May 2021 - Lanka Business News

May 31, 2021

As Sri Lanka began expanding its COVID-19 vaccination programme beyond the Western Province, Emirates SkyCargo supported the process by transporting a consignment of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia to Colombo. The consignment comprising 50,000 doses was transported under controlled conditions from Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport to Dubai and onwards to Colombo, arriving […]

May 31, 2021

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has recorded 9.3% growth in Year-to-Date (YTD) All Share Price Index (ASPI) within the first 05 months of 2021. The S & P SL 20 Index fared even better with YTD growth of 13% The market also saw record breaking YTD Market Turnover volume of Rs.414.5 Bn […]

May 31, 2021

Sri Lanka’s pioneering higher education alumni organization, the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) Alumni Association (PIMA), positioned as the country’s leading network of top industry professionals, recently launched a digital member platform to build, nurture and develop its member network. Comprising of over 3,500 postgraduate qualified PIM graduate members, the PIMA network is an […]

May 31, 2021

By Dr. Suranga Hettipathirana May 31, 2021: In Sri Lanka, menstruation has more often than not been a topic spoken in hushed tones, behind closed doors and continues to be one of our culture’s greatest stigmas, despite being home to a female population of 52%, 5.7 Million of whom menstruate. Therefore, poorly-informed practices […]

May 31, 2021

The CFA Society Sri Lanka is delighted to announce the eighth annual CFA Capital Market Awards, which is scheduled to be held on 22 June 2021, under the theme ‘Investing with Purpose’. A signature event in the CFA Society Sri Lanka calendar since its inception in 2013, the Capital Market Awards is […]

May 31, 2021

Over 65 percent of Nigerians are outside the financial services envelope, with millions unbanked or under-banked LAGOS, Nigeria, May 31, 2021/ — Over 2,000 oil palm farmers in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states now have access to digitized financial services, thanks to a partnership between Releaf (www.Releaf.africa), a raw material procurement & logistics […]

May 31, 2021

26 May 2021, Colombo Sri Lanka: MAS Holdings and its associates, honoured their pledge to support the ‘Little Hearts’ project of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital, one of the largest children’s hospitals in the world, by raising funds to upgrade its infrastructure in cardiac care, towards their ongoing national healthcare efforts In 2019, […]

May 31, 2021

Capability building is an integral part of the Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies’ (SLASSCOM) agenda in the journey towards its vision of growing the IT and BPO industry of Sri Lanka to generate revenue of USD 5 billion in exports creating 200,000 highly skilled workforce and facilitating 1,000 startups by […]

May 31, 2021

Monday, 31st May 2021, Colombo: As part of its ongoing efforts to give back to the community & society, American & Efird Lanka (A&E Lanka), a Portfolio Company of Elevate Textiles, recently partnered with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) to support their efforts in Forest Restoration of the Kanneliya Conservation Forest in Halgahawela, […]

May 31, 2021

How do you picture a wildlife photographer – A person in camouflaged clothes carrying an array of huge lenses and heavy camera bodies, patiently observing the wild, from a distance. What if all those camera innovations could just fit into his pocket? Nothing like innovation packed in a sleek body that slips right […]

Emirates SkyCargo transports 50,000 doses of Sputnik V from Moscow to Colombo

Stock market buoyant in 2021

PIM Alumni launches member portal to build Sri Lanka’s strongest postgraduate professional network

Menstrual Hygiene: It’s all about awareness, accessibility & testing

Back from a Hiatus; CFA Capital Market Awards to be Held on 22 June

Releaf, OnePipe partnership deepens financial inclusion, improves productivity for South-South farmers

MAS Holdings donates 130 Mn in support of the “Little Hearts Fund” – a project by the Lady Ridgeway Hospital

SLASSCOM partners with SLANSHEI to equip IT graduates on industry-essential soft skills

A&E Lanka partners with Biodiversity Sri Lanka for Forest restoration in Kanneliya

“I Didn’t have to Choose Between Photos or Video with 8K Video Snap on Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G”: Nat Geo Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav