CSR / EventsRanala Model Junior School gets multipurpose hall from CBL Foods
Ceylon Biscuits Ltd.’s subsidiary company CBL Foods International Pvt. Ltd. officially opened the newly-built school hall of Ranala Model Junior School.
An outright donation by CBL Foods at a cost of Rs. 7 million, the multipurpose hall consists of meeting rooms, classrooms and a mini auditorium for student assemblies and performances. The school is in the vicinity of CBL Foods which is also situated in Ranala, Kaduwela and is an integral part of CBL’s community philanthropy.
Meelad un Nabi celebration
The All Ceylon YMMA Conference organised a Meelad un Nabi celebration on Prophet Muhammad’s birthday at the Dr. A.M.A. Azeez Auditorium, YMMA Headquarters, Colombo recently.
People’s Bank gifts new born infants during independence week
Commemorating the 64th anniversary of independence in Sri Lanka, a large number of ceremonies were organised over the past week at both the Head Office of People’s Bank and all other branches located islandwide.
Lankans express solidarity with Kashmiri people
Kashmir Solidarity Day fell on 5 February
Lasting peace in the world especially in the South Asian Region cannot be guaranteed unless Kashmir issue is resolved in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiri people and the United Nations resolutions of 1948 and 1949.
This was the central theme of the speeches delivered by a number of speakers, who addressed a meeting convened here in Colombo 6 on 5 February to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Exploring the written word
The HSBC Galle Literary Festival 2012 marked numerous activities that engaged a plethora of novelists, historians, poets, playwrights, philosophers and biographers when the event took off from the 18 to 22 January, at the historic Galle Fort.
Elevating estate communities
Significant improvements in quality of life in RPC sector, says Planters’ Association
The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA), the representative body of the 23 Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs), says estate communities in RPC estates have seen improvements in all areas of quality of life since privatisation of plantation management in 1992.
SLI extends Rs. 5 m insurance cover to Gangaramaya Nawam Perahera
Sri Lanka Insurance (SLIC) as in the previous years has stepped forward to extend a Rs. 5 million insurance cover for the Gangaramaya Nawam Perahera. Here, SLIC Managing Director and CEO Mohan De Alwis hands over the policy and a donation cheque of Rs. 1 million to Ven. Dr. Kirinnde Assajji.
Japanese volunteers support country’s development efforts at grass-root level
Three Japanese volunteers arrived in Sri Lanka recently with the aim of providing their expertise to improve and add value to activities carried out by various public institutions in the country. These volunteers are in Sri Lanka as a part of JICA’s ongoing Volunteer Dispatch Programme. The volunteers were introduced to their host organisations at an assigning ceremony held at the Department of External Resources on 1 February.
Hilton Colombo commences 25th anniversary celebrations with religious blessings
Celebrating its silver anniversary this year, Hilton Colombo began 2012 by conducting an entire host of religious ceremonies. Invoking blessings on the hotel’s team and valued customers, the hotel held a pirith ceremony on 24 January, followed by an almsgiving to the temple and religious ceremonies for the Christian, Muslim and Hindu faiths on 25 January.
Team Cinnamon Lakeside restores St. Anne’s Church Paradise
Volunteers from Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo embarked on their second cultural restoration project recently. Having explored many options, the organizing committee for the project discovered St. Anne’s Church Paradise in Kuruwita in the Ratnapura District. The church sits on an acre wide property and receives little assistance from outside its immediate community.
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