The 'Top 50' Professional and Career Women Awards 2020 was held on Tuesday (26). The awards are organized by Women in Management (WIM), in collaboration with Women in Work, a partnership between IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the government of Australia.
The awards – now in their tenth year – saw inspirational business and career women honored for the roles they have played in their industries, along with Sri Lankan corporates which have supported the growth and empowerment of women in the workplace.
Namini Wijedasa, Deputy Editor (Investigations) at the Sunday Times received the award for print media at the ceremony.
This year’s ‘Top 50’ awards also saw a special appreciation to those who helped combat COVID-19 in 2020, specifically during the height of the pandemic. These special appreciation awards went to Sri Lanka Police, Sri Lanka Army, Public Health Officers and Medical Practitioners for their contribution as part of the COVID-19 taskforce in Sri Lanka.
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A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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