The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) are pleased to announce the MoJo Lanka festival, a two-day event celebrating the power of mobile journalism and digital storytelling. The festival will take place on June 24-25 at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. MoJo Lanka…
Reuters – Investors have pulled around $780 million from crypto exchange Binance in the last 24 hours, data firm Nansen said on Tuesday, a day after the world’s biggest crypto exchange was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Binance’s U.S. affiliate exchange registered net outflows of $13 million in the same period, Nansen…
High officials of the Police Crime Division stated that when setting up e-mail accounts for school children, do not enter the parents’ data and enter the correct age of the children. The officials stated this at the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Reconciliation and National Unity. The officials pointed out that due to online education being…
The Colombo Port City Economic Commission (the “Commission”) is proud to announce a significant milestone in its mission to establish the Colombo Port City special economic zone, as a globally competitive business environment. In line with the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act, the Commission entered into an agreement with the International ADR Centre (IADRC),…
Colombo, June 6, 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the European Union (EU)-funded BESPA-FOOD (Best Standardized Practices for the Agri-Food Sector) project will support the government to establish a well-coordinated food safety system in the country. Through the 6.5 million Euro project, FAO will work closely with the Ministry of Health to implement institutional revisions in the country’s food safety…
Reuters – Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday unveiled a costly augmented-reality headset called the Vision Pro in its riskiest bet since the introduction of the iPhone more than a decade ago, barging into a market dominated by Meta (META.O). At its annual developer conference, Apple also introduced a raft of new products and features, including a 15-inch MacBook Air, a powerful…
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, together with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vietnam organized a Media Familiarization Tour for a delegation of 5 members belonging to the high level media in Vietnam, including VTV 2 TV channel, Famous blogger Trans Viet in Vietnam , and three other Media personnel . The FAM tour…
The Hindu – Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday flagged off the first regular international cruise passenger vessel mv Empress from Chennai Port that will connect three ports on Sri Lanka. The first regular international cruise service will link ports including Hambantota and Trincomalee in Sri Lanka. GAC shipping (India) Pvt. Ltd….
The theme of World Environment Day on June 5, 2023, will concentrate to provide action-led efforts to mitigate plastic pollution under the theme of the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign. Sri Lanka as a country we were one of the leading polluters of the sea. Evidently, we are not featured on the list this year due to the…
With the current GSP+ regulation set to expire by the end 2023, it is imperative that Sri Lanka takes measures to secure concessionary access to the European market. Securing GSP+ depends on Sri Lanka upholding the already ratified conventions spanning human rights, labour, environment and governance. If Sri Lanka is to lose GSP+, the combined…
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