Title won third year in a row BBDO Asia Pacific was recently crowned with the ‘Network of the Year’ title at the 2016 Spikes Asia Awards. This was the fourth time in five years and the third time in a row that the global agency had won the Network title at the Spikes Asia Festival…
According to researches carried out, it has been revealed that more than 50% of aged population (above 40 years of age)in Sri Lanka has happened to experience their hair white, which has been an issue in present days though ignored few decades back. This is because of the young appearance that the modern days’ appeal…
A project to bring ‘Thimbiri’ back to Thimbirigasyaya has been launched by the Otara Foundation in partnership with the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC). The Foundation set up by entrepreneur and animal lover Otara Gunewardene commenced the project with the planting in Thimbirigasyaya of three Malabar Ebony (Diospyros malabarica) trees, called ‘Thimbiri’ in Sinhala and believed…
ATL (Amãna Takaful) Life recently partnered with the Gampola, Udapalatha Divisional Secretariat to host an event for the local pre-schools to celebrate World Children’s Day under the theme ‘Lend a hand to protect their precious childhood’ at the Zahira College, Gampola. The fun filled day saw the attendance of H. M. D. S. Wijeratne –…
Sri Lanka’s pioneering development bank, DFCC Bank, is steadily increasing its market share by providing innovative products and services backed by technology. Gillian Edwards, Senior Vice-President, Retail Assets & Leasing, DFCC Bank, believes that DFCC occupies a unique niche in both development and commercial banking which not only sets it apart in the banking industry,…
A&E Lanka, part of one of the world’s leading thread solutions provider, won the ‘Best work place safety innovation award’ at the South Asian Partnership Summit & Business Awards (SAPS) hosted by the World HRD Congress and endorsed by Asian Confederation of Businesses and a bronze award at the National Occupational Safety & Health Excellence…
The ranks of the Otara Foundation’s ‘Animal Defenders’ were strengthened with another batch of young disciples, this time aged 11 to 16, when the Foundation conducted its second event for children earlier this month. More than 160 children who took part in the Foundation’s themed art competition about the life of animals at the Dehiwala…
For the 4th consecutive year, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, held its Spaghetti Bridge Competition at the auditorium of the university. This much awaited competition amongst the 1st year students of the Faculty that took place on last week of October, 2016, not only had groups competing…
The 25th of October 2016 will see Fairway Holdings opening the Sri Lanka’s first ever stand-alone sports complex introduced by a property developer for its home-owners. The complex, which will be declared open by the “Everest Duo”, Jayanthi Kuru- Utumpala and Johann Peiris, was brought into existence with the sole objective of providing an extra…
Janashakthi Insurance PLC was recognised yet again for its excellence in salesmanship at the recently concluded Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) National Sales Congress (NASCO) Awards 2016. Taking home 2 Golds, 3 Silvers and 3 Bronze awards with a total of 8 awards, the Janashakthi sales team walked away with the highest number of…
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