The country’s National Mobile Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telcom Mobitel recently joined hands with its parent company Sri Lanka Telecom to be the Principal Sponsors of the 30th National Information Technology Conference which is organized year-on-year by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka.
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MBSL Savings Bank backed by the strength and stability of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka PLC (MBSL) and the Bank of Ceylon (BOC), continues to grow aggressively in the regional markets by revamping its footprint and expanding the customer reach.
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon will once again kindle the taste buds of its credit and debit card holders by offering them discounts of up to 30% when they dine at 20 popular restaurants from 1st August to 30th September this year.
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Pallu has now unveiled its latest collection of Shalwars which is an all-moods collection especially catering for the upcoming festive season. A marvelous collection is now under one roof inclusive of a fabulous 10% discount on all Shalwar, Shalway Material and Children’s Shalwar’s, just for their valuable customers.
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4 days of music, 16 locations, over a 100 exceptionally gifted artistes from 17 countries and 50,000 participants. These are the numbers that the much anticipated 'Senses and Soul' Colombo Music Festival 2012, which starts on the 23rd of August, boasts. By those figures alone, it is easy to deduce the sheer magnitude and reach of this festival.
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The Aspirations International Education Exhibition 2012 was declared open by Ms. Sonya Boylan - First Secretary of Australian High Commission Colombo, Prof. Ananda Jayawardana Vice Chancellor University of Moratuwa and Mr. Ajith Abeysekera – Chairman of Aspirations Education recently at Taj Hotel, Colombo.
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GOLD FM signs up the Grammy and Billboard award winning artist Jon Secada to perform Live in Sri Lanka. GOLD FM, Sri Lanka’s number one English Radio Channel continues to revolutionise the Sri Lankan entertainment industry, with yet another mesmerising concert added to their calendar this year as they present Jon Secada – Live in Concert.
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Colombo will come alive this August 4th, with a mind blowing concert, as SUN FM presents Alexandra Stan LIVE at the Warehouse Project Colombo 10. SUN FM Sri Lanka’s leading English entertainment radio station is renowned for bringing down international artist such as Arash, RIO, Artful Dodger and Edward Maya.
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Many large-cap shares generally reach the maturity stage since the turnover and profits of large companies are already high in the context of that particular market. In that respect, mid-cap shares are considered an attractive investment avenue because their growth rate will be comparably higher.
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M. D. Gunasena the leading publisher, printer and bookseller, declared open Sri Lanka’s largest book store in Colombo 04 under the patronage of Mr. Tony Riley – Country Manager, British Council Sri Lanka, Mr. Percy Gunasena Chairman and Mr. Rajiv Gunasena Deputy Managing Director - M. D. Gunasena.
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Positioned as a telecom brand that cares always, the country’s National Mobile Service Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has continuously participated in development of various activities related to education, environment and health with a humanitarian spirit.
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s flagship CSR initiative reached a milestone yesterday (18th July), with the donation of the Bank’s 50th fully-equipped and furnished IT Lab to President’s College, Sri Jayawardenapura, Kotte.
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Leo Burnett Solutions Inc (LBSI) the entire team of the Sri Lankan office of the internationally acclaimed advertising agency network Leo Burnett Worldwide, travelled to Unawatuna recently to attend their annual ‘PlayShop 2012’ – a Leo Burnett initiative combining the activities of team building and play. The much anticipated annual event went digital this year with the organizers communicating about the programme via an interactive platform that enabled all staff members to register, select their games of choice, vote and communicate with fellow Sri Lankan Burnetters on challenges.
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened its newest customer service point at Liberty Plaza, Colombo 3, for the convenience of visitors to this popular mall. The new service point located at G-74 on the ground floor is open for business from 10.00a.m to 7.30pm, seven days a week. It is equipped with an automated Teller machine that is linked the Bank’s network of 521 ATMs and 219 other service points in Sri Lanka.
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For a record-setting eighth consecutive year, Emirates ‘ice’ inflight entertainment system has been awarded the ‘World's Best Airline Inflight Entertainment’ award at the 2012 SKYTRAX World Airline Awards. The awards are based on voting by over 18 million airline passengers from 100 different nationalities.
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Sri Lanka’s retail giant Arpico unveiled its 15th large format outlet to the people of Piliyandala on 12th July 2012. The store was opened by Group Director of Richard Pieris & Company PLC, Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala and Chief Executive Officer of Richard Pieris Distributors Ltd, Mr. Michael Andree, which will serve the expectations and changing lifestyle of consumers in sub urban area of Piliyandala.
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Sri Lanka’s premiere boutique bakery, BreadTalk continues to wow customers from around the island with high standards, consistent quality and unique products; gaining massive popularity among both Sri Lankan and international expatriate consumers.
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As the summer season hots up, ODEL, Sri Lanka’s fashion forward department store is gearing up to offer a sensational summer look. Inspired by the hottest international trends of the season, the store is bringing to Colombo several unique collections for summer.
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Triumph launches a novel and sensual range of fashionable lingerie for an elegantly sexy lifestyle. The Lace Sensation Collection was launched recently at Triumph Exclusive Stores to cater to a modern yet classic consumer segment who wish to flaunt the beauty of femininity.
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened its latest branch in Alawwa, expanding its services within the Kurunegala district. Located at No. 61 B, Kurunegala Road, Alawwa, the branch is the Bank’s 219th service point in Sri Lanka.
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Softlogic Information Technologies one of the premier IT companies in Sri Lanka and a pioneering subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings Group was awarded the Dell Most Valuable Partner Award-Consumer Segment, in the recently held ‘Dell Channel Summit 2012” in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
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After a decade of hearings Colombo commercials high courts ruled in favor of The Swadeshi Industries for the ownership of Apsara Venivel Ayurvedic Beauty Soap. Swadeshi Industries, leading manufacturer of many beauty care brands in the country launched ayurvedic skin care soap “Apsara Venivel” in year 2000. Within a very short period of time “Apsara Venivel” received popularity from the people. Taking advantage of the popularity of the product Vendol Lanka Company (Pvt) Ltd, started to market a soap with the same name Apsara Venivel in an identical pack.
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ProFood Pro Pack and Agbiz 2012 an exhibition showcasing the food chain evolving from the “Farm to Fork” will be held on the 6th 7th and 8th of July at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Hall, in Colombo.
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‘Flowing elegance,breathtaking, moves like a temple sculpture come to life’ said the San Francisco Voice of Savitha Sastry. Danseuse Sastry is a leading advocator of Bharthanatyam, the classical Indian dance form hailing from Tamil Nadu and rooted in ancient history.
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Expectant mothers who use the services of the University Obstetric Unit at De Soysa Maternity Hospital for Women in Colombo 08 are expected to benefit from a refurbished maternity ward with state of the art facilities to improve child and maternal health.
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hSenid Business Solutions and Sri Lankan Airlines celebrated over ten years of well-built relationship. The partnership with Sri Lankan Airlines was appreciated at the hSenid’s 15th year anniversary celebration event to highlight the great bond between hSenid Biz and Sri Lankan Airlines.
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Despite reduced disposable incomes, consumers are putting their confidence in nutritional supplements and other condition-specific health supplements to maintain health and avoid the high cost of conventional healthcare. However, alcoholism, consumption of fatty food and ill-supervised medications are rampant in society today.
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The Cooking studio which has been a main attraction at the Profood Propack Exhibition for the last ten years takes a new exciting format this year on the 6th, 7th and 8th of July at BMICH, Hall C.
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Emirates is to further boost its fast-growing US network with the start of a second daily A380 service to New York JFK. From 1st January 2013, EK203 from Dubai to JFK, and its return sector EK204, will become A380 flights, offering an increased capacity of almost 1,000 additional seats in both directions every week. The service is currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER.
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 The 2012 Esala festivals of the Kataragama Kiri Vehera and the Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya, two important places of worship in Sri Lanka, are being illuminated by The Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC the pioneer herbal - personal care products manufacturer. The illumination is done under the theme of “Swadeshi Khomba Aloka Puja Sathkaraya”
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 Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today unveiled a new family of security appliances to customers and partners through its sole distributor in Sri Lanka South Asian Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. The seven new appliances announced today are optimised for Check Point's Software Blade Architecture™ and offer approximately three times higher performance than their predecessors.
