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Airtel becomes first Sri Lankan telco to integrate Google Business Messages


In a milestone for Sri Lankan Telco, the most preferred youth mobile network, Airtel Lanka announced its successful integration with Google’s Business Messages.

HNB partners with Car Checks to offer attractive leasing solutions to authenticated vehicles


Leading private sector bank HNB PLC recently announced a partnership with Sri Lanka's first and only dedicated vehicle inspection centre Car Checks (Pvt.) Ltd, to provide customers with attractive leasing solutions when authenticating their vehicles.

Sampath Bank Continues to Partner with Central Bank on Promoting QR Payments


Sampath Bank PLC joined hands with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yet again to raise awareness and increase acceptance and usage of LANKAQR, the common Quick Response (QR) code standard for the country that was introduced in 2020.

PULSE Wins Double at SLIM Digis 2.0

Saturday, 23 January 2021 13:20

PULSE Wins Double at SLIM Digis 2.0


Island Pulse, the brainchild of Pulse was awarded for the Best Use of Experiential Digital Marketing under the ‘Digital Brand Bravery Award’ and the Silver Award under the ‘Other Digital Marketing Campaigns’ category at the SLIM DIGIS 2.0 on the 21st of January, 2021 for the highly successful and influential #KillTheRadio online campaign.

Emirates becomes one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass a digital platform for COVID 19 updates and test verification


Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass – a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for COVID-19 testing or vaccine information.

PinTheBiz from Softlogic Life to promote Sri Lanka struggling small businesses


Using an innovative approach to support small businesses around the country, Sri Lanka's fastest growing life insurance provider Softlogic Life, has launched a disruptive thought-provoking campaign, 'Pinthebiz'.

Iconic Galaxy

Leading Indian infrastructure developer Iconic Developments is making headway towards timely completion of the construction of its luxury apartment complex Iconic Galaxy, located in Rajagiriya, and aims to hand over the apartment keys to the first customer by November this year.

Give your productivity a massive boost in 2021 with smart multi devices powered by EMUI 11

Living in this hyper connected world, you probably have a few smart connected devices that you use daily.

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).