October 2020 - Lanka Business News

October 31, 2020

Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) has made the tourism investment process easy by streamlining the project approval process and the facilitation services provided by the Investor Relations Unit (IRU) – the unit established within SLTDA as the centralized facilitation arm for tourism investments in the country. The key objective of this effort […]

October 31, 2020

Calling on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo this morning, Ambassador of Switzerland to Sri Lanka Dominik Furgler discussed a number of areas to further cooperation between the two countries, including investment, exports, tourism and fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ambassador commended the manner in which the Government is responding to the […]

October 30, 2020

Exclusive Interview with Dr. Nadeera Nilupamali, Co-Founder ImmunifyMe, by Shameena Pallie “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.” Marie Curie With the development of communication technology […]

October 30, 2020

Given the enlarging COVID-19 clusters Sri Lanka is currently experiencing, it is critical that the country’s testing capacity is ramped up, along with its treatment capacity. Sri Lanka has to date employed only Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing, which is a highly sensitive molecular test that typically delivers an accurate result with […]

October 30, 2020

Washington, D.C., October 30, 2020—IFC’s pandemic response is focused on reaching the most vulnerable people in developing countries. Of the $8 billion in IFC COVID-19 fast-track financing approved by the IFC Board in March 2020, $4 billion has been committed to date, of which close to half is expected to benefit people […]

October 30, 2020

Lightning-Fast Incident Response Minimizes Attack Damage and Reduces Recovery Time Sophos Rapid Response Identifies First Use of Buer Malware Dropper to Deliver Ransomware in New Wave of Ryuk Attacks OXFORD, U.K. – Oct. 28, 2020 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the availability of Sophos Rapid Response, an industry-first, fixed-fee […]

October 29, 2020

by Farzana Suri, Victory Coach Entrepreneurial life isn’t easy. For those, who like me stumbled into it are likely to understand how tenacious you need to be when you are stripped off the pedigree of the organisation you represented in the ‘good old employment days’. You stand alone yet not. You stand with […]

October 29, 2020

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October 29, 2020

26 October 2020, Colombo: Raja Edirisuriya assumes duties as the Executive Project Management Director for Colombo Port City Development Project. This appointment was made as per a cabinet decision on a paper submitted by Hon. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Urban Development & Housing. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Edirisuriya was serving […]

October 29, 2020

Gamata Marketing, a brainchild of SLIM which was initiated to expand the marketing horizons of Sri Lanka, resumed its first trainings in collaboration with SABAH at Mahara Divisional Secretariat Office and Kaduwela Divisional Secretariat office. All those with an ambition to further strengthen their existing businesses or start up new businesses in the Mahara region […]

SLTDA streamlines the tourism investment approval process with one common application collaborating 18 line agencies

Swiss Ambassador Calls on Prime Minister, Discusses Trade, Tourism, Investment and COVID-19 Assistance

ImmunifyMe – an Internationally Accredited, Proven and Tested brand, with a Local Heritage, to revolutionize the Global Healthcare Sector

Need of the hour is ramped up testing

IFC Helps Businesses In Poorest Countries Fight Pandemic With $4 Billion In COVID-19 Financing

Sophos Launches Rapid Response Service to Identify and Neutralize Active Cybersecurity Attacks

An Ego-check for Entrepreneurs

Pyxle International and Trabeya announce merger

Raja Edirisuriya new Executive Project Management Director for Port City

SLIM Gamata Marketing continues training in partnership with SABAH