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Sampath Bank with effect from 1 January has got a new Chairman and several new youthful additions to its Board of Directors. The Bank announced on Friday that at a Board of Directors meeting held on 29 December Chairman I.W. Senanayake decided to step down with effect from 31 December. Whilst accepting this decision the ...
- Dhammika to be appointed Chairman of Sampath Bank (Category: Business)
- CB clears five new nominees to Sampath Bank Board (Category: Business)
- Qualified daughters make their way to boards (Category: Business)
- Former CB Deputy Governor appointed to COMBank Board (Category: Business)
An International Research Conference on Transdisciplinary Perspective on Accounting will be held in Sri Lanka on 4 and 5 January at the Central Bank’s Centre for Banking Studies Auditorium at Rajagiriya, Colombo from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference has been jointly organised by the Department of Accounting of the University of Sri Jayawardenapura, ...
- Sri Lankan capital to host international conference on accounting and consulting in July (Category: Breaking News)
- International Research Conference on Transdisciplinary (Category: Breaking News)
- HLB International holds Indian Sub Continent meeting in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Taking management accounting beyond financials (Category: Business)
DNH Financial showcases impressive GDP data to make a credible case to consider stock market as an attractive medium to long term investment option The high 8.4% economic growth enjoyed by Sri Lanka in the third quarter is considered the fourth best in the world according to an analysis by stock broking firm DNH Financial. ...
- Sri Lanka’s ‘dichotomy’ appears to be correcting? (Category: Business)
- With interest rates rising, stock selectivity becomes vital: DNH (Category: Business)
- Bullish DNH forecasts ASI hitting 7,500 in 3Q; 9,000 by year-end (Category: Business)
- Bourse crosses half a million ‘individuals’ milestone (Category: Business)
Six-day losing streak ends as ASI gains by 1.3% though most investors out with turnover dropping to two-and-a-half-year low The Colombo stock market saw a welcome rebound yesterday, raising hopes for a Merry Christmas over the weekend as hitherto weak-hearted investors appear to have received a boost from impressive economic data. Improved sentiments saw the ...
- Retailers keep bourse active (Category: Business)
- Stocks down on reports SEC Chief under pressure (Category: Business)
- Bourse in welcome rebound; market cap up by Rs. 25 b (Category: Business)
- Rs. 44 b in value wiped out from Bourse (Category: Business)
Central Bank has approved the five new nominees to the Board of Sampath Bank Plc in place of an equal number retiring by next week. The five nominees who are qualified and professionals in their respective fields are former International Finance Corporation (IFC) Sri Lanka and Maldives Resident Representative Sanjiva Senanayake, Orit Apparels Chairman Channa ...
- Sampath Bank Group CFO Ajantha de Vas Gunasekara joins Board of Directors (Category: Breaking News)
- Five new directors appointed to Asian Alliance Insurance Board (Category: Business)
- Kotelawala not available for re-election (Category: Business)
- New Chairperson at HNB Assurance (Category: Business)
The Monetary Board, at its meeting held on 16 December 2011, has promoted four Staff Class Grade IV officers, A. Kamalasiri, R. Dheerasinghe, S.S. Ratnayake and K.D. Ranasinghe to the post of Assistant Governor with effect from 1 January, 2012. These promotions have been made in line with the succession plan of the Bank to ...
- Three new Assistant Governors for CB (Category: Business)
- Daulagala appointed new CBSL Deputy Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Bank appoints former CB Deputy Governor to Board (Category: Business)
- Jayatissa new Chairman of Insurance Corp. (Category: Business)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to create a separate category of Non Banking Financial Company – Micro Finance Institution (NBFC-MFI). This implements a recommendation of the Malegam Committee Report on Micro Finance in India, which was appointed subsequent to the MF crisis due to indebted farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh. The NBFC-MFI ...
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- ‘Divi Neguma’ Dept: Development catalyst, dependency creator or a white elephant? (Category: Business)
Plastic crates: Universally used in agri markets In 2002, the writer had a chance of visiting a few farms in Czech Republic, some 200 kilometres away from its capital, Prague. They were all medium sized farms owned by private individuals producing such products as vegetables, fruits and honey. At the time of the writer’s visit, ...
- Polypropylene sacks versus plastic crates - Lack of participation in decision making (Category: Business)
- The Crate Debate (Category: Breaking News)
- Cutting post-harvest losses (Category: Business)
- Chaos over veggies in plastic crates (Category: Business)
The Colombo stock market saw a dull day’s trading with turnover recording Rs. 664 million and the All Share Price Index falling 0.52% to close below the psychological support level of 6,000 at 5,965 while the Milanka Price Index lost 0.05% to register 5,228. The top turnover contributor list was dominated by fundamentally sound counters ...