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Sri Lanka’s number one cable brand manufacturer, Kelani Cables held their Annual Distributor Convention on 21st July 2012 at Heritance, Dambulla with participation of their CEO Mr. Mahinda Saranapala & General Manager – Marketing, Mr. Anil Munasinghe.Award ceremony was organized to reward the distributors and the sales staff who excelled during the financial year 2011/2012. The top performers received awards, certificates and cash prizes and foreign tours. The awards were given for three categories namely, Best Area Sales Manager, Best Sales Promotion Officer and Best Distributor (Large, Medium & Small Scale) including northern and eastern regions.
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Arsenal were dressed to impress as they took to the field to face Man City at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium for the second match of their Asia tour. Wearing shirts with the iconic Emirates logo in simplified Chinese for the first time, the players got a rousing reception as the surprised crowd showed their appreciation for the special gesture to the club’s legion of fans in China.
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The Sri Lanka Premier League (“SLPL”), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements at a media briefing held today.
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ODEL PLC today announced a significant change of ownership, with Parkson Retail Asia Limited (PRAL.SI) agreeing to purchase a 41.82 per cent stake in the company for Rs 1.424 billion. An announcement to the Colombo Stock Exchange said the transaction would be followed by a mandatory offer to minority shareholders and a 1 for 1 Rights Issue that will raise Rs 2.899 billion in capital for expansion of the 22 year old fashion retail brand.
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Endorsing its commitment towards building an info-com and knowledge-rich society destined for improving life-styles, the National Mobile Service Provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel today announced a partnership with Astrology Specialist Mr. Sumanadasa Abeygunawardene to enhance its revolutionary ‘My Astro’ value added service.
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened its latest supermarket banking outlet at Keells Super - Union Place, expanding the Bank’s islandwide presence to 221 service points.
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Aspiring rock stars have been invited head on over to ODEL where Niko, the famous street dog turned fashion mascot is reportedly rocking his good looks with a new collection that can transform one to a star, overnight.
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Asia Leisure, a fully owned subsidiary of the Asia Capital Group, today announced a strategic tie up with Japan Capital (Pvt) Ltd, through which Japan Capital will be making an initial investment of approximately US$ 1.8 million into Asia Leisure’s property in Wadduwa.
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Standard Chartered Bank’s Pettah Branch moved to a new location at No. 05 M. D. Gunasena Mawatha, Colombo 12, a few doors away from its previous location, to a more spacious state-of-the-art office laid out to Standard Chartered International Standards. It has long been the bank’s desire to provide its customers in the island’s iconic trade and commerce hub with modern banking facilities, and this aspiration was realised when the branch opened its doors on Monday, 23rd July, 2012.
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As the National Mobile Services Provider, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has continuously been committed to honoring and paying tribute to women of Sri Lanka, whose contributions towards their families and society have not gone unobserved. With this in mind, Mobitel created the ‘Liyasara’ package - an initiative that was a fitting tribute to these remarkable women – one that would help empower their lives and add value to their daily engagements - be it relating to motherhood, health, professional commitments or domestic situations.
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Industrial Gases Pvt. Ltd. successfully completed their liquid oxygen / nitrogen manufacturing plant prior to the launching ceremony held at its factory premises at Sapugaskande on the 13th of July 2012 in the presence of heads of corporate clientele, principals, business associates and staff. The event coincided with the company’s 20th anniversary commemorating a long history of manufacturing and supplying industrial gases to the country.
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The Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management (CAHM) at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) announced the launch of the first ever internationally recognised school for hospitality management in Sri Lanka. CAHM will collaborate with the prestigious William Angliss Institute of Australia, and is developing a 22,000 square foot, purpose-built training facility at SLIIT's Malabe campus with an investment of over LKR 320 million.
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Worlds’ number one energy management solutions provider in its domain, Schneider Electric has committed to the Sri Lankan market by establishing its own subsidiary, Schneider Electric Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd in 2007 and already established a well defined partner network which represents the best in their market segments.
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Plantations companies in the Hayleys Group took major honours at the first National Plantation Awards in Sri Lanka, winning four of the 12 awards presented to Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at ‘Temple Trees’ last week.
