April 2006

In looking at the subjects being discussed over the three days of this 40th IAA World Congress, and indeed the...

Mike Simon, Divisional Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Emirates Group Dubai has been my home for 16 years and Emirates...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently handed over a new laboratory to test the quality of compost made...

Visa announced International the winners recently of the "Shop With Visa and Win" promotion. The Visa promotion attracted almost 45,000...

This congress brings together more than 1,800 delegates from 63 nations thereby confirming Dubai as the melting pot of civilisation....

Hatton National Bank has launched the Pathum Vimana 2006 awards scheme. A five million rupee house, an Audi A4 and...

Hatton National Bank (HNB) ended 2005 with a robust per­formance delighting investors. Speaking with reference to the announcement of the...

Welcome to this great event in one of the finest cities in the world. I will like to begin with...

By Dinesh Weerakkody Many top listed public com­panies have statements in their annual reports that says their people are the...

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) conducted 'Vi­ sion Run 2006' at the Vihara Mahadevi Park recently. The run was part of...

Mobitel recently launched Smart 5, a prepaid package offering value while introducing a simplified price plan. Smart 5 is Mobitel's...

The Chartered Institute of Man­agement Accountants (CIMA) Janashakthi Pinnacle Award Ceremony was held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in March...

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT} signed an agreement with the Secondary Education Modernization Project (SEMP}, an ADB funded project of the...

Lanka Bell announced its tie-up with Singer Sri Lanka to market both its CDMA postpaid and prepaid phones and cards...

Virtusa Corporate has received the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPT) registration for its unique service offering named Productization....

Mega Money, a customer loyalty scheme launched by Singer Mega, has celebrated its second-year anniversary. It is an instant-reward scheme...

As recognition of its customers' status, the unique and flexible banking package - PowerVantage - has been developed by HSBC....

Suntel recently announced its ownership of the largest CDMA network in Sri Lanka. Last year, in keeping with its vision...

Emirates Airline has again won the Skytrax Award for Airline Excellence for its lnflight Entertainment. For the airline inflight entertain­ment...

The official launch of the Lead Enterprise unit was held under the patronage of Goonerathne Weerakoon, Minister of Regional Development,...

As the leading provider of the most advanced mobile computing technology, the R2H is an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) designed to...

Royalty 2006, the HNB Credit Card signature Loyalty Programme continues to be simple and direct for credit cardholders, according to...

Nations Trust Bank (NTB), with its fully owned subsidiary, Waldock Mackenzie Limited, had another successful year, nearly tripling earnings per...

Suntel recently extended their agreement with Mountain Hawk Express Limited (FedEx) to provide its Head Office and branch offices with...

The cabin crew of Emirates Airbus A340-500 aircraft can now obtain clinically-accurate vital signs data from a passenger taken ill...

A Colombo/Singapore economy class return ticket costs Skywards members Rs17,500 plus 7000 Skyward miles. This is the result of a...

Six board members of the ADB (Asian Development Bank) completed a four-day visit to Sri Lanka recently. Led by Stephen...

In line with its corporate vision of becoming the most successful and respected car company in the Sri Lankan market,...

Emirates is offering complimentary accommodation and car rental in Hamburg to commemorate the launch of its daily services to the...

Etihad Airways of the UAE announced three new routes to Pakistan. This is a part of the continuing rapid expansion...