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Jiffy Products wins Gold at NCE Export Awards 2013 for 2nd consecutive year

Jiffy Products Sri Lanka (JPSL), the Sri Lankan subsidiary of Jiffy International AS Kristiansand, Norway today announced that the company has won the Gold Award in the Agriculture Value Added – Large Sector under Coconut and Coconut based products category at the recently concluded National Chamber of Exporters Export Awards 2013, for the second consecutive…

(0)Comments | October 14, 2014 8:39 pm

Blackberry launches Blackberry 10 Smartphone range in Sri Lanka

BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, announced today that customers in Sri Lanka are all set to witness the unique smartphone experience from BlackBerry with the launch of the BlackBerry® Z30, BlackBerry® Z3,  and BlackBerry® Q5 smartphones, thereby increasing its product portfolio in the region.  Mr. Sunil Lalvani-Managing Director,…

(0)Comments | October 13, 2014 9:55 pm

Pensioners can now receive their Pension Disbursements through Mobitel mCash

The National Mobile Service Provider Mobitel, proudly launched a brand new facility for Pension Disbursements via its already popular mCash service in partnership with the Pensions Department of Sri Lanka. The launch event which was held recently under the auspices of His Excellency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, unveiled the Pension Disbursement facility via the mCash service…

(0)Comments | October 13, 2014 9:43 pm

Dell Introduces its most Advanced Server Portfolio to address broadest range of Business Computing Needs

Dell unveiled its most advanced and easy-to-manage portfolio of PowerEdge servers, designed to help customers worldwide address and optimize the evolving spectrum of application and workload requirements. The Dell PowerEdge 13th generation server portfolio features customer-inspired engineering built to optimize price performance for the widest range of web, enterprise and hyper scale applications, and features…

(0)Comments | October 13, 2014 9:35 pm

AVIC inaugurates Astoria, a Dream in a Paradise Island

The AVIC International Holding Corporation (AVIC International) unveiled its plans and inaugurated its first project in Sri Lanka – Astoria, a Dream in a Paradise Island at a gala inauguration ceremony that was held at the Cinnamon Grand recently. The event was graced by the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Sri Lanka…

(0)Comments | October 13, 2014 9:27 pm

Sri Lanka’s senior citizens to get a digital identity card

In keeping with the Government’s ICT policy, the Department of Pensions has launched a Digital Identity Card for Pensioners in partnership with Sampath Bank, a pioneer in technological innovations and one of the key stakeholders in the banking industry that uses state of the art digital technology in providing banking services to its customers. The…

(0)Comments | October 13, 2014 10:05 am

IWS aviation launches exclusive domestic helicopter charter operations in SL

IWS Aviation (Private) Limited commences domestic helicopter charter operations in Sri Lanka. With the immediate commencement of commercial helicopter operations, IWS Aviation will manage charter services with their Bell 206 B3 Jet Ranger helicopter from their operational base at Ratmalana Airport. The initial roll out of Heli chartered services has the capacity to seat 4…

(0)Comments | October 11, 2014 2:49 pm

Entries more than double at 2014 Yarl Geek Challenge

Lankan Angel Network partnered start-up competition spurred to greater heights by Rs. 1 million funding to be provided by Blue Ocean Ventures  The 2014 Yarl Geek Challenge (YGC) start-up competition, now partnered by the Lankan Angel Network, is already showing more than double the number of previous entries, with entries for the junior category yet…

(0)Comments | October 11, 2014 2:16 am

Noritake wins Gold at NCE Awards

Noritake Lanka Porcelain Pvt Ltd (NLPL) recently won a Gold Award in the Extra Large Category at the prestigious National Chamber of Exporters Awards.  This comes hot on the heels of the Silver Award it won in the ‘Large Manufacturing’ category at the National Productivity Awards last month. Photo caption: Dr. Priyath Wickrema, Chairman of…

(0)Comments | October 11, 2014 2:08 am

Elephant House continues to shine at NCE Awards

Elephant House, one of the country’s most cherished brands, received the Silver award in the Medium category for the Confectionery and Beverage sub sector within the Industry Sector at the 22nd annual National Chamber of Exporters Awards (NCE Awards) recently. This marks the 6thoccasion that Elephant House has been recognized at this prestigious forum for…

(0)Comments | October 9, 2014 7:54 pm