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View ArticleLakmal Madhushanka wins Best Sales Executive – Silver at NASCO Awards
BusinessLakmal Madhushanka with his awardTags: Print EditionA Sales Executive of the India – Sri Lanka joint venture tyre manufacturer CEAT Kelani Holdings has won the Silver Award for Best Sales...
View ArticleAshani Jaysinghe-Dabare awarded ‘Women Leadership Excellence Award’
BusinessAshani Jaysinghe-DabareTags: Print EditionThe World HRD Congress, an organisation connecting senior front-runners in HR and leadership to share best practices recently awarded the ‘Women...
View ArticleSamsung India unveils Samsung Galaxy Note9
BusinessDJ Koh, President\CEO of IT, Mobile Communications Division, Samsung ElectronicsTags: Print EditionSamsung India, recently launched its most powerful Note, Galaxy Note9, at a event hosted by DJ...
View ArticleHuawei nova 3 Series leads smartphone colour trend in SL
BusinessHuawei nova 3Tags: Print EditionHuawei nova 3 series is the newly discovered bright star in the smartphone industry. Having entered the market in early August 2018, the Nova 3 series received...
View ArticleASPI recovers from 17-month low
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Bourse ended the week on a mixed note as the ASPI increased by 1.59 points (or +0.03%) to close at 6,052.69 points, while the S&P SL20 Index also decreased by 25.39...
View ArticleForeign tourist influx to Arugam Bay
BusinessText and Pictures by I. L. M. RIZANAddalaichenai Central CorrespondentTags: Print EditionArugam Bay in the Ampara District is attracting more local and foreign tourists this year.“The foreign...
View ArticleSimpson’s Forest Hotel opens in Wattegama
BusinessTags: Print EditionSeetha Holdings Private Limited has diversified to the leisure sector investing Rs. 350 million to convert a colonial bungalow to an up market hotel overlooking the...
View ArticleSeasons Villa boutique hotel opens in Nuwara Eliya
BusinessSeasons VillaTags: Print EditionAdding another luxury property to the Nuwara Eliya hotel circuit, Seasons Villa Boutique hotel , Upper Lake Road Nuwara Eliya, a boutique hotel was opened last...
View ArticleMixology Challenge from Sept. 9
BusinessAsela KumaranathungaTags: Print EditionThe 26th Edition of the National Mixology Challenge 2018, Sri Lanka’s most competitive and fiercely fought ‘Battle of the Bartenders’, plays out from...
View Article‘Lankan aviation sector making rapid progress’
Vehicle population up 7%BusinessMinister Nimal Siripala De Silva with Darren Siow, Project Director of AMB TarsusTags: Print EditionSri Lankan economy and the vehicle population is growing rapidly,...
View ArticleUnion Assurance enters Forbes Best Under Billion list in 2018
BusinessDirk Pereira, Director, CEO,Union Assurance Tags: Print EditionUnion Assurance PLC (UA) has now been listed in the Forbes Asia “Best Under A Billion” list. Union Assurance becomes the only Sri...
View ArticleConstruct Exhibition 2018
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe Construct Exhibition 2018 was held at the BMICH from August 25-26. Sri Lanka’s premier construction expo comprised stalls on building material, engineering consultation,...
View ArticleVocational Training Authority to empower youth in English
BusinessMinister Dr Sarath Amunugama presents an appointment letter to an English language instructorTags: Print EditionNew English language instructors should empower rural youth to face job...
View ArticleSLRA, CEA to launch joint awareness campaign
To reduce polythene and plastic usageBusinessThe SLRA delegation with Minister Ajith MannaperumaTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) and the Central Environmental Authority plan...
View ArticleAIA Group posts double-digit growth in 1H-2018
BusinessTags: Print EditionThe AIA Group Limited has delivered double-digit growth across its main financial metrics in first half of 2018.Compared with the corresponding six-month period ended 30 June...
View ArticleLAUGFS Holdings appoints Sajith Wickramaarachchi as Director/CHRO
BusinessSajith WickramaarachchiTags: Print EditionLAUGFS Holdings, the diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate, recently appointed Sajith Wickramaarachchi as the Director/Chief Human Resources Officer...
View ArticleSeylan Bank wins five awards at SLIM NASCO 2018
BusinessTharika Dilshani, Prajani Pieris, Malen Cabandugama, Dilini Saminda and Hiranthi Kasundari celebrating theirs wins for Seylan Bank at the SLIM NASCO Awards 2018Tags: Print EditionSeylan Bank’s...
View ArticleRS Steel launches three websites
BusinessDr. Ramesh Shivalingam, Chairman, RS Steel, launches the websites at the auspicious time. Looking on are Vice Chairman, Maithree de Silva, Vice Chairman, RS Steel, heads of leading construction...
View ArticleUnion Bank Credit Cards powered with VISA payWave
BusinessChaya Jayawardana Tags: Print EditionUnion Bank launched a comprehensive portfolio of Credit Cards, powered with VISA payWave, adding greater versatility and vibrancy to its Retail Banking...
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