Omega Line, one of the leading export oriented apparel industries in Sri Lanka was awarded Export Excellence Award in the Garment Trade category at the recently concluded Presidential export Awards. The award ceremony organized by the Export Development Board (EDB) annually recognizes exporters. The award ceremony was held this time at the Nelum Pokuna in…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that an on-going initiative to make its branches island wide accessible to differently abled customers has passed the half way mark. The Bank said it has completed the construction of wheel chair ramps at 130 branches, facilitating disabled access to customer areas and automated teller machines (ATMs) under…
Social Enterprise Lanka successfully concluded a series of unique workshops for a selected group of social entrepreneurs. Social Enterprises are self-sustainable entities with the core-purpose of creating positive social and environmental impact. “The tools given to us such as the Business Model Canvas (BMC) and the templates such as Financial Plans are super useful” said…
Emirates announced the expansion of its operation in Switzerland with the addition of a second daily service to Geneva effective 1st June 2016. The second daily flight will double capacity on the route and represents an overall increase of 26% for Emirates in Switzerland. The new flight will be operated by a state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300ER…
Prima Kottumee took their annual Model Hunt event to a new level this year with the entire search being conducted through social media for the brand’s crowd sourced, e-calendar. Harnessing the power of the brand’s 47k Facebook fans, the four-week event was dubbed “The Selfie Season”, with each week getting its own theme. These themes…
DSI starts the New Year with a bang by introducing yet another new brand to the footwear market of Sri Lanka. Launched in 1999 by Regal Shoes, Inc.5 was created with the aim of filling the gap between the 16-35 age groups by designing trendy and stylish footwear. The brand that started off with just…
The Sri Lanka National Visually Handicapped Cricket Team was recently privileged to have been invited by the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) to participate in the first-ever T20 Asia Cup Tournament dedicated to visually handicapped cricketers. The tournament has been scheduled to be held in Kochi, India from 17th to 24th January…
Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC has announced the appointment of Neminda Karunaratne as Director, Human Resources, effective January 1, 2016 following the retirement of Chitral Perera. Chirtal retired after 18 years of valuable service and contribution to the Company. He joined Singer in 1997 as Manager, Human Resources and was appointed as Director, Human Resources in…
Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL), Sri Lanka’s largest FMCG Conglomerate operating in the food and confectionary industry, walked away with five Presidential Export Awards and was recognized as the ‘Best Sri Lankan Brand Exporter’ for the year 2010 under the patronage of His Excellency President Maithripala Sirisena at an event held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre…
Dedicated page enables subscribers to attract more potential buyers& convenience ikman.lk, Sri Lanka’s largest marketplace, today announced the launch of its latest value added service, ikman memberships, targeting business advertisers across all categories posting classified adds, in a bid to help them attract greater sales& convenience. While ikman.lk remains a free site for all general…
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