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Sunrise Engineering to power Sri Lanka with “Veefil”
Re-charging electric vehicle in 20 minutes is now possible Sunrise Engineering signed an exclusive distributor agreement with Tritium, the Australian designer and manufacturer of the “Veefil”, the world’s most technologically-advanced rapid charger for electric vehicles.. This partnership comes at a very crucial time where the absence of rapid charging infrastructure is deeply felt in the […]
Sri Lanka to issue certificates of absence for missing persons
Jun 08, 2016 (LBO) – The Cabinet of Ministers approved draft legislation enabling the issuance of Certificates of Absence enabling family of missing to address practical issues relating to their disappearance. The draft legislation which involves an amendment to the Registration of Deaths (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 19 of 2010 will now be gazetted and the […]
Renewed boost for accounting profession as CA Sri Lanka, CIMA teams up
Two of the country’s accounting giants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) will team up in an effort to develop the accounting profession which will also benefit the members of both institutes. Andrew Harding, Managing Director of CIMA, and Aruna Alwis, Chief […]
Commercial Bank begins new series of entrepreneurship programmes for women
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently conducted the first of a series of entrepreneur development programmes exclusively for women, in recognition of their importance to the national economy. The programme conducted in Matara in collaboration with the National Enterprises Development Authority (NEDA) was attended by more than 100 women entrepreneurs who are involved in micro, […]
ODEL launches LUV Sigiriya campaign to protect historic site
ODEL clean up team hauls down 40 sacks of rubbish from Lion Rockon World Environment Day Callous visitors defile the historic Sigiriya rock with 40 sack loads of rubbish each day, an alarming fact brought vividly alive by employees of ODEL who undertook to clean up the site to mark World Environment Day this year. […]
Clinton seals Democratic US presidential nomination
June 07, 2016 (LBO) – Former New York Senator and US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has obtained the number of delegates needed to seal the Democratic nomination for US presidential election. Clinton has secured the 2,383 delegates needed to become the Democratic Party nominee with the crucial victory in Puerto Rico at the weekend. […]
Head of British diplomatic service visits Sri Lanka to see reconciliation work
Head of the British Diplomatic Service Sir Simon McDonald and Secretary at the UK Department for International Development Mark Lowcock visited Sri Lanka yesterday to meet with high-level government officials and discuss Sri Lanka’s progress on reconciliation. During their visit they also met with representatives of many of the organisations implementing UK funded projects in […]
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With the recent launch of the WEDF 2016 to be held in Sri Lanka in October, the EDB has taken a bold step towards creating a true sense of the word of Public, Private Partnership. Several leading professionals who have been invited from national chambers and product associations to steer various “action groups” have been […]
Brandix honours Supply Chain partners at Vendor Summit
Inspired performances by supply chain partners in FY 2015-16 contributed to the best year to date for apparel powerhouse Brandix, which honoured its top vendors at a gala Vendor Summit in Sri Lanka last week. The top 100 vendors from the 350 that account for Brandix’s annual raw material spend attended the summit, half of […]
France Foreign Minister reaffirms support for Sri Lanka’s GSP +
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, on a three day official visit to Paris, from 1st to 3rd June 2016, reiterated his commitment to elevate the bilateral partnership with France to a higher level in all spheres of co-operation strengthening the existing bonds of friendship between the two countries. At bilateral discussions with Jean – Marc Ayrault, […]
SriLankan Airlines joins global crackdown on illegal wildlife trade
SriLankan Airlines on Thursday 2nd June joined a landmark worldwide drive to crack down on the illegal global trade in wildlife that has brought many of the world’s rare species close to extinction. SriLankan was among several international airlines which pledged their full support for the ʻUnited for Wildlifeʼ initiative, at the annual general meeting […]