Business
MSI revolutionizes content creation and gaming with 3 new laptop releases

Micro-Star International (MSI), a leading manufacturer of business, design and gaming technology, recently launched 3 new laptops in Sri Lanka. The All-AMD powered Bravo 15 from the gaming series, the Delta 15, which is also a gaming laptop and finally the Creator Z16 Laptop which is perfect for content creation and graphic design.
The Bravo 15 gaming laptop, which is designed for the entry level gamer is powered by the advanced AMD Ryzen™ 5000 H-Series Mobile Processors and AMD Radeon™ RX Graphics. It is geared with Radeon Image Sharpening and Radeon Anti-Lag features. This leads to an enhanced and rich image with a high level of detail and also shrinks the input lag, which leads to a seamless overall gaming experience. The Delta 15 Gaming laptop which is designed for the hardcore gamer is equipped up to AMD Ryzen™ 5900 HX series mobile processors and the up to latest AMD Radeon™ RX 6700M series mobile graphics. These two leads to a more seamless gaming experience and enhanced visual elements. The combination of The Radeon RX 6000 series GPU+Ryzen 5000 H series CPU together are is known as AMD Advantage. It is also much thinner and lighter than similar products, weighing in at 1.9 KG and with a thickness of just 19 mm, which leads to a more visually appealing design which is also easy to carry around. It also features a battery life of 12 hours, which is unprecedented for a laptop with features such as this.
The best part about the Delta 15 and Bravo 15 is the fact that all of this has been integrated into a compact and portable design which allows high-level gaming and mobility at a level not seen prior. But these laptops are not just limited to gaming, the aforementioned aspects also make these laptops highly capable in other areas as well.
The Creator Z16 Laptop is powered by the latest Intel ® 11th Generation H series processors and NVIDIA ® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Laptop GPU. The Creator Z16 boasts a 16:10 golden ratio display with thin bezels for better viewing angles and increased productivity. A slim CNC-milled aluminum chassis in Lunar Grey adds understated style, while the True Pixel display up to QHD+ resolution with 100% DCI-P3 color gamut supports the needs of designers and creators alike. It is not just a laptop which performs well, but blends in aesthetic elements as well, leading to a truly memorable experience for users. This laptop also speeds up the exportation, rendering and multitasking elements of content creation. Color accuracy for video and photography creation and editing is also very high, thanks to the aforementioned MSI True Pixel Technology.
Speaking about the launch of these new devices, Green Lin, MSI Regional Marketing Manager stated; “MSI constantly strives to offer a better experience for its users, which is why we have come up with these new and improved devices. We are confident that our loyal fanbase in Sri Lanka will greatly benefit from the new and improved devices for both their gaming and content creation needs.”
Buy the Creator Z16 now at- https://winsoft.lk/computer-systems/laptops-notebooks/msi/msi-creator- z16-a11uet-16-qhd-120hz-finger-touch-core-i7-rtx-3060-professional-laptop.html
Business
SL needs laser-like focus on IMF programme implementation: Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy

