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The crowning beauty for Ms. Earth 2014, Jamie Harrell resides at Citrus Waskaduwa during her stay in Sri Lanka.

What if you could power your iPhone from thin air? Making wires redundant was one of Nikola Tesla’s biggest dreams – a dream University of Washington researchers want to fulfill with PoWiFi.

The National Mobile Service Provider Mobitel, for the first time introduced a new and unique service through its mobile money platform, mCash to facilitate donations from well-wishers to the country’s sacred temples via a mobile phone.

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC opened trading on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) on June 1, 2015.

The hunt has begun for Sri Lanka’s ‘big idea’ technology startups with the launch of the 2015 Global Startup Labs (GSL) Sri Lanka Challenge.

Orion City, best known for its provision of premium commercial and office infrastructure, added yet another achievement to its list of accolades recently by achieving a LEED Silver certification with a total of 53 points in the LEED BD+C: New Construction (v2009) category.

Shree FM has partnered with Mr. Nalaka Hewamadduma and ACCA of Sri Lanka to hold a series of motivational seminars for Advanced Level (A/L) students in Sri Lanka, helping them to prepare for their upcoming examinations, as well as for future jobs in the corporate world.

Carmudi’s report on ‘The Booming Automotive Industry in Emerging Markets’ provides a detailed look into the global state of automotive sales and how car purchasing behaviors have changed due to the drastic increase in internet and mobile penetration, rising GDP, and the emergence of a middle class.

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has been adjudged the ‘Best Bank’ in Sri Lanka in 2015 by Hong Kong based ‘FinanceAsia,’ one of the most eminent financial publications in the region.

With a growing number of professionals working outside the main office at least some of the time, use of remote working tools has also radically increased across the globe.