Sepali Mayadunne’s novel, “Maha Sami” and Rizwina Morseth De Alwis’ novel, “It’s not in the stars” and Ayathurai Santhan’s novel, “Rails run Parallel”, were announced the winners of the first ever Fairway National Literary Award in the Sinhala and English categories respectively at an award ceremony, held on the 15th of January 2016 during the…
OPPO, the evolving smartphone brand in the South Asia Region, with exceptionally stylish products, has rung in the year 2016 by naming Bollywood heartthrobs, Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor, its South Asia Region brand ambassadors. The popular film-stars have been a part of the brand’s South Asian journey towards positioning itself as a leading mobile…
“A Walk for Education”, an initiative taken by Give2SriLanka, (www.give2SriLanka.com) was held at the Racecourse Grounds, Colombo 7 recently. It saws the participation of over two hundred students, activists, senior management and employees of Berendina, as well as many well-wishers. The walk and music festival was organized by Give2SriLanka, in order to raise funds and…
Launches country-wide sustainability initiative by planting 4,000 trees The management, staff and sales team of Ceylinco Life planted approximately 4,000 trees in one week in January 2016 to kick off a year dedicated by Sri Lanka’s life insurance leader to ‘Going Green.’ Launched with the planting of a mango tree by Ceylinco Life Managing Director/CEO…
Omega Line, one of the leading export oriented apparel industries in Sri Lanka was awarded Export Excellence Award in the Garment Trade category at the recently concluded Presidential export Awards. The award ceremony organized by the Export Development Board (EDB) annually recognizes exporters. The award ceremony was held this time at the Nelum Pokuna in…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that an on-going initiative to make its branches island wide accessible to differently abled customers has passed the half way mark. The Bank said it has completed the construction of wheel chair ramps at 130 branches, facilitating disabled access to customer areas and automated teller machines (ATMs) under…
Social Enterprise Lanka successfully concluded a series of unique workshops for a selected group of social entrepreneurs. Social Enterprises are self-sustainable entities with the core-purpose of creating positive social and environmental impact. “The tools given to us such as the Business Model Canvas (BMC) and the templates such as Financial Plans are super useful” said…
Emirates announced the expansion of its operation in Switzerland with the addition of a second daily service to Geneva effective 1st June 2016. The second daily flight will double capacity on the route and represents an overall increase of 26% for Emirates in Switzerland. The new flight will be operated by a state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300ER…
Prima Kottumee took their annual Model Hunt event to a new level this year with the entire search being conducted through social media for the brand’s crowd sourced, e-calendar. Harnessing the power of the brand’s 47k Facebook fans, the four-week event was dubbed “The Selfie Season”, with each week getting its own theme. These themes…
DSI starts the New Year with a bang by introducing yet another new brand to the footwear market of Sri Lanka. Launched in 1999 by Regal Shoes, Inc.5 was created with the aim of filling the gap between the 16-35 age groups by designing trendy and stylish footwear. The brand that started off with just…
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