14 Oct 2014 - 0     - 2183

Etisalat Lanka, one of the leading mobile telecommunications service providers, in partnership with the Department of Pensions, launched a special bundled offer of products and services exclusively for pensioners at the National Pensioners’ Day event.

14 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1982

The Pharmaceutical department of CIC’s Healthcare division is creating a significant impact in Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector by providing people with a simple and convenient kidney dialysis product.

14 Oct 2014 - 0     - 2079

In most Asian countries, elders played a pivotal role in shaping our local communities. Sri Lanka was no exception, be it conducting rituals on special auspicious days or simply guiding and moulding the younger generation, elders were both revered and respected.

14 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1456

Are you excited to discover the wonderful and the tallest nature creation more than just a pretty waterfall in Sri Lanka? Bambarakanda Waterfall is the highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and it’s one of best picturesque waterfalls that impress travelers with its might, height and its dramatic location.

13 Oct 2014 - 0     - 1784

HNB Assurance recently topped 100,000 fans on its interactive & popular Facebook page, thus becoming the only Insurance company in Sri Lanka to reach t his milestone and becoming the most active and successful Sri Lankan Insurance company in the sphere of Social Media.

13 Oct 2014 - 0     - 3332

Ericsson and the National Mobile Service provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Ericsson, Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) and Mobitel –to deliver Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training to teenage girls from farming communities in Sri Lanka

11 Oct 2014 - 0     - 20423

In keeping with the Government’s ICT policy, the Department of Pensions has launched a Digital Identity Card for Pensioners in partnership with Sampath Bank, a pioneer in technological innovations and one of the key stakeholders in the banking industry that uses state of the art digital technology in providing banking services to its customers.

10 Oct 2014 - 0     - 4359

Findmyfare.com, Sri Lanka’s most convenient online travel solution provider has partnered with the best bank chains in Sri Lanka, enabling customers to reserve online using their credit cards and pay in installments.

10 Oct 2014 - 0     - 2249

Having introduced the convenience of Extended Banking hours last year for its customers at selected high traffic branches, Amãna Bank has expanded this service to an additional 5 branches.

09 Oct 2014 - 0     - 3351

99X Technology was lauded for its notable contribution to the Sri Lankan economy through the export of high quality software product engineering services, when it cinched a Gold Award in the Export of Business and Professional Services Sector (large category) at the 22ndNational Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka's Export Awards for 2013.

26 Sep 2014 - 0     - 6509

Colombo’s ultimate men’s lifestyle store, the Envoy Mansion, launched its new creation ‘The Best Shirt in Town’ on 24 September, in the presence of Chief Guest H.E Dr. Juergen Morhard, the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Guest of Honour Dr. Giandomenico Milano, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Italy in Sri Lanka.

26 Sep 2014 - 0     - 3332

The Coca-Cola Cricket Pathways (CCCP) continued to build grassroots cricketing talent in Sri Lanka by commencing the Super Camp here in Colombo. The Super Camp took place at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) on 19 September 2014 and provided intense training for 60 of the most talented young cricketers from 300 participants of season four of the CCCP programme.

26 Sep 2014 - 0     - 28172

Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the country during the first eight months of the year has surpassed the billion dollar mark, according to the country’s Investment Promotion Minister.  

26 Sep 2014 - 0     - 2967

Trident Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. was recently appointed as a Business Partner for HP Enterprise Business range.

26 Sep 2014 - 0     - 4602

Univell Microsystems (Pvt) Ltd, a pioneer in the sphere of Local Area Networking in Sri Lanka has entered into a strategic partnership with Hewlett-Packard company or HP, the multinational information technology corporation.

25 Sep 2014 - 0     - 4667

Calcey Technologies, an innovative software product engineering firm based in San Francisco, California and Sri Lanka, moved its Colombobased innovation centre into the modern office premises at Trace Expert City.

25 Sep 2014 - 0     - 2186

The Annual Inter-Branch & Department Quiz Competition of Amãna Bank was recently held for the second consecutive year at the Park Premier Conference Hall amidst the presence of a large gathering of the Bank’s employees.

25 Sep 2014 - 0     - 2398

During this  era, using the internet for distance learning has become very popular. What was once only popular among higher education can be seen getting even popular  in today’s School’s Education System.

24 Sep 2014 - 0     - 1246

Laxapana Waterfall is an enchanting waterfall in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. At 129 meters high, it is the 08th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and also it is recorded as the 625th highest waterfall in the world.

23 Sep 2014 - 0     - 4732

The World Trade Center Colombo and the World Trade Center Quanzhou, China entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral trade facilitation and understanding between the two regions at the WTC Colombo recently.

