Royal Cashews introduces NZ’s Manuka Honey to Lankan market

Cashew processing company ‘Royal Cashews’, has teamed up with New Zealand Honey Company to introduce world famous ‘Manuka Honey’ and other specialty honey products to Sri Lankan consumers. 

Deen Brothers celebrates colours night

Deen Brothers Imports Pvt Ltd celebrated their colours night at Sanaya Mention Hotel, Mathara recently. 

More tourism gains for SL

Tourists watch a Sri Lankan elephant walk through a field in the Minneriya National Park. Sri Lanka earned US $ 3.52 billion from tourism in 2016 on the back of little over two million tourists visiting the country (AFP)

CTC’s top trade marketers feted at Pinnacle Awards

The ‘Pinnacle Awards,’ is an awards show dedicated to the Trade Marketing Executives (TMEs) and distributors of Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) which celebrate and reward true mastery in marketing. 

Fintech—A brave new world for financial sector?

From smartphones to cloud computing, technology is rapidly changing virtually every facet of society, including communications,

SampathCards introduces offers for this Avurudu

Always at the forefront in bringing its customers the very best of benefits, SampathCards continues its tradition of giving cardholders more opportunities to enhance their lifestyle during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations. 

‘Massage Cruise’ to create memorable experience

To celebrate the festive season ahead, Sail Lanka, the pioneer yachting and coastal cruises in Sri Lanka is launching an exciting new package - ‘The Massage Cruise’ on one of their 53 - foot catamarans. 

India must understand challenge of China and not confront any neighbour

Dealing with China on security and economic issues is crucial for India but even if “we are no pushover, we cannot get provocative,” asserted Centre for Policy Research New Delhi Visiting Professor G. Parthasarathy.

Sadaharitha launches mobile office to promote forestry

Commercial forestry is rapidly gaining ground in Sri Lanka and the company that is the undisputed leader in this eco-friendly, futuristic investment, Sadaharitha Plantations, has just launched a novel promotional vehicle that doubles up as a mobile office for the convenience of customers.  

Urban world: Meeting demographic challenge in cities

Cities have powered the world economy for centuries. Large cities generate about 75 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) today and will generate 86 percent of worldwide GDP growth between 2015 and 2030. Population growth has been the crucial driver of cities’ GDP growth, 

Watawala Plantations honours top 2016 performers

Shining the spotlight on its high performers, Watawala Plantations PLC – a subsidiary of Sunshine Holdings PLC recognized their employees who demonstrated exceptional performance in 2016 at a gala awards ceremony held at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo.  

HNB completes milestone launch of Jaffna Priority Circle

Crossing another significant milestone in its islandwide expansion drive, Sri Lanka’s premier private sector commercial bank, Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), announced the launch of its popular Priority Circle plan at its Jaffna branch. 

Jones Lang LaSalle marks Sri Lankan presence with new WTC office

Global real estate consulting powerhouse, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) announced that the company would be substantially expanding their presence in the Sri Lankan market, commencing with the opening of its new dedicated office at the World Trade Centre, in a bid to cater to rapidly growing demand for specialized real estate services on  the island.

RIU’s CEO Roshan Madawela nominated for top regional enterprise award

The Real Estate Intelligence Unit’s (RIU) founding CEO Roshan Madawela was recently nominated by the Europe Business Assembly (EBA) for the prestigious ‘Best Regional Manager of the Year Award’.

Sri Lanka Insurance expands branch network

Sri Lanka Insurance (SLI) has major expansion plans for the year 2017 and as the first step in this regard, two fully-fledged branch offices joined the network recently in Borella and Ragama. 

Top European Investment Bank delegation in town

A high-level delegation from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest international public bank, is in town on an official three-day visit to explore new opportunities for future investments, an EIB press communiqué said.

Odiliya Residencies breaks ground for Altezza Wattala

Odiliya Residencies (Pvt) Ltd, the latest addition to the Odiliya Group held the ground breaking ceremony for the construction work of Altezza luxury apartments recently at the project site in Aweriwatta Road, Wattala.

