In brief

Maliban Milk wins MACO Award 2010

The Head of Sales and Marketing of Maliban Milk Products (Pvt) Ltd., Nalinda Jayamanne and the CEO of Sales and Marketing of Maliban Company, Ravi Jayawardena were recognised with an honorary award in the Sales and Marketing segment at the MACO Special Award Ceremony 2010 organised recently by the Mass Communicators Association of Sri Lanka at the Grand Oriental Hotel.

REL to boost stock market

Sri Lanka’s stock market will reach new horizons with the entry of the global financial services giant Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) in a strategic alliance with Bartleet Trans Capital.

The New Delhi-headquartered Religare Group which serves over a million clients including corporates, institutions, high net worth families and individuals and retail investors in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, plans to set-up its footprint in Sri Lanka initially in stock broking by taking a 50 percent stake in Bartleet Mallory Stockbrokers (BMS). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.

Mobitel’s Piyakaru Purawara for Jaffna

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel in affiliation with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, recently engaged in a three day CSR initiative, under the aegis of the ‘Urban City Development’ project, in an effort to uplift the city of Jaffna.

‘Piyakaru Purawara’ in partnership with the Worldwide Creative Development Organisation, set out to establish street name boards, direction boards and message boards across the peninsula.

‘Piyakaru Purawara’ with the aim of informing and educating locals and foreigners on the roadways in Jaffna, placed name boards on streets, lanes and on the borders of every town. Message boards to inform the public concerning epidemics, on minimising road accidents and the crime rate in Jaffna were also established.

HNB donates books to 159 school libraries

Hatton National Bank (HNB) donated books and computers worth over Rs. 7.5 m to 159 underprivileged schools in the country recently. Most of the rural schools lack even the basic facilities, such as teachers. Libraries will promote self-study and enhance the minds of children.

HNB launched the Nena Pubuduwa school library program in 2005. The program aims at providing opportunities to underprivileged children in rural schools to enhance knowledge and derive the simple pleasure of exploring the world through books with special emphasis on stimulating a love of reading and learning in children. It works to promote international and inter-cultural understanding and awareness, improve and expand knowledge of English and ICT thus creating opportunities for higher education and employment.

HNB believes in the sustainability of these projects and thus continues to support and facilitate the teaching and learning activities of the School.

Mobitel launches ‘Any 8 IDD’

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel’s ‘Any 8 IDD’ gives Mobitel users the opportunity to enjoy the lowest IDD call rates for upto 8 nominated IDD numbers while delivering crystal clear call clarity. It can be activated by a customer on SMART Pre Paid or any Mobitel Post Paid tariff plan and is provided free of rental.

SMART Pre Paid customers can nominate their preferred Any 8 IDD numbers by calling 141 and selecting option 4 on their Pre Paid handset and follow the voice instructions. Users on Upahara or any other Post Paid plan can SMS the keyword any 8 idd to 433 and obtain the activation codes for Any 8 IDD.

Speaking on Any 8 IDD, CEO, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Suren J. Amarasekera said “Any 8 IDD is a key feature that reinforces the fact that Mobitel always will continue to offer value enriching services which are truly relevant to our customers”.

MARKSS gifts laptop

MARKSS, a healthcare organisation involved in providing top quality pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, medical and surgical equipment to the Sri Lankan market, presented a laptop to Dr. Joel Arunachalam, the winner at the Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Surgeons, held recently at the Cinnamon Lakeside.

NDB Aviva Wealth Management introduces ‘Myeaglefunds’

NDB AVIVA Wealth Management Limited, a leading private sector wealth management firm launched the “myeaglefunds” series of risk rated funds which can be combined to create unique structures or wealth management solutions to cover any life situation from birth to retirement. NDB AVIVA Wealth Management with over Rs. 33 billion representing over 60 institutional portfolios aims at offering the service to customers between 21 years and 60 years with various life goals but without the time, skills, knowledge or the information and expertise to achieve these goals.

Deputy Chairman, Sampath Bank Sunil G. Wijesinghe lights the oil lamp. Manageress, Ms. Sagarika Koswatte, DGM Personal Banking, Nanda Fernando and RM Southern Province Kasun Ratnayake are also in the picture.

Sampath Bank opens branch in Matara

Sampath Bank opened its 153rd branch at New Tangalle Road, Kotuwegoda, Matara.

The new branch was opened by Deputy Chairman of Sampath Bank, Sunil G. Wijesinghe.

As a developing township with busy commercial and residential areas, Matara has a great demand for fast, flexible banking and financial services. Sampath Bank provides an extensive range of banking products with superior service quality.

NDB Bank holds medical clinic

NDB Bank sponsored a Medical Clinic at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Lebanon recently.

The program was organised by the Sri Lankan Association in Lebanon with over 2,000 participants. The Embassy of Lebanon and the Sri Lankan Ambassador, M. Mahroof helped make this first ever medical clinic for many Sri Lankan’s living in the country a success.

The medical clinic was attended by over 600 participants. A Non-Governmental Organisation in Lebanon, Caritas provided free medicine for the clinic together with para-medical staff assistance.

The medical clinic was conducted by two Sri Lankan doctors who were sponsored by NDB Bank; Dr. A. P. L. de S. Seneviratne, Head/Department of Family Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura and Dr. Sarath R. Paranavithane, Consultant Family Physician at the Consultant Health Care Management of Sri Lanka, who volunteered to participate in the program.

ThinkQuest International competition 2011

The ThinkQuest International Competition 2011, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF), is open to teams of students worldwide. The competition challenges students, up to age 22, to solve a real-world problem by applying their critical thinking, communication, and technology skills.

“Our experience shows that when students collaborate on subjects about which they care deeply, they produce inspiring work,” said Brad Saffer, Vice President, Oracle Corporate Citizenship.