(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Healthy living is beyond doubt a crucial in this fast-paced world we live in and while fats provide us with the energy we need to carry on with our daily lives and make our food scrumptious, overuse could lead to heart diseases.
"Flora’s healthy spin on festive indulgence"Category: BUSINESS
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has decided to discontinue the current industry classification used to categorize its listed companies and adopt the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) along with S&P/CSE co-branded sector indices with effect 20 January 2020.
"CSE adopts GICS Industry Classification"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –To celebrate 71st Republic Day of India the High Commission of India is organizing a special cultural event “Divine Quartet”- a musical evening on Saturday, 25 January, 2020 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Convention Hall at 6.30 p.m.
"Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Pandit Subhen Chatterjee to perform in Sri Lanka"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Microsoft showcased an enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management application for enterprise users in Sri Lanka, recently. Theevent featured interactive demos and a panel discussion demonstrating a new way of managing business processes and unlocking potential for businesses of all sizes.
"Modernizing Business Processes with Microsoft Dynamics 365"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is to issue directives to the banking sector on the concessionary loan package proposed by the government to uplift Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with faulted business having failed to repay their loans.
"CB to issue directives to banking sector"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the provision of fertilizer free of charge for paddy farmers from the yala season.
"Free fertilizer for paddy farmers from ‘yala season’"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Cabinet of ministers under the auspices of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who chaired the meeting approved a proposal for the procurement of 400 new busses with 50-54 seating capacity and an additional 100 new busses with seating capacity between 32 to 35.
"500 new buses for SLTB under Indian grant"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka will enact a new Banking Act in 2021, which will contain provisions to extend regulations for banks, which are to be established in the Colombo International Financial Centre.
"New Banking Act from 2021"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The government has taken steps to suspend the importation of maize and peanuts immediately, the Ministry of Agriculture stated.
"Imports of maize and peanuts suspended from 15th"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – The number of international tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka declined for the ninth straight month in December 2019 by 4.5 percent in comparison to a year ago while gradually recovering from the plunge following the Easter Sunday attacks in April this year.
"Sri Lanka tourist arrivals decline 18 percent in 2019"