Standard Chartered connects with LankaPay

Standard Chartered is the first international bank in Sri Lankan to connect with LankaPay, the island’s largest common ATM network.The bank’s customers can now enjoy ATM services at over 2,500 ATMs island wide. The LankaPay service allows customers of one bank to transact using an ATM of another member bank at a nominal fee of Rs. 30 per cash withdrawal and Rs. 7/50 per balance enquiry request. It is anticipated that this will bring g

Seylan Bank Kalpitiya branch moves to new premises

Seylan Bank Kalpitiya banking centre was upgraded to a branch and shifted to its new premises at Main Street, Kalpitiya recently, to serve its clientele in and around the area. It was established in 2006 as a mobile banking centre and was up graded to a banking centre in 2012.

Ndb Wins Gold At National Business Excellence Awards

NDB was conferred two prestigious awards at the recently concluded National Business ExcellenceAwards (NBEA) 2014.NDB won the ‘Gold Award for Business Excellence’ in the Banking sector, marking a significant leap from the previous years’ runner- up position. The Bank also won Silver (runner-up) award for ‘Excellence in Performance Management’ in the criteria category awards.Commenting on the awards NDB’s Chief

HNB holds Christmas carol service

Hatton National Bank held its annual Christmas carol service at the head office auditorium recently.

KPMG leads LMD Auditors League for 9th consecutive year

KPMG in Sri Lanka was ranked 1st in LMD Auditors League for the 9th consecutive year, auditing 41 of the LMD 100 companies in the financial year 2013/2014 as indicated in the LMD 100, a listing of Sri Lanka’s leading listed companies by the independent publisher, Media Services.

Ranil brings back ‘Megapolis’ to counter ‘Port City’

The entire Western Province can look forward to becoming a US $ 300 billion ‘Megapolis’ in 25 years under a new government, according to Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, who was addressing the business community at the ‘Unite’ forum last week.“Economic growth today is being driven by mega cities, and our idea in 2002/2003 was to create a mega city in the whole of Western Province” he said.Wickremasinghe

Hemas Hospitals-wattala Awarded At National Business Excellence Awards 2014

Hemas Hospitals-Wattala, the flagship hospital of the first internationally accredited hospital chain in Sri Lanka, was recognized as the runner-up in the healthcare category at the prestigious National Business Excellence Awards 2014 organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka recently.This annual event is aimed at encouraging local business organisations by recognizing them for their proven business excellence and contribution

Condominium Problems: Do you Fully Understand the Concept?

Thanks to neighbour disputes, crazy restrictions and incompetent boards, problems inherited from developers, condo dwellers are increasingly finding themselves boxed in.

Porsche launches new Cayenne S E-Hybrid in Sri lanka

Eurocars (Pvt.) Ltd, the official Porsche importer in Sri Lanka, unveiled the new Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid at The Jetwing Blue, Negombo recently.The Cayenne S E-Hybrid is the first plugin hybrid in the premium SUV segment and together with the Panamera S E-Hybrid and the 918 Spyder, make Porsche the world’s only car maker to offer three plug-in hybrid models.

Sri Lanka mobile phone sales reaches 1mn units milestone

Mobile phone shipments in Sri Lanka have reached 1 million units in the third quarter.Smartphone shipments increased by 100 percent to account for 20 percent of total mobile phone sales.3G-enabled handset shipments amounted to 0.17 million units in the quarter, according to a report from CyberMedia Research.Nokia leads the mobile phone market in Sri Lanka, with a share of 22 percent, followed by Micromax (19 percent) and E-Tel (12 percent), in

Alumex wins Three Prestigious Awards for Its Business Excellence

Alumex PLC won two accolades at the National Business Excellence Awards 2014 held in Colombo last week hosted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. They won the “Runner - Up” award in the Manufacturing – Engineering sector and “2nd Runner - Up” award in the large business category which is for overall achievement across all the sectors. 

Flora Sponsors ‘Run For Their Lives’ Health Run

As a healthy spread committed towards generating awareness about the importance of healthy living, Flora was recently associated with the ‘Run For Their Lives’ (RFTL) as the Gold sponsor.

Creative Solutions celebrates success and accolades of 2014

Creative Solutions had celebrations at Golden Rose recently to thank the entire team for their diligent contributions and tireless efforts for 2014.This contributed to the company reinforcing its place as a leading software solutions company in Sri Lanka. There was much to rejoice with new customers, team expansions as well as Sri Lanka winning the NOAA outsourcing destination award.“The thorough professionalism of the collective teams h

Google To Take Android One Phones To Bangladesh, Nepal And Sri Lanka

Tech in Asia: With an aim to make smartphones accessible to an estimated 200 million people, Google yesterday announced the sale of Android One phones in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in “the coming weeks”.

