Year: 2022
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Jun- 2022 -20 JuneMEDIA RELEASES
LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE CHILDREN
We just returned from a workshop in Kathmandu organized by UNICEF, which brought together religious leaders from different faiths from across South Asia
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20 JunePARTNER NEWS
SAMPATHCARDS INTRODUCES
SampathCards has partnered with Keells Supermarkets for the first time in Sri Lanka to introduce a new method of redeeming rewards points for Sampath Cardholders
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20 JuneONLINE EXCLUSIVES
OIL PRICES SEESAW AFTER 6% SLUMP DUE TO ECONOMIC CONCERNS; BRENT REACHES $113.32/BBL
Business Today - Jun 20, 2022 Brent crude futures LCOc1 gained 20 cents, or 0.2%, to $113.32 a barrel by 0105 GMT, after rising as much as 1% earlier. Front-month prices tumbled 7.3% last week, its…
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20 JuneONLINE EXCLUSIVES
WE FACE A GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS. AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
The Guardian - 18 Jun 2022 Back in February, plenty of investors were betting that the buildup of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border was no more than an elaborate bluff. The Russian and Ukrainian currencies appreciated…
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20 JuneMEDIA RELEASES
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of Colombo, marking
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19 JuneONLINE EXCLUSIVES
SRI LANKA SHOULD HAVE GONE TO IMF SOONER, SAYS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
BBC - 17 June 2022 Sri Lanka could have avoided its current economic turmoil if it had gone to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout sooner, the country's central bank governor says. P…
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19 June
GET THE REPORTING RIGHT AND SUSTAINABILITY WILL FOLLOW
World Economic Forum - 15 Jun 2022 Expectations of the purpose of business, as well as how companies operate and deliver is evolving. The Forum understands the challenges they face and supports progress on convergent sustainability…
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19 JuneMANAGEMENT DIGEST
EDUCATING SRI LANKA
GROWING PAINS Well-rounded children find the transition to adulthood easier BY Goolbai Gunasekara Teenage patterns of behaviour have been catalogued and dealt with extensively. However, one must remember that the objects of such discussions are…
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18 June
WTO STRIKES GLOBAL TRADE DEALS AMID HEIGHTENED GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS
World Economic Forum - 17 Jun 2022 The World Trade Organization has approved a package of six trade agreements, including commitments on reversing over-fishing and pledges on health and food security. The deal, reached on a…
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17 JuneONLINE EXCLUSIVES
FOUR INDIAN COMPANIES JOIN APPLE, GOOGLE & AMAZON AS WORLD’S TOP 100 BRANDS
Business Insider - JUN 17, 2022 Four Indian companies — namely TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys and LIC — were featured among the top 100 global biggest brands, along with companies like Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft.…
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