In response to the request made by the Government of Sri Lanka to all foreign emergency response institutions, the ‘Bjoern Steiger Foundation’ recently donated a high tech water purification system machine with a capacity of purifying 5,000 litres of water per hour, to the victims of the Aranayaka landslide that left many homeless and with little or no access to clean drinking water.
Sri Lanka’s first Remittance Card has been launched by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon to introduce a new dimension in convenience to the process of transferring funds from overseas to local beneficiaries.
Image sharing social network Instagram now has more than 500 million users, less than six years after the service launched.
Commercial Credit has extended its patronage to Future Minds 2016, a much sought after education exhibition, as the Official Financial Partner for the 6th successful consecutive year.
Litro Gas, the largest national importer and market leader of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Sri Lanka, stepped up as a co-sponsor for the Cavalry Supercross which concluded recently at Panagolla, Kurunegala.
The Washington Post published a story this week about the one place Saudi women can get behind the wheel – an amusement park.
Huawei, the fastest growing smartphone in Sri Lanka, together with its exclusive national distributor SINGER Sri Lanka, launched the premium flagship smartphone, Huawei P9 and P9 Lite at a gala event held at Waters Edge Battaramulla.
MEIZU, one of the largest smart phone brand in Chana, distribution has been started in Sri Lanka recently.
‘Cancer of the prostate is on the rise’ revealed Hemas Hospitals, who went on to note that the hidden killer disease, now a global phenomenon due to the rise in ageing populations worldwide, is also seeing an upward trend among the Lankan grey male population, with many patients being diagnosed at an advanced stage, by which time the disease reaches its complicated stage.
Softlogic Finance PLC has introduced ‘Softlogic Finance Education Loans’, thereby supporting parents in fulfilling their aspirations of providing the best possible education for their children and assisting youth in ‘climbing the career ladder’ by obtaining academic and/or professional qualifications.
