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Growing Resilient Businesses: How To Survive A Pandemic

When Sri Lanka identified its first cases of COVID-19, the country closed its borders and a string of curfews were put in place to curb the transmission of the virus. With the economy slowing to a crawl, businesses had to adapt to survive. Chrysalis and the EU Delegation in Sri Lanka hosted a webinar to discuss how a handful of businesses rose to the challenge.

Women In Governance: Pushing For Female Representation

Despite the strides made by women in the business, political, and social spheres, there is still much to be done. To address the inequality they face, the European Union, together with Chrysalis, hosted a webinar on women in governance and the resilience of women-led enterprises, featuring Sri Lankan women councillors who are defying the odds. Here are the highlights.

Ending Poonakary’s Drinking Water Crisis

For many years, a few villages in the Kilinochchi district have struggled to access clean drinking water. But recently, a handful of organisations came together to implement a line of sustainable and innovative solutions to tackle this problem. Here’s how they did it.

Port City Colombo Launches A Design Competition For A Beach Sculpture And An Interactive Wall

Once completed, Port City Colombo will become one of South Asia’s most-distinguished architectural landmarks, not least because it will also be Sri Lanka’s first-ever large scale land reclamation and city expansion project. But for now, perhaps what is even more exciting—at least if you take a keen interest in art and design—is that you can make your own artistic contribution to the design of this monumental infrastructure.

Making The Most Of Lockdown: Sri Lanka’s Hospitality Workers Are Prepping For The Future

As the pandemic struck Sri Lanka, the hospitality sector came to a grinding halt, and many looked ahead at an uncertain future.
Here’s how hoteliers and chefs around the island chose to regroup, gear up, and turn crisis into opportunity.

Inspired: Episode 2 | How Sri Lanka’s Hoteliers Faced the Lockdown Head-on

As Sri Lanka went into lockdown, hoteliers and chefs around the island were plunged into an unforeseen crisis.

Here’s the inspiring story of how Sri Lanka’s hospitality workers faced the lockdown head-on, prepping for an uncertain future.

#SriLankaElection2020 Parliamentary Elections And How It Works

Tomorrow (August 5), Sri Lankans will be voting in its ninth parliament. The 225 members voted in will possess legislative supremacy over all other political institutions in the island, with the power to make, repeal, and amend laws, including the Constitution.

A Return To Life: Colombo After Curfew

With COVID-19 curfew finally lifted, the once deserted streets of Colombo are brimming with life again. The cacophony of the crowds in public spaces is only rivalled by the blare of bus horns and the tooting of tuks. It is clear, people are glad to be out and about, despite lingering health concerns.

The Relationship Between Disability and Poverty

Around 15% (or 1 billion people) of the world’s population lives with some form of disability. According to a WHO report, roughly 2-4% of the community lives with debilitating conditions and severe difficulty functioning.

Sri Lanka: A Cradle Of Ancient Civilization

The world’s oldest evidence of bows and arrows used by prehistoric humans outside Africa has been found in Sri Lanka.

DFCC Bank’s Perspective on Banking in the ‘New Normal’

Sri Lanka’s financial landscape has taken a dramatic turn with the complications and challenges brought about by COVID-19. We spoke to CEO of DFCC Bank Lakshman Silva to discuss important questions on how financial institutions such as his own are coping with what has become known as ‘the new normal’.

How The Lockdown Brought Us Closer Together | Celebrating Father’s Day

This Father’s Day, we spoke to a few father-child duos about what their lockdown experience was like.

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