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The Sri Lanka Premier League (which is an ICC-approved tournament and is played under the auspices of Sri Lanka Cricket, the apex body formed under the Ministry of Sports, Government of Sri Lanka, and governing all cricket related matters of Sri Lanka) is on its way to its maiden launch in Sri Lanka, with the first game being played in Colombo, on August 11th this year.
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Sri Lanka's leading menswear specialist Hameedia celebrates the Ramazan season in style this year with a special promotion of redeemable discount vouchers on all purchases. Commencing Thursday 19 July 2012 every purchase of Rs. 5000/- entitles customers to a redeemable gift voucher of Rs. 500/-. The offer continues in slabs of five thousand with a purchase of Rs. 10,000/- bringing a redeemable gift voucher of Rs. 1000/- and a purchase of Rs. 15,000/- bringing a similar voucher of Rs. 1500/- etc.
These special gift vouchers are however redeemable on the next purchase made, thus enabling customers to earn while they shop at Hameedia this Ramazan season.
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Strategic Communication Design firm WELOVEIT will launch Sri Lanka’s first-ever online designer portal ─ The Fashion Circle at a gala fashion show “The Fashion Circle Runaway Show” to be held on the 7th of September this year at Mt. Lavinia Hotel. A blend of experienced and upcoming designers including collections from Prabath Samarasooriya, Krishanthi Fernandopulle, Ramona Oshini, Lesha Hettigama, Lonali Rodrigo and Ayodha Ratnayake.
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EZY Infotech, Sri Lanka’s leading technology distributor recently strengthened their strategic partnership as the exclusive distributor for Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cloud security solutions provider, for Trend Micro’s Titanium range of products in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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 The US commended Sri Lanka on 12 July for the island nation’s close cooperation to resolve the GSP review issue successfully. The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives Patricia A. Butenis revealed on July 12: “We thank you for your cooperation too in bringing this issue to a successful conclusion. The GSP issue is a good example of how we, the two governments, can work together. The review was positive because the Ministry and other stakeholder Ministries of the government of Sri Lanka were willing to work with the US. Now we see the results. Therefore I too want to thank you, and more importantly I see this as a success story.”
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Richard Pieris Local Manufacturing & Distribution Sector recognized their best distributors and sales force at the recently concluded Annual Sales Conference and Award Night with the presence of Chairman/Managing Director & CEO of Richard Pieris PLC Dr. Sena Yaddehige as the chief guest.
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Sri Lanka Telecom, the nation’s number one integrated communications service provider and the leading broadband & backbone infrastructure services provider, is proud to announce the successful implementation of the 1st phase of its ultra-high speed Broadband Network under its nation-wide network modernization project “i-Sri Lanka” which has already driven an increase of 40,000 new broadband connections to the network.
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 The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been conferred its third international accolade as Sri Lanka’s Best Bank in 2012, this time from the prestigious FinanceAsia magazine. In March 2012, Global Finance chose Commercial Bank as the Best Bank in Sri Lanka for the 14th consecutive year, and on 5th July the Bank received the award for the Best Sri Lankan Trade Bank from Trade Finance magazine.
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Exports to India of Elephant House Ginger Beer (EGB) will now have the "green dot" vegetarian symbol governing food and drinks printed on the can, following a re-design of the beverage's packaging to meet that country's new customs regulations. EGB has been available in India since 2000, while also being sold in over 26 other international markets including Europe, USA, etc.
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MEGAMIND 2012, the first inter-company quiz competition organised by SLASSCOM (Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies) will be held on 26th July 2012 at the Park Street Mews Warehouse. The quiz competition will be followed by a networking session for IT/ BPO professionals.
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The Hayleys Group’s deep-rooted and all-embracing involvement in Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector was fittingly acknowledged with a record 14 awards at the 2012 National Agri Business (AgBiz) awards in Colombo last week.
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The Alliance Francaise de Kotte recently presented ‘Nostalgie02’, an exhibition of black and white photographs by Kumar de Silva which celebrated France in black and white splendor. It was sponsored Canon Metropolitan.
