June 14, 2023
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      People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) in collaboration with the Vocational Training Authority (VTA), successfully empowered a group of deserving youth offering “Haritha Nena” vocational scholarships. Entry criteria for the rural youth identified from the economically disadvantaged households was NVQ Level – 3 qualification. The objective of this programme was to empower […]

April 20, 2023
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      In its standing as the preferred destination for accounting education in the country, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) has since been at the fore in strengthening the accounting profession by producing exceptionally talented Chartered Accountants, who successfully lead a multitude of local and multinational businesses. The […]

March 7, 2023
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      For the 22nd successive year, Ceylinco Life has begun the countdown in its search for another 160 talented young Sri Lankans eligible to win ‘Pranama scholarships’ under the life insurance leader’s flagship rewards programme. The Company has announced that its branches island-wide will begin accepting applications from 1st March to 31st May […]

January 13, 2023
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      CFA Institute scholarships are part of an ongoing commitment to promoting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence, thereby helping to make the CFA® charter more attainable and providing more candidates an opportunity to advance their careers in investment research. CFA Institute offers a variety of scholarships, allowing more people […]

December 6, 2022
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      Committed to the national priority of uplifting skilled labour of youth in the national labor force, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC), the pioneer Non-Bank Financial Institution (NBFI) in Sri Lanka, partnered with the Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka (VTA) recently to award 50 vocational scholarships on Hybrid Automobile Technology to […]

September 5, 2022
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      Ceylinco Life recently hosted its 21st annual ‘Pranama Scholarships’ programme via a virtual ceremony during which 147 young Sri Lankans who had excelled at public exams and extracurricular activities were presented scholarships exceeding Rs 11.1 million in value. The ceremony which was livestreamed via Zoom for the second consecutive year, saw the […]

August 9, 2022
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        CHATTOGRAM, BANGLADESH – Media OutReach – 9 August 2022 – Asian University for Women (AUW) has announced new scholarships for outstanding Indian women who are first in their family to attend university. The scholarships will be fully funded from the general resources of the University, and while a student from any state in […]

February 1, 2022
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        Celebrates 18 years of empowering women entrepreneurs Colombo, January 31, 2022: Unilever Sri Lanka has recently awarded 41 more scholarships to schoolchildren of women entrepreneurs from its Saubhagya programme. In its 18th year of empowering women to take up entrepreneurship roles, the company has offered over 500 scholarships in total, out […]


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