Amazing 50% off for Seylan Credit Cardholders to fly to Singapore and Malaysia

Findmyfare.com, Sri Lanka’s first and largest online travel company has recently partnered with the prestigious Seylan Bank to reward credit/debit card customers with a custom made discount for their online bookings to both Malaysia and Singapore where Seylan Credit Cardholders would be able to enjoy a 50% off whilst Debit Cardholders can enjoy a 25% off. Enjoy this offer until 5th October 2014 which enables our customers to travel by or be

LB Finance achieves ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard

Standard for information security management. Published by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), this Certification was awarded by Bureau Veritas. Adoption of this ISO benchmark will place the Company on the cutting-edge of information security, further enhancing customer confidence.

LB finance strongly believes “Our schools are the cornerstone of our society”

LB Finance’s commitment to corporate social responsibility has many facets, including supporting young people, who will be next generation leader, to be all they can be. LB finance strongly believes “Our schools are the cornerstone of our society. And education is the most important tool we can provide today’s youth to allow for a bright future.”

Envoy Mansion launches ‘The Best Shirt in Town’

Colombo’s ultimate men’s lifestyle store, the Envoy Mansion, launched its new creation ‘The Best Shirt in Town’ on 24 September, in the presence of Chief Guest H.E Dr. Juergen Morhard, the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Guest of Honour Dr. Giandomenico Milano, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Italy in Sri Lanka.

Coca-Cola Cricket Pathways culminates with Super Camp to promote grassroots cricket in Sri Lanka

The Coca-Cola Cricket Pathways (CCCP) continued to build grassroots cricketing talent in Sri Lanka by commencing the Super Camp here in Colombo. The Super Camp took place at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) on 19 September 2014 and provided intense training for 60 of the most talented young cricketers from 300 participants of season four of the CCCP programme.

HP and Trident extends strategic partnership to deliver HP Enterprise Business Solutions in Sri Lan

Trident Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. was recently appointed as a Business Partner for HP Enterprise Business range.

Univell Microsystems (Pvt) Ltd Enters Into a Strategic Partnership with HP Business Solutions in Sr

Univell Microsystems (Pvt) Ltd, a pioneer in the sphere of Local Area Networking in Sri Lanka has entered into a strategic partnership with Hewlett-Packard company or HP, the multinational information technology corporation.

Calcey moves into Trace Expert City

Calcey Technologies, an innovative software product engineering firm based in San Francisco, California and Sri Lanka, moved its Colombobased innovation centre into the modern office premises at Trace Expert City.

Amãna Bank Successfully Conducts Inter-Branch Department Quiz

The Annual Inter-Branch & Department Quiz Competition of Amãna Bank was recently held for the second consecutive year at the Park Premier Conference Hall amidst the presence of a large gathering of the Bank’s employees.

homeTutor - a distance learning program from Apple Strength Business partners

During this  era, using the internet for distance learning has become very popular. What was once only popular among higher education can be seen getting even popular  in today’s School’s Education System.

British Airways cease Flight operations from Colombo

British Airways today announced that it will cease its operations onwards to Colombo from March 28 next year.

WTC Colombo Signs MoU with WTC Quanzhou, China

The World Trade Center Colombo and the World Trade Center Quanzhou, China entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral trade facilitation and understanding between the two regions at the WTC Colombo recently.

Eight Young Sri Lankans to represent Sri Lanka at Spikes Asia 2014

Wednesday 17th September 2014, Colombo: Six young professionals and two young students from Sri Lanka’s advertising industry, have been selected to represent the country at the annual Young Spikes competition which will take place at the Spikes Asia Festival 2014  in Singapore from 23 to 26 September 2014.

Mihin Lanka hosts commercial conference and felicitates agents at an evening of cocktails

Mihin Lanka recently hosted a Commercial Conference and an evening of cocktails for Agents at the Galadari, Colombo. Both events were graced by the Chairman of Mihin Lanka, Nishantha Ranatunga, and the Senior Mangement Team.

Commissioning of Lower Kotmale Hydro Power Plant Financed by Amãna Bank

A ceremony was held at the Corporate Office of Amãna Bank with the attendance of key officials from the Bank and Vidullanka PLC in order mark the successful completion and commissioning of the Lower Kotmale Hydro Power Plant project.