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 Aspirations Education (AE) an international career guidance and student placement service center in Sri Lanka announced the launch of its global education exhibition for the 6th consecutive year. The exhibition promises to feature over 40 reputed international universities and institutes across UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, China and the Middle-East making it the biggest international education exhibition in Sri Lanka.
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Annual Dealer Award Ceremony “Success Trail – Top Dealer Awards – 2012”of Richard Pieris Tyre Company, branded as the family get-to-gether of tyre distributors in the country was held recently at the Eden Resort and Spa, Aluthgama. This was held with the participation of Group Director of Maskeliya Plantations PLC, a Subsidiary of Richard Pieris PLC Dr. Anura Ekanayaka, Group Director Richard Pieris PLC & Managing Director of Local Manufacturing & Distribution Mr. Sunil Liyanage and directors of the company and Mr. Baiju Radhakrishnan, Vice President of Birla Tyre India graced the ceremony as a special guest.
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Interpharm (Pvt) Limited, manufacturer of pharmaceutical products formulated in Sri Lanka, was rewarded with a special award for The Local Manufacturer for the year 2011, at the 15th Suppliers’ Convention organized by the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation, held on 30th June 2012, at Jetwing Blue Negombo. The Certificate of Excellence was Awarded to Interpharm (Pvt) Ltd, in recognition of the Quality of Pharmaceuticals supplied to the State through the Director of Health Services & to the Private Sector through the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation, on timely basis.
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Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the kick off of ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ (ARS) in Sri Lanka – a first-of-its-kind island-wide hunt for young and talented soccer football players. Launched in association with Manchester United (one of the best soccer clubs in the world), ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ is a rigorous scouting program which over the span of the next 1 month will cover 14 centers across Sri Lanka and choose the final 12 talented footballers who will get the chance-of-a-lifetime to attend a week long training camp with Manchester United in Old Trafford, England.
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 Emirates and JetBlue Airways have announced the launch of a joint frequent flyer partnership.
Emirates' Skywards members are now able to earn Skywards Miles on JetBlue’s network throughout the Americas, while members of JetBlue’s customer loyalty program TrueBlue will be able to earn TrueBlue points across Emirates' network of more than 120 destinations worldwide. The partner airlines plan to introduce a redemption agreement in February 2013.
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Lassana Flora’s popular Face Book Page recently surpassed 50,000 fans thereby taking the success of its social networking endeavours to the next level. The 50,000th fan was Ayesha Madushani Dayarathna.
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Commercial Bank supports Kandy Esala Perahera
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently made a contribution to the Sri Dalada Maligawa to support the forthcoming Esala Perahera of the Maligawa. The first Kumbal Perahera of this year’s Esala Perahera is scheduled for 23rd July.
In the picture Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela (left) receives the donation from Commercial Bank’s Regional Manager Central Ajith Naranpanawe. The Bank’s Senior Manager Kandy Saneth Jayasundara and Manager Operations - Kandy Jaliya Pagoda are also in the picture. |
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The ‘Road safety for School Children,’ community programme launched by CEAT Kelani Holdings to educate students and parents on the importance of obeying traffic signs conducted its milestone 50th programme recently. Conducted at Trinity College, Kandy, the 50th programme included a presentation by a senior retired police officer on road safety rules, pedestrian safety and road etiquette while students took an oath to uphold them in their daily lives.
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The UK’s Plymouth University, ranked amongst the top10 modern UK universities in the world, announced it’s partnership with Sri Lanka’s National School of Business Management [NSBM] to a distinguished gathering of academics, diplomats, government dignitaries and educationists.
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Richarad Peiris Tyre Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates - Arpico Group of companies recently introduced the world renowned ‘Birla Road Max Tyre’ for motor bikes and three wheelers to Sri Lankan motor bike and three wheeler owners. B K Birla Group of companies is rated as the India’s number one tyre manufacturer and they continue to produce different tyre sizes whether it’s tubeless or with tube using the Italian technology.
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Sri Lanka’s leading fine paper supplier Papyrus Papers (Pvt) Ltd., has opened a larger, better-equipped Papyrus Print Point outlet in Colombo, significantly expanding its operations in high-end digital printing. This follows the creation of a new company, Papyrus Print (Pvt) Ltd., as a specialist in on-demand digital printing focussed on the ‘quick print’ customer segment.
