SLASSCOM has announced the appointment of Sampath Jayasundara as Chairman for the 2026/27 term. A respected industry leader, entrepreneur and educator with over 25 years of experience across Sri Lanka’s knowledge and innovation industry, Sampath currently serves as the CEO of Peoples HR and hSenid Business Solutions PLC. Throughout his career, he has championed digital transformation, built…
Purchasing Managers’ Indices indicate expansions in both Manufacturing and Services activities in June 2026. Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index for Manufacturing (PMI – Manufacturing) recorded an index value of 53.0 in June 2026. This indicates continued expansion in manufacturing activities, albeit at a slower pace than the previous month. Incoming orders in June were broadly…
FitsAir, Sri Lanka’s leading low-cost carrier and the country’s first privately-owned international airline, has renewed its partnership with the Lanka Premier League (LPL) as the Official Airline Partner for the 2026 season. Returning for a second consecutive year, the partnership reflects FitsAir’s continued commitment to supporting national sporting platforms that unite communities, celebrate local talent…
LOLC Holdings PLC has concluded a high-level strategic engagement with the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), underscoring its commitment to supporting Rwanda’s financial sector through greater financial inclusion and sustainable economic development. The meeting was led by LOLC Holdings PLC Group Chairman Ishara Nanayakkara and brought together senior representatives from both organizations. The LOLC delegation…
Rajitha Kariyawasan Managing Director, Haycarb PLC “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw The world is in the midst of a profound shift. The accelerating transition toward electrification in transport,…
– Since November 2022, largest known retrofit programme has delivered full nose-to-tail refreshes across 47 A380s and 53 Boeing 777s – Over half of the 219 aircraft slated for retrofit will be complete by December 2026 Emirates has reached a landmark 100 aircraft refurbished under its retrofit programme, the largest known undertaken by any airline globally….
Sri Lanka has initiated high-level strategic dialogues focused on cultivating human capital and robust institutional frameworks, underscoring that technology alone is insufficient to drive a successful, citizen-centric national digital transformation. Adopting a holistic ecosystem approach to streamline policy implementation and enhance coordination, the newly established Development Partner Working Group on Digital Transformation successfully convened its…
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), the host institution of the SheTrades Sri Lanka Hub, collaborated with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the British High Commission in Colombo to launch two sector-specific export handbooks in Sinhala and Tamil. The handbooks aim to strengthen Sri Lankan women entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs)…
Toyota Lanka’s growing footprint across Sri Lanka reached another milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for Toyota’s flagship showroom in Bambalapitiya, held last week. Toyota Sri Lanka Chairman Masaaki Kawabata, Managing Director/CEO Manohara Athukorala, and Chairman of Design Consortium Ltd, Archt. Migara Alwis attend the event as special invitees. Chairman and Managing Director Manohara Athukorala said…
Reuters – Asia’s bumpy stock markets rallied on Wednesday after a surprise slowdown in U.S. inflation scaled back expectations for interest rate hikes, while oil took a breather as the U.S. scrapped a plan to levy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. South Korea’s volatile KOSPI index surged 7% ahead of the next test for the…
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