COLOMBO, September 8 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka will celebrate UN World Tourism Day 2025 with the launch of a landmark nationwide hospitality skills development programme for secondary school students. The initiative, seen as a bold step to prepare youth for the country’s growing tourism economy, will begin with a week of events from September 27…
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COLOMBO, September 8 (ePRESS) – CBL Foods, one of Sri Lanka’s most loved consumer companies, has taken a bold step in digital marketing by partnering with Roar AdX and Ogilvy Digital to measure the impact of its launch campaign for Roccoa, its newest product innovation. At an exclusive event attended by CBL’s marketing leadership, Roar…
COLOMBO, September 8 (ePRESS) – Softlogic Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd, one of Sri Lanka’s leading IT solutions providers, has joined hands with global software giant BMC Helix to bring advanced AI-powered IT service and operations management solutions to the country and the South Asian region. The new partnership was announced today, positioning Softlogic as an…
COLOMBO, September 8 (ePRESS) – Kandy Ayurvedic Pharmacy Ltd, the iconic maker of herbal medicines under the famous ‘Nuwara Osu’ brand, has won the Ayurvedic Product Manufacturing Excellence Award at the Global Business Excellence 2025 Elite Series II, held at the BMICH recently. The award was given in recognition of the company’s outstanding achievements, innovation,…
COLOMBO, Sept 8, 2025 (ePRESS) – LankaPay.lk, the official website of Sri Lanka’s National Payment Network, won two top honours at the BestWeb.lk Awards 2025, highlighting its growing digital excellence. The site secured the Gold Award for the Most Popular Corporate Website and the Silver Award for Best Corporate Website at the ceremony held on…
COLOMBO, Sept 8 (ePRESS) – Former Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria, Benedict Ayade, is planning to set up the first Nigerian Sri Lanka Institute of Hospitality Management in Colombo. Ayade said he will sign an MoU next week with veteran hotelier Chandra Mohotti, former Senior Vice President of the Galle Face Hotels Group and…
COLOMBO, Sept 8 (ePRESS) – The Wildlife & Nature Protection Society (WNPS) has urged the Department of Railways to act faster in reducing elephant deaths on railway tracks, warning that the crisis is worsening despite corporate efforts. Jehna CanagaRetna, Past President of WNPS and Chair of the Human-Elephant Coexistence Subcommittee, said the Railway Department has…
COLOMBO, September 7 (ePRESS) – The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has become the first bank in the world to link LoungeKey airport lounge access to the UnionPay Asia Prestige programme, offering unmatched travel benefits to its premium credit card holders. Through this partnership, ComBank’s UnionPay Asia Prestige Diamond and Asia Prestige Platinum cardholders can…
COLOMBO, Sept 7 (ePRESS) – Sri Lanka’s tourism industry reached a major milestone in 2025, with earnings surpassing USD 2 billion for the first time this year by the end of August. Official data showed revenue of USD 2,031.1 million, up 7.8 percent from USD 1,884.9 million recorded during the same period in 2024. However,…
COLOMBO, Sept 4 (ePRESS) – The Colombo Stock Exchange closed on a cautious note on Thursday as heavy intraday volatility left investors uncertain, despite the All-Share Price Index (ASPI) ending marginally higher at 20,992, up 16 points. The market saw early gains with the index peaking by mid-afternoon before sliding sharply, reflecting a mix of…