements and healthier food products have flooded the market as of late, with more gyms and yoga classes cropping up across urban centres as well.

Photo Technica recently introduced the superior Nikon D800 camera to the Sri Lankan market. Specially designed and manufactured by the world renowned Nikon Camera Company of Japan to fully cater to the special needs of superior photographers and cinematographers worldwide.

Speed Water Systems, opening water shops selling bottled drinking water in all main towns in the suburbs of Colombo, under the slogan andlsquo;To make purified water more affordable and available to allandrsquo; recently opened its newest water shop at No.332/71, Pannipitiya Road, Battaramulla, (near David Pieris Motor Company), recently.

The need of the hour is for the countryandrsquo;s tourism industry to come up with a joint plan for promotion which has the support of all stakeholders, says Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLITO) President, Mahen Kariyawasan.

Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) in its first-ever statement following the appointme4nt of Dr. Nalaka Godahewa emphasized that it had not initiated any new investigations as alleged.

George Steuart Finance Limited yesterday unveiled to the public its new corporate name and their future plans for growth, at a launch event held in Colombo.

Sri Lanka has much outside potential as the country is well positioned to attract Islamic finance and even non-Islamic segments of the society are lured to invest with Islamic windows of conventional banks which are developing into a major driver of the banking industry, Amana Bank CEO and Managing Director Faizal Salieh said.

By Vipula Wanigasekera Except for non-Buddhists and a very few, almost every Buddhist family sends their children to Buddhist schools on Sundays whether they study Buddhism as a subject in school or not. The purpose of this is said to be efforts on the part of parents to retain the Buddhist teachings and values among ...

Top class Cyprus chefs to heat up celebrations It is going to be the most unforgettable event in Colombo and the news is spreading fast as the Hotel embarks upon a culinary journey of unimaginable excitement and festivity. All this takes place at the Coffee Shop from 7p.m. to 11p.m. from 20 to 26 September. ...