In celebration of World Environment Day 2018,and in keeping with this year’s theme of “Beat Plastic Pollution”, Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) recently hosted a series of educational activities for its employees in order to promote sustainability throughout the organization. The activities were conducted from 5th – 8th June. Apart from tree planting activities, which…
Sri Lanka’s 100% local dairy manufacturer, Pelwatte Dairy Industries Limited recently joined hands with the Culinary Art Food Expo 2018 (CAFÉ 2018) as the “Official Dairy Sponsor” and “Co-Sponsor” of the event. The expo was held from 1-3 June at BMICH and was attended by a large crowd of culinary and food industry professionals, students…
Sri Lanka’s No. 1 Cable in Sri Lanka ACL Cables PLC achieved a proud landmark when it handed over its 1000th Electrician Debit Card to one of its electrician technician recently. Suren Madanayake, Managing Director ACL Cables PLC together with Thusitha Suraweera, Head of Card Centre, Commercial Bank PLC presented this unique debit card to…
In a bid to foster goodwill and comradeship as well as popularize the National Game among the mercantile fraternity of Sri Lanka, the Mercantile Volleyball Association (MVA) has confirmed the dates for the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament 2018. Since it’s revival in 2012, with the participation of just fifty teams, this will be the seventh consecutive…
Samsung Electronics topped the ‘Asia ‘s Top 1000 Brands’ leader board for the seventh year in a row, in a survey by Hong Kong-based communication marketing company, ‘Campaign Asia Pacific’ and Nielsen. Samsung’s brand strategy that pursues “social goodness” has played a major role in the company’s product competitiveness. Samsung Electronics ranked 17th in the…
Alethea Group looks to expand scope and activities First investment in Sri Lanka by Fairfield Holdings One of the country’s oldest private educational institutions, Alethea Group divested controlling interest of its equity to Fairfield Holdings at end May 2018. The transaction was arranged and supervised by M Power Capital which was responsible for the overall…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon is to keep 70 branches open for business on Friday, 15th June, a Public and Bank holiday to mark Id-Ul-Fitr – Ramazan Festival Day. Announcing the decision, the Bank said the branches scheduled to operate on that day would include the Bank’s 27 Supermarket Banking Centres and 27 ‘365-day’ branches…
Lankan Angel Network (LAN) together with KPMG and BOV Capital managed Digital Innovation Fund (DIF) is jointly running a program for the first time in order to empower local Fintech startups. HATCH, a startup incubation and acceleration platform will provide acceleration support for the local program. Its aim is to look for local innovative solutions…
Bairaha Farms PLC, Sri Lanka’s pioneer and leading chicken processors and suppliers, marked its presence at the Culinary Art Food Expo 2018, held at the BMICH from June 1st to 3rd. The company, already having achieved a major stake in the domestic consumer market as well as supplying to hotels and restaurant in Sri Lanka,…
– A promise by every HNB employee to factor in environmental standards and consciousness into their day’s work HNB, Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank, will mark United Nation’s World Environment Day by recommitting to the HNB Green Pledge – a promise by every HNB employee to factor in environmental standards and consciousness into their…
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