Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association launches loyalty card

A loyalty programme to recognize and reward the employees and staff in the retail sector was launched by the Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) recently. 

East West Marketing launches Almarai Cheese

East West Marketing, a fully-owned subsidiary of Nawaloka Holdings, one of Sri Lanka’s leading suppliers of FMCG and bakery products, is expanding its consumer product range with the latest addition ‘Almarai’ cheese.

PLC, LIIN, WUSC and KVTC join hands to empower rural youth

Every year nearly 500,000 youth sit for Ordinary Level (O/Ls) Examinations and approximately 250,000 youth get through their O/Ls and qualify for the Advanced Level (A/Ls).

CDB celebrates decade of empowering education via Sisudiri Scholarships

Celebrating a decade of empowering young people to maximize their academic prowess, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) presented 50 scholarships under its flagship CDB Sisudiri Scholarship Programme, which has been held consecutively since 2008.

Siddhalepa Group sponsors environment protection initiatives at key religious sites

The Siddhalepa Group enhanced their traditional environment protection activities at all key religious places of worship and festivals this year, as their commitment to create a healthier environment.

Lanka Leather Fashion renews commitment to sustainability

Continuing strongly on the environmental responsibility journey that they embarked on two years ago, leading high-end leather garment manufacturer Lanka Leather Fashion (Pvt.) Ltd (LLF) recently renewed their ‘CarbonNeutral’ certification for the third year running.

Nolimit celebrates Children’s Day at Dehiwala Zoo

The 40,000 or more visitors to the Dehiwela Zoo on October 1st were in for a big surprise, as Nolimit celebrated World Children’s Day by turning the zoo into an exciting world of fun and games complete with prizes galore.

CA Sri Lanka receives extended support for 38th National Conference

The 38th National Conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) received a fresh boost recently after several top organisations representing diverse sectors came on board to steer the country’s largest business summit with a series of sponsorships.

EFC to become trend setter in talent management landscape

The Global Competitiveness Survey for 2016-17 reveals that, out of 138 countries, Sri Lanka has been ranked 91 in relation to the ability to attract talent compared to Singapore which has been ranked 4 and Malaysia 11.

Oppo initiates ‘Champions Journey’ to reward sales-teams islandwide

Global Smartphone brand Oppo recently initiated and carried out an appreciation and motivation campaign titled ‘Champions Journey’ for Oppo sales representative’s islandwide held during a period of two months.

MullenLowe Sri Lanka strikes Gold at Effies yet again

MullenLowe Sri Lanka has once again taken home the Gold award in the Foods category at the recently concluded 2016 Effie Awards for their innovative and inspired work on Marmite’s ‘Mealtimae Magic’ campaign.

CA Sri Lanka, BRIPASL sign MOU to build capacity for corporate insolvency services

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) and the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners’ Association of Sri Lanka (BRIPASL) has joined hands to help build capacity for corporate insolvency services within the country.

NITC/SEARCC Conference and IFIP meetings wrap up successfully in Colombo

Nearly 1,000 people took part in last week’s highly successful NITC/SEARCC Conference and preceding IFIP/SEARCC meetings in Colombo. 

HNB partners Infotel 2017 as official banker

Hatton National Bank (HNB) has come forward to partner with Infotel -2017 as the official banker.  Organized by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS), Infotel is South Asia’s oldest and most prestigious Information and Communication Technology (ICT) exposition. This year’s event is scheduled to be held from November 1st to 5th at the BMICH in Colombo, under the theme ‘Towards a Digital Economy&

hSenid Mobile Solutions concludes TADHack Sri Lanka 2017

hSenid Mobile Solutions successfully concluded TADHack Sri Lanka 2017, the biggest telco application Development Hackathon in the world. 

Epic Technology Group clinches Gold & Silver NBQSA

Epic Technology Group has once again proved its technology dominance by winning Gold for the government and public-sector category, and Silver in the application tools and platform category at the National Best Quality ICT Awards 2017.

N*Able wins digital transformation award at Microsoft Partner Awards

N*Able, a prominent entity in Sri Lanka’s technological landscape, took home the award for Digital Transformation at the Microsoft South East Asia New Markets Partner Summit held from September 10th-12th in Bangkok, Thailand. 

iflix showcases major celeb power in first-ever regional tv commercial

iflix, the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, is thrilled to unveil its first-ever regional TV commercial to introduce its recently launched Channels feature.

SLTDA refutes Ceylon Chamber’s report on tourism statistics accuracy

Mirror Business ran an exclusive story titled ‘Over 80 percent industry leaders doubt accuracy of tourism statistics’ on October 6, 2017, basing a report by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) on the country’s tourism sector. 

Condé Nast Traveller recognizes Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle

Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort is proud to be part of the best in the world celebration with Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards for the second consecutive year, ranking within the top15out of an exclusive listing of 50 Best Resorts in Asia.

Findmyfare offers fast and easy travel insurance online

Vacations are often exciting and fun. But there is always a chance that something will go wrong, leaving one stuck in an unfamiliar place with no support structure.

First dedicated performance art centre for tourists to open soon

Sri Lanka’s first ever dedicated performance arts center for tourists is to open on the banks of the historic Diyawanna Oya on the outskirts of Colombo next month.

Breaking barriers: Strengthening WMSMEs’ participation in spice and coir sectors of Sri Lanka

An important avenue to promote inclusive and sustainable development includes accelerating the gainful participation of women owned/led micro, small and medium enterprises (WMSMEs) in the economy

Before Thaler there was Pai

Richard Thaler has just won the highest prize in economics for his stellar work in behavioural economics. But India is no stranger to some home-grown nudgers of its own.

HSBC celebrates Deepavali with customers

HSBC Sri Lanka celebrated Deepavali, the festival of lights with customers and staff at HSBC branches in Wellawatte, Galle, Jaffna and Kandy recently.

Rasika Kaluarachchi assumes duties as Prime Finance CEO

Prime Finance PLC, a unit of Prime Lands (Pvt.) Ltd, yesterday announced the appointment of Rasika Kaluarachchi as its CEO with effect from October 10, 2017.

Pan Asia Bank relaunches Mithuru Max children’s account

Pan Asia Bank known for its innovative financial products, recently unveiled a value added Children’s Savings Account under the name ‘Mithuru Max’ with a redesigned gift scheme.

Union Assurance launches first insurance chatbot in Sri Lanka

Union Assurance with its preeminent services continued for more than three decades hasalways focused its efforts to deliver the best, customized insurance solutions to the communities which they operate, powered with innovation the and integrated with the best technology. 

LB Finance Samanthurai branch relocates to new location

LB Finance, Sri Lanka’s pioneer in innovative financial services recently relocated its Samanthurai branch to a new location in No.25, Hijra Junction, Samanthurai recently. This occasion was graced by two Executive Directors Niroshan Udage, 

HNB announces reduced rates on personal finance products

In a continuing effort to partner its clients and support them to achieve their aspirations, Sri Lanka’s leading retail bank, HNB PLC, announced that it would be reducing interest rates on all of its core personal financial products – spanning leasing, housing and personal loans.