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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Sri Lankaandrsquo;s premier resort brand, Heritance Hotels and Resorts swept the green and individual awards at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards.

Oracle Fusion Middleware Country Sales Manager for Pakistan and South Asia Growth Economies Sajid Akbar in an interview withandnbsp;Ceylon FTandnbsp;said that Sri Lanka is one of the strong emerging markets in the region when it comes to information technology (IT).

Sri Lanka being a developing country with mixed economic sentiments, an ordinary layman might find it difficult to be optimistic about the prospects for local as well as for the global economy. Every country is influenced by the global economic situation, and hence every person will in-turn be affected by the global economy.

United Arab Emirates-based Pure Gold, the reputed and award winning multinational jeweller, is to arrive in Sri Lanka shortly with a US$ 50 million investment and is to set up 30 sales outlets in the country by 2015/16, providing a boost to the countryandrsquo;s gem and jewellery sector, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced yesterday.

Hero MotoCorp Ltd marking the launch of brand andlsquo;Heroandrsquo; in Sri Lanka the first international market, said that the country is a land of opportunities and is a key market for many Indian companies.

Eric Salama andndash; CEO of Kantar is now in Sri Lanka to meet with local business leaders, hosted by LMRB, a fully owned subsidiary of the Kantar group.

Alpha Industries (Pvt) Limited, the undisputed market leader in Sri Lanka, for Security safes and steel furniture ventured in to fresh grounds by exporting its products to Bangladesh recently.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES: ASEAN nations can help avoid world rice price shocks by reducing export restrictions, placing less emphasis on self-sufficiency, retooling Thailand’s rice pledging program, and expanding coordinated rice policies with India and Pakistan, according to a series of working papers from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).  “So far, the rice market appears to be ...

The fifth edition of andlsquo;Sri Lanka tourism awardsandrsquo; ceremony was held last Thursday (August 31) at the Waterandrsquo;s Edge with the participation of a large number of hoteliers and other stakeholders of the tourism industry.

JAT Holdings recently opened a Herman Miller showroom in Sri Lanka. The opening of the showroom, which contains a range of furniture of the globally renowned brand, was attended by representatives of JAT Holdings, Herman Miller and Posh Office Systems, a company owned by Herman Miller.

Eden Resort and Spa General Manager Eksath Wijeratne in an interview withandnbsp; Ceylon FTandrsquo;s Hiyal Biyagamage, opines that hospitality is in the blood of all Sri Lankans but cautions andnbsp;that the country has to be aggressively marketed asandnbsp; a discerning tourist destination.

Suspicion exists that Sri Lankaandrsquo;s economy will be adversely affected by entering into the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with India, states a recent report released by Asia Wealth Management Research. The full text of the report, which explores the extent of the validity of this suspicion, is given below.

Sri Lanka is to become the first international market where the new brand identity of Indiaandrsquo;s Hero Motocorp Ltd., is being launched, with the new identity being unveiled at Waters Edge today.