Nestlé has won the ‘Best Exporter’ Award in the Coconut Kernel Product Sector for 2018/2019, at the recent Presidential Export Awards. This is the eighth Presidential Export Award presented to the company, for its continuous efforts in strengthening national exports, uplifting the local coconut industry and creating sustainable livelihoods. Said Fabrice Cavallin, Nestlé Managing Director:…
Air pollution is becoming an eminent threat to humanity. Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as asthma. Air pollution can also cause long-term damage to people’s nerves, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. Understanding the impact of air pollution in congested cities, Mobitel, Sri Lanka’s most caring telecommunications provider has joined hands…
George Steuart Group, one of Sri Lanka’s oldest and fast growing conglomerates, recently introduced Ruveda; a modern Ayurvedic Herbal Beauty Cream made from a range of herbal remedies to improve skin rejuvenation without the use of harmful substances. By identifying the community’s most common beauty and skin requirements, Ruveda underwent years of rigorous research and…
Amãna Bank, having paid its inaugural dividend in 2018, has now announced an interim dividend for the Financial Year 2019. The total dividends of over Rs.200 million, translating to 8 cents per share, is scheduled to be paid on 11 October 2019. The Bank’s dividend declaration works out to a dividend yield of approximately 3% at…
Nirosha Jagodaarachchi, CEO and brainchild of British Cosmetics Pvt Ltd won the prestigious ‘Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur (large category) award, at the recently concluded ‘Top 50’ Professional and Career Women Awards 2019. Held for the ninth consecutive year, these awards are organised by Women in Management (WIM). The platform is dedicated to uniting Sri Lanka’s professional…
Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) was recognized as a winner in the Top Workplaces in Asia category of the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2019. The award was presented in Bangkok, Thailand over a Grand Gala Dinner on 20th of September 2019, at the Athenee Hotel, at the ACES awards 2019. The Asia…
Sri Lanka’s first private hospital to offer advanced tertiary care services Sri Lanka’s foremost private healthcare provider, Nawaloka Hospitals, recently celebrated a 34 year legacy at the pinnacle of the Sri Lankan healthcare sector. Founded by Deshamanya H.K. Dharmadasa in 1985, Nawaloka Hospitals was built around a simple but powerful ethos: ‘Arogya Parama Laabha’ (Good…
AkzoNobel -the world industry leader in paints and coatings and producer of Dulux paints in Sri Lanka- has signed an agreement today with SOS Children’s Villages of Sri Lanka, as part of its global Let’s Colour initiative between the two organisations. The partnership aims to tackle youth unemployment in the country through a series of…
100% of grid electricity across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America comes from renewable sources. Sites across five continents have achieved 100% renewable grid electricity use ahead of Unilever’s global 2020 target. Unilever announced today that its factories, offices, R&D facilities, data centres, warehouses and distribution centres across five continents are now powered…
The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT) Sri Lanka, one of the leading private institutions providing quality higher education, has launched an Education Loan Scheme in partnership with Commercial Credit and Finance PLC. The scheme was launched to provide a viable solution to meet the higher education aspirations of youth in Sri Lanka. APIIT…
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