Category: Business and Economy

Photo Caption : Guo Ping delivers a keynote speech HUAWEI CONNECT 2020 opened was held recently in Shanghai. HUAWEI CONNECT is an annual flagship event hosted by Huawei for the global ICT industry. It is a platform where Huawei discloses its major strategies. In 2016, Huawei envisioned an intelligent world and called upon its partners…

Huawei, the global smartphone brand unveiled latest tech gadgets at the mega online launch event that featured three of its top of the line wearables-Huawei Watch FIT, Huawei Freebuds 3i and Huawei Watch GT2e. The second mega event of the series of online launch events was a roaring success and treated the massive audience who…

The Big Bad Wolf Online Book Sale Sri Lanka 2020 has been brought forward creating excitement among its Wolf pack and book enthusiasts. The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale also known as the World’s Biggest Book Sale will be held online. The Online Sale, the first of its kind in South Asia, was originally scheduled…

Lanka Electricity Company (LECO) together with the University of Moratuwa (UOM) launched a pioneering pilot project on Microgrid with a grant assistance of $ 1.8 million (approximately Rs. 325 million) from Asian Development Bank (ADB). DIMO, together with the German specialist DHYBRID, has been selected for the supply of comprehensive Renewable Energy Microgrid consisting of…

The Management Club (TMC) Colombo conducted its 15th Annual General Meeting at Hotel Galadari, Colombo with the participation of a large amount of members and founder members of TMC. The Management Club (TMC) formed in 2001 under the auspices of the Chartered Management Institute – UK Sri Lanka. The Branch was established to uplift management…

Pelwatte Dairy Industries, Sri Lanka’s leading local dairy producer, is on a renewed mission to meet the domestic milk demand and uplift the socio-economic status of local dairy farmers. This comes in support of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s recent pledge to empower the local dairy industry and increase the domestic liquid milk production in the next…

Axiata Digital Labs announced recently that they have entered into a partnership with the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) as a sponsor of the National IT Conference 2020 (NITC 2020). With this partnership, Axiata Digital Labs will become the Exclusive Innovation Partner of NITC 2020, the longest-running IT event in Sri Lanka. As one…

ICT can bring new value and approaches to digital inclusion At HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, which kicked off Recently, Kevin Zhang, Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei ICT Infrastructure, addressed the online summit “TECH4ALL: Powering Digital Inclusion with Technology”. He pointed out that Huawei is willing to work with global partners to promote digital inclusion in fields…

~ vivo Y20 to be powered by massive 5000 mAh battery ~ vivo Y20 to carry a rear AI Triple Macro Camera setup (13MP+2MP+2MP) ~User friendly features such as Side-mounted fingerprint scanner that unlock your phone in less than a second are special additions to the handset   vivo, the leading global smartphone brand, will be…

By Rajith Perera, Partner/Principal, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest test of the financial stability to the financial services sector. Pandemic constitutes unprecedented local as well as global macro-economic stress leading to slowed down economic conditions. Financial system in the country faces the dual challenge to sustain…