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Peoples Bank introduces multiple loan schemes to boost Governments Development programme


Being the bank of the people, People’s Bank bears a great responsibility to assist the Government to re-start the Sri Lankan economy and help the people of the country to get some form of normalcy to their lives.

Sri Lanka Electricity Generation Decrease by 22.7 Percent to 964043 GWH in April from January 2020 Due to Lower Demand


Sri Lanka’s total electricity generation (excluding non- conventional electricity as solar, wind, mini-hydro & biomass) stood at 964,043 MWh in the month of April 2020, down 22.7 per cent from 12,46,863 MWh in the month of January 2020, data submitted by Ceylon Electricity Board shows.

Ranjith Kodituwakku New CEO GM at Peoples Bank


Ranjith Kodituwakku has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer/ General Manager of People’s Bank with effect from June 19, 2020.

Hatch Open House mentorship program supported 50 startups in Sri Lanka


Hatch launched “Open House” a free mentorship program that connects mentors with startup founders to provide guidance and insight to grow their startups.

HNB announces exclusive partnership with myfees.lk


Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC announced the beginning of an exclusive partnership with the first and only local education payment platform, myfees.lk.

Oracle Autonomous Database Now Available in Customer Datacenters


Building on the success of Oracle’s Exadata Cloud@Customer service over the last three years, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer.

Sunshine Holdings appoints Shantha Bandara as CEO of its Pharma Division


Sunshine Healthcare Lanka (SHL), the healthcare arm of the diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings (CSE: SUN), has appointed Mr. Shantha Bandara as the Chief Executive Officer of its pharmaceutical division.

Emirates resumes flights to 6 more cities

Saturday, 11 July 2020 04:42

Emirates resumes flights to 6 more cities

Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Geneva (from 15 July), Los Angeles (from 22 July), Dar es Salaam (from 1 August), Prague and Sao Paulo (from 2 August), and Boston (from 15 August), offering customers even more travel options.

Giving back to all armed forces, police and government healthcare professionals who tirelessly serve as our frontliners in the fight against COVID-19, Northshore International Campus, Sri Lanka’s state-of-the-art modern university, recently stepped in to provide fee waivers on its courses.