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Emirates’ five daily flights to London Heathrow will all be served by A380s by 1st February next year, firmly establishing the airline as the principal double decker operator into the British capital.
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SriLankan Airlines recently flew a delegation of creative professionals, along with special Sri Lankan made fashion, design and craft exhibits from Colombo to London, to launch the 2012 edition of the Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF).
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The Silicon Valley software developer 'Leapset' announced plans to expand their development centre in Sri Lanka at a media briefing held recently. Leapset’s product is a platform that is changing local commerce by bridging the gap between online and mobile consumers to offline merchants.
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Sri Lanka’s top apparel exporter Brandix has been adjudged Asia’s ‘Best Brand’ for the second consecutive year by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council and won three more awards at the 2012 CMO Asia Awards for Excellence in Branding and Marketing held at Park Royal, Singapore.
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Emirateshas entered into an agreement with Rockwell Collins for the provision of new image generation and projection systems for the airline’s fleet of high-tech, full flight simulators.
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Sri Lanka’s first ever B2B international plastics exhibition - SRI LANKA PLAST 2012 - will be held on 10,11&12 August at Sri Lanka Exhibition & Convention Centre - Colombo. Organised by Enterprising Fairs India Pvt. Ltd, ‘SRI LANKA PLAST’ is co-organised by the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Sri Lanka. It is supported by CIPET – Central institute of Plastics Engineering Technology, India, together with the Central Environment Authority of Sri Lanka.
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PC House, authorized distributors for GIGABYTE Motherboards and Graphic cards, has introduced GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 4 Classic range of high performance motherboards, to the local market. Debuting on Intel® H61 Express Chipset, GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 4 Classic motherboards incorporates a range of exciting technologies that safe-guard PCs from common everyday threats, including humidity and moisture, electro-static discharge, sudden power loss and high operating temperatures.
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With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Emirates has introduced several initiatives to ensure the well-being and comfort of fasting customers.
In support of our passengers observing Ramadan, Emirates has developed an unique tool to calculate the correct timings for Imsak and Iftar while in-flight.
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Euromoney, a leading international financial magazine, has adjudged the Commercial Bank of Ceylon the Best Bank in Sri Lanka, giving the country’s largest private bank its fourth such accolade since March this year.
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Lankem Paints Ltd, manufacturers and marketers of Robbialac Paints has, for the eighth consecutive year, undertaken the painting of the entire Dalada Maligawa complex in Kandy for forthcoming Esala Perehera.
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hSenid Business Solutions joined with LAHES, the Education arm of LAUGFS Holdings to offer an exclusive qualification which specialises in Human Resource Management through Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). ‘hSenid - LAHES Professional Qualification’ was initiated as a joint effort between the companies with the objective of bringing such a qualification to all Sri Lankans who are interested in HRM and HRIS systems.
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The brainchild of Kumar Sangakkara and The Foundation of Goodness, ‘Bikes for Life’ aims to raise funds to be gifted to children in the North; enabling them to pursue their education and providing them with an opportunity to enhance their quality of life.
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Leading FMCG and food service company Shaw Wallace Ceylon Ltd enjoyed a record number of visitors at its stall at the recently concluded “Pro-Foods Pro-Pack” exhibition held at the BMICH.
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next Sourcing, a wholly owned subsidiary of next Plc, UK, the retail clothing and accessory giant, celebrated Long Service Awards 2012 in Sri Lanka recently. The company-organized an employee recognition awards program which was held at the Grand Ballroom, Hilton Colombo amidst a gathering of next team members, and was graced by Mr. Gwyn Williams, Regional Director – next Sourcing, Mr. Chanaka Perera, Director/General Manager, Mr. Hugh McConnell, Senior Technical Manager and Mr. Wilhelm Elias, Senior Merchandise Manager.
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It is indeed the ultimate one stop shop for all the hospitality needs both direct and indirect, it is the cynosure of all eyes related to the hospitality industry and it has been the most extravagant meeting place for everyone involved and interested in the Hospitality industry.
