The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), marked World Food Day at an event held under the auspices of the Prime Minister Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena and the Minister of Agriculture Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera Friday (14)….
The International Cricket Council (ICC), today announced a global partnership with Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies. The partnership will include Aramco sponsorship of all major men’s and women’s ICC events scheduled until the end of 2023, including the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the ICC Women’s…
The ICC and UNICEF have launched a global partnership to empower women and girls and promote inclusion and gender equality through cricket. Initiatives to drive greater gender equity along with advocacy campaigns involving some of the world’s best players will form the basis of the partnership which aims to mobilise the power of cricket to…
“Towards the Development of the Blue Economy of Sri Lanka” The inaugural meeting of the Chamber of Marine Industries of Sri Lanka was held at the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) recently (11th October) with the presence of Chairman, EDB and the representatives of the industries of boat and shipbuilding, nautical tourism, chartering, and…
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday said that it is “not in a position to consider favorably” to the request to operate Russia’s MIR bankcards within the country’s banking system due to the US sanctions on the payment system. “Due to the US sanctions on the MIR payment system, as confirmed by the…
Reuters – The Paris Club creditor nations last month reached out to China and India seeking to coordinate closely on Sri Lanka’s debt talks, but is still awaiting a reply, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Paris Club officials reached out to two of Sri Lanka’s biggest bilateral creditors…
SriLankan Airlines, together with the High Commission of Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom, recently hosted 30 of the UK’s premier tour operators to discuss positive developments in the tourism landscape of Sri Lanka. Travellers from the UK have long preferred Sri Lanka as a holiday destination, especially during winters, and the UK government has…
The latest venture undertaken by BONDVILLE MANUFACTURING (PVT) LTD to set up a new factory in the Gonapola area to manufacture bonded garments for export purposes, is to break the shackles of the sewing techniques of using needles and thread as the main joining method and thus, going into bonding techniques to join fabric panels….
A milestone in industry – academia collaboration was reached recently when Teejay Lanka PLC extended its partnership with the University of Moratuwa for two more years, a period that will encompass the 10th anniversary of the relationship. The decade-long collaboration between the Sri Lanka’s first multinational textile manufacturer and the country’s largest provider of manpower…
The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has benchmarked their Lost Time Accident (LTA) Campaign, with the port’s Energy services department (ENS) successfully achieving their targeted 200,000 man hours during the 1st week of October. An important milestone in creating confidence amongst customers and in the market, particularly in the Oil and Gas sector, where safety is…
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