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Lanka Bell rings in Jaffna

Lanka Bell launched a base station in Jaffna providing the community access to the country's largest CDMA 'fixed line' service.

A new Lanka Bell business office in Jaffna will offer phones and phone accessories, bill settlement, provide technical assistance and customer service.

Lanka Bell Managing Director Prasad Samarasinghe said: "A high quality and purse-easy telecommunication service is a need of the people in Jaffna. There are thousands of people who want to be in touch with the loved ones in other parts of the country or overseas as well as with displaced relatives."

He said that Lanka Bell will provide them fast and clear connectivity for local and IDD phone calls and also offer seamless broadband services.

"As the country's only 100 percent Sri Lankan owned telephone company, we consider its our duty to serve people in all the parts of the island," he said.

Samarasinghe said that the free internet connectivity on Lanka Bell CDMA and dial-up connections will be useful for individual subscribers as well as the business community in Jaffna.

Lanka Bell's 'Dial 15' service that offers the lowest for IDD rates in the country would be particularly welcome in Jaffna, he said. To use this feature, subscribers only have to dial the prefix 15, the International Access Code (00) the country code and the area code followed by the telephone number.

Lanka Bell recently slashed IDD calling rates to seven countries enabling subscribers to make calls to India, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and USA for just Rs. seven per minute.

Dialog TV distribution network for Lady Ridgeway Hospital

Dialog Television, Sri Lanka's direct-to-home satellite television services provider, gifted a fully-equipped Dialog TV distribution network to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital (LRH). The project aims to facilitate and encourage the healthy mental development of children receiving treatment at the hospital and to provide world-class television content.

The distribution network, is designed and funded entirely by Dialog TV costing approximately Rs two million. Primarily targeted at children, Dialog TV will offer edutainment for children featuring channels such as Baby TV, POGO, Cartoon Network, the Discovery Channel and Rupavahini. Dialog TV would add health education channels to the network in time to come.

"This is a very momentous occasion for all of us at Dialog TV. It is our vision to transform the television industry in the country by offering satellite entertainment that adds value to all segments of society. We proffer special attention on offering edutainment programming to children, and our partnership with the Lady Ridgeway Hospital is a rewarding experience in this endeavour," said Chief Executive Officer of Dialog TV Nushad Perera.

The Dialog TV network at LRH will be distributed via the central controlling room, at the hospital's Health Education Unit. The special unit will be used to distribute the channels to different locations of the hospital, which include the OPD, Psychiatric Unit, X-Ray Room, main lobby area and Health Education Unit.

Emirates Lounge investment tops Dhs 230 m

Emirates launched its first airport lounge in Africa at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, bringing the total number of lounges the airline has established across its network, for the exclusive use of its customers, to 23.

The Dubai-based airline has also unveiled plans to introduce three more Emirates Lounges to cater to its First and Business Class passengers and frequent flyers over the next 12 months, to be at Manchester, Birmingham and Hamburg airports.

Emirates is one of few that invests in developing its own exclusive lounge facilities for customers at airports outside of its home base. To date, it has invested over Dhs 230 million (US$63m) in expanding its lounge network worldwide. Including its newest in Johannesburg, the airline has opened four Emirates Lounges in quick succession since April this year, the other three in Dusseldorf, Mumbai and Beijing.

Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President for Airport Services Mohammed Mattar said: Emirates Lounges continue to provide a luxurious sanctuary and service to our cherished customers. Together with other value-added services such as Emirates Chauffeur Drive, dedicated check-in counters and priority baggage handling, the Emirates Lounge is an integral part of our premium product.

These services clearly illustrate Emirates commitment to provide our customers with a high-quality experience throughout their journey" both on the ground and in the air. We will continue to investigate and introduce more innovative ways to enhance the overall customer experience.

Mattar said: "In our last financial year, over two million passengers enjoyed the facilities at Emirates Lounges around the world. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Pears Safe Hands hospital renovation project to be opened

The Pears 'Safe Hands' imitative is committed towards renovating and enhancing maternity and child health care facilitates in government hospitals across Sri Lanka.

The home of the latest project launched by the Pears 'Safe Hands' fund is the Nikaweratiya Base Hospital. The newly renovated and refurbished maternity wards, children's wards and the labour room of the hospital will be opened on August 1.

Since its launch in 1960, mothers over the generations have placed their trust in Pears products, which have always been a part of moments shared with their babies.

Brand Manager for Pears, Wathsala Aluthgedera said that the Safe Hands project was launched to give back to the Sri Lankan community something tangible, for placing their trust in Pears products over the years.

It is the primary concern of every expectant mother that her baby will be born free of complications and in the most secure environment possible.

Any mother-to-be wishes to deliver her infant in a well-equipped hospital that will be able to ensure the best possible pre and postnatal medical care for the newborn.

Pears has tapped into these expectations and concerns of mothers and to address them effectively. One such effort is the Pears Baby Safe Hands project, which has helped to bring about monumental changes in the sphere of maternal health and child care in State hospitals in some of the most remote areas of the island.

At these hospitals that have been carefully selected under the guidance of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, the Pears 'Safe Hands' project has helped to renovate children's wards, setup children's clinics, introduce medical equipment and technology, specialised child care units and play areas, to ensure that our children have the best of healthcare in their formative years.

Lifebuoy 'truck of pledges' to create healthier Sri Lanka

Unilever Sri Lanka's health brand, Lifebuoy launched a special pledge campaign in six provinces around the country between June and July.

Poor hygiene and unsanitary environmental conditions contribute towards the spread of illness and disease, depriving the country of valuable hours and days of productivity and burgeoning health costs.

Lifebuoy aims to reverse this adverse trend, by educating the public about the importance of hygiene and sanitation, thereby becoming a genuine and responsible stakeholder in the ongoing process of creating a healthier Sri Lanka.

An especially branded Lifebuoy truck plied the streets of some of Sri Lanka's most populous districts to elicit pledges from members of the public, both young and old, whereby they earnestly committed to encouraging and practising good hygiene habits within their individual spheres of influence.

The pledge campaign sought to reinforce the fact that every individual could make a significant contribution towards creating a healthier community and underscored the importance of making a true commitment to this cause.

The truck which commenced its journey in Ruwanwella, travelled through Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura, Kandy, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara and Hambantota between June 18 - July 12.

The tour covered six of Sri Lanka's nine provinces, including the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Southern, North Central and North Western.

The public were invited to pledge their commitment to creating a healthy society, by making hand prints, using the basins of paint provided by the promotion team.