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Dining on Emirates – the world’s largest flying restaurant

Emirates serves more than 100 million meals a year with the same attention to detail in First, Business and Economy Class. Catering for more than 55 million dine-in guests a year travelling to and from 144 cities across 6 continents, no one understands global culinary trends better than Emirates as it serves destination-inspired cuisine onboard…

(0)Comments | October 23, 2017 2:49 pm

DFCC’s Subsidiary SYNAPSYS bags silver award at NBQSA 2017

Synapsys, a subsidiary of DFCC Bank PLC, was bestowed with two prestigious awards at the 19th National Best Quality Software Awards (NBQSA) organized by the British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute of IT in Sri Lanka. The award ceremony was recently held at the Taj Samudra. Synapsys won the Silver award for its RAPIDEX product…

(0)Comments | October 23, 2017 12:45 pm

Magnificent living spaces with skyline views at Elektra, Koswatte

Coming up in the fast growing Koswatte suburb of Greater Colombo, Elektra is a condo development project by veteran builder Foreat Homes. The epitome of modernism, in combination with an at-home feeling, even in the sky, Elektra is a perfect blend of the new and the familiar, built upon a strong foundation of architectural and…

(0)Comments | October 23, 2017 12:42 pm

Quebee Den’s Rohanthi recognised as Western Province’s ‘Best Entrepreneur – Industrial and Manufacturing Sector’

Quebee Den Founder/CEO Rohanthi Wijewickrama has won coveted “Best Entrepreneur – Industrial & Manufacturing Sector” honours at the recently concluded Entrepreneur Awards 2017 – Western Province. Rohanthi recently also acclaimed JCI’s Sri Lanka Top Outstanding Young Persons Award, Women Entrepreneur Award and International CEO Award taking the brand Bellybees to the next level. Organised by…

(0)Comments | October 23, 2017 12:39 pm

Advantis Engineering lauded for Innovative Smart Space Solution at Construct 2017

Advantis Engineering bagged the “Most Innovative Stall” Award at the National Construction Association of Sri Lanka’s (NCASL) Construct 2017 Awards ceremony held at Water’s Edge recently. The company received this award for the modular living vision of a “Smart Space” that it showcased at the Construct 2017 exhibition in August this year. Responding to the…

(0)Comments | October 22, 2017 6:40 pm

Durdans Hospital encourages screening for Breast Cancer

The cancer incidence reports suggest that of all cancer types, Sri Lankan females are most susceptible to breast cancer. The probability of development occurs in 1 for every 9 females in Sri Lanka. However, this does not mean that it is a disease affecting only women. Out of the 2300-2500 total cases reported last year,…

(0)Comments | October 22, 2017 6:32 pm

Softlogic Finance expands branch network with opening of 34th branch in Kotahena

Continuing on its journey to better serve a growing base of valued customers, Softlogic Finance PLC announced the further expansion of its branch network with the opening of its 34th fully-fledged new branch in Kotahena. Situated at No. 244. George R De Silva Mawatha, Colombo 13, the new premises will operate as a full-service branch,…

(0)Comments | October 22, 2017 6:20 pm

HNB consolidates partnership with UnionPay International with new agreement on ATM acceptance

Building on an agreement signed last February, Sri Lanka’s most innovative bank, HNB PLC, announced a follow-up partnership with UnionPay International to enable ATM acceptance of UnionPay cards. UnionPay is currently the largest bankcard scheme in terms of cards issued in the world. The new agreement further consolidates on the relationship between UnionPay and HNB,…

(0)Comments | October 20, 2017 8:15 pm

Etihad Airways partners with Alibaba’s Tmall and Alitrip to launch five specially branded aircraft for the Tmall 11.11 Global Shopping Festival

Beijing, China – Etihad Airways and Alibaba’s Tmall and Alitrip will today debut a specially branded aircraft livery for the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival 2017. Five aircraft emblazoned with this special 11.11 exterior will depart from Abu Dhabi travelling to four destinations in Greater China – Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Hong Kong. In the coming…

(0)Comments | October 20, 2017 8:09 pm

Amãna Bank Lead Banking Partner for IFFSA 2017

For the second consecutive year Amãna Bank has come forward to sponsor the Islamic Finance Forum of South Asia (IFFSA) as its Lead Banking Partner. The 2nd edition of this regional conference is scheduled to take place on 24 October 2017 at Ramada, Colombo and will discuss the opportunities and challenges on how the non-interest…

(0)Comments | October 20, 2017 8:00 pm

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