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A top level delegation from 29 colleges and universities, primarily from the US, will be in Sri Lanka fm 30 September to 2 October as part of the Council of International School (CIS) South Asia tour. A spokesman for Scholarships for USA said the representatives will talk to students and parents about the university admission ...
- Ranugge new Executive Director at TISL (Category: Business)
- 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball (Category: Breaking News)
- Top American schools in town (Category: Business)
- Tharshini’s advice for student placed at Tusculum College (Category: Business)
By Rashika Fazali Whenever you hear “Give me everything tonight!” you think of numerous people, and of course Afrojack! Asia’s premier electronic dance music festival is coming to Sri Lanka for the first time on 6 October 2012 at CH&FC grounds. Percept Limited, one of the largest entertainment media companies in India, announced on Thursday ...
- Sunburn heads to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Percept to hold Sunburn festival in Sri Lanka this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Sunburn Festival coming to Sri Lanka in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Music Festival promises to dazzle music lovers (Category: Business)
Reuters: Economic growth across emerging markets eased in the second quarter of 2012, dragged down by lacklustre manufacturing sector activity, especially in China and Brazil, an HSBC survey showed on Wednesday. HSBC’s emerging markets index (EMI), based on 21 service and manufacturing sector surveys in 16 emerging economies, slipped to 53.0 in the second quarter ...
- China slowdown weighs on emerging market funds (Category: Business)
- South Korea’s gloomy economic data spooks markets (Category: Business)
- HSBC tips Sri Lanka’s external trade to grow exponentially (Category: Business)
- China manufacturing shrinks for 11th month (Category: Business)
REUTERS: The United States will send 530 athletes to the London Olympics as part of a massive team that will feature, for the first time, more women competitors than men, officials announced on Tuesday. The team will feature 269 women and 261 men competing in 25 of the 38 disciplines during the July 27-August 12 ...
- Bison women's track takes home several titles at UND Open (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Bison women's track takes home several titles at UND Open (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Kolpack and Izzo podcast: The growing Bison women's basketball bandwagon (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Kolpack and Izzo podcast: The growing Bison women's basketball bandwagon (Category: USA, North Dakota)
AOD (Academy of Design), Sri Lanka’s international campus renowned for producing industrially-experienced designers, recently announced a special collaboration with Hameedia. Through this project AOD fashion students will work with Hameedia brand to produce a collection of shirt-dresses. AOD principal, British fashion designer Karen MacLeod said that AOD encourages students to work on live p...
- Next generation of design leaders at REVEAL 2012 (Category: Business)
- AOD goes global with Northumbria UK (Category: Business)
- Creative industries employ internationally qualified design graduates from AOD (Category: Business)
Making spaces to suit businesses, individuals, governments and public masses is a science that requires extensive knowledge and training. Bringing in good aesthetics into these spaces is a skill developed through correct education in interior design. Chathuri Kannagara is a young interior designer who qualified with international level interior design degree education from AOD. Today, ...
- Internationals standards in interior design displayed by AOD students (Category: Business)
- Next generation of design leaders at REVEAL 2012 (Category: Business)
- Academy Of Design Alumni Breaks New Ground (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Thai Hua Rubber Pcl, Thailand’s third-largest rubber producer, plans to invest in Myanmar, aiming to produce rubber and export it following political and economic reforms there, the company’s chief executive said. “We have already met Myanmar’s agriculture minister and he said our investment is welcomed,” Chief Executive Luckchai Kittipol told Reuters. The co...
- Thai 2012 rubber output seen up 5% (Category: Business)
- Thailand seeks global cooperation on rubber prices (Category: Business)
- FACTBOX:How Asia’s rubber producers intervene on prices (Category: Business)
- Thailand to start cutting rubber exports from Oct. (Category: Business)
Design is a professional pathway that offers more choices than most conventional careers. As it becomes more and more important to the industrial world, the design sector has expanded to include new creative careers. Mario Sittampalam who graduated as a fashion designer from AOD, is a designer who transformed his life by leading the way ...
- Creative industries employ internationally qualified design graduates from AOD (Category: Business)
- Advertising industry embraces young creative talent (Category: Business)
- Academy Of Design Alumni Breaks New Ground (Category: Breaking News)
High tea with high fashion was in the spotlight at the Galle Face Hotel yesterday, with a collection of Indian designer sarees and kurthas on display. Modelling the outfits were Karen, Alison, Cathy and Charitha
By Dr. Laksiri Fernando Asian Tribune: I am here not talking about Karen Connelly’s popular love story by the name of ‘Burmese Lessons,’ but rather Aung San Suu Kyi’s entry into Parliament as the Leader of the Opposition in Myanmar (or Burma) with 42 other members who were elected early April in a by-election from ...
- ‘Burmese Lessons’ for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar: South Asia’s other ‘Small Miracle’? (Category: Business)
- It breaks my heart to see the Indian Prime Minister pose cordially with the butchers of Burma (Category: Breaking News)
- New Myanmar Democracy: Generals In Plain Clothes (Category: Breaking News)
AOD student Nithya Lamahewa wins Coats fashion award Coats Thread Exports and other industry leaders supported a special fashion show that celebrated the young talent in fashion, hosted by the Academy of Design (AOD). AOD’s final year fashion undergraduate Nithya Lamahewa was presented a prestigious award by global thread leader Coats Thread. Coats Global Marketing ...
- Coats Thread ties up with AOD (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats presents thread to Gangarama Temple (Category: Business)
Reuters: Rising cotton prices and other costs took a toll on quarterly margins at Macy’s Inc and Ralph Lauren Corp , pressuring shares of both the department store operator and the upscale clothing maker. Both companies still beat Wall Street earnings estimates, as Ralph Lauren’s revenue exceeded expectations and Macy’s sales gains continued to outpace ...
- Global mobile phone sales outlook stalling : Gartner (Category: Business)
- As sharp as a razor (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- China 2Q GDP growth may dip below 7% (Category: Business)
- Global sales of mobile phones dip 2% in 1Q (Category: Business)
The world’s largest sewing thread and needlecraft supplies manufacturer and marketer, Coats Thread PLC is also a key member of Sri Lanka’s apparel vertical integration industry, and a longstanding supporter of fashion and design. Coats recently extended its patronage towards Academy of Design (AOD), by collaborating with many ventures taken on by the school. Through ...
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats presents thread to Gangarama Temple (Category: Business)
Principal of AOD British Designer Karen MacLeod talks about her life in fashion and her vision for building AOD to be South Asia’s number oneDesigner Karen Macleod moved to Colombo to take over as principal of the Academy of Design (AOD) in Colombo with the vision to make AOD the No. 1 design school in ...
- AOD collaborates with Hameedia for brand new fashion collection (Category: Business)
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
- Enriching interior architecture industry with fresh creativity (Category: Business)
AOD shone the spotlight on its interior students and their inspiring work, at the special exhibition held at the campus premises this week. The exhibition was visited by industry professionals, parents and alumni of the campus. The student works were highly praised for their international standards in design. In addition, the work addressed social issues ...
- Enriching interior architecture industry with fresh creativity (Category: Business)
- Next generation of design leaders at REVEAL 2012 (Category: Business)
- Academy Of Design Alumni Breaks New Ground (Category: Breaking News)
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