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December 17, 2021

Kapruka Holdings Limited, Sri Lanka’s largest locally owned e-commerce enterprise with a global presence, successfully concluded its investor forum, ahead of its IPO, yesterday, 16th December 2021. The hybrid event, held both physically at Cinnamon Grand Colombo and virtually via video conferencing, witnessed broad-based participation across institutional, individual and retail investor categories, […]

June 22, 2021

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and the UK Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad have agreed to explore avenues to boost bilateral ties, during a video call yesterday, Thursday, 17 June 2021. They welcomed the multifaceted nature of the bilateral engagement between Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom in a wide range […]

May 6, 2020

UK Parliamentarian Ranil Jayawardena has been asked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to serve as the Trade Minister during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports claimed. The UK politician of Sri Lankan origins is representing the British Conservative Party and has been a member of Parliament for North East Hampshire since May 2015. Mr. Jayawardena is also the […]

April 24, 2020

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the steepest sales fall since it started collecting the data in 1996. Food and online shopping rose, and alcohol sales also jumped. But clothes sales […]

Kapruka Investor Forum Concludes Successfully

Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and U.K. Minister for South Asia, Lord Ahmad discuss steps to enhance bilateral cooperation

UK MP Ranil Jayawardena asked by Premier Johnson to serve as Trade Minister amidst COVID-19

UK retail sales fell a record 5.1% in March as many stores shut up shop in the face of the coronavirus lockdown