Emirates has unveiled multi-faceted measures for employee and customer care at every step of the travel journey, redefining safety and hygiene standards on board and on the ground. The new measures took effect today, with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations. “Emirates is implementing a comprehensive set of measures at every…
~ Partners with UNICEF, Sri Lanka Red Cross, Heal Lanka and Leads Sri Lanka As the whole country battles to limit the adverse impact of Covid – 19, Daraz has expanded its Daraz Cares portal to help some of the most vulnerable of groups at present. Collaborating with UNICEF, Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, Heal…
Serves Pure Ceylon tea to medical front lines in Central Regions Sri Lankan retail tea chain Brand Island Tea Co.®️ continues to engage in distributing Pure Ceylon Milk Teas for the refreshment of frontline staff at hospitals treating Covid-19 patients in the western regions of Philippines. The company conducts this activity across several regions in…
The prolonged curfew in Colombo and Gampaha districts gravely limited the access to vehicle servicing and repairs. Moreover, motor vehicles not being used for an elongated period of time were more likely to develop problems due to being idle. LAUGFS Car Care, recognizing the need in the market for such services, was the first to…
News Publisher and Quire Sri Lanka, Business models geared towards managing agile working staff better equipped to manage COVID-19 lockdown For most Sri Lankans, since March 2020 the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a large-scale effort to promote “work-from-home” (WFH) along with the categorization of “essential workers”. Leaving several industries, including…
Amãna Bank achieved a commendable Q1 performance in 2020, which saw its customer deposits grow by Rs 5.4 billion or by 8% to close the quarter at Rs 77.0 billion. As a result of conscious strengthening of credit risk parameters in the backdrop of challenging market conditions, advances grew only by 1% to close at…
Not too long ago, the redness of blood was the easy and most frequently alluded to commonality by good hearted people decrying violence and destruction based on color, race, ethnicity, religious preference and creed. It still is, but there’s another ‘commoner’ fast catching up; The facemask. You can thank Covid-19 for that. In the early…
First-ever virtually hosted ceremony hosted from Singapore Presented with 2 silver awards recognising exceptional annual reporting Setting another unprecedented benchmark in the tea industry, Hayleys Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTEL) was presented with two Silver Awards at the recently concluded Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) 2019. Hosted virtually from Singapore due to the ongoing COVID-19…
Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC, renowned for its luxurious and elegant porcelain tableware donated some units of their all new steam inhalers to the Healthcare Sector in Sri Lanka. Designed and advised by Dr. Charith Nanayakkara, lecturer attached to the Department of Surgery, General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University and who specializes in Neurosurgery, this modified steam…
Vesak week brought another first for PickMe when they delivered hundreds of lanterns to a locked-down urban populace. The taxi-hailing app company offered its platform free of cost to promote the sale of these lanterns to ‘We Build Colombo Together (WBCT),’ a collective impact initiative that aims to collectively address urban wellbeing issues of Colombo…
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