President Anura Kumara Dissanayake swore in a 21-Member Cabinet at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (18). President ...

The Government of Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), successfully concluded the Safe Labour Migration Programme (SLMP) in Sri Lanka after 14 years of ...

At least two local large private banks have set their radar on expansions with a keen interest in growing their local operations on the back of optimism of robust economic growth next year. The ...

Chinese Dragon Café, Sri Lanka’s pioneering Chinese restaurant chain, recently celebrated its 82nd anniversary. The restaurant was founded in 1942 in Bambalapitiya by a Chinese couple who brought ...

Italian Ambassador Damiano Francovigh hosted an elegant evening reception at Villa Roma last week to launch the 9th Worldwide Week of Italian Cuisine that celebrates Italian heritage, innovation and ...

Cabinet and deputy ministers will use official vehicles used by ministers in the previous government, while all other government MPs will also be given an official “non-luxury, fuel-efficient” vehicle ...

The transition in Sri Lanka’s political setting has triggered a high alert in banks and financial institutions cautious about transaction spikes among Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) accounts, ...

Having developed a popular online website on Lankan coins (coins.lakdiva.org.lk) I have frequently been urged to compile a book. However, I have remained focused on the digital domain, avoiding the ...

The Sri Lanka government cloud, the Digital ID and digitising bus and train tickets will be high-priority projects of the Digital Economic Ministry, top officials said. Eranga Weeraratna, Deputy ...

Jayantha Silva, an old boy of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, has always been a doodler. His Montessori teacher would say on his report card that he was excellent at art but “unfortunately he ...

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced a partnership with AgStar PLC to promote smart agriculture machinery and equipment via the bank’s Diribala Green Development Loan Scheme. A Memorandum of ...