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Vauxhall opens showroom in Sri Lanka
Colombo’s first Vauxhall dealership since the 1960s, under the Vauxhall Auto Mart Pvt Ltd, was declared open earlier this week. Representatives from Vauxhall UK, Mr. Mark Lambird and Mr. Oliver Hodges, local car dealers and the Board of Vauxhall Auto Mart were among the dignitaries present......
Mobitel’s mTunes promotion winner
Mobitel’s mTunes promotion winner (from left) Mr. Nalin Perera, Senior General Manager - Marketing of Mobitel handing over the key to the lucky winner of the mTunes Micro Panda Car, Mr. & Mrs. M.K.G. Sumanaweera from Gonamulla......
BlackBerry introduces the BlackBerry Z10 Smartphone in Sri Lanka
BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) today introduced the new BlackBerry® Z10 Smartphone powered by BlackBerry® 10 in Sri Lanka......
Ray Abeywardena appointed to the Colombo Stock Exchange Board
Mr. Ray Abeywardena Chairman of Acuity Stockbrokers (Pvt) Ltd.,has been appointed to the CSE Board with effect from 13th June 2013 to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation of Mr.RajendraTheagarajah with effect from 1st May 2013. MORE..
Dialog and Janashakthi launch breakthrough innovation in worldwide overseas travel insurance
Dialog Axiata PLC and Janashakthi Insurance, the leading trendsetters and innovators in their respective fields have taken both Sri Lanka’s mobile and insurance industries by storm with their latest joint product, “Worldwide Travel Insurance”.......
JWT talent wins Sri Lanka’s first Cannes Lions Young Creative Academy scholarship
Asela De Silva, Senior Copywriter at JWT Colombo, has been awarded a scholarship to attend the prestigious Cannes Lions Young Creative Academy - a week-long creative programme that will take place alongside the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity starting from 16th June 2013. MORE..
CIOB to host the 2nd World Construction Symposium
The Ceylon Institute of Builders, the premier professional body of the building and construction professionals in Sri Lanka has been given the opportunity to host, for the second consecutive time, the prestigious World construction Symposium during 14-15 June 2013 at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo. MORE..
More Sound, More Fun with the Sharp ‘Boombox’
Browns brings back the feeling of the 80’s with the new Sharp GX-M10 Boombox and combines the cult concept with an innovative design coupled with contemporary audio technologies, including an iPod/iPhone docking station, USB port, microphone and guitar input and a powerful bass of 100 Watts......
BBDO Lanka makes the Green Chillies hotter
BBDO Lanka hosted the hottest stall at the Green Chillies event this year which was held at The Kingsbury on June 7 serving hotdogs with a liberal spreading of homemade extra spicy green chilli paste. The green-hotdogs were served by firefighter helmet clad staffers with water pistols on hand if you needed to cool off quickly......
Vauxhall Auto Mart to open New Showroom in Colombo
Vauxhall Auto Mart (Pvt) Ltd, announces plans to open its new showroom for UK based car magnate Vauxhall. The company will be opening its state-of-the-art showroom located on Dharmapala Mawatha in June this year......
Nestlé declares highest ever dividend at 32nd AGM
Nestlé Lanka PLC, leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company in Sri Lanka, held its 32nd Annual General meeting in Colombo last week, chaired by its Chairman and Head of Nestlé in the South Asian Region, Antonio Helio Waszyk......
Ground-breaking eLearning project – Vidunena launched
‘Vidunena’ an eLearning initiative conceptualized and developed by the National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel along with Felidae, a leading provider of eLearning products and services in Sri Lanka, guided by the Ministry of Education was launched......
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Sri Lanka’s first online Ebook Store officially open...
Etisalat CEO - Dumindra Ratnayaka, Professor Sarath Wijesuriya, Secretary to the President - Lalith Weeratunga, CEO of Microimage - Harsha Purasinghe, Deputy Managing Director of M.D. Gunasena - Rajiv Gunasena at the launch of Sri Lanka’s first ebook store, BookHUB, opened to readers marking a momentous mile stone in Sri Lanka’s publishing history. Spearheaded by Etisalat, Microimage and M.D. Gunasena, Book Hub has been released, a month after its announcement. (Pic by Manjula Charantha)
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AVIVA NDB at Best Corporate Citizen Award 2011
AVIVA NDB was among the top ten winners at Best Corporate Citizen Award 2011 at the recent gala awards presentation organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for the eighth consecutive year. AVIVA NDB was the only insurer to secure a place among the line up of Sri Lanka’s ten best corporate entities. The team from AVIVA NDB seen here at the awards.
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