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Among the prevalent commercial forestry programmes for investors, Sadaharitha Plantations remains at the forefront as sole recipient of the patent for the production of Agarwood locally and also as an ISO certified plantation management company.

Premium, Sleek and Portable tablet provides most advanced and immersive visual experience.

FACETS Sri Lanka 2014, the prestigious International Gem and Jewellery Show that showcases hundreds of local and foreign exhibitors, will be held from 4th - 7th September at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre.

One of Sri Lanka's foremost entrepreneurs in the fashion retail space, Managing Director of Cotton Collection and Leather Collection Niloufer Anverally was fittingly crowned Outstanding Business Entrepreneur at the Genre of Excellence - Professional & Career Women Awards this week.

PG Tips’ Monkey is the latest celebrity to take part in the #icebucketchallenge to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support – the charity of choice for those taking part in the UK.

Twitter, Edelman and Google have topped the list of best companies to work for based on culture and values according to a new report.

The list of 25 companies, compiled by job site Glassdoor, was based on US employee feedback shared over the past 12 months, and included themes of having a supportive, team-oriented atmosphere, a family-like environment and genuinely standing behind company values.

Twitter took the top spot with a 4.5 out of 5 rating for culture and values. PR agency, Edelman, ranked number two with a 4.4 rating, followed by Google (4.4). Rounding out the top five were Riverbed Technology (4.3) and Facebook (4.3).

Apple, Nike and the Walt Disney Company (15th, 16th and 17th respectively) also feature in the list.

The report used data based on companies with at least 100 reviews shared on Glassdoor.

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For the first time in Sri Lanka Hashra (Pvt) Ltd has recently introduced wide range of power and money saving electrical equipments to the local market, including extension leads and energy saving power meter, design in Uk under the brand name of 'MASDA'.

Commercial Credit and Finance PLC (CCF) today announced its acquisition of 55, 037,154 Ordinary Voting Shares of Trade Finance and Investments PLC (TFI) at a price of Rs. 28/- per share.

Impressive growth of 62% smartphone shipments YOY with total consumer device shipment of 64.21 million.

Oman Air has further expanded the choice and convenience that it offers customers by enhancing the range of booking options on its newly-designed website at www.omanair.com, and by making its web check-in service even easier to use.