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Unidil a corrugated carton manufacturer in Sri Lanka, in yet another community support initiative, has donated Negative Pressure Ventilation System (NPVS) to COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of Gampaha District Hospital at a cost of Rs.…

Trieste - QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today called for a closing of the digital divide and reiterated FAO’s commitment to promote the use of digital…

The climate of armed militancy in Kashmir during the past decade has been a major factor for the slow growth of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Low productivity in agriculture and allied sectors impeded employment and income…

Experts from two of the world-renowned institutes on organic agriculture in Switzerland, currently on a brief visit to study the country’s ecosystem, an initiative of A. Baur & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd (Baurs), met with officials of the…

Around 20% of the medical drugs used in Sri Lanka are currently being manufactured locally saving billions and the intention of the government is to increase this up to 50% said Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa. He made these…

Diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Sunshine Holdings PLC (CSE: SUN) continued to demonstrate resilience amidst prevailing macro-economic conditions after reporting an impressive top-line growth of 54% YoY. The Group recorded…

Taking into consideration the national need of the hour SriLankan Airlines has uplifted another batch of Sinopharm vaccines amounting to 4 million doses to the country on three dedicated cargo flights. The consignment arrived from…

National Movement for Consumer Rights Protection (NMCRP) in a letter addressed to Minister of Trade and Cooperative Affairs Dr Bandula Gunawardena says that if Laugfs Gas Company is not selling Gas to refund the money taken for…

Sri Lanka’s construction sector in particular apartment developers faces numerous challenges due to certain import restrictions on tiles, aluminium and rising global prices of steel and copper. These factors are putting a strain on the…

The Milk Powder Importers Association (MIA) yesterday said the repeated requests made from the Consumer Affairs Authority to increase the price of milk powder due to the price increase of milk powder in the world market, the high cost…