Twenty five aspiring Sri Lankan entrepreneurs, chosen from 100 candidates with ideas for potentially game-changing technology startups, have embarked on the 2015 MIT Global Startup Lab (GSL) programme in Sri Lanka conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with leading apparel manufacturer Brandix and WSO2, a leader in enterprise middleware.
At the first Asia Pacific Ultra-Broadband Summit hosted in Bangkok, Huawei and national regulatory agencies in Asia Pacific, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), major carriers and telecommunications industry partners including Light Reading, Heavy Reading, and Ovum, have agreed on the future direction of Ultra-Broadband development in Asia Pacific and its agenda to build a better connected Asia.
Known for throwing lavish movie premieres for hundreds of loyal listeners at a time, Sri Lanka’s Lifestyle radio station E FM wowed fans once more with its most recent movie premiere for Marvel’s Ant-Man, an action/adventure/comedy that tells the story of a superhero and a heist, in equal parts, which was hosted at the iconic Savoy cinema in Wellawatte.
The National Long-Term Rating of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC has been affirmed at 'AA(lka); Stable Outlook' by Fitch Ratings Lanka (FRL).
South Asia Textile Industries Lanka, a leading Weft Knit fabric manufacturer for global brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Marks and Spencer, NEXT, Adidas, Columbia Sportswear, PVH/Calvin Klein, Tesco F&F and many more, recently commemorated its 10th anniversary with a number of celebratory activities for its 950 employees, as well as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative by staff that saw the refurbishment of the nearby Government Dispensary in Pugoda.
PR Wire, one of Sri Lanka's leading PR firms has partnered with Social Enterprise Lanka, the leading organisation for developing the social enterprise sector in Sri Lanka.
Luv SL by ODEL opened its newest and most extraordinary store at Crescat Boulevard recently.
Competitive gaming (commonly referred to as ‘electronic sports’ or ‘eSports’) has turned into a multi-million dollar sport in the world within the past few years.
Wellawatte Nithyakalyani Jewellery together with Rotary Club of Colombo East organized a mega blood donation campaign recently.
