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The British Council in Sri Lanka held its IELTS Awards Night on Tuesday, 14 August at Kings Court, Cinnamon Lakeside. Initiated in 2010, this annual awards ceremony is hosted by the country’s leading IELTS test centre, with the intention of recognising and celebrating its partner network across the island.

The best of Sri Lanka’s amateur and professional golfing talent will vie for the title of the country’s champion golfer when the 2018 edition of the RCGC Open tees off in partnership with Altair on 28th August.

Emirates has given wings to the travel dream of a young Sri Lankan, presenting him with two return air tickets to a destination in Europe at the conclusion of an exciting competition on Facebook.

As the days draw closer to what will undoubtedly be one of, or in fact The fashion event of the year, the team behind Threads of Fashion, an explosion of couture which will take to the ramp on 2nd September are increasingly busy with preparations to ensure that this will indeed be a stellar event !

Huawei recently presented a special award to Turkish professor Dr. Erdal Arikan, the inventor of polar codes for 5G, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of communications technology.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced it will keep 70 branches open for business on Wednesday, 22nd August, a Public and Bank holiday to mark Id-Ul-Alha– Hadji Festival Day.

Tokyo Cement Group declared open their newly upgraded Construction Research Center as an Independent Laboratory to cater to concrete and cement testing requirements of the industry.

The world’s latest trending mobile sensation, Huawei nova3 series was launched in Sri Lanka last week and the company held their first sales day on the 11th of August.

Riu Sri Lanka, the country’s largest all-inclusive resort with a stunning 501 rooms, recently held a tree planting and beach cleaning programme as part of its social and community responsible activities.

Disrupt Asia 2018 ( 15 Photos )

Tuesday, 14 August 2018 08:49

Disrupt Asia 2018, the third edition of Sri Lanka’s Premier Start-up Conference and Innovation Festival, took place on 11 August at the Trace – Expert City from 4 p.m. to midnight.