17 Sep 2014 - 0     - 3111

Mihin Lanka recently hosted a Commercial Conference and an evening of cocktails for Agents at the Galadari, Colombo. Both events were graced by the Chairman of Mihin Lanka, Nishantha Ranatunga, and the Senior Mangement Team.

17 Sep 2014 - 0     - 2420

A ceremony was held at the Corporate Office of Amãna Bank with the attendance of key officials from the Bank and Vidullanka PLC in order mark the successful completion and commissioning of the Lower Kotmale Hydro Power Plant project.

04 Sep 2014 - 0     - 3699

After arriving in Sri Lanka in mid-July, Philip Joslin assumed his duties as the Head of School at the Overseas School of Colombo (OSC). 

03 Sep 2014 - 1     - 13164

Although it’s not a statistic that leaps out at one often, given the many severe health issues that ail the human populace, shockingly, in this day and age when healthcare is available to most, about 300 million of the world’s population suffers from low vision due to being unable to afford corrective lenses.

03 Sep 2014 - 0     - 18190

Twitter has announced the launch of Objective-Based campaigns, allowing advertisers to pay for the actions that most are aligned with their marketing objectives.

02 Sep 2014 - 0     - 3578

The Association of Human Resource Professionals (HRP) will organize the HRM Awards, the recognized benchmark for industry best practices in Human Resources, for the 6th time in 2014.

28 Aug 2014 - 0     - 17101

The Seychelles invited Sri Lanka t o use t heir country as a platform to dive into the virtually untapped African continent with trade and investment, at the Seychelles Trade and Investment Forum held yesterday.

26 Aug 2014 - 0     - 4620

S-lon Lanka Pvt Ltd, the pioneers of potable water piping systems in Sri Lanka for 57 years reached yet another milestone with the unveiling of the Vito range of chrome plated faucets and accessories by His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse at the Construct Exhibition 2014, Sri Lanka's largest, most prestigious and most influential Construction Industry related exhibition

25 Aug 2014 - 0     - 6790

Ukrainian government forces engaged with a separatist armored column near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, about 10 km (6 miles) from the Russian border, Ukraine's military information service said on Monday.

25 Aug 2014 - 0     - 6172

Etisalat Lanka recently kicked off its latest promotion ‘Game of Tunes’ launched at the Samanala Grounds, Galle to reward its loyal users of Personal Ring Back Tones (PRBT), more commonly known as Call-A-Tunes.

22 Aug 2014 - 0     - 2502

Amãna Bank made a generous contribution for the second consecutive year to the Serendib Educational Foundation (SEF) in providing financial assistance and scholarships to deserving students who are capable of pursuing their studies but are unable to do so due to financial constraints.

22 Aug 2014 - 1     - 16990

The internet has gone viral with videos of celebrities and other popular personalities taking the "Ice Bucket challenge" and daring three others to do the same. Here is what you need to know about it:

21 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3538

The symbolic inauguration of 125 rainwater harvesting structures in the drought stricken Kallaru village in Kilinochchi, could probably end up being a landmark project in these northern parts of Sri Lanka. Fluctuating rainfalls, over dependence on rains for water availability, rise of water borne diseases which result from the lack of access to safe drinking water, could be a thing of the past.

19 Aug 2014 - 1     - 3119

Sri Lanka’s premier bank operating on Islamic banking principles, Amãna Bank now offers the market’s lowest five years Leasing (Ijara) rental of Rs 2,131/=(inclusive of VAT) per month for Rs. 100,000/- lease.

18 Aug 2014 - 0     - 8699

Motor car registration figures for July show a significant increase with 2,551 registrations, compared to 2,256 in June and 2,305 year-on-year (yoy), with 827 brand new cars composing the figure, according to JB Securities’ market research.

13 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3435

Findmyfare offers another exciting travel deal for HSBC credit cardholders who are planning to travel to India. This deal allows HSBC cardholders to enjoy a 15% discount on their air ticket when they fly to Kerala on SriLankan Airlines.

12 Aug 2014 - 0     - 7395

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion.

12 Aug 2014 - 0     - 6763

Iraq's president named a new prime minister to end Nuri al-Maliki's eight-year rule on Monday, but the veteran leader refused to go after deploying militias and special forces on the streets, creating a dangerous political showdown in Baghdad.

11 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3753

Sampath Bank has won the prestigious Best Community Program Leadership Award, in Asia Responsible Business Excellence awards 2014 held in Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore with the participation of top business leaders from different parts of the Asia.

11 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3240

A significant reduction in group finance cost pushed Dialog Axiata PLC’s (Dialog) net profit up by 69 percent during the quarter ended June 30,2014 (2Q14) to Rs. 1.60 billion from a year ago, interim results showed.

