Sri Lankan expatriates purchased 27 % of luxury condominiums
COLOMBO: Sri Lankans purchased 65 % of high-end condominiums that entered the Sri Lankan property market while Sri Lankan expatriates purchased 27 % of these…
SriLankan asks passengers to arrive at BIA 4 hours before departure time
COLOMBO: SriLankan Airlines has requested all passengers to arrive at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) four hours prior to their departure time, effective from Monday…
Sri Lanka’s Mattala loses international operations as flydubai withdraws
COLOMBO: Budget airline flydubai has terminated its services to Hambantota in Sri Lanka, leaving the airport in the southern part of the island without any…
Sri Lanka needs 100,000 workers for new luxury hotels
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan hotels will need over 100,000 new workers with the number of star-class rooms expected to double in the next three years, according…
Stunning treetop lodge attracts visitors from around the world
MATHUGAMA: In southwest Sri Lanka, nestled high above the trees on a 40-acre estate in Mathugama sits The Ark Villa, a contemporary lodge designed to…
COMBANK launches mobile remittance channel between South Korea & Sri Lanka
SEOUL: The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has become the first Sri Lankan institution to launch a ‘Mobile to Account Remittance Service’ between South Korea and…
HNB arranges Rs.5.4bn syndicated loan to fund ODEL Mall
COLOMBO: Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), Sri Lanka’s second largest private sector lender by assets, announced a breakthrough partnership with popular retail department store, ODEL…
Johann Peries scales summit of Mt. Everest
KATHMANDU: Sri Lanka’s Johann Peries scaled the Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain at 5.55 a.m. (Nepal time) today, 22 May, to become only the second…
Sri Lanka ports records 15.3 % growth in Q1
COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which operates the island’s state-run ports, has recorded a total growth of 15.3% for the first quarter 2018,…
US Navy, Sri Lankan surgeons perform first ever robot-assisted surgery on ship
TRINCOMALEE: The surgical staff assigned to the US Navy hospital ship Mercy, alongside partner surgeons from Sri Lanka, completed the ship’s first ever robot-assisted surgery…