- Market moves up marginally (Category: Business)
- Retailers keep bourse active (Category: Business)
- Bourse in welcome rebound; market cap up by Rs. 25 b (Category: Business)
- Rs. 44 b in value wiped out from Bourse (Category: Business)
UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva blasts PM on import banning statement UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday insisted that the statement by the Prime Minister that wheat flour imports should be banned is an irresponsible statement and must be retracted. “While it may be his choice to consume only rice, or he wishes ...
- Food Priorities (Category: Business)
- Wholesale price of wheat flour reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP questions Govt.’s wheat flour policy (Category: Business)
- Wheat flour price increased (Category: Breaking News)
We are still stuck in the winter of our discontent! By Jude Fernando Groundviews.org: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organisations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against ...
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Making Sri Lanka a ‘democratic hub’ for ‘Wonder of Asia’ (Category: Business)
Ray Wijewardene (1924-2010) was a true Renaissance Man. An alumnus of Cambridge and Harvard Universities and a former Chancellor of Moratuwa University, Ray excelled in many different areas of human endeavor: agriculture, aviation, engineering design, inventions, renewable energy technologies and water sports. A Fellow of the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences and the Institution ...
- ‘The Ray’ award to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- Biennial ‘Ray Award’ to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- A hive of ideas (Category: Business)
The outstanding learner awards of Cambridge Ordinary and Advanced Level 2011 was held at the Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo recently where high achievers of the examination were rewarded. The Chief Guest at the occasion was the Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardena. Here, shows Uditha Devapriya of Lyceum International School, Nugegoda, receives the award from ...
By Peter Day The Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust that continues the legacy and the vision of the late Sri Lankan innovator is organising the inaugural ‘Ray Wijewardene Memorial Lecture’ to be held on 13 December 2011. The Ray Wijewardene Charitable Trust organises the lecture with the Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka – of which ...
- Harnessing knowledge: Grassroots innovations for inclusive development (Category: Business)
- ‘The Ray’ award to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
- Biennial ‘Ray Award’ to commercialise Sri Lankan inventions (Category: Business)
What do nation states do when their politicians ruin their economies by serial lying to the voters, running up huge domestic and international financial deficits, uncontrolled corruption, cannot keep interest rates at reasonable rates, cannot control inflation nor hold the exchange rate steady and run the country on an unsustainable basis, depending on what has ...
- Inept’ocracy (Category: Business)
- Mario Monti named to head new Italy government (Category: Business)
- Asia stocks rise on hopes of progress in Europe (Category: Business)
A striking feature of both the Mahinda Chinthana – A Vision for the Future and the Budget 2012 is the open rejection of neoliberal economic models and the portrayal of the government policy as a special model developed indigenously for the country. Mahinda Chinthana rejects neoliberal models apparently on the ground of their high failure ...
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
There are few things as exciting to children as Christmas – a holiday that brings with it surprises, gifts, goodies, carols and best of all Santa Clause. Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo embraces the essence of the season in all its glory at its festive edition of Kiddies’ Camp this month. Kiddies’ Camp was a programme ...
- Kiddies’ Thanksgiving Camp at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Kiddies’ Camp Pool Party at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Kiddies’ Halloween Camp on 30 Oct. at Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Kiddies’ Camp back with ultimate Easter extravaganza (Category: Business)
Asian Alliance Insurance PLC was adjudged a winner in the category of ‘Best Social Marketing Campaign 2011’ at the Global Awards for Brand Excellence, in recognition of its contribution towards the community through strategic CSR projects carried out by the company. Asian Alliance AGM Marketing Nadi Dharmasiri (centre) accepting the award from Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, ...
- Chula Hettiarachchi appointed COO – Life at Asian Alliance Insurance (Category: Business)
- Asian Alliance Insurance holds Annual Sales Convention (Category: Business)
- Asian Alliance Insurance – International Congress 2012, Thailand (Category: Business)
- Asian Alliance Insurance ties up with Anything.lk (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis With mobile penetration directly linked to increasing economic growth in a country, Sri Lanka with its bullish growth prospective stands to benefit heavily from the ever-expanding ICT and telecommunication sector. Alcatel-Lucent Asia Pacific President Rajeev Singh-Molares who was in Sri Lanka for a brief visit yesterday told the media that a World ...
- Sierra Global strengthen ties with Alcatel-Lucent (Category: Business)
- Alcatel-Lucent doubles revenue in Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Alcatel Lucent’s APAC President in town (Category: Business)
- Alcatel-Lucent unveils first profit of $ 1.33 b in six years (Category: Business)
The Central Bank released its latest educational publication titled ‘Analysis of Basic Economics Principles,’ authored by P. Samarasiri, Assistant Governor supervising the financial system stability cluster of the Central Bank. This book has been compiled based on key topics
- Rupee depreciation: Rs. 145 to US dollar by year end Eran (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Central Banker releases book titled “Analysis of Basic Economic Principles” (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank restricts use of 'finance' on titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s time has come! (Category: Breaking News)
By Chamitha Kuruppu The JVP yesterday described the Government’s move of not increasing the salaries of over seven million private sector workers as “taking vengeance” on them for going against its private pension bill. The party states that the government’s failure to grant a salary increment for the private sector is clear evidence that they ...
