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The Joint Apparel Associations Forum (JAAF) has formulated a 5-point framework to coordinate the industry’s response to challenges stemming from COVID-19 and to drive stakeholder collaboration towards ensuring sustained long-term…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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US: US President Joe Biden has accepted a Pentagon recommendation to remove US troops from Afghanistan by an August 31 deadline, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of Afghans gathered around…
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US: The novel coronavirus disease likely developed naturally — jumping from an animal to humans, while the possibility of a leak is still not out of doubt, the director of the US National Institutes of Health has said. It is…
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CHINA: It is probable that China will reach 80 percent COVID-19 vaccines coverage by the end of this year, achieving herd immunity, the country’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said in a virtual speech at a health conference on…
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FRANCE: The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion (tn) in lost output, a report released Wednesday found. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s study found that emerging and developing…
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US: Geologists on Tuesday said they had detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it is not erupting. The quakes began overnight and continued into the morning, The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.…
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