H-Connect Wins Gold at first-ever Sri Lanka Corporate Health and Productivity Awards

04 Mar 2019

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H-Connect Private Limited, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, won a Gold award at the inaugural edition

OPPO 2019 Innovation Event Offers Partners Chance to ‘Get Closer’

04 Mar 2019

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OPPO hosted its first global Innovation Event in Barcelona, Spain. Within the top 5 smartphone brands in the world, OPPO shared

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World’s first female robotic news anchor on Chinese channel

04 Mar 2019

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China’s Xinhua state news agency on Sunday used a lifelike robotic news anchor that mimics human facial expressions and mannerisms to present a story about delegates attending an annual parliament meeting arriving in Beijing.

Aqua Vista, the pinnacle of luxury vertical living in Galle

04 Mar 2019

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The dream of living in an idyllic, private haven in one of the country’s most prestigious property developments, located just a five minute

SLIM Super Brand Launch at Supermarkets

04 Mar 2019

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A brand launch initiated by SLIM took place on the 2ndof February from 08.30 am onwards at four local supermarkets around Colombo

Frostaire to service Sri Lanka’s refrigeration industry with locally manufactured cold chain solutio

04 Mar 2019

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Frostaire, Sri Lanka’s premier cooling service provider, has become the first company to localise the manufacture of cold rooms

Hotel ‘Elyon Colombo’

04 Mar 2019

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In June the iconic Orion Towers at the Orion City IT Park will be home to Elyon Colombo, a hotel to be branded and managed by Elyon Hotels

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Gotabaya’s debut in political stage on 8

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Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa will make his debut in a political stage on March 8, SLPP sources revealed.

Trump rips into Mueller probe, former Attorney General and others

04 Mar 2019

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Donald Trump said Saturday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team are targeting him with ‘bulls**t.’

IS unleashes car bombs

04 Mar 2019

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REUTERS, 03rd MARCH, 2019 - Islamic State launched suicide car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in its final patch of territory, fighters from the U.S.-backed force said on Sunday.

EU ready to give UK more guarantees on Brexit: Barnier

04 Mar 2019

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PARIS AFP March2, 2019-The European Union is prepared to give Britain further Brexit guarantees to help a divorce deal through the British parliament, the bloc’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said in an interview published Saturday.

ADB pledges further US $ 75mn to serve Lankan MSME sector

04 Mar 2019

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As Sri Lanka continues to perform below the potential in making finance accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), compared to the nations with similar economic status, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) last week pledged it would continue to support the island nation to improve access to financing for small businesses.

Govt.’s PPP boss says Sri Lanka may need to revisit some past privatisation deals

04 Mar 2019

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National Agency for Public-Private Partnership Chairman Thilan Wijesinghe last week said the government may want to revisit the already enacted privatisation agreements, including that of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), as there were fundamental flaws in these agreements.

ICRA Lanka revises and suspends troubled MTD Walker’s rating

04 Mar 2019

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ICRA Lanka Limited, a group company of Moody’s Investors Service, has further revised down the rating of debt-saddled construction firm MTD Walkers and also suspended the rating of the company.

February inflation rises to 4%

04 Mar 2019

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Sri Lanka’s inflation in its capital Colombo rose to 4 percent in February on a year-on-year basis, from 3.7 percent in January, the data released by the Census and Statistics Department showed.

Sri Lanka’s 2019 budget set to woo voters ahead of key elections

04 Mar 2019

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(Colombo) REUTERS: Sri Lankan Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s 2019 budget next week will attempt to stick to the fiscal targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), while raising spending on farmers and public servants to woo voters ahead of the polls later this year. The government, led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has come under heavy criticism for higher taxes and tight monetary and fiscal policies that have crimped

Women In Need (WIN) joins Riders for Charity for a fundraising bike ride

04 Mar 2019

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Women in Need (WIN) has come together with UK based volunteer group ’Riders for Charity’ to organize a 400 kilometres cycling

Adding final touches to Budget 2019

04 Mar 2019

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Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera is seen in deep conversation with Treasury Secretary Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunga, as he was adding the final touches to Budget 2019, at his private residence ‘Rainbow End’, in Gorakana, Panadura, on Saturday. Samaraweera is expected to commence the budget speech at 1:30 p.m., on Tuesday, in Parliament

Johnson & Johnson resumes production of baby talc in India after tests find no asbestos

04 Mar 2019

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(New Delhi) REUTERS: Johnson & Johnson has resumed production of its baby powder at plants in India after the government tests found no asbestos in the product, the company said on Thursday.