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The Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka yesterday announced that, together with the able support received from the Ministry of Health and the armed forces, it had successfully administered the second dose of vaccinations against the…

Australian Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Amanda Jewell, launched two partnerships under the Australian Government’s Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) to support COVID-19 economic recovery in Sri Lanka yesterday. “Sri…

The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) commends the Government for taking steps to commence the much awaited destination marketing campaign targeting over 16 key countries. The proposed campaign will focus on 8 Key generating…

Reaching another significant milestone in its journey, HNB Assurance PLC Group celebrated its 20th Year Anniversary recently. Incorporated in 2001 and listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2003 the Company has grown over the…

Mahinda Premanath - Deputy General Manager - Channel Management, Buddhika Ranatungage - Regional Manager - Kandy, both of People’s Bank, A.P.H. Mahanama - Chief Accountant, Kandy Municipal Council together with Assistant Accountants,…

Emirates has announced the resumption of its Colombo - Male service starting 1 September. The daily service between the two cities will be an extension of its Dubai-Male flight EK652 to Colombo, with the return flight EK653 operating…

Prof. Channa Jayasumana, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals symbolically accepting the donation from Bingumal Thewarathanthri, CEO, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka in the presence of Ministry, Red Cross…

The Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Major General Muhammad Saad Khattak (Retd.) called on the new Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris recently at the Foreign Ministry and discussed further scope for enhancing trade and…

For the second time in the World Bank’s history, Contingent Emergency Response Components (CERC) resources have been combined from many ongoing projects into one account to meet an unprecedented COVID-19 emergency in Sri Lanka.…

The International Monetary Fund has allocated USD 816 million dollars (at current rates) through IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) facility. This form part of the total allocation of USD 650 billion made by the IMF for members’…