By Dr. Nirmal De Silva – Associate Professor in Business, Board Director and Entrepreneur Over the last few weeks there have been many discussions, ideas and content on the impact of Covid-19 on businesses and the economy in particular. It is evident that Covid-19 has created many challenges for Individuals, Companies and Governments. This pandemic…
People’s Bank had taken steps to ensure that senior citizens who visited any bank branch on 2nd, 3rd and 6th April to claim their pensions were given a special service in a safe, hygienic environment in the wake of the difficult situation in the country caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Accordingly, arrangements were made to…
In its efforts to support students through this tumultuous time and to minimise the disruption to the education system due to the early closure of schools, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity partner, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has launched Nenasa 1377, a distance learning helpline for all Grade 11 students to…
Emirates in coordination with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will be introducing additional precautions. Passengers on today’s flight to Tunisia were all tested for COVID-19 before departing from Dubai. Emirates is the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers. The quick blood test was conducted by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and results…
~ Home delivery of equipment and daily tips on social media Sri Lanka’s pioneering fitness equipment supplier Quantum Fitness is encouraging its loyal customers and all Sri Lankans to stay indoors and still stay fit during the troubled times. As Sri Lanka goes through the third week of mandatory work-from-home to curb the spread of…
Joining corporates in stepping up their efforts to fortify essential public health services Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC, donated 68 fire extinguishers to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) yesterday. The initiative allows HNB to better equip the hospital’s medical stores against any outbreak of fire while playing a supporting…
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cloud-enabled cybersecurity solutions, in a recent live report stated that the volume of “COVID-19” and “coronavirus” email scams have nearly tripled in the past week. The live report publishes indicators of compromise Sophos discovers for related threats where in-house cybersecurity experts examine some of the trends they are seeing in…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent reproductive and metabolic disorder in women. Studies conducted in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka on the subject showed that the community prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome was at 5.9 percent. While the condition affects up to 18% of the women in the reproductive ages of 15 to…
Due to the rise in cases of COVID-19 positive patients an island wide curfew was imposed on the 20th of March 2020. Amidst the turbulent operating environment, it was evident that a disruption to an essential service such as gas was not encouraging. Therefore the Management of LAUGFS Gas devised a plan to meet the…
Priyantha Talwatte, Chief Executive Officer of Nations Trust Bank PLC symbolically handed over medical scrub suits for frontline healthcare workers combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka, to Director General of Health, Dr. Anil Jasinghe, in Colombo on 11th April 2020. This simple event took place with the participation of the Commander of the Sri…
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