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Fadna products gets Agribusiness Awards

Fadna products which comes from Food and Nature (Pvt) Ltd., has been awarded at the Agri Business Awards 2012, organised by the National Agribusiness Council.

This award is for the value added contribution to the agriculture sector of Sri Lanka, by developing innovative and modern herbal tea products introduced by the Food Nature (Pvt) Ltd. Exports Manager Kevin Rajapakse, had received the award from Lal de Mel - Chairman, Board of Management Trustees, NAC and Harin Malwatte, Secretary General / CEO of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce who is seen looking on.
 

Queen Elizabeth prize for engineering

Nominations are encouraged from the public, engineering and science academies, universities, research organisations and companies around the world for The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering which is worth Sterlin Pounds one million. It is a new global engineering prize that will reward and celebrate an individual or team of up to three of any nationality, responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity. The prize aims to celebrate the best and "serve to illuminate the sheer excitement of modern engineering."

Nominations for the Queen Elizabeth Prize will close on September 14, it will be presented by the Queen in Spring 2013. The Prize is funded by an endowment and will be awarded biennially.

The British High Commission in Colombo encourages, universities and companies in Sri Lanka and Maldives to make nominations for suitable entries.