The ceremonial launch of a book on the life and work of Dr Lester James Peries, the doyen of Sri Lankan cinema was held to celebrate his 97thbirthday.
On April 1st 1986, an Emirates Boeing 727-200 Flight EK 800 departed Dubai International Airport touching down in Colombo, Emirates’ fourth global destination.
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, recently announced the 10 lucky winners of the ‘recharge and win’ competition, who will now be able to witness the grand finale of the T20 world cup on the 3rd of April 2016 at Kolkata, India.
Singer Sri Lanka PLC, the country’s leading consumer durable retailer, is stepping forward to power the most anticipated game in the school rugby calendar – the Bradby Shield encounter between Royal College, Colombo and Trinity College, Kandy – for yet another year.
The Arpico retail chain has announced plans to reward shoppers this Avurudu season with millions of rupees in shopping vouchers as the final countdown begins to the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with The Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy of Sri Lanka, and the project implementing partner Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and supporting partners Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority and The Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association (SLEMA) launched The Green Energy Champion Sri Lanka initiative, a country-wide competition identifying and recognizing innovative ideas on improving energy efficiency and encouraging the use of renewable energy in Sri Lanka.
E FM together with LMD presents ‘BIZ TALK’, every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 6:45am commencing from 5th April 2016, broadcasted island-wide on 88.3 FM.
Emirates celebrated the spirit of cricket with a tongue-in-cheek, Bollywood-inspired ‘Welcome On-board’ demo at the ICC World Twenty20 Final between England and West Indies, held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata this past Sunday.
The children of the Hemas Piyawara Pre-School in Wadduwa were in for an Avurudu treat as they have never experienced before when Group CEO Hemas Holdings PLC Stephen Enderby and Group Director Abbas Esufally and their spouses arrived at the school premises on Saturday the 2nd April 2016 to celebrate Avurudu with them.
Kumar Sangakkara, legendary cricketer, professional and inspirational personality, will share his lessons on leadership with individuals and corporates in a unique online self-improvement course to be launched by Guru.lk, the country’s leading edutainment website.
