Month: December 2020

SLDF 2021

SRI LANKA’S FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL DESIGN FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE ‘DESIGNED AND MADE IN SRI LANKA’ GLOBALLY Sri Lanka Design Festival 2021 Colombo, 16th December 2020: Setting a new national benchmark, the Academy of Design (AOD) has conceptualized…

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HNB

The nation’s largest private sector retail bank, HNB PLC once again secured top rankings among Sri Lanka’s ‘Most Admired Companies’ for the

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BRITISH AIRWAYS DROPS 15 LONG HAUL ROUTES

British Airways has cancelled services to more than 15 long-haul destinations next year. The news comes as many airlines cut staff and drop routes as passengers cut travel amid the pandemic. Routes to cities in…

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VIVO

vivo and ZEISS Enter Global Partnership for Mobile Imaging Under the strategic collaboration, vivo and ZEISS will co-engineer an imaging system for vivo’s premium smartphones, starting with the upcoming vivo X60 series The companies have…

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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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