Sri Lanka AG’s Department Receives a U.S-Funded Training Center and E-Case File Tracking System
With support from the United States, the Attorney General’s Department inaugurated a state-of-the-art training center and launched an electronic system to track cases and legal files will, which strengthen the…
Virtusa Founder and CEO Kris Canekeratne To Step Down Ending 25-Year Run
Virtusa Co-Founder and CEO Kris Canekeratne is setting down at- end of this June after growing the Global business consulting and IT outsourcing provider to $1.3 billion in revenue. Canekeratne along…
Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
Typically, if you get a COVID-19 vaccine that requires two doses, you should get two of the same vaccine. Two Pfizer shots, or two Moderna shots. Not one and then…
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Mobitel extends the lead over Dialog in user experience, while Hutch emerges as the most improved in Q42020
Sri Lanka’s State-owned mobile telco operator, Mobitel extended its lead over Dialog Axiata in mobile network experience while Hutch emerge as the most improved mobile telco operator in Q42020. Holding…
Sri Lanka: Chinese come calling
by Col R Hariharan Chinese defence minister’s visit The recently held Quad summit, which transformed an informal framework of the US, India, Japan, and Australia, into a formal grouping with…
Singapore to stop entry of visitors from Sri Lanka and two other SA countries
(PTI): Singapore will stop the entry or transit to visitors with recent travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from May 2 following “deterioration” of coronavirus situation in…
Former US Ambassador to UN Samantha Power Secures Senate Vote to Become the New USAID Administrator
The Former United States (US) Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Samantha Power was confirmed by United States Senate as the nineteenth Administrator of the United States Agency for International…
Maga Engineering Takes a Large Chunk of ADB’s Construction Contracts in Sri Lanka
The leading construction comoany, Maga Engineering Pvt. Ltd emerged as the top contractor in Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded projects in the country by securing contracts valued at a staggering…
Shipping during COVID-19: Why container freight rates have surged
By United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) When the Ever Given megaship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for almost a week in March, it triggered a new…
United States Launches “Clean Cities, Blue Ocean Program” in Sri Lanka to Tackle Plastic Pollution
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina B. Teplitz announced the first grants awarded through the U.S. government’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program yesterday, totaling $345,000. These grants to Sri Lankan…