Namal Rajapaksa Archives

March 1, 2022

Colombo, February 22, 2022 – Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has partnered with Sri Lanka’s National Youth Services Council (NYSC) to launch an entrepreneurship program boosting economic growth for the country. Through the initiative Meta Boost, the program aims to train around 750 Youth Services Officers of NYSC, who will in […]

February 10, 2022

Colombo, February 10, 2022 – SLT-MOBITEL’s mobile money platform, mCash takes another step forward in widening its service portfolio by partnering with ‘Lanka Remit’, the national remittance app launched in a ground-breaking initiative to offer Sri Lankan citizens overseas, a new safe and low-cost remittance channel. Developed and introduced by Lanka […]

February 10, 2022

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that it has joined the national remittance mobile application ‘Lanka Remit’ as a participating bank, to support the Central Bank’s latest initiative to facilitate inward remittances to the country. At the formal launch of ‘Lanka Remit,’ Commercial Bank Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director […]

January 28, 2022

Thursday 27th January 2022, Colombo: Cargills Online has become the first and currently the only e-commerce platform in Sri Lanka to integrate LANKAQR for delivery thereby providing greater convenience to its customer base together with its wide merchandise offering. LANKAQR is a project initiative from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka […]

January 27, 2022

Red Bull recently announced “Ride My Wave 2022” an international surfing championship to be held on 29th & 30th of January 2022 at the Hikkaduwa coast in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The event is open to amateur & pro surfers and is expected to give wiiings* to the local […]

January 25, 2022

First-ever drone light show in Sri Lanka reveals new logo Colombo, 24 January 2022: “Daraz Drone Show”, the first-ever drone light show in Sri Lanka, illuminated the Colombo night sky with over 150 drones on 22nd and 23rd January 2022 at Galle Face Green, in celebration of Daraz’s global rebranding. Followed […]

January 24, 2022

The latest LANKAQR event of the nationwide rollout campaign of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka organised by Commercial Bank took place at the Gampaha Municipal Council grounds on 22nd January with a large participation of dignitaries, members of partner banks, merchants and other invitees. This is the first LANKAQR event for 2022 […]

January 10, 2022

The efforts of Sri Lanka and Kenya to increase economic activities between the two countries had received further momentum during the visit of Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa to Kenya in October, 2021. Although, […]

December 27, 2021

Nations Trust Bank announced its partnership with the Road Development Authority (RDA) at the recently held nationwide rollout of QR based solutions – The LANKAQR “ජනගතකරණය”. The national campaign, initiated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to boost digital payments across the country, was inaugurated by Hon. Minister of Highways and […]

December 13, 2021

Microsoft recently held a virtual launch event for its upcoming Imagine Cup Southeast Asia News Markets Regional Competition, an annual innovation challenge for students and technology enthusiasts. The event featured an eclectic line-up of speakers and a panel discussion designed to inspire students to create innovative solutions that tackle some of the world’s biggest social, […]

Meta partners with NYSC to boost economic growth in Sri Lanka

SLT-MOBITEL mCash partners ‘Lanka Remit’ to offer safe and low-cost remittance channel

ComBank joins ‘Lanka Remit’ – the National Remittance Mobile App

Cargills Online becomes first ecommerce platform to integrate LANKAQR

Red Bull making waves with Ride My Wave 2022

‘Daraz Drone Show’ illuminates Colombo sky

ComBank leads national drive to promote LANKAQR in Gampaha

Sri Lanka’s first ever coco peat export to Kenya launched

Nations Trust Bank Supports Nationwide LANKAQR Rollout by Enabling Contactless Payments at Expressway Tollgates through FriMi

Microsoft announces Imagine Cup Southeast Asia New Markets Regional Competition