By Charumini de Silva With just five days to go before the Government abolishes the Simplified Value Added Tax (SVAT) regime, ...

President Anura Kumara Disanayake in his inaugural speech at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly yesterday delivered a passionate call to the international community, urging for decisive ...

By Devan Daniel Nations Trust Bank PLC (NTB) shares closed up 22.72% yesterday, up Rs. 72.25 to Rs. 390.25, following Wednesday’s announcement of the bank’s proposed Rs. 18 billion acquisition of ...

EY Sri Lanka has said the new Colombo Port City tax regulations shift incentives firmly toward investment scale and execution certainty, offering up to 15-year income tax holidays for large projects ...

Sampath Bank has successfully led a landmark syndicated loan of Rs. 33.5 billion for the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), ...

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has announced a revision to the transaction fees applicable to corporate debt securities traded on its Automated Trading System (ATS) following approval from the ...

A classmate’s sister contacted me about three years ago, to say that she was finding it difficult to get a visa to Israel, ...

The Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA), the apex body representing the collective voice of the licenced commercial banks, has submitted a far-reaching set of proposals for inclusion in the upcoming ...

Despite new laws and action plans, Sri Lanka’s response to the Pandora Papers has yielded press releases but no prosecutions ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) has launched its “12 Key Capital Market Development Projects – One Vision for a Resilient Market”, a reform agenda aimed at modernising the ...

The Asia-Pacific region can demonstrate that living wages are achievable through a systematic approach grounded in social ...

Hayleys Fibre, a member of the Hayleys Group, announced the commissioning of a Rs. 600 million coir processing facility in ...