11 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3256

Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka’s most celebrated colonial mansion with a history spanning over 200 years was the recent recipient of multiple awards from the prestigious national BestWeb.lk 2014 Competition.

08 Aug 2014 - 0     - 3311

“We have now been in sri lanka for the past three years it has been an outstanding journey, today we have as many as twelve restaurants in sri lanka which are mostly around greater Colombo.

08 Aug 2014 - 2     - 7805

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip resumed rocket fire into Israel on Friday after Egyptian-mediated talks in Cairo failed to extend a 72-hour truce in a nearly month-long war.

08 Aug 2014 - 1     - 7217

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized U.S. air strikes to blunt the onslaught of Islamist militants in northern Iraq and began airdrops of supplies to besieged religious minorities to prevent a "potential act of genocide."

08 Aug 2014 - 0     - 2661

Nestlé Lanka PLC, the local unit of Swiss-based food multinational reported a net profit of Rs.976 million for the June quarter (2Q14), up from Rs.787 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the interim finance accounts released by the company showed.

08 Aug 2014 - 0     - 4085

President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the Chief Guest at the ground breaking ceremony of Aitken Spence Hotels’ new venture, ‘RIU Resort, Ahungalla’.

06 Aug 2014 - 0     - 4290

Last week’s talk of the town, the 24 hour party rocked Colombo for 24 hours, from 10 am on Saturday 26th to 10am on Sunday 27th.

05 Aug 2014 - 0     - 6397

World renowned digital marketing guru Dr. David Chaffey put across the finer points of the subject to leading businesses and individuals in the country at the inaugural Sri Lanka Digital Marketing Conference organized by the Synergy School of Marketing London & Colombo, recently.

05 Aug 2014 - 0     - 2352

Following a series of successful and innovative product developments, Prima Stella Instant Noodles re launched its favourite chicken flavor along with a vegetable sachet, targeting the entire family and guaranteed to thrill the taste buds of all noodle lovers. 

04 Aug 2014 - 0     - 2560

Sweets.lk is Sri Lanka’s first and only online store specialized in sweet treats.  The site provides a wide range of sweets from various suppliers and also handles deliveries.  Sweets.lk’s mission is “ to be the one stop shop for sweets and related businesses in Sri Lanka”. While doing this the site wants to create communities of entrepreneurs and sweets lovers and make them share their ideas and comments about t

04 Aug 2014 - 0     - 7556

In response to a longstanding cry by the spices and allied exporters, action is now underway to obtain the Geographical Indication (GI) for Ceylon cinnamon and other allied products of which the geographical origin and its possessed qualities will be identified with a unique sign in the international market place.

01 Aug 2014 - 0     - 18521

Ceylon Asset Management launches ‘Ceylon Dollar Bond Fund’ to attract foreign investments into Sri Lanka dollar bonds. In a giant step to internationalize the investment industry in Sri Lanka, which has thus far been restricted to rupee investments, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) licensed the country’s first ever dollar denominated unit trust with the approval of Central Bank and Ministry of Finance.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 48099

The government will call Mark Zuckerberg to testify against an upstate New York man accused of trying to cheat the billionaire founder of Facebook Inc (FB.O) out of half his stake in the social media company, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 18905

Microsoft Corp said it aims to get its loss-making Nokia phone unit to break even within two years, helping its stock rise in after-hours trade.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 11882

Iraqi government air strikes killed 19 people, including children, in Falluja on Monday and Tuesday, a health official in the militant-held city said.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 12432

The leader of Thailand's junta could become prime minister in a government to be set up under a newly drafted interim constitution, but that will be decided by an appointed provisional parliament, a junta legal adviser said on Wednesday.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 10394

A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in a Ukrainian government-held city on Tuesday on the first leg of their final journey home to be reclaimed by their families.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 17446

Richard Pieris group finance arm, Richard Pieris Arpico Finance Limited (Arpico Finance) yesterday announced the setting up of charging centres at all Arpico Super Centre outlets, starting August 2014, to cater the growing number of electric cars on local roads.

23 Jul 2014 - 0     - 2272

The Department of Registrar of Companies has completed its transition towards the age of information technology and is finally operating for more than a pittance, according to Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishard Bathiudeen’s address to the parliament on July 11.

22 Jul 2014 - 0     - 5890

The world’s largest submarine sandwich chain, Subway officially opened its first store in Sri Lanka yesterday and announced they would provide the opportunity for local entrepreneurs to open outlets under the franchise to rapidly grow its chain of stores throughout the country.