The first phase of the China-Laos Expressway from Vientiane to Vangvieng section (Vientiane-Vangvieng Expressway) that jointly developed by Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group with the cooperation of the Laos government, was officially opened on December 20th. The completion of the project will end the history of the absence of expressways in Laos. Traveling from…
WEBXPAY, the secure and reliable Internet payment gateway provider completes 5 successful years of operations this month. An idea nurtured for months reached fruition when the founders established WEBXPAY in December 2015. With the motto of ‘We don’t dream abour success, we work for it’, within 5 short years, the fin-tech has grown from strength…
DFCC Bank, the premier commercial bank in Sri Lanka, has yet again proved its commitment as the ‘Bank for Everyone’ by winning the coveted ‘Best Post-COVID Innovation award, presented at the Sri Lanka Association for Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM) RPA Awards 2020. Falling under the Business Continuity Category, this accolade was received for the ‘Automated…
Donation of hand sanitizer presented to Ministry of Education to benefit teachers engaged in A/L examination paper marking Lifebuoy, through yet another far reaching initiative to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, pledged its support to all teachers engaged island wide in A/L examination paper marking, by donating much needed hygiene protection. Sufficient stocks…
In a ground-breaking initiative, Ace Connekt an innovative new recruitment platform that seeks to connect companies to talented job seekers, www.aceconnekt.com was launched recently. The main objective of the platform is to provide an effective and reliable recruitment tool ensuring recruiters and corporates have easy and quick access to the largest human resource talent pool…
Commercial Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BellVantage (a subsidiary of Melstacorp PLC, one of Sri Lanka’s premier conglomerates, managing a broad portfolio of businesses) to jointly provide the Bank’s business owners with the SME.LK platform, enabling them to efficiently market and sell their products to the end consumers, as well as wholesale buyers, without an intermediary…
Sri Lanka’s most loved learning brand and largest manufacturer of stationery products, Atlas, is proud to announce the launch of its very own online store, Atlas Myshop. The online store was officially launched recently by Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson – Group CEO at Hemas Holdings PLC, where she made the first official purchase. Accessible 24/7 via…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has announced the launch of CBC Finance Ltd., the Bank’s fully-owned Licenced Non-bank Finance Institution (NBFI), formerly known as Serendib Finance and Indra Finance. The formal re-naming of the entity acquired by the Bank in 2014 marks the completion of its transition into the Commercial Bank Group. The restructured…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) hosted the 24th SAFA Best Presented Annual Reports (BPA) Awards Ceremony in Colombo last week with 16 Sri Lankan companies bagging awards for excellence in financial reporting in South Asia. The SAFA BPA Awards organised by the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) is…
Samsung wins 44 CES 2021 Innovation Awards in categories spanning mobile devices, streaming, gaming, accessibility & sustainability, among others Samsung Electronics, a global leader in technology, announced that 44 of its new product and service innovations received CES® 2021 Innovation Awards honors, including four Best of Innovations accolades, from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™. The prestigious awards recognize…
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