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PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has inspected various projects in Itilima District, including the construction of Njalu Secondary School directing that it sh ...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) on Monday announced USD$220 million in new agricultural investment grants for 15 national governments to help them design and implement solutio

HBKU’s Qu’ranic Botanic Garden celebrates Qatar Environment Day

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Lao government last week signed an agreement on a nutrition-sensitive agriculture project to address food insecurity and malnutrition among the rural poor.

In farming, soil is everything, says agroecologist Tarirai Mpofu, adviser to ForAfrika, the continent’s largest indigenous nongovernmental organisation.

According to the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security “Food security is achieved when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme […]

Sampath Bank announced a significant upgrade to its Pubudu Children’s savings scheme, with the addition of gift vouchers worth up to Rs. 50,000. Originally launched some years ago to help parents fulfill their dreams for the financial future of their children, Sampath Pubudu accounts were designed to provide positive reinforcement for long-term thinking and to […]

Diluni Jayasekera, Director – Brand Intelligence of Brand Centrical, was conferred the “Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year – 2022” award at the Top 50 Professional & Career Women Awards ceremony held in Dubai last month. Diluni left a marketing career at its peak at a leading agency to co-found Sri Lanka’s first Brand Agency at […]

As Sri Lanka navigates its worst economic crisis since Independence, the John Keells Group is committed to supporting and empowering affected communities to overcome the challenges in the immediate term and be better equipped to be self-reliant for the future. “The current socio-economic crisis is by all accounts unprecedented,” said Carmeline Jayasuriya, Head of CSR […]

Connecting local SMEs to new e-commerce markets and buyers, Sri Lanka’s most digitally innovative bank, HNB PLC, partnered with SLT-MOBITEL to offer SMEs free access to the new online trading platform Cochchi.lk. The partnership between the two industry giants will provide HNB SMEs additional benefits when onboarding to the new e-commerce platform. HNB Deputy general […]