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New Director Boards appointed for institutions coming under Power Minister
Sri Lanka’s Power, Energy and Business Development Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Wednesday appointed new Director Boards coming under his purview.Accordingly, new appointments were made to Ceylon Electricity Board, Atomic Energy Board, Sustainable Energy Authority, Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission, Lanka Electricity Company, Lanka Coal Company, and Lanka Transformers.Ceylon Electricity Board: Chairman – Rakhita Jayawardena Vice Chairman […]
Eminent lawyer K Kanag-Isvaran to deliver CA Sri Lanka 22nd Annual Tax Oration
Eminent lawyer and President’s Counsel Dr. Kanaganayagam Kanag-Isvaran, will deliver the 22nd Annual Oration on Taxation organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) on 06th February 2019 at the CA Sri Lanka Auditorium on ‘The tax collector and the rights of the taxed’. At the oration, Dr. Kanag-Isvaran is […]
New website to provide early warning signals for paddy, vegetable producers
Jan 30, 2019 (LBO) – Socio-Economic and Planning Centre of the Department of Agriculture has launched a new website for Sri Lankan farmers, which aims to provide updated information in order to educate them to make productive decisions regarding their crops. This website is a useful information source for farmers, consumers, agricultural producers and food processing institutions […]
ODEL’s ‘At Leisure’ Spring 2019 collection a nod to athleisure
Fashion and fitness morph in ODEL’s versatile new Spring 2019 collection that dares to envisage clothing that is equally suited for work, a walk or even a cocktail, in comfort, confidence and style. Titled ‘At Leisure,’ the collection rides on the zest of healthy and active living that has become an aspiration of the modern […]
PwC, Singapore Polytechnic to conduct two day course in AI & machine learning
Both, AI and Machine Learning have been recognised as important technological trends that are here to stay, in the backdrop of these technologies setting an important precedent in helping empower employees of a multitude of enterprises to add more value to their existing enterprises by increasingly empowering the automation of a number of procedures, from […]
DIMO walks Sri Lankan fashion industry to international ramps
Young Sri Lankan Fashion Star, Amesh Wijesekara has reached the international ramps of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin, after his breakthrough appearance on the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (MBFW) Sri Lanka. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Runways in Sri Lanka is organized annually by the affiliation of two powerful corporates in their respective fields; Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) […]
Plantation companies agree to increase basic wage of plantation workers to Rs700
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Plantation Companies and trade unions have agreed to increase the daily basic wage of plantation workers to 700 rupees with an additional 50 rupees under the Price Share Supplement (PSS). Further, 100 million rupees will also be allocated to the Plantation Companies out of the funds of Tea […]
Coast Conservation Department joins Single Window Investment Facilitation
The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Coast Conservation & Coastal Resources Management Department. The MOU was signed on behalf of the BOI by Mrs. Champika Malalgoda, Director General of the BOI and by Mr. B K Prabath Chandrakeerthi, Director General of the Coast Conservation & Coastal Resources […]
5G & competition, key issues for Asia-Pacific Telco investors: Fitch Ratings
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Credit investors in the Asia-Pacific telecommunications sector have key questions on telcos’ growth prospects amidst rising competition, the investment case for 5G, regulatory pressures, and the implications of these factors, Fitch’s Ratings said.Fitch has published a compendium of key questions received from investors and our views on each issue, following investor […]
” armyworm cannot be practically eradicated: UNFAO
Jan 24, 2019 (LBO) – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says that the Fall Armyworm (FAW) known as ‘Sena’ cannot be practically eradicated once established in a new area and it becomes one more pest that farmers need to learn about and manage.In the absence of natural control or good management, the FAW can […]
ABSF names ComBank MD S. Renganathan one of “Asia’s Greatest Leaders”
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has started 2019 on a winning note, with the Bank being named one of “Asia’s Greatest Brands” and its Managing Director Mr S. Renganathan being honoured as one of “Asia’s Greatest Leaders” by the Asian Business & Social Forum (ABSF). The prestigious double accolades were presented to the Bank at […]
LSEG Technology selected by ATOM Group to power AAX digital asset exchange
LSEG Technology, London Stock Exchange Group’s technology solutions provider, today announces that Millennium ExchangeTM has been selected by ATOM Group (“ATOMTM”) for its new digital asset exchange venue AAX. Millennium Exchange’s low latency, resilient, and scalable matching engine provides market-leading performance and reliability. AAX, expected to launch in H1 2019, will be the first digital […]