Lanka Business Online

16/09/2025

HNB felicitates employees who completed 25 years of service https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/hnb-felicitates-employees-who-completed-25-years-of-service/

Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank, HNB PLC organized a ceremony recently to felicitate their employees who completed 25 years of service at the Bank. HNB organized a gala event to recognize 160 employees who had joined in 1999/2000. This highly anticipated event was attended by HNB Managing

16/09/2025

World Bank Vice President Concludes First Official Visit to Sri Lanka https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/world-bank-vice-president-concludes-first-official-visit-to-sri-lanka/

15/09/2025

New Rs. 2000 Note to Be Accepted in Banks After Cash-handling Machine Calibration: CBSL https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/new-rs-2000-note-to-be-accepted-in-banks-after-cash-handling-machine-calibration-cbsl/

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued a Rs. 2000 circulated commemorative currency note on 29 August 2025 to mark its 75th Anniversary. In order to facilitate the smooth acceptance and dispensation of the new note, Licensed Commercial Banks are in the process of calibrating their cash-hand

15/09/2025

TikTok launches dedicated STEM Feed in Sri Lanka with Govt support https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/tiktok-launches-dedicated-stem-feed-in-sri-lanka-with-govt-support/

14/09/2025

Equity (Shares): What It Means to Own a Piece of a Company https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/equity-shares-what-it-means-to-own-a-piece-of-a-company/

Umair Ismail, CFA This article is part of a collaborative series by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), CFA Society Sri Lanka and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and which aims to enhance financial literacy and empower individuals with the knowledge and tools to make info

12/09/2025

Terra Motors, Japan’s Leading EV Innovator, Enters Sri Lanka with Electric Three-wheeler https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/terra-motors-japans-leading-ev-innovator-enters-sri-lanka-with-electric-three-wheeler/

Terra Motors, a leading Japanese electric mobility company, has announced its entry into the Sri Lankan market with the launch of its flagship electric three-wheeler, Kyoro. It is Terra Motors’ next-generation electric three-wheeler, built for both passenger mobility and last-mile logistics. Wit

12/09/2025

Opinion: From Prediction to Reality | How Sri Lanka’s Political Transformation Is Reshaping Stock Market https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/opinion-from-prediction-to-reality-how-sri-lankas-political-transformation-is-reshaping-stock-market/

A Follow-up Analysis: September 2024 – September 2025By Uddeepa Peiris Introduction: When Predictions Meet Reality In September 2024, just weeks before Sri Lanka’s presidential election, I wrote that a government committed to clean governance and development could trigger a dramatic transforma

11/09/2025

Ceylon Chamber Presents National Budget 2026 Proposals to President https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/ceylon-chamber-presents-national-budget-2026-proposals-to-president/

The newly appointed Board of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, led by Chairperson Krishan Balendra, held its first official meeting with His Excellency the President today. The meeting provided a platform to present the Ceylon Chamber’s priority proposals for the forthcoming National Budget 2026, wh...

10/09/2025

Advocata Commends Decision to Close 33 Non-Operational SOEs & Calls for Divestiture as Next Step https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/advocata-commends-decision-to-close-33-non-operational-soes-calls-for-divestiture-as-next-step/

The Advocata Institute welcomes the decision by the Cabinet of Ministers, on the proposal of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy, to formally close 33 non-operational State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) under Phase 2 of the

10/09/2025

Opinion: Why Smart Regulation, Not Prohibition, Will Protect Sri Lanka's Youth https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/opinion-why-smart-regulation-not-prohibition-will-protect-sri-lankas-youth/

By Jithendra Antonio The recent firestorm surrounding e-cigarette use among Sri Lanka's youth has ignited a critical policy debate in Sri Lanka. So, what's really at stake here? Protecting our youth is and must always remain a national priority. Yet, regulators and policymakers must resist knee-j

10/09/2025

World GDP Forecasts Raised, but Evidence of US Slowdown Accumulates: Fitch Ratings https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/world-gdp-forecasts-raised-but-evidence-of-us-slowdown-accumulates-fitch-ratings/

Fitch Ratings has raised its world growth forecasts for 2025 moderately since the June Global Economic Outlook (GEO) on better-than-expected incoming data for 2Q25. But there is now evidence of an underlying US slowdown in ‘hard’ economic data and positive surprises on eurozone growth have partl...

08/09/2025

Foreign Minister to address Human Rights Council Today https://www.lankabusinessonline.com/foreign-minister-to-address-human-rights-council-today/