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Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, yesterday announced the kick off of ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ (ARS) in Sri Lanka – a first-of-its-kind island-wide hunt for young and talented soccer football players. Launched in association with Manchester United (one of the best soccer clubs in the ...
PJ Group’s super luxury hotel, Isle of Agnes, will be completed within the next two years, according to Chairman, PJ Group, Prasanna Jayewardene.
Beruwala Resorts Ltd., will debut today on the Diri Savi Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange. This is following the CSE approving the listing of 600 million ordinary voting shares via an introduction. The reference price for listing is Rs. 4 based on the last reported audited earnings for equity holders, fixed at a price ...
New Delhi: Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and five-time world boxing champion MC Mary Kom are among the top 50 most marketable athletes in the world, according to British monthly SportsPro. While Dhoni finds himself in 16th spot, Mary is 38th by the magazine that reports on the business and financial aspects of sports. ...
Tourism is very much in the news and targets are being bandied around. A magic number plucked from the air of 2.5 million tourists by 2015/16 is often quoted. All this suggests that tourism will see a sustained explosion in growth. What is the truth? Is it fast growth or slow burn? What are the ...
American Express the credit card acquired and issued in Sri Lanka solely by Nations Trust Bank (NTB) PLC Partners with John Keells Hotels to offer Cardmembers ultimate getaway choices for the upcoming holiday season. American Express Cardmember will enjoy 30% savings when they stay at their partner JKH hotels from 1 July to 31 August. ...
To see the abundant wildlife in four national parks, Sharon Ng Kooi Kin endures driving on what passes off as roads New Straits Times: WE don’t go on one safari in Sri Lanka. We go on four in 12 days! Our bones are shaken and rattled out of joint, even as our eyes feast on ...
After 12 years of operation, Finagle Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. has broken new ground in the launch of its innovative range of “ready-to-bake frozen dough,” a boon to commercial food service providers. The pioneering venture was the culmination of a rich story of dedication, persistence, vision and hard work, which marks a milestone for the company ...
France pulled the plug on the Minitel over the weekend, a home-grown precursor of the Internet which brought on-line banking, travel reservations and even sex chats to millions a decade before the World Wide Web. In a country where resistance to all things “Anglo-Saxon” runs deep, the Minitel evokes both pride at French technological prowess ...
Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) last week sold the first two vehicles of the latest Mercedes-Benz Actros Prime Mover to LAUGFS Gas PLC. The Mercedes-Benz Actros is a heavy duty truck initially introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 1995. It is used around the world for long-distance haulage and heavy duty distribution haulage by some of ...
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
Reuters: Launching outrageous winners left, right and centre, obscure Czech Lukas Rosol rocked Wimbledon’s Centre Court to its foundations on Thursday by winning a final-set shootout after dusk against twice former champion Rafa Nadal. Ranked 100th in the world, few of the enthralled 15,000 fans inside the famous arena would have heard of Rosol before ...
Reuters: A touch of star quality from Mario Balotelli plus a familiar mixture of experience and canny defending saw Italy quash a young Germany side 2-1 on Thursday and book a place in the Euro 2012 final against holders Spain. The semi-final victory thanks to Balotelli’s first-half double extended Italy’s unbeaten run against Germany in ...
Reuters: When Natasha Jonas took up boxing to lose weight seven years ago, she had no idea she was about to dramatically change her life and enter the history books as one of the first female Olympic boxers. Within a month of pulling on gloves, Jonas had her first bout in the ring and it ...
Organised by the alliance Francaise de Kotte and the Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the support of the Ministry of Arts and Cultural Affairs, the BMICH and many other French and Sri Lankan Companies. The event took place from the 15th to 24th June 2012 with the 24th June celebrating the event ...
Ranna212, Tangalle the closest star classed resort to the Sooriyawewa Cricket Stadium was home to our much loved cricketers of yesteryear – Tony Greig, Ramiz Raja & Waqar Yunus, when they headed deep south together with the Ten Sports team for Sri Lanka vs Pakistan matches. Sunset tea arranged on the scenic landscape of ...
