businesscafe image ComBank joins Mother Sri Lanka to promote responsible citizenship Project RUN


Businesscafe Your Business Media Partner - The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced a partnership with Mother Sri Lanka (MSL) a non-profit organisation to fund ‘Project RUN’ which is the only programme in the country that promotes the concept of being a ‘Responsible Citizen’ among school children.

businesscafe image Eco Spindles breaks ground on new state of the art recycled polyester yarn facility


Businesscafe Your Business Media Partner - Pioneering Sri Lankan plastic bottle recycler and manufacturer of polyester yarn and monofilaments, Eco-Spindles (Pvt.) Ltd commenced Phase 2 of its expansion strategy to add 20,000 sq.ft of production space at its state-of-the-art facility in Horana.

businesscaf image Ministry of Health joins hands to launch Facebooks Blood Donations feature in Sri Lanka


Businescafe Your Business Media Partner - In an effort to make it easier for people to donate blood, Facebook has launched the Blood Donations feature in Sri Lanka in partnership with the Ministry of Health’s National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) supported by the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB).

Swadeshi Khomba illuminates Keragala Raja Maha Viharaya for 07th consecutive year


Businescafe Your Business Media Partner - The Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC, the pioneer and the market leader in herbal care products in one of its community support initiatives recently sponsored the “Aloka Poojawa” of the historic Keragala Raja Maha Viharaya.

Tokyo Cement Supports Government Initiative by Gifting Fountain of Life to Nawakkulama


Tokyo Cement Group stepped forward to support the Government achieve one of its Visions of Prosperity, by extending their “Fountain of Life“ program to the village of Nawakkulama in Medawachchiya.

Classroom donations Elpitiya Kegalle Composite


Year 5 students in two schools located in Elpitiya and Kegalle will walk into new purpose-built classrooms when schools reopen in the new year thanks to Ceylinco Life, which donated its 82nd and 83rd classrooms to these schools recently under one of the Company’s flagship community initiatives.

INSEE Cement Hosts Virtual Career Guidance Programme Find Your Spark for Employees Children


Supporting employees’ children to excel in life, and grow in knowledge and skills, INSEE Cement, the country’s leading cement manufacturer conducted ‘Find Your Spark’, an interactive Virtual Career Guidance Programme recently.

George Steuart Co Commences Restoration of Centuries Old Artifacts


George Steuart & Co., Sri Lanka’s oldest mercantile establishment, has commenced an exciting project to restore a repository of artifacts that trace back to its founding in 1835 and its early operations.

Extended Producer Responsibility to help address Sri Lanka plastic waste management


Each year, over 640,000 metric tonnes of plastic leak into the Indian Ocean from Sri Lanka (Clean Cities, Blue Ocean, June 2020).

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates showcases sustainability leadership joining forces with Environment Ministry to preserve central highlands


Strengthening its sustainability Program, Bogawantalawa Tea Estates PLC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) collaborating with the Ministry of Environment, working to protect the biodiversity of the central hills in Sri Lanka.

The Body Shop launches campaign with Oxfam invites customers to join fight against period poverty in Sri Lanka


Steeped in irrational stigma, the topic of menstruation is often considered taboo in even the more educated circles in Sri Lanka.