Sri Lanka’s newest super-luxury condominium project, the Astoria, is well on target to reach completion by 2017 with construction already having crossed the third floor according to developers, AVIC International. “Construction has already gone past the third floor and we are confident that the remaining work will go ahead as planned. We are very pleased…
Unilever Sri Lanka’s Ceytea factory, formally known as Premium Exports Ceylon Limited (PECL), was adjudged the 1st Runner-up in the Export Sector at the National Business Excellence Awards 2015 held in Colombo recently. The Unilever Ceytea factory is Unilever’s ‘instant tea’ factory located in Agarapathana. Being the only sourcing unit in Sri Lanka for the…
Beginning from the 28th of November 2015, no. 76/A, Kandy Road, Kiribathgoda has become the location of D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd.’s brand new showroom. This is the 210th showroom in the DSI retail network. Mr. Nandadasa Rajapaksa the Chairman of D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Ruwan Kannangara, Chief Operating Officer of…
The Asiri Group of Hospitals, which has a history of introducing several ‘firsts’ to Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector, recently announced the successful completion of the country’s first dextrocardia surgery that was performed at Asiri Surgical using the ‘Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery’ method. The team at the ‘Asiri Heart Centre,’ with the expertise of Dr. Vivek…
Chinese Dragon Café the pioneering restaurant in Sri Lanka’s Chinese restaurant sphere opens its newest branch at 203A, Galle Road, Rathmalana just meters away from the Mount Lavinia police station. The spacious new branch with great ambiance and newest cuisines of Chinese, local, Mongolian and barbeque is all set to provide an unforgettable experience for…
Medical professionals in Sri Lanka had an opportunity to learn from case studies conducted by four renowned international specialists in adult asthma, via a live webcast of a medical seminar conducted recently by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK). Titled ‘Coping is not Controlling,’ the web seminar or ‘webinar’ was the seventh such programme this year to which…
PickMe, who introduced their breakthrough technology to the local market in June this year, has now made two new extensions to the Application, which will expand their language base. The new extensions to the technology are the Sinhala and Tamil interfaces, which is a huge impetus for the Company’s plans to broad-base their services to…
Pioneering advertising agency Holmes Pollard & Stott (HP&S) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The agency that conceptualized and published Sri Lanka’s first Christmas magazine “Noel” recently released the 14th edition of the popular publication. In celebration of the Christmas spirit, “Noel” has been put together and released every year since 2001. Expressing his views…
Commercial Credit’s Men’s and Women’s teams emerged winners in the recently concluded 25th Mercantile Services Basketball Association League Tournament 2015 held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. This significant dual victory by Commercial Credit’s Men’s and Women’s teams has been hailed as a benchmark in basketball in Sri Lanka. Both teams have a very good track…
The country’s largest and fastest-growing laboratory chain, Hemas Hospitals Laboratory Services, has expanded further with the opening of its 34th laboratory in Akuressa recently. The new fully-automated laboratory which requires minimum human intervention (thus increasing accuracy of medical testing) will enable people of the area to conveniently obtain more accurate, reliable and faster medical laboratory…
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