Day: December 17, 2020

EDUCATING SRI LANKA

PAST TEACHING The educative process has differed from era to era – Goolbai Gunasekara For the last 70 years or so, education of this country has been through change after change – not always for the…

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FRENCH PRESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

Macron tests positive for COVID-19, forcing leaders to self isolate PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, his office said on Thursday, sparking a track and trace effort targeting EU…

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SAMPATH BANK

Sampath Bank further extended its support to affected borrowers in 2020 ~ Announced second debt moratorium for COVID-19 affected borrowers, looking beyond possible impacts to its own bottom line ~ Colombo, December 17th, 2020: Offering…

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US AND UK IN TALKS OVER ‘MINI TRADE DEAL’

The outgoing US administration is in talks with the UK to try to seal a mini-deal to reduce trade tariffs, Donald Trump’s trade chief has said. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the BBC he…

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AMÃNA BANK

Amãna Bank OrphanCare completes another quarterly distribution Over 2,800 Orphans benefit Amãna Bank’s internationally awarded OrphanCare program successfully completed its 5th consecutive quarterly fund distribution benefiting over 2,800 deserving recipients in November 2020. Despite the…

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AIA

AIA Insurance joins CANSOC to drive breast cancer awareness 15th December 2020: Breast Cancer is the commonest cancer among women in Sri Lanka and its incidence has been continuously rising. Breast cancer is curable if…

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