The Hotel Show 2012 will take centre stage at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike International Memorial Exhibition Centre on the 13th 14thand 15th of July 2012. The mega hospitality extravaganza will be held this year for the 7th consecutive time.
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Look back 110 years and you’ll find the humble beginnings of a multi-faceted family bakery business that continues to prosper today – Perera & Sons Bakers (P & S). When K.A. Charles Perera who hailed from the remote Southern village of Kodagoda, baked his first loaf of bread at the turn of the 19th century, he could never have guessed he was founding an empire. Charles Perera is great-grandfather to today’s fourth generation management of P&S. According to the family history, great grandfather Charles, using not much more than an old baking tray and his own ingenuity, and with the aid of his loyal assistant Anthony Bas, went from door to door selling his products.
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Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel in partnership with Sri Lanka Medical Association has launched a revolutionary advisory service allowing Mobitel customers around the country to obtain initial medical advice from doctors who are members of the Sri Lanka Medical Association over the phone.
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Following the success of its IFRS and SLFRS programmes held in Colombo, MBSL continued its thrust in spearheading seminars of vital importance to the revival and development of the economy of the country. The programme was conducted on 22nd June 2012 at the Kandyan Reach Hotel, Kurunegala.
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CIC Holdings PLC (CIC) a leading blue chip in Sri Lanka recently announced the re-launch of SuperMax world’s #2 shaving product. A global company with operations spread across five continents, Super-Max is one of the leading razor blade manufacturing companies. Present at the re-launch of the brand, was Regional Manager South Asia SuperMax, Mr. Arup Ganguly and Mr. W.S. Premakumar, Divisional Director, CIC Holdings.
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Nadeera Jayasekera of Visakha Vidyalaya recently created history in her school at the Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Aquatic Championships 2012 held at the Ananda College Swimming Pool.
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Emirates is embarking on a major expansion of its route network with three additional destinations to be launched in the next six months, on top of the 12 new routes already being rolled out in 2012.
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The Expolanka Group announced plans to construct a state-of-the-art, iconic, green, warehouse to provide value added logistics services to the group’s rapidly expanding client base. A BOI project, this warehouse facility will be called Logistics Parks Pvt Ltd is scheduled to be operational by March 2013.
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Mobillubricant partnered the Sri Lanka’s biggest motor show, Ceylon Motor Show 2012. Recently concluded event was organized by Ceylon Motor Traders Association in collaboration with Classic Car Club of Sri Lanka.
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The National mobile service provider Mobitel recently introduced special internet packages which can be activated conveniently via reloads, cards or SMS. Mobitel’s constant strive to lead the country towards an info-com and knowledge rich society further invigorates their mission ‘to offer the best services to their customers’.
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DMS Software Technologies (Pvt) Limited (DMS SWT), a Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), has been presented with the Oracle Excellence Awards 2011 for Specialized Partner of the Year: Applications – Sri Lanka. This is the second time DMS SWT has received an OPN Partner of the Year Award in the Applications category.
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Theatre Fest 2012 an inter-school Drama competition themed “Aspire to Excel” organized by Edexcel, UK’s largest awarding board, Alethea International School, Aspirations Education, and The University of Canberra in association with Trinity Guildhall London, is set to take stage from the 25th – 27th October 2012 at the Bishops College Auditorium, Colombo.
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The use of colour on the exteriors of buildings to express personality has been made easier by Asian Paints (Lanka) Limited, with the launch of a new colour guide designed exclusively for the purpose.
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SEC statement
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) instituted proceedings on June 2012 in the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court against Melstacorp Limited and its Board of Directors for their failure to make a mandatory offer at Rs. 105 per share to the shareholders of Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC (LMF) when they allegedly triggered the Takeoyers and Mergers Code ('the Code') on 13th September 2011 in terms of Rule 31(1) (b) of the said Code. The Hon. Magistrate on 19th June 2012 issued summons on the Defendants returnable on 4th July 2012.
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After 12 years of operation, Finagle Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. has broken new ground in the launch of its innovative range of “ready-to-bake frozen dough,” a boon to commercial food service providers. The pioneering venture was the culmination of a rich story of dedication, persistence, vision and hard work, which marks a milestone for the company and optimally positions it for future growth
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LKR Exchange Rates
16-July-2012