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The centenary of the civil aviation in Sri Lanka was celebrated yesterday by the Civil Aviation Authority with a live program by Sri Lanka Rupavahini. Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Gen. Rohan Daluwatte, Ministry of Civil Aviation Secretary Dr. Ravindra Ruberu, SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe and CEO Kapila Chandrasena participated in the live telecast – ...
- Open Skies (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to revamp aviation laws (Category: Breaking News)
- Ash ban 'might have ended sooner' (Category: Technology)
- Maldivian firefighter trainees complete training in SL (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. The Api Wenuwen Api Fund, a cooperation between the Ministry ...
- Ranaviru Real Star Mission 2 commences (Category: Business)
- Ranaviru Real Star Season Two grand finale today (Category: Business)
- Ranaviru Real Star Grand Finale Today (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Ranaviru Real Star - Mission 2' winner receives her new house (Category: Breaking News)
By S.S. Selvanayagam MTV Channel (Pvt.) Ltd and the MBC Networks (Pvt.) Ltd filed their answer in the High Court of Colombo to the Plaint by the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation counter suing for Rs. 500 million as damages. The Defendants the MTV and the MBC in their answer to the Plaint of the Plaintiff ...
- MTV Sues SLRC For Rs 500 M (Category: Breaking News)
- SC says MTV/MBC can telecast Olympic games (Category: Breaking News)
- MTV/MBC Does It Again (Category: Breaking News)
- MTV/MBC counter sues SLRC for Rs.500 million in damages (Category: Breaking News)
New release from Dr. Gunadasa A. Not often do English readers get a chance to enjoy a Gunadasa Amarasekera classic. Just out in bookstands is ‘Death by the Pool’ – a translation of his latest collection of short stories, ‘Vil Thera Maranaya’ described as the final episode and memories of a man facing his destiny. ...
- ‘The Artist’ Wins Producers Guild’s Best Picture Award (Category: Business)
- Results of 2012 SAARC Film Awards (Category: Business)
- Dr. N.M., the first Sinhala movie hero (Category: Business)
- ‘Avengers’ muscles to record $ 200 m in debut (Category: Business)
The interim injunction order issued by the Commercial high Court preventing the MTV/MBC media network from broadcasting the Olympics was set aside by the Supreme Court yesterday. The ruling was given when an appeal filed by MTV/MBC Network was taken up before a three-Judge bench of the Supreme Court consisting the of the Chief Justice ...
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
The Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information Dr. Chritha Herath assumed duties yesterday amidst invoking blessings by the Maha Sangha and the leaders of other religious faiths. Addressing the staff of the Media Ministry Dr. Herath said that the Media Ministry has a great task to perform in assisting the development activities ...
- Media freedom upheld, no restrictions – Media Ministry Secretary (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan Website owners must now pay (Category: Breaking News)
- Code of ethics for newscasting websites in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ganegala appointed Acting Chairman ITN (Category: Breaking News)
The grand finale of the highly anticipated Ranaviru Real Star Mission Two, one of the most watched reality shows in Sri Lanka which highlights the hidden talents of our armed forces personal to hit the airways live on Sri Lanka Rupavahini on 6 July. Ranaviru Real Star was developed on a concept given by Secretary, ...
- Ranaviru Real Star Grand Finale Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranaviru Real Star Mission 2 commences (Category: Business)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
As Sri Lanka-Japan bilateral discourse completes 60 memorable events, Japan has become our seventh largest international trade partner. “The total bilateral trade turnover between the two nations has grown to $ 1,250 m in 2011. Japan, our seventh largest trade partner in 2011, has always been a key trading nation as well as a generous ...
- Looking East (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, Japan talk of FTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to consider Special Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka: Japanese minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to consider possible FTA with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Japan continues to be a top partner of Sri Lanka as our bilateral trade with the Land of the Rising Sun topped $ 1.2 b in 2011 and knowledge transfer of Japanese manufacturing practices to Sri Lanka has helped improve quality of manufacturing here. “Japan has always been a key trading partner as well as ...
- JASTECA program on ‘Japanese Way to Delight Customers’ (Category: Business)
- Top seminar on Japanese style of management by JASTECA (Category: Business)
- “Land of the Rising Sun now our seventh trade partner”: Rishad to Japan Times (Category: Business)
By T. Farook Thajudeen Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) sought time to file objections against the enjoining order obtained by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) preventing the ABU from granting broadcasting rights of 30th Olympic Games within the territory of Sri Lanka to any other person other than Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. Senior Counsel Harsha ...
- SLRC To Take Legal Action Against MTV (Category: Breaking News)
- Olympics Only For SLRC (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas Wrestle For Olympic Rights Muscling Out Rupavahini (Category: Breaking News)
- Stay order on Olympic games telecast rights (Category: Breaking News)
They admit that there’s nothing quite like plugging in and riding the lightning, but come 19 May, a new wave of heavy metal are stripping things down and going unplugged. The concert titled ‘Deconstruction’ will feature CryWolf, Angel Down, Circus Cult, Ethereal and R.A.G.E and will happen at the newly opened club/pub Fuze. The show ...
- Reinventing the Steel (Category: Business)
- Sundays were made to be deviant! (Category: Business)
- Alternative Sundays - Rock ‘N Roll, metal and dubstep… hello deviant times! (Category: Business)
- Eva goes Hello Kitty (Category: Business)
Vesak is a time to revisit and refocus on the core of Buddhism. It is also the time to see how Buddhist principles of truth, peace, honesty and kindness can be promoted in the country. At the start of the week, just a cursory glance at the newspapers reveals many things that could do with ...
