Sri Lanka will add 45,000 luxury hotel rooms by the end first quarter of next year said the Minister of Tourism John Amaratunge.

Sri Lankan shares fell for a sixth straight session, to mark their lowest close in 1-1/2 years, led by declines in diversified and banking stocks due to local and global concerns, brokers said.

Netflix launched its service globally, simultaneously bringing its Internet TV network to more than 130 new countries including Sri Lanka around the world.

Rising fashion entrepreneur - Gihan Dassanayake is a designer with a calibre of its own. A product of the University of Moratuwa, Gihan has carved a niche of his own in the local fashion design industry.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka were up 17.8 percent with 1.8 million visitors recorded in 2015, the tourism office said.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.