- JVP to launch islandwide anti-Government protest (Category: Business)
- Obama says it’s clear US economy ‘not doing fine’ (Category: Business)
- India’s economic growth to quicken in 2013 – OECD (Category: Business)
UNP Co-Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya The Budget lacks direction and is neither here or there. For the consumer, it is inflationary; nor does it instil investor confidence. It has a political aim but lacks an economic aim. Furthermore, it does not address the productivity of employment; nor does it address the salaries of professionals and ...
- Blame tough decisions, says Rann (Category: South Australia)
- Vic Govt begins budget sell (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Muzammil’s moves to deliver on manifesto (Category: Business)
- Govt. takes vengeance on private sector over pension bill – JVP (Category: Business)
Expolanka Holdings PLC recently appointed two top professionals Shantanu Nagpal as Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development and Paddy Weerasekera as Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications. With nearly two decades of experience in asset management and equity research, Shantanu Nagpal joins Expolanka as Head of Strategy and Business Development. He was Managing Director ...
- Global recognition for Expolanka’s social marketing at 20th World Brand Congress (Category: Business)
- Expolanka to interact with stakeholders through social media (Category: Business)
- Honoured for driving marketing in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Following is the speech by Dr. Harsha de Silva read out at the Zonta Club International Day Forum on 9 November 2011Good evening. Before I begin let me sincerely apologise to Lilamani for having given false hope that I will be by her side this evening! I am sure the women in the audience are ...
- Range Rover Evoque sponsors top authors at GLF (Category: Business)
- Glamour or gloom of grooming people: A case of five Gs (Category: Business)
- Reasons for volatility in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
This was written upon following recent events that unfolded in our midst which made one wonder if we adequately managed our natural assets at our national parks and protected areas… many lovers of nature and concerned persons presented varied views in the print and e- media. On the global front we also observe the intensified ...
- Economic cost vs. ecological cost (Category: Business)
- Pakistan ‘A’ win 8th Lawyers Cricket World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- UK and Sri Lanka jointly work to protect the Red Slender Loris (Category: Business)
- To a Sri Lankan at heart (Category: Breaking News)
John Keells Holdings held its fifth consecutive Soft Skills Workshop for graduates at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura By Devin Jayasundera The striking unemployment rate of university graduates has been a persisting issue of the university system which has given rise to many social problems among youth in the last two decades. It is said ...
- IT academia visit the industry facilitated by SLASSCOM (Category: Business)
- hSenid Biz signs MOU with Ja’pura Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (Category: Business)
- Catching itself young (Category: Business)
COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government’s controversial legislation to acquire so-called underperforming enterprises and under-utilised assets is consistent with the country’s constitution, parliament was told on Tuesday, despite some opposition. The government act, which was presented to parliament on Tuesday, will see the state acquiring 37 pr...
- Fitch joins chorus, says nationalisation law could hinder investment (Category: Business)
- CATIC’s Galle Face deal off! (Category: Business)
- Economist Intelligence Unit says Expropriation law raises investor concerns (Category: Business)
- UNP cheers CATIC cancellation (Category: Business)
Discussion on the validity of non-military engagements of the military The war or internal armed conflict in the north and east is over; the Emergency is no more; but still the military is everywhere. The military is now engaged in peacetime police-work, whale watching, selling vegetables, agriculture, cleaning, constructions and many other non-military activities. Yet, ...
- Military in Sri Lanka encroaching on civilian control of government (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will act on evidence of atrocities by troops (Category: Business)
The Mr. Earth Pageant conducted in Central America – Guatemala city recently brought fame and honour to Sri Lanka in the form of Milinda Wickramasinghe who was crowned Mr. Water – second runner up in the contest. The pageant is an annual event that draws in a participation of many countries around the globe. Despite ...
- Polonnaruwa beauty Pushpika for Miss Tourism International 2011 (Category: Business)
- A pageant with a difference takes to the stage (Category: Business)
- Miss Universe host bullied by Miss Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
When a little baby girl arrived into this world on the dawning of Monday 31 October, she received a little more attention than usual. She was one of the early members of the seven billion club, to which the human society has now grown. Demographers at the United Nation’s Population Division had set 31 October ...
- Get ready for a world of nine billion (Category: Business)
- Manchester United world’s most valuable team: Forbes (Category: Business)
- CIC Holdings grows with impressive 2Q results (Category: Business)
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