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April 18, 2020

The With COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund established on March 23 by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has swelled to Rs. 703 million with contributions pouring in from corporate, individual and direct donations, the President’s Media Division stated. Chief Administrator of the Gangaramaya Temple, Ven. Dr. Kirinde Assaji Thero donated Rs 10 million from the Gangarama […]

April 18, 2020

Haycarb PLC, together with our subsidiary Puritas (PVT) Ltd, continues to support the Sri Lankan government in the battle against the global pandemic COVID-19. 3,000 face masks of Oxypura Care brand equipped with a carbon filter along with a TDK 20 filter material, were donated to the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka on April 17th, 2020. We […]

April 17, 2020

By Dr. Nirmal De Silva – Associate Professor in Business, Board Director and Entrepreneur Over the last few weeks there have been many discussions, ideas and content on the impact of Covid-19 on businesses and the economy in particular. It is evident that Covid-19 has created many challenges for Individuals, Companies and Governments. This pandemic […]

April 17, 2020

Emirates in coordination with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will be introducing additional precautions. Passengers on today’s flight to Tunisia were all tested for COVID-19 before departing from Dubai. Emirates is the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers. The quick blood test was conducted by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and results […]

April 16, 2020

Large corporates, SMEs, start-ups, small grocery stores or even a tuk-tuk driver will face many challenges during the times of crisis. When a crisis hits a nation, we cannot predict which segment of the society will get effected. Directly or indirectly; everyone does face the challenge. Generally, we hold to it as best as we […]

April 15, 2020

“Leadership is a responsibility. It’s not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” -Simon Sinek Dr Chris D’Souza CFO & COO (Int), CMA Australia Never has good leadership been more critical and relevant in our lifetime than today as countries around the world struggle to fight the COVID-19 crisis. […]

April 15, 2020

As part of its action plan to help customers to fight COVID-19, Huawei is providing technological services in artificial intelligence (AI), video conferencing, wireless network coverage and smartphones to nations across Asia Pacific. Huawei has joined hands with countries like Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and others to address on-ground communication challenges, ensuring connectivity […]

April 12, 2020

Submit proven, affordable and scalable solutions that can accelerate progress towards providing basic health functions, especially for vulnerable people. The UN inter-agency task team (IATT) on science, technology and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requests inputs on technology solutions for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and its immediate impacts, in support of the UN […]

April 12, 2020

WHO has received overwhelming pro-bono support from technology companies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. On 2 April, 30 of the world’s leading digital technology experts gathered in a virtual roundtable to help advance WHO’s collaborative response to COVID-19. This pandemic has triggered an unprecedented demand for digital health technology solutions and has revealed successful solutions such […]

April 10, 2020

In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, vivo, the global smartphone brand donated LKR 1 million worth surgical masks to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. The donation which is a part of the vivo’s CSR initiative #vivocares, included 15,000 surgical masks that would be utilized by front line medical workers of the Sri Lankan […]

COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund swells to 703 million

Haycarb PLC and Puritas donate 3000 face masks to the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka

The ‘10 New Realities’ and Opportunities in Sri Lanka as a result of Covid-19

Emirates becomes first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers

Reinventing in Crisis Times

Sri Lanka Ranked No.9 – Tracking the Global Leadership Response in the COVID-19 Crisis

Huawei’s AI-Assisted Technology Services Help Combat COVID-19 in Asia Pacific

UN call for technology solutions for tackling COVID-19 and its impacts

Digital technology for COVID-19 response – WHO has received overwhelming pro-bono support

vivo donates LKR 1 million worth surgical masks to the Sri Lankan Minis-try of Health