Biz Briefs

Winning numbers through 1919

The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka has taken steps to enable the public to know lottery results through the Government Information Centre (1919).

ICTA said that as a first step it will be possible for the public to know the winning numbers disclosed by the Development Lottery Board.

Action is being taken to provide information about results of other lotteries as well, the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka said.

NDB finance scheme for second-hand vehicles

NDB has extended its leasing facility with no guarantors and down payments, to enable the financing of registered vehicles. This special financing scheme for registered vehicles will grant a distinctive opportunity for growing enterprises and aspiring individuals to drive away with their own vehicle with ease.

With this new facility, customers couldenjoy customised repayment terms to match individual repayment capacity along with discounted insurance premiums.

The ability to obtain a prior credit assessment to determine the maximum finance value that can be obtained would help customers make well-informed decisions on the vehicle they could purchase.

Seminar on tea

Data Acquisition Design (Pvt) Ltd., has organised a seminar on the latest technologies to improve the quality of tea on June 15 at Global Towers Hotel, Colombo 6. Managing Director of “Teachcraft Ltd.” UK, Nigel Melican, will be the speaker at the seminar.

Teacraft is a well- known in Sri Lanka and is very familiar to most people in the tea industry. Melican has over 30 years' experience in improving the technology of tea manufacture in over 40 countries and has assisted producer and packer clients in 26 countries.
 

Airtel ranked among top 100 global brands

Bharti Airtel (‘Airtel’), a global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, said that Airtel has joined an elite club of global brands by making it to this year’s BrandZTop 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list.

With an overall ranking of 71 and brand value of $11.5b, Airtel has been ranked ahead of top global brands such as Citi (82), Sony (86), MTN (88), China Telecom (90), and Volkswagen (96).

ICICI is the only other Indian brand in this prestigious list. The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands is a study conducted by leading global research firm, Millward Brown.

Dialog Axiata brings education to your computer

Dialog Axiata PLC has introduced eTeacher, a web-based education portal which allows subscribers to follow tuition classes conducted by popular lecturers via the web from any place at anytime, without the hassle of travelling during peak traffic times.

The eTeacher web- based education portal can be accessed by subscribers who have access to the web. However Dialog customers who have access to Dialog mobile broadband get the additional benefit of using the service without being charged for the amount of data streamed during the promotional period.

Abans microwave challenge

Send a recipe that could be prepared using a microwave in 30-45 minutes to LG-Abans Microwave Challenge, Abans (Pvt) Ltd, Brand Department, 498, Galle Road, Colombo 3 (e-mail: [email protected]) before June 15.Judges at Abans will select five recipes and recipe owners will be called to give a brief demonstration.

The prize for the winner will be an LG microwave oven. The second and third winners will also receive a microwave oven from Abans, while the fourth and fifth winners will receive a gift each.

Swedish Trading SKF Certified Maintenance Partner

Managing Director, Swedish Trading Company (Pvt) Ltd., Dushmantha Senanayake, Vice President - Sales and Marketing SKF Asia Pacific (Pte) Ltd.,Olaf De Bakker, Director, South Asia – Industrial Markets, Regional Sales and Services, SKF Sudhir Rege and CEO - SKF Division, Swedish Trading Company (Pvt) Ltd. Ranjan Trikawalagoda

SKF, the designer and manufacturer of industrial and automotive engineered solutions in bearings, seals, lubrication, services and mechatronics hosted a customer event in Sri Lanka along with its national distributor Swedish Trading Company (Pvt.) Ltd.

The event titled ‘Cruising with SKF Knowledge’ was to showcase SKF’s value proposition of enabling customers to cruise through their productivity goals using SKF knowledge - by reducing maintenance cost, improving productivity, increasing energy-efficiency and optimising designs. A host of SKF products, solutions and services were displayed and demonstrated by SKF’s technical experts.

‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw winner

Some of the winners with Seylan Bank’s General Manager and CEO Kapila Ariyaratne. Also in the picture from left: Senior DGM (HR), S. J. Jebaratnam, DGM Zone II, Dr. P. Niranjan, DGM Zone I, Delvin Pereira and Executive Director R. Nadarajah,

Ms. E.A. Dayawathie, a 56- year-old teacher from Matugama won the One million rupee prize in Seylan Bank’s, February ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw and became the fourth millionaire to date. Since the launch in October last year,‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ has awarded 10,480 winners.

The recent winners received their awards from Executive Director R. Nadarajah and General Manager and CEO Kapila Ariyaratne at Seylan Bank’s Head Office in Kollupitiya.

Multi Finance in Ratnapura

Multi Finance PLC, (MF PLC) a licensed Finance and a member of Entrust Group opened a branch at Main Street, Ratnapura. The branch was opened by Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister, W D J Seneviratne.

Albert Bichot joins Pericey

Albert Bichot joined Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd. Director Commercial, Christian Ciamos was in Colombo recently to familiarise the local market that the wines they have on offer. “Having worked on the vineyards 25-years-ago, I have a passion for the product and it is not just a business.”

“We are proud to have Albert Bichot on our portfolio and serve the Sri Lankan market with some of the best wines. I have worked with Bichot from 1986 and again in 2002 and elated to be working with the company once again”, said Director ,Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, Senaka Amarasekere .