‘If it gets suspended, it would have pretty dramatic consequences’
by Sanath Nanayakkare
There are three most important priorities for Sri Lanka in the wake of the IMF Programme; implementation, implementation and implementation of the agreed upon benchmarks of the programme. Last thing we need to suddenly find is that we have gone off the track of the programme and it is suspended, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Former Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka said on Friday.
He said so while giving the keynote speech at a Central Bank hosted webinar titled “What is next for Sri Lanka in the wake of IMF Programme?”
Deshal De Mel, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Murtaza Jafferjee, Managing Director, JB Securities, Bingumal Thewarathanthri, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank were the panelists at the forum where the moderator was Shiran Fernando, Chief Economist at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
The following are a few comments made by Dr.Coomaraswamy.
The IMF EFF has now been successfully negotiated. This is in some way the beginning. There is lot more to do. It’s time to start thinking about what happens next. A little under a year ago, there were acute shortages of the most essential good. There were long queues and one or two people passed away while in queue. Prices were skyrocketing and exchange rate was collapsing, inflation was spiking and the Central Bank had to push up interest rates. All this happened only a few months from where we are today. The fact that things have stabilized to a significant extent clearly is a very favourable outcome but actually there is no room for complacency because the stabilization has happened at a low-level equilibrium.
It has happened when the economy experienced a 7.6% contraction last year. It was better than what was anticipated by the IMF and the World Bank, but still it is a very sharp contraction. And we need to get to a situation where we have macro-economic stability with a growth rate of about 4%. There is a lot to be done for this. But this is a very commendable place to get to after all. The Paris Club comprising G7 countries has endorsed our efforts to restore debt sustainability. The non-Paris Club creditors such as India and China also have endorsed and supported our efforts too. So the largest countries and creditors are willing to support Sri Lanka to get back on track in terms of debt sustainability. So this is not a bad place to be.”
“IMF programme implementation has always been a weakness on our part. This time we have already done a lot as prior action but there is more as you would have seen from the documentation tabled in parliament including structural reforms and institutional reform. So we have to have laser-like focus on implementation and move forward with the programme. If the programme gets suspended, it would have pretty dramatic consequences. So we need to keep it on track. We can’t give up the absolutely compelling need for fiscal discipline. What is next for us is; discipline and making the needed economic policy and implementing what e have agreed to do. During our past IMF programmes, the issue was lack of implementation by the Sri Lankan authorities.
Earlier this week Dr. Chandranath Amarasekare, Executive Director at the CBSL arranged for the Irish authorities to brief Sri lankan authorities on the implementation unit set up in Ireland when the global financial crisis hit Ireland which led them to go into an IMF programme. Ireland was meticulous in the way they set up the implementation framework. They identified all the action that had to be taken and assigned parts of it to relevant government entities to implement them. Ireland is back on track now. We need to have the same degree of laser-like focus on implementing the benchmarks. We have to figure out what needs to be done and ascribe responsibility for each action and monitor
carefully how we are going about it. We have to make sue we are hitting all the targets and structural benchmarks as we go along. These are embedded in the IMF programme. Last thing we need is to suddenly find that we have gone off the track of the programme and the programme is suspended. That will constrain the inflows to the country and it will affect the confidence beginning to build up now. All that will get undermined if the programme gets suspended because we are not able to keep it on track. So the Implementation Unit will need a very good authority to reach out to any part of government and get things done. We need this Implementation Unit to be well-structured and running well. And it should have the authority of the President behind it,”he said.
Business
Exterminators PLC opens a training and R&D center

Exterminators PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier pest tech and environmental tech company, opened a 5,000 plus square foot training, research and development center to enhance the quality of service via in-depth innovation to create a circular economy inorder to meet the growing demand in environmentally sustainable public health pest management, agricultural pest management, livestock, plantation and landscape pest management, sanitation and disinfection services in Sri Lanka and emerging and developing markets. The facility includes simulated environments for training in pest management, termite management, mosquito management, sanitation and disinfection, health and safety for new recruits and continuous professional training and development for existing employees.
The company plans to provide training for international pest management professionals in emerging and developing countries as well as serve as a training facility for its strategic franchising partners in the region.
Business
SLT-MOBITEL ‘Hosting Cub’ for MSMEs enables critical infrastructure and value-added hosting services

Understanding the importance of supporting Micro, Small, And Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to drive growth and efficiencies, SLT-MOBITEL, the National ICT Solutions Provider is offering its Hosting Cub – Shared Web Hosting service catering to vital hosting requirements.
SLT-MOBITEL provides hosting facilities for MSMEs with affordable pricing, easy expansion of MSMEs cyber presence and other value-added offerings via its Shared Hosting and Virtual Private Server (VPS) solutions.
The Shared Hosting proposal is offered as the most economical option available for hosting. The overall cost of server maintenance is shared, also catering to low traffic websites that do not require higher bandwidth such as smaller websites and blogs.
The Share Hosting solution is available via four levels – Stellar, Stellar Plus, Stellar Pro and Stellar Business. The ‘Stellar’ package 1 GB VSAN Disk Space to balance storage usage, monthly 20 GB Bandwidth, 2 Mbps speed, 10 websites allowed, secure connection through SSL, FTP Accounts to manage file transfers, Unlimited email accounts, Unlimited MySQL Database to manage data, Unlimited Sub Domains, Hosting in SLT’s state-of-the-art Data Centre and WordPress supported. The pack is priced at only Rs 7500 per annum.
Similarly, the Stellar Plus presents an enhanced package with 2 GB VSAN Disk Space, monthly 40 GB Bandwidth, approval of 15 websites in addition to all the other value-additions. It is priced at Rs 12,000 per year. The Stellar Pro delivers 3 GB VSAN Disk Space, monthly 100 GB Bandwidth and 30 websites allowed while the Stellar Business provides 5 GB VSAN Disk Space, monthly 150GB Bandwidth and 40 websites. All other features are also enabled. The costs for Stellar Pro and Stellar Business are Rs 16,500 and Rs 25,500 respectively, per annum.
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