The achievements of 16 women and men who have championed gender equality in their workplaces were celebrated as part of the launch of a new campaign “Together We Can”, supported by the Women in Work partnership between IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Australian Government.
To mark International Women’s Day, Uber Eats today pledged to scale up the number of Sri Lankan women entrepreneurs on its platform from 100 to over 1,000, by the end of 2020 as part of its Diviyata Diriya initiative, which enables equal access to flexible economic opportunities for women and other marginalised communities.
The ‘CBL Samaposha U14 Inter-School Football Championship 2019’ finals scheduled for 31 January to 03 February 2020 and delayed due to unavoidable circumstances by the Sri Lanka School Football Association (SLSFA) is scheduled to be held during the first week in March.
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon recently donated an Activated Clotting Time (ACT) machine and 20 syringe pumps to the Children’s Heart Centre of the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo to be used in three Cardiac Theatres and two Intensive Care Units.
Wurth, Sri Lanka will be hosting the Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) monthly medal round and awards presentation on the 7th March at the Royal Colombo Golf Club in Colombo in celebration of Wurth Lanka’s 20 years of successful operations in Sri Lanka.
Celebrating the hard work and dedication of its most valuable employees in the tea sector, Hayleys Plantatis hosted the inaugural Best Tea Plucker Competition at the Radella Estate in Nanuoya recently.
The District General Hospital Trincomalee has received a fully-renovated and re-equipped Day Chemotherapy Unit for the treatment of cancer patients, thanks to the generosity of Ceylinco Life.
Munchee, the flagship brand of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL), strengthened its support for the prestigious 20th annual International Schools’ Championships (ISAC) by awarding the Best Male and Female Athlete awards and extending its partnership as the principal sponsor for 2020.
Nearly 83 years old, one of the leading charity clubs in the country – Rotary Club of Negombo has planned to organize a Mega event tiled ‘Power Woman’ drawing over 5,000 both working and non-working women across the country to celebrate the International Women’s Day on the 8th of March 2020, at Avenra Garden Hotel complex in Negombo.
A milestone with the potential to influence the futures of 154 bright young Sri Lankans was reached when Ceylinco Life presented the 19th edition of the company’s ‘Pranama’ scholarships at the BMICH recently, rewarding academic and extracurricular excellence with disbursements totalling Rs 11.5 million.
Broadening the scope of its corporate social responsibility Sisudiriya programme, Sri Lanka's leading and largest poultry manufacturer Crysbro commenced offering skills training to fresh university graduates from a variety of academic streams.