- Tactful Diplomacy Will Bring Durable Solution (Category: Breaking News)
- Notre Dame Federal Credit Union raises minimum wage to $16 an hour (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Museums' hidden treasures unveiled (Category: Technology)
- It's not a land of ‘mañana,’ but it is a good land (Category: USA, New Mexico)
By D.C. Ranatunga “We bear a very heavy responsibility to build up this service with great care, vigilance and intellectual integrity so that the people of this country belonging to different ethnic groups, believing in four different faiths, of diverse economic groups, living in varying environments, urban and rural, with different levels of literacy and ...
- London Olympics biggest in US TV history, despite gripes (Category: Business)
- ABC sport cover feels pinch (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- ABC’s Hiru TV to launch on 23 May (Category: Business)
- ABC’s Hiru TV gears to shake up the television industry (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s most popular children’s television programme ‘Muthuhara’ broadcasted by Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) selected Cinnamon Grand’s Nuga Gama (the Village in the City) for its first live broadcast on 1 January. This is the first time a hotel has been selected as a venue for this renowned children’s programme, since its inception 30 ...
- Cinnamon Grand first ever hotel to launch first day cover (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Grand indulges children to mark World Tourism Day (Category: Business)
- A grand Vesak at Cinnamon Grand (Category: Business)
- Lights off and Earth on at Cinnamon Grand (Category: Business)
By Dinali Goonewardene Prathilaba was telecast on Rupavahini on Sundays at 10 a.m. The TV documentary, a studio discussion on investing in the stock market was commissioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission and panellists from the stock market industry participated. These included stock brokers, research analysts, fund managers and officials from the Colombo Stock ...
- Invest In Stocks With Good Valuations (Category: Breaking News)
- Investor Day at Negombo tomorrow (Category: Business)
- SEC Investor Day goes to Matara (Category: Business)
- Investor Day in Kurunegala on Saturday (Category: Business)
Yet another Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) report has been tabled in Parliament and media reports indicate that as much as Rs. 19 billion has been mismanaged by the 229 organisations monitored in 16 months, leading one to question: what steps will the Government take to minimise these excesses? If previous COPE reports are any ...
- The greatest challenge (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines recorded a Loss of Rs. 45 Billion in 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- Tax Revenue Fixed At 13.6% of GDP (Category: Breaking News)
- COPE Lists Over 200 Public Entities (Category: Breaking News)
State broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) has contracted Harris Broadcast Communications to provide it with DVB-T2 transmission equipment as the South Asian nation migrates from analogue to digital terrestrial television. The contract involves a number of Harris Maxiva ULX UHF transmitters to support eight over the air digital channels for SLRC. Targeted DVB-T2 channel ...
- DVB-T2 digital technology to be introduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Basil gets contract to convert Rupavahini systems to digital (Category: Breaking News)
- Shop brews up arcade storm (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Court orders probe on State TV (Category: Breaking News)
Mission 1 was a record-breaker, mission two promises more; Ranaviru Real Star, one of the most watched reality shows in Sri Lanka highlighting the hidden talents of our armed forces personnel, commenced operations with the highly-anticipated Mission 2. Ranaviru Real Star was developed on a concept given by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and is organised ...
- Ranaviru Real Star Grand Finale Today (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranaviru Real Star Season Two grand finale today (Category: Business)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
- New house for Ranaviru Real Star (Category: Breaking News)
The Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE), the vibrant forum of the new generation entrepreneurs of Sri Lanka plans to conduct a highly interactive series of programmes named ‘Zero to Billionaire – The Story behind Sri Lankan Business Heroes of the 21st Century’ to bring to the surface the untold truths of success of the ...
- COYLE to unveil leadership facets: ‘The Untold Truths of Sri Lankan Entrepreneurs’ (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi Insurance exclusive Gold partner for Entrepreneur of the Year awards (Category: Business)
- MBSL creates banking history by opening 16 branches in a day (Category: Business)
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) conducted an “Investor Day” on Saturday 1 October at Monty Hotel, Ampara in order to educate investors on investing in the stock market and Unit Trusts. This was the first ever road show conducted in Ampara. A large number of new investors participated at this event ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) in association with the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation telecasts a live one-hour television series in Sinhala titled ‘Prathilabha’ on the capital market on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. This programme, which was initiated for the purpose of imparting proper capital market knowledge and awareness on the ...
- SEC appoints Consultative Committee for capital markets (Category: Business)
- Investor Day at Negombo tomorrow (Category: Business)
- Market must earn confidence to be more attractive for investors: SEC (Category: Business)
- SEC Chairman says it is the right time to invest (Category: Breaking News)
THERE is so much wastage happening in Sri Lanka that discussing mismanagement of public resources seems to be a worn-out topic. Then, suddenly, the all important Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) releases its report and the subject hits headlines temporarily. New reports have stated that COPE has revealed that the Government has lost a ...
- Losses at 249 Govt. ventures exceed Rs.19 billion: COPE (Category: Breaking News)
- COPE to probe SLC (Category: Breaking News)
- Increase subsidies to support livelihoods: Harsha de Silva (Category: Business)
- Electrifying losses (Category: Business)
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