The country’s leading provider of integrated financial services, HNB Finance, strengthened its reputation for industry excellence by emerging as the only Sri Lankan firm to secure a Gold Award at the 8th ACEF Asian Leaders Forum and Awards, held on 28th September in Mumbai, India. HNB Finance was presented the accolade in the ‘Best Rural…
New England Journal of Medicine publishes primary endpoint analysis from ongoing Phase 3 study of Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate Over 20,000 study participants in dengue-endemic areas in Latin America and Asia received two doses of Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate or placebo administered three months apart Results demonstrated overall vaccine efficacy of 80.2% (12-month follow-up after…
CSE Chairman Mr. Ray Abeywardene (Fifth from right) presenting NDB Investment Banking Group with the winning prize Third Edition attracts 58 teams NDB Investment Banking Group wins overall competition DFCC Bank and Commercial Bank of Ceylon secure second and third place respectively The third edition of Sri Lanka’s only capital market quiz – CSE masterminds…
Singer, the country’s premier consumer durables retailer recently introduced six locally manufactured innovative refrigerator models at a gala ceremony held at The Kingsbury. The launch ceremony was held under the patronage of Singer Sri Lanka Group Chairman Mohan Pandithage, Singer Sri Lanka Group CEO Mahesh Wijewardene, Singer Sri Lanka PLC Director Marketing Kumar Samarasinghe. The…
10th state-of-the-art workshop to open in Galle in January 2020 Ideal First Choice, the multi brand total after care arm of the Ideal Group, is making rapid progress in Sri Lanka’s total after care market since the launch of the very first Ideal First Choice in July 2018. The Ideal Group of Companies is one…
On November 22, 23 and 24 at BMICH Singer Sri Lanka’s annual flagship trade show, the ‘Singer Life Style Fiesta’, will be held for the ninth consecutive year at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Hall, BMICH on 22nd, 23rd & 24th November 2019. The most awaited and biggest annual shopping exhibition will line up array of products…
Steeped in the tradition of harmonious coexistence with nature, Elpitiya Plantations is no stranger to the concept of sustainability. As one of the leading plantation companies in Sri Lanka, with a diversified portfolio of crops, Elpitiya is the custodian of decades of agro-economic knowledge that generates a continuous stream of wealth for the national economy,…
Speaking during the opening keynote of Web Summit, Guo Ping, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman, encouraged the global developer community to take advantage of the golden opportunity offered by 5G combined with other technologies. In his speech entitled “5G + X will create a smart new era”, he described how, in combination with technologies such as AI,…
Sri Lanka’s No.1 branded tea company, Watawala Tea Ceylon Ltd – a subsidiary of the Sunshine Group – is working to drive a renaissance in local and global tea drinking culture with plans to launch a new luxury tea boutique at the One Galle Face Mall opening on the 8th of November. Conceptualised to compete…
Ocean Lanka Men’s volleyball team outlasted Courtaulds Clothing Lanka in a pulsating final to win the Super League Champions title at the 8th edition of the Mercantile Volleyball Championship. The result handed Ocean Lanka the second title in the last two editions of the tournament. Ocean Lanka lost the opening set before storming back to…
