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Estonian TV crew gets a taste of Sri Lanka for the first time

Sri Lanka Tourism, under its Scandinavian market promotions hosted a Media FAM with 4 Media personnel from Kanal2 TV from Estonia. The Tour started off on the 28th of February and ended on the 8th of March 2023. The purpose of hosting this tour was to receive more high end tourist arrivals from Estonia, as…

(0)Comments | March 13, 2023 11:19 am

SLT-MOBITEL marks International Women’s Day with ‘Sabendiyawe Sathkaraya’

Reiterating its commitment in igniting hope and brining joy to life, SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider celebrated the International Women’s Day at the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama recently. The group donated vital medicines and essentials goods under its ESG initiative ‘Sabendiyawe Sathkaraya’, assisting patients who are receiving treatment at the hospital. As a responsible…

(0)Comments | March 13, 2023 10:52 am

The Trainee Full Stack Developer Course of the University of Moratuwa wins the European E-Learning Excellence Award 2022

The Trainee Full Stack Developer Course offered by the University of Moratuwa, on its online learning platform open.uom.lk, in collaboration with DP Education of Dhammika and Priscilla Perera Foundation has been awarded 1st place at the 8th e-learning excellence award 2022 by the European Conference on e-Learning. This is held by Academic Conferences International UK,…

(0)Comments | March 13, 2023 10:46 am

Samsung Takes Energy Saving to the Next Level, Adding 10% Savings on Top of the Highest Efficiency Standard

Samsung appliances use AI-centered features to help users create sustainable homes by offering energy savings that exceed the highest industry rating Samsung Electronics explains how the company’s eco-conscious appliances deliver the ultimate energy savings at home by adding an additional 10% savings to the highest industry standard under the new European energy labeling system.1 As…

(0)Comments | March 10, 2023 11:01 am

UnionPay International Announces Partnership with LankaPay

The tie-up enables over 320,000 local LankaQR merchants to accept payments via UnionPay APP UnionPay International (UPI) recently announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Sri Lanka’s national payment network LankaPay. Accordingly, member banks and finance companies of LankaPay who provide the unified LankaQR payment service in the country will be able to…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 4:41 pm

Elephant House and Eco Spindles Join Forces to Clean Up Sacred and Scenic Adam’s Peak

Gunadamin Elephant House, the CSR Arm of Elephant House, in collabaration with Eco Spindles, recently conducted a special plastic pollution clean-up project to clean up Adam’s Peak (Sri Pada) – one of Sri Lanka’s most famous and scenic sites, sacred to all of Sri Lanka’s major religious groups. The initiative, which took place on the…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 3:27 pm

NGage shines across multiple categories at the Effies

NGage recorded awards across five diverse categories while being the sole awardee in each category, at the recently concluded Effies. Winning across such diverse categories shows the versatility and salience of the agency’s achievement, underscoring their strategic approach and insights across markets. The awards included two for their long-standing client of 30 years, Hemas Consumer,…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 1:58 pm

CDB wins Most Innovative Company of the Year Award at Dare to Dream Awards 2023 Sri Lanka Edition

Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB), the Total Financial Service Provider in Sri Lanka, has been awarded the Most Innovative Company of the Year at the inaugural Dare to Dream Awards 2023 Sri Lanka Edition, which was powered by SAP together with John Keells IT. The award recognises CDB’s commitment to revolutionising the financial services…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 1:55 pm

Building resilience: HNB- HNBA launch free Key Person Insurance cover for SMEs

Building resilience and supporting economic revival by strengthening SMEs to face any unexpected eventuality, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC partnered with HNB Assurance to offer its SME customer portfolio with a key person insurance cover. The pioneering initiative was created to safeguard SMEs in its lending portfolio from financial losses in the…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 1:53 pm

Innovative Thinkers Recognised at DFCC Agile Design Thinking Awards 2023

One of Sri Lanka’s most reflexive and customer-centric banks, DFCC Bank has invested heavily in innovation and agility development amongst its people. The innovation and agility transformation within DFCC Bank is coordinated and led by the DFCC Agile Innovation Centre and HR departments both helping inspire the Bank’s people. This initiative is equipping the Bank…

(0)Comments | March 9, 2023 1:48 pm