Metropolitan Gold sponsor of Unity Plaza IT Shopping Festival

The Metropolitan group, the nation’s technological pioneer with diversified business interests, announced its participation and Gold sponsorship of the eagerly anticipated Unity Plaza IT Shopping Festival 2014, scheduled to take place until December 24, at Unity Plaza MaIl.Held for the second consecutive year, this unique event showcases a range of state-of-the-art IT products including offering consumers a host of major discounts and sp

Laugfs Gas Triumphs At Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards

Laugfs Gas PLC and its fully owned subsidiaries emerged the winner of the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award - Category B (less than Rs. 15 billion turnover), at the 11th Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2014 recently.

Amãna Takaful Transfers Life Insurance Business To Subsidiary

Amãna Takaful PLC recently announced that the company will be transferring its Life insurance business, Family Takaful to Amãna Takaful Life Limited with effect from 1 January 2015.The separation of Amãna Takaful’s Life and General insurance businesses will enable the company to run the t wo categories of insurance as separate business entities.

Seylan Bank finalises allotment of debentures

Amidst the year-end rush of debenture issues, where six debt issuances were lining up for subscription, aspiring to raise a total value of approximately Rs.12.5 billion, Seylan Bank’s initial tranche of Rs.3 billion, ‘A’-rated, senior, unsecured listed debentures were successfully oversubscribed, receiving Rs.5.134 billion worth of applications.

Janashakthi wins double Gold at NBE awards

Janashakthi Insurance PLC took on the mantle of Industry leadership in a year replete with accolades as it bagged two highly coveted Gold Awards at the National Business Excellence ( NBE) awards conducted by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL).Janashakthi was presented the coveted Gold for ‘Business Excellence i n t he Insurance sector’ category recognizing the organisation’s demonstrable excellence in i mpl

Sri Lanka orders 125,000 motorcycles from India’s Bajaj

India’s Bajaj Auto Limited has secured an order of 125,000 Bajaj Discover-125M motorcycles from the Sri Lanka government, which are expected to be provided to government officials at subsidiary prices.

DFCC Vardhana Bank expands its operations in Ibbagamuwa, with the opening of its new branch

DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB), Sri Lanka’s fastest growing commercial bank, recently expanded its network by opening a new DVB office in Ibbagamuwa, Kurunegala. The ceremonial opening of DVB’s new office took place on Monday 22 December and was attended by Kurunegala District Parliment MP, Minister of Indigenous Medicine Hon. Salinda Dissanayake, Mr. Lakshman Silva, Chief Executive Officer, DFCC Vardhana Bank, along with DVB’s sen

Waters Edge offers ‘family fun’ on New Year ’s Eve

This New Year’s Eve, value for your money is at “Waters Edge” Grand Ball Room. The “Restaurant with a Dance Floor” provides an ideal concept for the whole family to enjoy.

4Ever Skin Naturals launch herbal shampoos

A local beauty brand with global traction 4Ever, glows once again with their latest addition to the already established range of beauty care products. The Hibiscus Conditioning Shampoo and Lunuwila Anti Dandruff Shampoo are specially formulated with solutions to daily hair care issue that the modern consumer experiences.

Lanka Aluminium Receives SLS Certification

Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC, the manufacturer of high quality aluminium extrusions in Sri Lanka was awarded the prestigious SLS certification recently. Lanka Aluminium is the very first aluminium extrusion manufacturer in the country to have received the SLS certification for some of its products. The company is also ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Airtel Lanka launches ‘Internet Scratch and Win’ promo

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, recently announced the launch of the ‘Internet Scratch and Win’ promotion in line with the upcoming season.

SLT reaffirms support to CA Sri Lanka with lead sponsorship

The national ICT solutions provider, Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has once again reaffirmed its support as a lead sponsor to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) for 2014/2015. Group CEO of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, Lalith De Silva stated, “Sri Lanka Telecom has partnered with CA Sri Lanka for several years now since we truly appreciate their commitment and outstanding contribution towards developing the accountanc

NDB Capital Holdings continues growth momentum

NDB Capital Holdings PLC (“NCAP” or “the Company”), continued its growth momentum in the first nine months of 2014 helped by efficient investment management strategies amidst a buoyant stock market and declining interest rates.

Sanasa Bank Broadens Scope To Embrace The Future

Mirror Business met with the senior management of SANASA Development Bank PLC, Nimal C Hapuarachchi, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, Kumar Mayadunne, Chief Operating Officer who outlined t he Bank’s impressive performance in the recent past, as well as their strategic plans to embrace the future.

Maithri and Ranil to address biz community tomorrow

Common Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena will share his vision for a united and prosperous future for Sri Lanka with the business community, at a key forum tomorrow from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at the Cinnamon Lakeside hotel.

Prima Kottumee Celebrates Calendar Launch 84 Fashion Show 2015

The official launch of Prima Kottumee calendar for the year 2015 and the gala f.hion show was held on 18. December 2014 at the Stable, Park Street Mews before an exclusive audience of media, f.hion and entertainment industry personalities. Prima Kottumec, a popular brimd which has captured the youth with its characteristic vitality, has, for the 6. con.cutive year, produced an exclusive .ilendar with a special focus on youth and stre.ing