IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) recently rolled out a program to promote improved corporate and ethical business practices for small businesses in the Mannar and Vauvniya districts of Sri Lanka.
Fashion Bug, one of Sri Lanka’s leading retail clothing chain with over 16 outlets island-wide sponsored an event organized by the ‘Parliament Sevaka Sangamaya’ with a motive of granting scholarships to outstanding and deserving students who excelled at the recently concluded GCE O/L, A/L and Grade 5 scholarship Examinations.
The Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire, will visit Colombo, Jaffna and Galle in his third official visit to Sri Lanka.
In the backdrop of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to launch, Bangladesh is hosting the 6th South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN – VI) from the 11th of January 2016 till the 13th of January 2016 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).
Asia’s second oldest tennis organization, the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) hosted a grand felicitation ceremony and gala dinner to mark its 100th anniversary celebrations.
United Tractor & Equipment (Pvt) Ltd (UTE) recently delivered eight Hydraulic Excavators of the Cat 312D2 Series for Climate Resilience Improve Project of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management.
Chartered Engineer Malith Mendis has been appointed Country Representative of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation.
Nivithigala in Sri Lanka’s Ratnapura District has been refreshed with water supply and sanitation facilities it received from Brandix, under the Group’s novel ‘model village’ themed community initiative.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Hon. Nawaz Sharif and the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe today (5th January) announced the ‘Pakistan Single Country Exhibition 2016,’ thereby boosting the long-standing commercial ties between the nations and inviting businesses of the two countries to tap into the growth potential of each other’s economies and leading economies to which they enjoy preferential trade access.
Holcim Lanka powers ahead with animal rescue for 7th consecutive year with IUCN
The gift of improved sight is to be bestowed on 150 Sri Lankans under a new community initiative announced in Colombo by the China Merchants Group (CMG), the major stakeholder in Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) which manages Colombo’s third container terminal.
