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HNB FINANCE PLC (HNBF) recently announced the appointment of Lalith Withana to the company’s Board of Directors as a non-independent, non-executive director, effective from September 10, 2021. Withana has held management…
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In an increasingly contact-less era, Koko is the latest innovation in payment methods and understanding the nature of the economy and the new norms of day-to-day life, Alibaba’s Daraz launched Koko, a “Buy now, pay later” mobile…
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Mistral, one of the popular brands introduced by Abans to customers in Sri Lanka, offers a wide range of durable, long-lasting and affordable products for the home. Mistral is an Australian brand founded in 1968, renowned across…
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Marking the occasion of People’s Bank’s 60th Anniversary and as part of the Bank’s ongoing housing project, the People’s Bank Buddhist Association renovated the home of A.M. Sudharmika, located at Wathukumbura, Muruthalawa. The newly…
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between KCI Metro Link Korea Company Ltd and the GBK Consortium Ltd of the Republic of Korea to conduct feasibility study to construct an LRT line from Negombo to Colombo (via Bandaranaike…
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Several hundred people line up every morning, starting before dawn, on a grassy area outside Nairobi’s largest hospital hoping to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Sometimes the line moves smoothly, while on other days, the staff tells them…
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CHINA: More than 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China as of Thursday, with over 889 million people in the country fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, a health official said Friday.…
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AFGHANISTAN: Taliban’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, who appeared before the media for the first time in a decade at a press conference after the insurgent group seized Kabul last month, said that he lived in the Afghan capital right…
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FRANCE: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned of a sharp increase in violence against journalists and reporters in Afghanistan, saying that in the past two days dozens of violent cases against journalists have been recorded by the…
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Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, rumoured to be dead, was seen in a new video on released on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the online activity of…
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