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fa-chart-line\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; color: #9b7b60;\"><\/i> \n        advancing knowledge \u00b7 innovative research\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"description\">\n        <p>\n          The <strong>Department of Business Economics<\/strong>, Faculty of Business Studies, \n          University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, is pleased to announce the launch of the \n          <strong>Vavuniya Journal of Business Economics (VJBE)<\/strong>, a peer-reviewed biannual \n          journal dedicated to advancing knowledge and promoting innovative research \n          in business, economics, finance, management, and related fields.\n        <\/p>\n        <p>\n          VJBE welcomes <strong>original research articles, review papers, case studies,<\/strong> and \n          <strong>policy-oriented contributions<\/strong> from academics, researchers, professionals, and \n          postgraduate students worldwide. \n          The journal aims to provide a vibrant platform for the exchange of ideas and \n          the dissemination of high-quality scholarly work that contributes to theory, \n          practice, and policy development.\n        <\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-weight: 500; color: #1e3c4f; background: #f2efe9; padding: 0.8rem 1.2rem; border-radius: 40px; display: inline-block; margin-top: 0.2rem;\">\n          <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\" style=\"margin-right: 12px;\"><\/i> We invite submissions for the inaugural issue of VJBE.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- meta: deadline & submission -->\n      <div class=\"meta-grid\">\n        <div class=\"meta-item\">\n          <i class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\n          <span class=\"label\">Deadline:<\/span>\n          <span class=\"value\">31<sup>st<\/sup> August 2026<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"meta-item\">\n          <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\n          <span class=\"label\">Submission:<\/span>\n          <span class=\"value\" style=\"background: transparent; 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<span>University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VJBE \u00b7 Call for Papers \u00b7 Inaugural Issue inaugural issue \u00b7 2026 Vavuniya Journal of Business Economics advancing knowledge \u00b7 innovative research The Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Business 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