Committed to enhancing customer lifestyles and making top-tier mobility accessible, the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has entered a strategic partnership with Colonial Motors (Ceylon) Limited, […]
Month: December 2025
Sweet dreams above the clouds
Beginning in December, Emirates is enhancing the sleep experience for First Class customers with new loungewear, luxurious bed linens, and a refined turndown service. To […]
Sri Lanka re-opens Haggala botanical gardens for tourists
The Ministry of Environment has announced that Sri Lanka’s Haggala Botanical Gardens, located in the Nuwara Eliya district, reopened to both domestic and foreign tourists […]
Turning Point: The Colombo Coup—Budget Blues and Mayoral Mutiny
By Faraz Shauketaly – If you thought the storms in the hills were bad, wait until you see the typhoon that just ripped through the […]
SITC Campus Donates Rs. 1 Million to ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund
In a significant gesture of national solidarity, Cader Rahmathulla, CEO of SITC Campus, has contributed Rs. 1,000,000.00 to the ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ Fund. This fund […]
Arkansas Powerball player strikes $1.8bn jackpot on Christmas Eve
An Arkansas Powerball player has won an astounding $1.817 billion (£1.34 billion) jackpot in a Christmas Eve drawing, marking it as the second-largest lottery prize […]
Sri Lanka bond yields open down, rupee weaker
Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 309.70/80 against the US dollar on Friday morning, showing a slight depreciation from 309.65/75 in the spot market, according […]
Inaugural flight from Kazakhstan to Sri Lanka for winter season lands at BIA
The inaugural winter season flight from Kazakhstan to Sri Lanka successfully arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) yesterday, marking the commencement of seasonal travel between […]
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals exceed last year by Dec 21 despite Ditwah
According to data from the tourist promotion office, Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals reached 154,609 by December 21, 2025, an increase from 150,563 in the previous […]
Gold hits record high on safe-haven demand, Fed rate-cut bets
In early Asian trading on Friday, gold prices soared to an unprecedented high, driven by strong safe-haven demand and growing anticipations of additional interest rate […]
NE YO CONCERT CANCELLATION CAUSES SERIOUS CONCERN
Subject: Urgent Inquiry into Government Sponsorship of Postponed Concert and Public Financial Loss Reference:Public Concern Regarding “Ne-Yo Live in Sri Lanka” Concert This outlines serious […]
AI Mart Sri Lanka Expands AI Store With Text-to-Image and Text-to-Video Tools
AI Mart Sri Lanka, the country’s pioneering marketplace for artificial intelligence tools, has expanded its AI Store by onboarding advanced Text-to-Image and Text-to-Video generation tools in collaboration with ByteDance, a […]
Sri Lanka to get tourists from Moldova through Vision Air
The inaugural flight of Vision Air from Kishinev, the capital of Moldova, is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on December 27. This initiative has […]
Sri Lanka commemorates National Safety Day to remember tsunami, Ditwah victims
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – Sri Lanka is set to observe this year’s “National Safety Day” on Friday, December 26, to honor the victims of the 2004 […]
Sri Lanka Christmas cake index inflates 4.4-pct in 2025 amid rupee fall
Inflation, as measured by the widely acclaimed Sri Lanka Christmas cake, has risen by 4.4% amid the depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee, based on […]
Sri Lanka President calls for courage and unity in Christmas message after cyclone
Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has called for courage and unity in the aftermath of the Ditwah cyclone disaster, emphasizing the collaborative spirit displayed […]
Sri Lanka’s CoPF head raises concerns over delay in Auditor General appointment
The head of Sri Lanka’s Parliament Committee of Public Finance (CoPF) has expressed significant concerns regarding the delay in appointing an Auditor General, emphasizing that […]
Sri Lanka rupee closes flat, bond yields up
FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – On Wednesday, the Sri Lankan rupee remained stable at 309.65/75 against the US dollar in the spot market, following recent declines, according […]