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Vision Care celebrates “Visionary Women” this International Women’s Day

BusinessTags: Print Edition11th March 2022, Colombo: Vision Care, Sri Lanka’s largest vision and eye wear solutions provider, celebrated International Women’s Day by dedicating a day to recognize, reward and educate their “visionary…

Measures to position Lanka as educational hub

BusinessExport Development Board Chairman Suresh de Mel exchanges a memento with High Commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka David HollyTags: Print EditionThe Government has taken several initiatives to promote Sri Lankan education…

Eric Rajapakse Opticians uses World Glaucoma Week to remind the public to follow proper eyecare

BusinessTags: Print Edition14th March 2022, Colombo: Eric Rajapakse Opticians, Sri Lanka’s leading eyecare specialist with over 100 years of expertise, is using World Glaucoma Week 2022 to create awareness about the eye disease that is…

Adani to invest $ 500 mn for two power projects in Northern Province

BusinessGautam AdaniTags: Print EditionIndia’s Adani Group has signed a deal for two large power projects in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, aimed at generating combined capacity of 500 MW, at a cost of $ 500 million. This is six months…

Participants for Raid Amazones 2022 arrives

BusinessTags: Print EditionThe first set of French women participants in the Raid Amazones 2022 arrived in Colombo yesterday. Raid Amazones is a popular annual adventure trail originating from France. The event features French female…

Maldivian Airlines to commence Male Ratmalana flights from March 27

BusinessPicture and text by Ashraff.A.SamadTags: Print EditionState Minister D.V. Chanka, Maldives High Commissioner Omar Abdul Razzak, Janaka Sri Chandragupta, G.A.Chandrasiri Chairman AASL, Vice Chairman AASL Rajiv Sooriyaarachchi ,…

Exterminators’s IPO oversubscribed on opening day

BusinessMarlon FerreiraTags: Print EditionExterminators Limited, Sri Lanka’s premier pest management and environmental enhancement technology company’s IPO was oversubscribed in a matter of hours on the opening day. The offer was…

Gold sovereign crosses Rs 150,000 mark

BusinessTags: Print EditionThe price of gold sovereign in the local market has crossed the Rs 150,000 mark for the first time, say gold traders at Sea Street (Hettiweediya.) Today the price of 24 karat gold sovereign is at Rs 150,000…

“Clear ‘blockages and red tape’ to prevent sink in LPI”

Logistics IndustryBusinessShirajiv SirimaneTop officials of Logistics & Freight Forwarders Association with Prof. Lalith Edirisinghe at the launch. Picture by Sudath MalaweeraTags: Print EditionThe government must clear ‘blockages…