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Seylan Bank Islamic Banking Unit Secures Three Prestigious SLIBFI Awards for Excellence in Islamic Finance

Seylan Bank’s Islamic Banking Unit has reported three honours at the SLIBFI Awards 2025/2026, including two awards for financing energy and agricultural projects. The bank received gold in the Deal of the Year category for financing a 10-megawatt solar power project and bronze in the same category for financing a broiler farm expansion project. Its third honour was an Individual Merit Award in the Rising Personality of the Year (Male) category. The solar project is intended to supply electrici

29 Sep, 2026

DFCC Aloka Empowers Women in the Beauty Industry with Essential Business Skills

DFCC Aloka has supported two programmes aimed at helping salon owners and beauty professionals strengthen their financial and business skills. The first programme, organised by the Institute of Hairdressers and Beauticians at Waters Edge, focused on the financial decisions involved in running a small business. Participants covered financial management, banking, saving and investment, alongside taxation and statutory obligations. A second programme, the Salon Owners Entrepreneurship Development

29 Sep, 2026

TruePass Launches Sri Lanka-Built Digital Identity Platform as Leading Publishers Unite to Shape the Future of Digital Media

TruePass Media Alliance brings together some of Sri Lanka's leading publishers on a first-of-its-kind shared identity platform, built around trusted audiences, first-party data and new audience-based revenue opportunities TruePass, a Sri Lankan-built digital identity and authentication platform designed for the publishing ecosystem, was officially unveiled in Colombo on 17 September. The first platform of its kind in Sri Lanka to connect an entire ecosystem of publishers through a single, share

29 Sep, 2026