Dialog Television, a fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC was announced as the Official Pay TV Partner for idea2fund, the year-round venture competition powered by MTI Corporate Finance. If you missed it, MTI Corporate Finance is the corporate finance subdivision of MTI Consulting. The company provides a wide range of services, including due diligence, feasibility studies, funding new businesses ...

In what is a first for e-commerce, Daraz scored Sri Lanka’s first 200 Million rupee sale in revenue, carrying out 10x more orders compared to a normal day, powered by 3 times more traffic on the e-commerce portal. The High Stakes Behind Black Friday Daraz’s annual sale is best seen as a tent pitched to attract not just millions of ...

Countries spanning the globe are dramatically accelerating digitalization across ecosystems and value chains making rapid gains from embracing digital technologies. Sri Lanka’s apex ICT institution, the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), has during the year leveraged digitization as a key enabler providing digital empowerment to all sections of society. According to the country’s ‘Road Map 2015-2020’, ...

Singer Sri Lanka PLC showcased the latest Sony BRAVIA OLED TV range to customers at a special event organised recently at the Taj Samudra Hotel Colombo. Graced by Mohan Pandithage – Chairman of Singer Sri Lanka, the event was also graced by Kumar Samarasinghe – Marketing Director of Singer Sri Lanka PLC and Justin Wong – Sri Lanka Representative Office ...

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, a global chain of pathology labs and diagnostic centers, celebrated 12 years in Sri Lanka. To mark this accomplishment, Metropolis Healthcare announced that it would be investing LKR 500 Million to expand its laboratories and collection centers. This is in addition to the existing central laboratory in Nawala and 6 satellite laboratories along with an already established ...

BBDO Lanka was recognized as one of the most creative agencies in the region once again when it was awarded the ‘Rest of South Asia Creative Agency of the Year – Gold’ award by Campaign Asia-Pacific at its Agency of the Year 2017 awards. The South Asian region awards were announced and presented at a gala dinner held in ...

Softlogic Information Technologies Pvt Ltd, a leading software and hardware solutions providers and a subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings PLC, won the Top AEM (Asia Emerging Markets) Award at the South Asia Partner Summit 2017 held recently in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This recognition has been awarded based on performance as Top AEM Commercial Metal Partner Tier-1 Category. The 4-day ...

At a media briefing held at the Hilton Colombo Residencies, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) discussed the evolution of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS)and its potential implication for Sri Lanka. ICANN is currently overseeing a radical change in the history of the Internet with its New Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Program. This is driving the largest ...

ikman.lk, Sri Lanka’s largest online marketplace now offers a solution for customers seeking accommodation. Since their inception in 2012, Ikman.lk has since been recognized as a one-stop online marketplace featuring a plethora of products and services for both sellers and buyers. Ideally suited for working individuals, professionals, small families and those relocating from outstation areas for work or higher education ...

Exploring the transformation taking place in the digital landscape, Bates Strategic Alliance, a leading integrated communications agency, recently hosted two workshops on ‘The Strategic Route to Digital Campaigns’. This was aimed at their clients and internal teams with two reputed foreign speakers: Zaheer Nooruddin and Albert Pereira. The first speaker, Zaheer Nooruddin shared insights from his work experience in digital ...

John Keells Holdings PLC announced the six winners of its second John Keells X Open Innovation Challenge at a Pitch Day recently. These 6 winners would advance to the JKX six month Accelerator Programme. Here, they would gain access to a plethora of JKH resources including seed funding, office space, and access to support services. These services would include legal, ...

At a recently held media briefing at the Movenpick Hotel in Colombo, Dell announced the launch of the new Inspiron 7000 notebook with the latest 8th Generation Intel Core processors. Designed for the mobile multi-tasker or multi-user household, the new Inspiron 13 7000 notebook, specifically the 7370 combines stunning with matching performance, all in a small footprint. The Dell Inspiron ...

Google recently announced a new app for monitoring data. Called Datally, this is a smart and simple Android app that helps smartphone users understand, control, and save mobile data. Datally works on all smartphones running Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and higher, and is available today on the Google Play Store globally. Datally helps solve one of the biggest pain points for ...

The opening of QBITS, Sri Lanka’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Lab was held on the 23rd of November 2017 at the University of Moratuwa. The QBITS AI Lab was declared open by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. A. K. W. Jayawardane of the University of Moratuwa and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Harsha Subasinghe of CodeGen, in the presence of the ...

Huawei launched their latest addition to the popular Huawei Y series. Called the Huawei Y7, the newest smartphone from the company merges an all new design with long lasting performance. At the launch of the Huawei Y7, Ruwan Gamage, Marketing Manager of Huawei Sri Lanka stated, “We are pleased to have unveiled the latest smartphone addition to the Huawei Y ...

Huawei is participating in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 (SCEWC) in Barcelona. Under the theme of “Leading New ICT, creating a Smart City Nervous System, Huawei’s plan is to highlight how a Smart City can be like a living organism that works seamlessly to continuously learn and enhance the city’s services. The Huawei booth in the Smart City ...

The SLIM Brand Excellence Awards is a celebration of brand excellence at national level and rewards the outstanding efforts of outstanding marketers. As the national body of marketing, the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) encourages strategic and result-oriented thinking in the fields of brand development, sales, advertising and research through events such as the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards, NASCO, ...

Optiemus Infracom Limited, a leading Indian telecom enterprise, announced its entry in the Sri Lanka market with the launch of BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black. Optiemus signed a licensing deal with BlackBerry in February 2017 to design, manufacture and distribute BlackBerry branded smartphones In India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. After successfully launching the BlackBerry KEYone Limited Edition Black in ...

99X Technology was awarded Gold in the Business and Professional Services category at the National Chamber of Exporters’ Export Awards 2017. The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) is the only private sector organization that exclusively serves Sri Lankan exporters and plays a major role in supporting the efforts of the State to achieve export targets for economic ...

If you use Viber, you would have probably used your fair share of stickers. Stickers in Viber are used in conversations to express an emotion, a reaction or a statement, rather than a regular text message. Helping Sri Lanka control and fight against the dangerous and potentially life threatening Dengue disease, Viber recently launched a novel awareness sticker pack. The ...