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Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Ministry to produce top business advisers with SLIM
THE Industries and Entrepreneurship Development Ministry in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), has launched a special program aimed at transforming State officials into the country’s top business advisers.
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June 06, 2025
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BOI showcases Sri Lanka’s investment potential to Chinese firms
BOI Director General Renuka Weerakone invites Chinese investors to capitalise on Sri Lanka's growing opportunities at ‘Sri Lanka - China Trade and Investment Forum 2025’ Emphasises 1,200 foreign firms operate under BOI across diverse sectors, incentives and investor-friendly environment, including 100% foreign ownership, profit repatriation, Constitutional investment protection Identifies textiles/apparel, pharmaceuticals/medical devices, automotive components/ rubber-based products, minerals, tourism, education, ICT, agri/ food processing, renewable energy and infrastructure as priority sectors for investment Highlights ready-to-invest projects in sectors such as hospitality, education, logistics, IT, pharmaceuticals and entertainment
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June 06, 2025
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Virtusa bolsters expansion plans with acquisition of Mav3rik
Accelerates growth and scale in Australian region as a leader in Salesforce
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June 06, 2025
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Colombo Magistrate's Court grants bail to former Land Reclamation GM
THE Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday granted bail to former General Manager (GM) of the Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (SLLRDC) M.R. Srimati Mallika Kumari Senadheera, who was arrested over allegations of corruption linked to the opening ceremony of the first phase of the Weras Ganga Park project.
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June 06, 2025
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Bridging the gap: Financial inclusion, gender, and survival finance in Sri Lanka's margins
ACROSS South Asia, the pandemic exposed not only the fragility of livelihoods, but also the limits of systems designed to protect them. As informal workers scrambled to stay afloat, governments rushed to deploy cash transfers at scale. Yet speed alone was never the whole story. What mattered just as much—if not more—was whether people trusted the system enough to register, to show up, to believe that help would come.
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June 06, 2025
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Celeste partners BnS as brand celebrates five years of disruption in retail
CELESTE, Sri Lanka's fastest-growing on-demand online supermarket, celebrated its five-year anniversary on 30 May, at a glittering gala held at Shangri-La Colombo. Under the theme \"Strengthening Bonds\", the evening brought together an exclusive gathering of partners, celebrities, well-wishers, and media to reflect on Celeste's rapid rise from a pandemic-era start-up to the market leader in Sri Lanka's Q-commerce space.
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June 06, 2025
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Sri Lanka score morale-boosting win
TWO Pereras (Dillon and Leon) guided the national football team to notch up a 1-0 win over the higher ranked Brunei in their FIFA friendly encounter played at the Alpine Football Field in Thailand yesterday.
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June 06, 2025
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HNB leads on environmental responsibility becomes first Sri Lankan bank to embark on Zero Plastic journey
SRI Lanka’s premier bank, HNB PLC reinforced its environmental stewardship by unveiling three major initiatives: the launch of its ZeroPlastic Commitment Certification pilot at HNB Towers, attainment of carbon neutral certification under ISO 14064-1:2018, and Platinum Sponsorship of the 2nd International Conference on Plastics, Innovations and Environmental Sustainability (ICPIES 2025).
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June 06, 2025
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HNB partners Toyota Lanka to offer flexible vehicle leasing solutions
HNB PLC, has entered into a strategic partnership with Toyota Lanka Ltd., to provide flexible leasing solutions for commercial and private vehicles.
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June 06, 2025
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DEFY FEST delivers world-class advertising training to over 700 attendees across 2 transformative days
DEFY, Sri Lanka's youngest advertising and design agency, proved that impact is not a function of age but of vision.
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June 06, 2025
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Dialogue on 'Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Management' with European Commission
THE Sri Lanka Embassy in Belgium, the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission (DG AGRI), and the Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka initiated a dialogue on ‘Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Management’ on 23 May. Officials of the DG AGRI and officials from several institutions of the Department of Agriculture of Sri Lanka attended the first session of the virtual dialogue.
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June 06, 2025
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The legacy of Mahinda Siriwardana
THE illustrious former Central Banker cum technocrat Mahinda Siriwardana will end his highly impressive three-year-tenure as Secretary to the Ministry of Finance at the end of this month to assume duties in the post of Alternate Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank, representing Sri Lanka and six other countries.
