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Sri Lanka's world famous cricket spin wizard, Muttiah Muralidaran, was last week ceremoniously unveiled in Singapore as brand ambassador for QNet, the global direct selling company of wellness and lifestyle products.
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the carrier with the largest Middle East international network, yesterday touched down once again at Sri Lanka's Bandaranaike International Airport after a lapse of five years, marking a historic re-entry into Sri Lankan skies with five frequencies weekly.
Janashakthi Insurance Plc last weekend clinched triple honours at the glittering SLIM Awards 2010, thus becoming the only insurance company in Sri Lanka to win the highest number of awards in the Service Category at this event.
The SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2010 provided no great surprises this time around, once again crowning Munchee Biscuits as the Brand of the Year with the chief brand of Ceylon Biscuit Ltd (CBL) sweeping up a total of five awards, three of which were the Gold awards in the respective categories.
The HVA Group which was formed in 1990, celebrates 20 years of success this year. It was formed as an offshore arm of the Dutch trading company Hans Veering Amsterdam or the Trading Company of Amsterdam and was established primarily to export tea from Sri Lanka.
Recently Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone provider launched two iconic next generation Smartphones, Samsung Wave and Samsung Galaxy S. Speaking at the launch Mr. Shankar Narayan, country manager, Samsung said “consumers today relate to their mobiles as communication hubs, as personal gateways to communicate with friends, family and the world at large.
A UN background briefing prepared for the world summit on the Millennium targets at the United Nations in New York scheduled for next month said 11 Asian countries with poverty rates above five percent were "likely to miss the income-poverty target,” these included Bangladesh, Georgia, India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan.
Jetair, one of the leading tour operators in Belgium, has introduced Sri Lanka as a new winter destination, and will operate weekly charter flights from Brussels to Colombo commencing October 2010. The formal announcement was made at this year's 'Jetair Fly summer road show 2010' held last week at the Event Lounge in Brussels attended by more than 600 travel agents.
Sri Lanka's Etisalat unit said it was spending 163 million US dollars to expand its network into war ravaged north of the country and improve its broadband services in urban areas. The expansion will see 480 new base stations taking the total to 1580, which the firm says will be the largest in the island
From selling surplus garment items from the boot of her car, to opening up a world renowned clothes store in Sri Lanka, Otara Gunawardene is all about being innovative and creative. Her runway poses, her novel concepts and her notable charity work only add to her achievements.
The Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives is pleased to announce the allocation of an indicative budget of EUR 60 million (LKR 8.4 billion) in grants, as the second part of the EU Country Strategy for Sri Lanka spanning the 2007-2013 period, for new operations to be committed in the period 2011-2013
Sri Lanka and India should fully liberalize air services within the two countries, further strengthen links between them and set an example to South Asia, the head of the island's state-run national carrier said.
CBSL maintains policy interest rates at their current levels
Fitch affirms Sri Lanka at ’Restricted Default’
Tourist arrivals below expectation: SLTDA
Sri Lanka economy slows ahead of presidential elections
Planned cuts to former presidents’ perks face legal hurdles
Govt. to conduct probe into e-visa fraud: Vijitha Herath
African leaders pour in congratulatory messages to President
Police security assigned for former MPs withdrawn