Two young marketers – Dinal Edirisinghe & Wishmini Perera from Aitken Spence – fared well in the Young lion’s market competition at the Cannes Advertising Festival 2012 grabbing the fourth place. Young lion’s marketer program is a platform dedicated to young individuals below 30 in all countries across the world Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing ...
Recent newspaper advertisements heralding the birth of a sports economy is indeed good news for sportsmen in general and sports entrepreneurs in particular. Tax exemptions that serve as attractive incentives are a much awaited step in the right direction for a small nation who has time and again made forays into the big leagues. The ...
Reuters: It’s one of the most famous names in the world, up there with the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty – but now London’s Big Ben clock tower is to be renamed Elizabeth Tower to mark the queen’s 60th year on the British throne. The announcement on Tuesday followed four days of celebrations earlier ...
Unilever Sri Lanka yesterday recognized and rewarded the star performers of its project Saubhagya at its annual award ceremony held at Cinnamon Lakeside. Project Saubhagya is an initiative to facilitate economic independence among women in rural Sri Lanka, by encouraging them to become micro-entrepreneurs. This year, more than 70 Saubhagya entrepreneurs who achieved their targets ...
Kuala Lumpur: World cricket chiefs Wednesday rejected a new move to make decision review technology compulsory and put off talks on wide-ranging reforms following opposition from powerful India. The International Cricket Council (ICC) board also called for a global, lifetime corruption ban for Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for his role in an English spot-fixing scandal, ...
Janashakthi Insurance, as a part of their commitment to develop and nurture sporting talent in Sri Lanka, felicitated eight young athletes for their excellent performance at the recently concluded 15th Asian Junior Athletic meet in Colombo. The pool of athletes comprising of Shivanthi Rathnayake, Nimesha Siriwardena, Chamika Jayamini, Nayomika Gimhani, Pabasara Senanayake, Malin Udaya ...
Development of tourism in Sri Lanka will require stakeholders to strike a proper balance between developing 3-star and 4-star properties on the one hand, and luxury and boutique hotels on the other, in addition to implementing a more liberalized pricing structure, according to a report from Sri Lanka-based strategy consulting firm Vox & Co.
EZY Racing, liquid engineered by Castrol, were provided a very strong weekend when their ace driving duo of Pasindu Peiris and Sajaad Zuhair provided them an all podium weekend at the Walawe Supercross held at Udawalawe, thereby increasing the Black and Red teams trophy tally to a grand 29 podium finishes in the eight races ...
The first branch of the new spa brand Cense by SPA Cenvaree will open at the newly opened Centara Hotel & Convention Centre Khon Kaen during August. Cense is designed as a fast-service spa providing core treatments and beauty services at affordable rates for guests who do not have the leisure time to spend in ...
Ann Bezbatchenko Director Graduate and Professional Enrollment Management of Loyola University Chicago (LUC) recently welcomed Sri Lanka’s leading student recruiters to US Priyanthi & Padmasena Dissanayake of Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com). Being apprised of the need for financial aid for the star academic achievers of the Island nation Director Bezbatchenko ...
EZY Racing, Sri Lanka’s foremost motor racing team which has become a dominant force in the Sri Lankan motor racing arena, yesterday announced its latest alliance, with international lubricant specialists, Castrol. “Castrol is a brand synonymous with premium quality, high performance and leading edge technology within the different sectors of the lubricant industry for an ...
Oriflame, Sri Lanka’s largest beauty company selling direct celebrated a year of success in Kandy, where the top 60 performers among Oriflame’s almost 15,000 individual business owners gathered for a three day seminar at the luxurious five star Earl’s Regency Hotel. The participants were delighted with the special welcome which involved being escorted in traditional ...
REUTERS: With the red clay of Roland Garros tamed, Maria Sharapova heads to the less alien setting of Wimbledon’s grass a clear favourite having completed the career grand slam and regained her place at the pinnacle of the rankings. Having washed the red dust out of her long blonde hair, she waves goodbye to ...
Sri Lanka-China Business Cooperation Council (SLBCC) affiliated to the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) announced the launch of the andlsquo;SLBCC Business Star Awards 2012andrsquo; on 20 June at the Galadari Hotel.