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Sri Lanka@100 (SL@100) hosted its third public webinar “Unlocking Opportunities with Transformational Growth” to support high-potential, small and medium enterprises to adapt to the increasingly challenging business landscape and drive…
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Hela Clothing, a global apparel manufacturer with factories across Kenya, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, was recently presented with the 2021 Collaboration Award at the latest Tesco Non-Food Partner Conference. This is the third such…
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The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has secured a US $50 million (about Rs 10 billion at current exchange rates) loan from the CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, to facilitate lending to small and…
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JAT Holdings Limited, began its manufacturing operations ahead of schedule in Bangladesh further boosting its already established presence in the country. Following the recent Initial Public Offering (IPO), JAT Holdings is ahead…
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Lalith Ekanayake, AGM, Port Investment Services, (PIS), HIPG, Tim Xiao, Senior General Manager, (PIS), HIPG; Ravi Jayawickreme, CEO, HIPS; Johnson Liu, CEO, HIPG; Minister Namal Rajapaksa; Omar Abdul Razzak, High Commissioner Maldives…
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People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are highly protected against severe infection, hospitalization and death caused by the virus. But coronavirus cases among the fully vaccinated — so-called “breakthrough” Covid cases —…
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A study recently found that a drug meant to treat high cholesterol also cuts COVID infection by 70 percent and reduces its spread from one person to another. The research team, led by the University of Birmingham and Keele…
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When the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared the Tokyo Summer Games closed on Sunday, he called this year’s competition one of “hope, solidarity and peace”. “For the first time since the pandemic began, the…
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Israel recorded over 5,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the highest tally in over half a year, as it struggled to contain the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the Health Ministry said. The…
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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19. The mRNA vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech may be less effective than Moderna’s…
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