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Sri Lanka Tourism needs a $ales Approach right now – MTI

The Indian MICE market is a ‘low hanging fruit’:BusinessTags: Print EditionTourism, along with foreign remittances, offers Sri Lanka the fastest, most impactful way to scale-up the country’s foreign currency reserves. To enable this,…

India’s oil meal exports up 19% at 2.27 lakh tonnes in July: SEA

BusinessTags: Print EditionIndia’s oil meal exports increased 19 per cent to 2,27,247 tonnes in July this year due to rise in shipments of rapeseed meals, according to Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India. Oil meal exports…

DIMO honoured with ISO 45001:2018 certification

BusinessTags: Print EditionDIMO, a leading diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka, was recently honoured with the coveted ISO 45001:2018 certification by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the international accredited registrar and…

Melbourne’s Firbank Grammar School partners Ladies’ College to offer VCE

BusinessTags: Print EditionAmila Jayasuriya, Director ALIA, RanmaleeBalasooriya, Vice Principal of Ladies’ College, Paul Stephens,Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Jenny Williams – Principal of Firbank Grammar School, Wendy…

HUTCH commences Electric bike assistance programme for distribution partners

BusinessTags: Print EditionHUTCH, one of the country’s fast-growing choice for mobile communication services, in an industry-first initiative commenced a major Electric-bikes assistance programme for its distribution partners to…

Sampath Bank sponsors ‘Women on Boards’ training programme

BusinessTags: Print EditionNanda Fernando Managing Director, Sampath Bank PLC together with Aroshi Nanayakkara Senior Vice Chairperson, The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors, exchange the agreement. Tharaka Ranwala Senior Deputy General…

Dialog’s ‘Govi Mithuru’ partners TRI to extend advisory services

BusinessTags: Print EditionGovi Mithuru (‘UzhavarThozhan’ in Tamil), Sri Lanka’s premier mobile phone-based agricultural information service by Dialog Axiata PLC, recently announced its partnership with Tea Research Institute (TRI),…

India supplies nearly 60% of vaccines used worldwide – Indian FM

BusinessNirmala SitharamanTags: Print EditionIndian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said nearly 60 per cent of all the vaccines used in the world are produced in India and over the decades, the country has made a…

ALFT Packaging launches second phase

BusinessTags: Print EditionCeylon Biscuits Ltd Chairman Ramya Wickremasingha, ALFT Packaging Chairman Lakshman De Fonseka, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, Unilever Chairperson/MD Hajar Alafifi, Nestle Lanka MD Jason Avanceña, Dr.…