ECONOMIC IMPACT – COVID 19 Archives

February 25, 2022

Sri Lanka@100 hosted a webinar featuring Tiffani Bova, author of the Wall-Street Journal-bestselling book Growth IQ, to inspire mid-market companies with insight into sustained business growth. Hosted in partnership with USAID, NDB Bank, Entrepreneur’s Organization, and the Exporter’s Association of Sri Lanka, nearly 300 attendees participated in the February 24 webinar, […]

February 1, 2022

The Index – which is in its fifth year – looked at global markets consisting of 44 locations including Nairobi and Johannesburg in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 1, 2022/APO Group/ — According to Global consultancy Turner & Townsend’s (www.TurnerandTownsend.com) latest Data Centre Cost Index (https://bit.ly/3GgYjX9), the construction sector is in […]

February 1, 2022

With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic employee health and safety is paramount for companies. Ensuring employees return to ‘normal’ work life with minimum risks of virus transmission is becoming a serious HR challenge. Cemex HR, a leading HR technology provider, has developed a Covid-19 vaccination tracker that monitors and alerts […]

January 28, 2022

Rainbow Clothing MD Bandula Fernando re-elected President of SLCGE Calls for greater adaption to align with increasingly popular e-commerce models Requests authorities to help facilitate land acquisition for expansion of factory capacity 27th January 2022: Small and medium scale apparel producers have called on the authorities to assist the sector […]

January 18, 2022

In its continued efforts to help the healthcare sector better combat the COVID-19 pandemic, SLT-MOBITEL the National ICT Solution Provider, donated three vital Multi Para Monitors to the Balapitiya Base Hospital recently. SLT-MOBITEL Officials handed over the equipment to Dr. K. Samarathna, Hospital Director, Balapitiya Base Hospital. SLT-MOBITEL understands that patient […]

January 10, 2022

Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris highlighted the warm and special relationship and the multi-faceted nature of the partnership between Sri Lanka and China in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting with the State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi held at Temple […]

December 24, 2021

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion. Despite the headwinds of the economic impact of COVID-19 and challenges posed by adverse developments in the external sector, […]

December 22, 2021

Mastercard Foundation launched the COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Programme (CRRP) to help micro- small- medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to respond to and withstand the impact of pandemic NAIROBI, Kenya, December 20, 2021 — When the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Kenya in March 2020, it marked the beginning of a long […]

December 16, 2021

15/12/2021, Bangkok – The state of food security and nutrition in Asia and the Pacific has worsened, as more than 375 million people in the region faced hunger in 2020, an increase of 54 million over the previous year, according to a joint report just published by the Food and Agriculture Organization […]

December 14, 2021

Established in 2010, JLanka Technologies, the nation’s undisputed leader in next generation energy technologies and Solar PV Systems has been leading the solar energy revolution across Sri Lanka for the past 11 years with much success. Undaunted by the pandemic and widespread restriction, JLanka Technologies continued to persevere on their journey of growth during […]

US-supported Sri Lanka@100 Hosts “Return to Growth” Webinar Featuring Industry Thought Leader Tiffani Bova

Data Centre Cost Index positive despite a post-pandemic global supply chain crisis

HR Tech Lead Cemex HRM, Introduces Employee Covid-19 Vaccination Tracker

Sri Lankan apparel must target opportunities arising from post-COVID rebalancing of global trade

SLT-MOBITEL continues to assist Hospitals to fight against COVID 19

Sri Lanka and China re-affirm the special bonds of friendship between the two nations

Expected Foreign Exchange Inflows and the Official Reserve Position

Mastercard Foundation: One Business at a Time: Building Resilience in the Face of a Pandemic

Number of hungry in Asia-Pacific swells by more than 50 million since the arrival of COVID-19

Leading the energy transition through COVID–19 and beyond – JLanka Technologies