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Strong gains from performance improvement initiatives in local operations and significant contribution from overseas marketing operations have generated noteworthy profit growth in 1H of 2018/19 for the Dipped Products Group, a global leader in hand protection.

The pioneering solar energy provider of the Indian Ocean’s nation, JLanka Technologies proudly claims the spotlight at the Techno Award Night.

Sri Lanka’s benchmark private bank, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has demonstrated its resilience in adverse conditions, weathering the twin challenges of high taxes and impairment charges to post a healthy growth in most key performance indicators at the end of the third quarter of 2018.

The ‘kotas welenda pola: nagarayen nagarayate’ Investor Forum organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in association with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), was concluded at Saketha Madura, Gampaha on 10th November 2018.

‘Brain Busters with SLIIT’ is a novel Quiz programme conducted as a competition with the participation of school children from government, private and international schools will premiere via the TV1 Television Chanel shortly.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently sponsored the Paparé Interschool Basketball Championship conducted by ThePapare.com, Sri Lanka’s no. 1 sports hub.

Emirates’ latest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with the ‘Game Changer' First Class product will operate between Dubai and Vienna on a daily basis from 1 December 2018.

Diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN) reported top-line performance growth of 5.7% YoY to stand at Rs.10.9 billion for the six months period ending 30 September 2018 (1HFY19).

The only authorised General Distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Sri Lanka, Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC‘s, DIMO 800 – The Mercedes-Benz Centre of Excellence, has been certified asa Level 4 Body & Paint repair facility in South East Asia (SEA) by Daimler AG MS/OCC Accident Management – Body & Paint Facility Assessment.DIMO is the first General Distributor in South East Asia to receive this certification.

HUAWEI has announced the launch of its innovative smartphone series featuring the world’s first 7 nm chipset Kirin 980, Mate 20 series in Sri Lanka.