Business News

The final phase of the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant at Norochcholai in the Puttalam District will be declared open on September 16 under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapakse and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Ministry of Power and Energy said.

Hameedia recently hosted a glamorous opening dinner for the International Film Festival of Colombo on 2 September 2014.

Under the Financial Sector Consolidation Scheme of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Senkadagala Finance PLC, a registered finance company, has been given approval to buy over Newest Capital Limited, a specialized leasing company.

The US Embassy in Colombo recently issued an official communique stating that applicants for non-immigrant US visas in Sri Lanka should make their payments through branches of DFCC Vardhana Bank.

The Seylan Tikiri Pola has, since its launch on International Children’s Day last October, changed the lives, and more importantly the attitude and thinking, of more than 5000 little pre-school and primary school children across Sri Lanka.

In response to increased demand for energy efficient machinery, United Tractors and Equipment (UTE) added the FS Curtis range of industrial air compressors to its portfolio, at a special event held at Playtrix Sports Bar and Cafe.

The National Mobile Service Provider Mobitel gave away a brand new Micro Panda Cross automobile worth a staggering two million rupees to one of its valued customers through Mobitel ‘mTunes’ recently.

Twitter has announced that it will now offer bounties of $140 to code experts who locate bugs in the social network's coding that could be exploited to compromise security.

Netflix introduces Facebook compatibility

Thursday, 04 September 2014 16:20

Online streaming service Netflix has introduced a private recommendation feature via a Facebook plug-in which allows viewers to flag up content for friends, alongside a personal message.

Renault has turned to Knight Rider as its New Trafic vehicle launches this week. The global campaign, handled by We Are Social, focusses on a video featuring ‘everyday hero’ fictional character “Michael Craftsman”, based on David Hasselhoff’s Michael Knight.