Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications & IT made his first official visit to Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) head office on 23^rd March 2015. This was the Hon. Minister’s first visit to SLT, after his assumption of duties as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications & IT.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) was the Communications Enabler of the Avurudu Udanaya organized by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) and held on 14th and 15th April 2015 at Thambuttegama.

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC has been honored with the “Best Use of Social Media in Marketing” award under the category “Excellence in Social Media & Digital Marketing” at the Golden Globe Tigers Summit Awards, held in Malaysia on 25th March 2015, for its unique, resonant and strategic use of social media.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the Super Platinum Sponsor of the Batticaloa Emergency and Accident Project (BEAP), re-affirmed its commitment towards the next phase of the project’s development by handing over the company’s contribution towards the project at a special ceremony held at the company’s premises recently. The mock cheque was handed over to Dr. David Young, the President of the Foundation Supporting a National Trauma Service by Mr. S.K.Lal Ranjith, the Chief Corporate Officer of SLT.

SLT in collaboration with ITN, Lakhanda and Adha newspaper, conducted ‘Sri Lanka Telecom – Lakhanda Sisu Dam Sariya’ program at Vishaka Vidyalaya, Colombo in keeping with the spirit of the Wesak season. Under this, a ‘Dharma Deesahnaya’ was conducted and it was telecast live on ITN and Lakhanda on the morning of 30th April 2015. Approximately 2,500,000 students were able to listen to the Dharma Deeshanaya via TV and radio.

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, the national ICT solutions provider released today its Company and group financial performance, during the 1st quarter 2015. The group comprises of the holding Company Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) and its 07 subsidiaries including the mobile arm Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd. (Mobitel).

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) succeeded in winning a total of 29 medals for Sri Lanka at the first ever Indian Mercantile Masters Track & Field Championships held during 8th to 10th May 2015, in Mumbai, India. With the 29 medals won by SLT, Sri Lanka secured a total of 91 medals, with the contribution of all the teams from Sri Lanka that participated in the championships.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) organized a special walk to commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2015 and the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which falls on 17th May.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the national ICT solutions provider and responsible corporate citizen will be conducting numerous religious activities and programmes in the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, to coincide with the full moon Poson Poya Day which falls on 2nd June 2015 with the aim of spreading the true spirit of Poson among the public.

SLT Sisu Dham Sariya, a special Dharmadeshanawa was organized by Sri Lanka Telecom in collaboration with Rupavahini Corporation for school students on Monday, 1st June 2015 from 08.30am to 10.00am. Dharmadeshanawa (Dhamma Talks) was delivered by Professor Venerable Agalakada Sirisumana Nayaka Thero of the Sinhala Department of the University of Colombo.