New Head of School at OSC

After arriving in Sri Lanka in mid-July, Philip Joslin assumed his duties as the Head of School at the Overseas School of Colombo (OSC). 

99X Technology takes gift of sight to Polonnaruwa

Although it’s not a statistic that leaps out at one often, given the many severe health issues that ail the human populace, shockingly, in this day and age when healthcare is available to most, about 300 million of the world’s population suffers from low vision due to being unable to afford corrective lenses.

HRM Awards 2014

The Association of Human Resource Professionals (HRP) will organize the HRM Awards, the recognized benchmark for industry best practices in Human Resources, for the 6th time in 2014.

House of S-lon unveils the Vito range of chrome plated faucets and accessories at Construct Exhibiti

S-lon Lanka Pvt Ltd, the pioneers of potable water piping systems in Sri Lanka for 57 years reached yet another milestone with the unveiling of the Vito range of chrome plated faucets and accessories by His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapakse at the Construct Exhibition 2014, Sri Lanka's largest, most prestigious and most influential Construction Industry related exhibition

Amãna Bank once again extends support to SEF Scholarship Program

Amãna Bank made a generous contribution for the second consecutive year to the Serendib Educational Foundation (SEF) in providing financial assistance and scholarships to deserving students who are capable of pursuing their studies but are unable to do so due to financial constraints.

A small community of 1600 villagers at Kallaru, Kilinochchi lead the charge on water conservation

The symbolic inauguration of 125 rainwater harvesting structures in the drought stricken Kallaru village in Kilinochchi, could probably end up being a landmark project in these northern parts of Sri Lanka. Fluctuating rainfalls, over dependence on rains for water availability, rise of water borne diseases which result from the lack of access to safe drinking water, could be a thing of the past.

Amãna Bank offers the lowest five years Leasing rental this month

Sri Lanka’s premier bank operating on Islamic banking principles, Amãna Bank now offers the market’s lowest five years Leasing (Ijara) rental of Rs 2,131/=(inclusive of VAT) per month for Rs. 100,000/- lease.

Findmyfare.com offers 15% discount for HSBC credit cardholders travelling to Kerala

Findmyfare offers another exciting travel deal for HSBC credit cardholders who are planning to travel to India. This deal allows HSBC cardholders to enjoy a 15% discount on their air ticket when they fly to Kerala on SriLankan Airlines.

Sampath Bank wins prestigious CSR Award at ASIA Responsible Business Excellence Awards 2014

Sampath Bank has won the prestigious Best Community Program Leadership Award, in Asia Responsible Business Excellence awards 2014 held in Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore with the participation of top business leaders from different parts of the Asia.

Reduction in finance costs boosts Dialog’s 2Q

A significant reduction in group finance cost pushed Dialog Axiata PLC’s (Dialog) net profit up by 69 percent during the quarter ended June 30,2014 (2Q14) to Rs. 1.60 billion from a year ago, interim results showed.

Mount Lavinia Hotel clinch Two Gold Awards at BestWeb.lk competition

Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lanka’s most celebrated colonial mansion with a history spanning over 200 years was the recent recipient of multiple awards from the prestigious national BestWeb.lk 2014 Competition.

CEO of Jubilant Foodworks India Ajay Kaul, Talks about Domino’s Sri Lanka and the plans ahead

“We have now been in sri lanka for the past three years it has been an outstanding journey, today we have as many as twelve restaurants in sri lanka which are mostly around greater Colombo.

Nestlé Lanka records Rs.976mn net profit for 2Q

Nestlé Lanka PLC, the local unit of Swiss-based food multinational reported a net profit of Rs.976 million for the June quarter (2Q14), up from Rs.787 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the interim finance accounts released by the company showed.

Aitken Spence breaks ground for US $ 100mn resort

President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the Chief Guest at the ground breaking ceremony of Aitken Spence Hotels’ new venture, ‘RIU Resort, Ahungalla’.

Fashion and style sparkle at Sunsilk’s 24 hour lockdown last weekend

Last week’s talk of the town, the 24 hour party rocked Colombo for 24 hours, from 10 am on Saturday 26th to 10am on Sunday 27th.