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Hameedia’s ‘Refresh your Wardrobe’ campaign helps the less fortunate

“To be sartorially smart, every Sri Lankan man should refresh and re-invest in his wardrobe every few years,” celebrity fashion stylist and Managing Director of Hameedia, Fouzul Hameed opined. “Clothes fade with time even if you haven’t worn them much and with trends changing nearly every day, a man needs to refresh and re-invest his…

(0)Comments | January 25, 2017 3:02 pm

UTE-CAT conducts internationally recognised Construction Mechanic Programme at state-of-the-art Training Facility

In Sri Lanka, there exists many opportunities for youth to progress towards a career in technical and mechanical related areas such as motor mechanic and machine operators etc. However, the lack of a recognised qualification for construction equipment mechanics has hindered the advancement of this important cadre. Though some courses are available, United Tractor &…

(0)Comments | January 25, 2017 2:46 pm

Huawei launches all new flagship phablet – MediaPad T2 7.0

Huawei, a leading smartphone brand in Sri Lanka introduced the Huawei MediaPad T2 7.0 to the Sri Lankan public. The new device is categorized as a phablet; a smartphone cum tablet hybrid that offers both, power and a larger screen of a tablet, combined with the characteristics and design of a smartphone. The MediaPab is…

(0)Comments | January 25, 2017 2:43 pm

Asiri Hospitals signs MoU with NITF to provide customised healthcare packages to state sector employees

Beneficiaries of the National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF)’s healthcare services will now be eligible to seek treatment at any hospital under the Asiri Group of Hospitals following the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two organisations. As a result of the MoU, Asiri Group of Hospitals will now serve as the…

(0)Comments | January 25, 2017 2:26 pm

More power for everyone: Micromax launches two new power packed phones MicromaxX940 and MicromaxX791

Micromax Informatics, 10th largest handset player in the world, today announced the launch of two new phones; Micromax X940 and Micromax X791 to empower users with reliable – long lasting battery enabled phones. Both phones are specially designed and curated to act like a power-bank which can be used by the users to charge their…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 5:05 pm

Jaguar Land Rover Takes Centre Stage at the CMTA Motor Show

‘Motor Show Special Offer on Products’ Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) returns to Sri Lanka’s largest automotive event, the CMTA MOTORSHOW 2017, with the local debut of the All-new Jaguar F-PACE alongside the range of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles. Commenting on the event, Sheran Fernando – Managing Director, SML Frontier Automotive, stated: “We are pleased…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 5:02 pm

E-tel launches high-end, 4G, curved, Virtual Reality smartphone in Sri Lanka

E-tel, the popular home-grown mobile phone brand in Sri Lanka, has consolidated its position in the smartphone segment with the launch of an all-new high-end 4G smartphone with a curved display and Virtual Reality feature. The E-tel L3 has a Quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex – A7 64-bit processor supported with Internal Memory of 16GB and…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 12:34 pm

Bodyline Remains the Greenest Group of Apparel Factories

Leading Manufacturer reaffirms its CarbonConscious® status 24th January 2017: Marking its fifth year as a CarbonConscious® company, Bodyline – Sri Lanka’s leading apparel group – renewed its certification making it the first sustainability milestone under its new leadership. The Company recently appointed Dinesh de Silva as CEO to spearhead Bodyline’s operations, and joining him on…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 12:08 pm

Emirates Brings Daily A380 Service to Sao Paulo

First ever scheduled commercial A380 flight to South America, marking Emirates’ tenth year of operations in Brazil Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline in the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards, has announced that it will operate the first ever scheduled commercial Airbus A380 flight to South America when it upgrades its Dubai (DXB) – Sao…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 12:04 pm

Commercial Bank’s ‘Arunalu’ launches country-wide art competition for children

Art enables children to express themselves on virtually anything that interests them, and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon has launched an island-wide competition to stimulate such expression by the country’s young artists. Sri Lanka’s benchmark private bank has announced it will award Rs 555,000 in 45 cash prizes at an art competition to be conducted…

(0)Comments | January 24, 2017 11:57 am

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