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June 06, 2025
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Startling cricket and stunning defeats as Major Clubs T20 resumes
THE resumption of the SLC Major Clubs T20 yesterday after a short recess for bad weather produced some startling cricket and results with Ace Capital CC scraping through by one wicket, Panadura SC by 4 runs, NCC, the defending champions regaining top position in Group A with a win over Moors SC and shock defeats suffered by Bloomfield and Tamil Union.
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June 06, 2025
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Eid al-Adha at The Kingsbury
THIS Eid al-Adha, The Kingsbury Colombo invites you to mark the occasion with curated culinary experiences that reflect the warmth, generosity and spirit of the season.
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June 06, 2025
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Another 43 Ceylinco Life sales officers graduate with diplomas in Financial Sales Management
A group of 43 sales officers of Ceylinco Life recently graduated with diplomas in Financial Sales Management, under a program tailor-made for the life insurance market leader by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM).
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June 06, 2025
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Celebrate Father's Day in style at Cinnamon Red Colombo
CINNAMON Red Colombo invites guests to celebrate Father’s Day with a special dinner event at its chic dining venue, Flavoured.
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June 06, 2025
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Sri Lanka Export Excellence Initiative advances SMEs with ExpoScaleUp
THE Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the European Union (EU), successfully organised the Pitching Event for the ExpoScaleUp program at the Ramada Hotel in Colombo.
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June 06, 2025
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Action thriller "Ballerina" in 13 cinemas in SL from today
AMERICAN action thriller film “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” will be screened in 13 cinemas of Sri Lanka from today.
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June 06, 2025
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New design competition by Geoffrey Bawa Trust
THE Geoffrey Bawa Trust said yesterday it is currently running a bench design competition for the front terrace of The Bawa Space on Horton Place.
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June 06, 2025
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Ajith Perera elected Chairman of Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development
MP Ajith P. Perera was elected as the Chairman of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Infrastructure and Strategic Development.
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June 06, 2025
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Volker Türk's visit, wartime accountability and realist-reformism for north-south reconciliation
NO IPKF commander or reputed Indian reporter ever claimed in retrospect that had the IPKF stayed on, Prabhakaran and the Tigers would have been beaten.
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June 05, 2025
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President stresses need for holistic national development and collective governance
PRESIDENT Anura Kumara Disanayake yesterday stressed that a country’s progress must go beyond economic success, insisting on the importance of accompanying social development and a shift in political culture.
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June 05, 2025
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Secondary Bond market rallies following bullish outcome at T-Bill auction
THE weekly Treasury Bill auction conducted yesterday was fully subscribed, the entire Rs. 167.50 billion on offer successfully raised in the first phase in competitive bidding.
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June 05, 2025
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$ 650 m in FDI in first quarter claims Minister Handunneththi
INDUSTRY and Entrepreneurship Development Minister Sunil Handunneththi yesterday told Parliament that Sri Lanka received $ 650 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the first quarter of this year.
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June 05, 2025
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SriLankan Airlines' first wide-body aircraft in seven years touches down at BIA
SRILANKAN Airlines yesterday welcomed an Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft on arrival from Paris.
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June 05, 2025
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Policy framework to draft new Condominium Act gets Cabinet nod
THE Cabinet of Ministers at their meeting on Monday granted policy approval to formulate a new Act to govern the registration of condominium properties owned by the Government or affiliated agencies.
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June 05, 2025
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Sri Lanka to sign MoU with World Food Programme for $ 74.87 m strategic plan
THE Cabinet of Ministers at their meeting on Monday approved signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the UN to facilitate the implementation of the WFP's Sri Lanka Strategic Plan for 2023-2027.
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June 05, 2025
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Climate resilience in South Asia will be private sector-led
World Bank says protecting lives and livelihoods depends on helping households and firms adapt
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June 05, 2025
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Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna hosts awareness program for Austrian tour operators
THE Embassy of Sri Lanka in Vienna, in coordination with Aitken Spence Travels Ltd., and Air Arabia Office in Vienna hosted a “Tour Operators Awareness Program” for Austrian tour operators at the Embassy premises on 22 May 2025.
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June 05, 2025
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Cabinet clears final phase of Myliddy Fishery Harbour development
THE Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved construction planned in the land under Stage III of the Myliddy Fishery Harbour development and to extend the project timeline till 2027.
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