DusitThani Sri Lanka holds investor forum in London

DusitThani Sri Lanka co-hosted DusitThani Sri Lanka Investors’ Forum London 2017 at The Grange City Hotel, London along with Real Estate Intelligence Unit (RIU), the premier research and consultancy firm for many of the top corporations in the U.K, Sri Lanka and in many of the major cities in Asia.

HNB celebrates opening of a new Student Savings Unit at St Joseph’s College, Colombo

Continuing in its pioneering efforts to inculcate the savings habit in children, Sri Lanka’s premiere private sector commercial bank, HNB PLC announced the opening of a new Student Savings Unit

Sadaharitha rewards stars at Annual Forestry Awards

This year’s theme at the annually held Sadaharitha Forestry Awards was ‘Beyond the Horizon’ and the spectacular evening bestowed a galaxy of best performers with honour, recognition and awards to motivate them to reach greater heights.  

Avian Technologies concludes Corporate Night 2017

In a journey where ICT is making a strong impact towards globalization, digital transformation is the fuel to fire the engine. Avian Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd has taken the leadership to diversify its business in digital space. The event was the first-ever move in this nature to invite over 100 top corporate customers under one roof to share how the digital future will be better with Dell EMC and innovative Microsoft solutions.

People’s Bank holds Achievers Awards 2016

People’s Bank Achievers Awards 2016 was held recently at Eagle Lakeside Hotel in Aththidiya to appreciate and motivate the People’s Bank internal staff members attached to regions, branches, small and medium enterprise (SME) centres and all the strategic business units. 

Upskilling talent across all sectors need of the hour for Sri Lanka

Sandeep Chaudhary is CEO of the Indian business of globally renowned Aon Hewitt Consultants. He is also a well-known news anchor for business in India. Chaudhary says the fundamental education philosophy in South Asia needs to undergo a major change because the education system in Asia has not met the requirements of the industry. Following are the excerpts from the interview.  

AAT Business School holds Award Ceremony

National Human Resource Development Council (NHRDC) of Sri Lanka Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody was the chief guest at the annual AAT Business School Award Ceremony. 

US’ AAPM awards Master Project Manager certification in Colombo

A function was held to award the Master Project Manager certification of the American Academy of Project Management (AAPM), which is based in Colorado Springs, USA, at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo recently.

CTC CEO offers insights into stakeholder management at CIM CEO Breakfast Forum

Presenting the first CIM CEO Breakfast Forum for 2017, the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka organised the forum in March 2017 at Hilton Colombo Residences.

TBWA\Sri Lanka CCO to serve as Adfest 2017 jury

TBWA\Sri Lanka Chief Creative Officer (CCO) Subhash Pinnapola joins the landmark 20th anniversary edition of Adfest as a jury member for Direct Lotus and Promo Lotus. 

Be different than the herd: Make renewal competency your competitive advantage

What comes into your mind as you read the word projects? Do you think of technical aspects of project planning like programme evaluation review technique (PERT) charts and bar charts and resource needs? If so, then you thought about the easy stuff. Most of us have been involved with projects for most of our careers. We have served as members of project teams, project leaders, 

OPPO launches F3 Plus ‘Group Selfie’ smartphone

OPPO, the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer that specializes in ‘selfies’ recently launched its F3 Plus ‘Group Selfie’ smartphone which has a dedicated front camera for group photos, on the way making the ubiquitous selfie sticks redundant.

VirtusaPolaris continues investment in talent with Future Architects Programme

Following the success of its inaugural Future Architects programme, VirtusaPolaris recently inducted the second batch of potential architects in its core practice. As the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills required by a software architect keep expanding, VirtusaPolaris deems it necessary to spearhead this innovative programme to help lead consultants prepare for the challenge of becoming software architects and ease their transition into t