Business News

Brandix wins 8 Presidential Export Awards

Wednesday, 23 December 2015 08:25

The Brandix Group’s contribution to the country’s export economy was recognised at the highest level this week when Sri Lanka’s single largest apparel exporter was presented with eight Presidential Export Awards at a ceremony presided over by the country’s Head of State.

Commercial Bank branches go green

Wednesday, 23 December 2015 08:10

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that its environment-related initiatives have made steady progress in 2015 with the installation of solar power systems at four branches, the award of tenders for five more branch conversions, and the acquisition of 20 more paperless deposit machines.

Vitawell, Sri Lanka’s 1st specialist nutraceutical company, founded with a view to serve the growing market in Sri Lanka for specialist nutraceuticals, was declared open by the Chief Guest Hon. Minister for Health, Nutrition & Indigenous Medicine, Dr. Rajitha Seneratne and the Guest of Honour H.E. High Commissioner of Australia Ms. Robyn Mudie at a function held at Vitawell’s flagship store at Liberty Arcade, recently.

G P de Silva and Sons International, the leading player in producing and exporting cinnamon amongst many other spices, clinched two prestigious awards for ‘best exporter’ in the spices and allied products sector for the year 2010 and 2011 at the Presidential Export Awards (PEA) held on 16th December at Nelum Pokuna.

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline has announced three new weekly flights between Dubai and Cairo, commencing on 1st January 2016.

STARFRIENDS®, Sri Lanka’s official digital celebrity portal connecting across mobile, web and social media, unveiled a nature inspired celebrity photo collection on 21st December 2015 at Park Street Mews.

Life insurance leader Ceylinco Life has commenced construction of a new branch building in Horana, adopting the new eco-friendly model developed by the company for branches being constructed on company-owned land.

The Jayanta Jayaratna Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Performance in the prestigious PQHRM course conducted by The Nation’s leader in human resources management - IPM Sri Lanka – was awarded to Chamari Lalanthi Edirisinghe at the IPM’s 2015 Graduation Awards Ceremony recently.

IPM Sri Lanka - the Nation’s leader in human resource management - announced that its Past President, Fellow and Council Member – Chris Obeyesekere has been awarded the very first Asia Pacific HR Professional of the Year Award 2015 by the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM) recently.

Medical professionals in Sri Lanka had an opportunity to learn from case studies conducted by four renowned international specialists in adult asthma, via a live webcast of a medical seminar conducted recently by GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK).