In commemorating International Women's Day, and its 2016 theme of "Pledge For Parity", it is paramount that we bear in mind that an important part of securing any sort of parity for women is their achievement of true financial freedom.
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has opened its 14th Agriculture & Micro Finance Unit (AMFU) at Neluwa in the Galle District to facilitate the Bank’s efforts to support micro, small and medium entrepreneurs in the area including commercial scale agriculture entrepreneurs.
Sampath Bank PLC rang the opening bell to commence trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE).
Employees of the Brandix Group, Sri Lanka’s single largest apparel exporter, donated 3,448 units of blood in 2015, earning the appreciation of the National Blood Transfusion Service (NTBS), which recently presented the Group with a special plaque for being the largest corporate blood donor in the country.
Sri Lanka’s leading fashion retail chain, NOLIMIT, won a slew of awards at the prestigious JASTECA 5S awards held at Hotel Galadari recently.
Ceylinco Insurance has reaffirmed the strength of its corporate brand by winning its 10th consecutive Peoples Award in the insurance category at the 2016 ‘SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards’ – billed the hallmark awards event of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM).
At The Sandwich Factory’s all new premises in Colpetty the retro themed interiors, music and the friendly staff all make for a unique dining experience. More importantly, of course, the delicious American style comfort food with a Lankan twist is bound to make your day.
Led by a vision to elevate Sri Lanka’s cinnamon industry through skills development, a purpose-built Cinnamon Training Academy was inaugurated on 5th April 2016 to serve as a catalyst for heightened competitiveness in Sri Lanka’s cinnamon sector at a global level.
IPM “Battle of the Brains 2016” Annual Inter School Debating Championship organized jointly by IPM Sri Lanka under the auspices of the Sri Jayewardenepura Zonal Education Office prompted much enthusiasm amongst the education officials, teachers, students and IPM members and invitees which was evident from the high level of participation at the grand finale held on Monday 4th of April at the Auditorium of IPM Sri Lanka head office – “HR House” in Narahenpita, Colombo 5.
Celebrating another year of stellar sales, Arpico hosted a gala event at the Blue Waters Hotel, Wadduwa to reward and show recognition for the best dealers in Arpico Hardware products for the year 2015.
