The Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka (FHA) in its capacity as the apex association of 41 Registered licensed Finance companies of Sri Lanka, deeply condemns the alleged murder of the late Sunil Jayawardena, the Chairman of the Lanka Self Employed Professional’s Three Wheel Association, which has taken place on Wednesday 10th, June 2020, evening. […]
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John Keells Group’s Plasticcycle commemorates World Environment Day with a Webinar on Biodiversity Conservation Trends Post Covid-19
Plasticcycle – the Social Entrepreneurship project of John Keells Group, hosted a webinar on 4th June 2020, in line with this year’s theme for World Environment Day, on Biodiversity Conservation Trends Post Covid-19 with renowned Wildlife & Fisheries Biologist Vimukthi Weeratunga. Mr. Weeratunga was , a, was Manager for Nature Trails – Cinnamon Holidays as of […]
Technical Assistance grant of Euro 11 mn from the Government of Germany
An agreement was signed by the Government of Sri Lanka with the Government of Germany today to obtain a technical assistance grant of Euro 11 million to implement the following three projects. Vocational Training in Sri Lanka – Euro 7 million This Project aims at providing demand-oriented cooperative vocational training for young people. Small & […]
Sri Lanka’s economy to contract by 3.2% in 2020 : WB
The World Bank projects Sri Lanka’s economy to contract by 3.2% this year and remain flat at zero percent next year. “In Sri Lanka, the combination of falling tourism, manufacturing activity and services associated with the pandemic is envisaged to cause output to contract by 3.2 percent, despite the earlier recovery from the April 2019 terrorist […]
EFIC Celebrates 40 years of pioneering Multi-lingual Education in Sri Lanka
École Française Internationale De Colombo (EFIC), also known as the French International School of Colombo celebrated a milestone of 40 years in providing exceptional education opportunities in Sri Lanka recently. The Multi-lingual Education School will be calling for applications to enroll new pupils for the September 2020 intake. EFIC is located in the heart of […]
Prime Grand, Ward Place Construction Back in action; Celebrates Topping off
Prime Grand, the flagship luxury project of Prime Group, the leading real estate developer of Sri Lanka, has resumed its operations in accordance to #RestartSL protocols announced by the Government of Sri Lanka. Prime Group which stands strong in their contribution towards the economic regeneration in the country, celebrated a key milestone of ‘Prime Grand’, […]
Huawei Service Mid-year Fiesta launched with superior offers
Huawei, the innovative smartphone manufacturer, launched ‘’Huawei Service Mid-year Fiesta’’ to be held from 1st June till 31st July 2020. Huawei offers special discounts for smartphone repairs and also complimentary gifts throughout the fiesta to encourage users who are eagerly waiting to get their smart devices repaired. A 20% discount on Huawei original spare parts […]
Huawei introduces AI technology to help Sri Lankan Medical Professionals to Better Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic
Huawei the leading global ICT solutions provider, has further extended the support to Sri Lanka’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic via launching AI-Assisted Automatic and Quick Diagnosis technology platform to frontline medical professionals. This AI-assisted system empowered by Huawei’s Cloud technology, is deployed at Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama integrating with the existing Picture Archiving […]
Huawei Launches ASEAN Academy to Empower Digital Talent and Nurture Digital Ecosystem
Huawei Malaysia introduced the Huawei ASEAN Academy, a dedicated training module set to empower digital talent in the region. In its commitment, Huawei aims to nurture 50,000 talents over the next five years, spread across various businesses and technology sectors. The academy will provide more than 3,000 ICT courses involving 100 skilled trainers to nurture […]
Thailand Prime Minister leads National Committee to promote 5G development
A 26-member National 5G Committee has been formed with Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as chairman to coordinate the 5G development and boost the digital economy in the country. The committee is also tasked with mitigating obstacles regarding the recall of unused spectrum, from state agencies for the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), in […]