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Chris Gayle is set to put more than a year in the international wilderness behind him when West Indies face England in the opening match of their one-day series at Southampton on Saturday. Gayle has an impressive one-day record, with over 8,000 runs in 228 ODIS including 19 hundreds at an average of nearly 40. ...
- West Indies ready to welcome back Gayle (Category: Business)
- Sammy open to Gayle return during England Tests (Category: Business)
- Gayle back for West Indies after 14-month absence (Category: Business)
- Gayle told to retract to end cricket exile (Category: Business)
The Galadari Hotel Colombo is proud to be presented with the honour of being a Halal Friendly Hotel with a Crescent Rating 4. This places the hotel as the only five-star property in Colombo to be presented with this highly noteworthy achievement. Galadari Hotel Food and Beverage Director Ananda Warakawa receiving the Certification award from ...
- Hotel Woes (Category: Business)
- Conversion Move (Category: Business)
- Secretary Defence delivers Keynote Address at 'Defence Seminar - 2012' (Category: Breaking News)
- Secretary Defence delivers Keynote Address at 'Defence Seminar - 2012' (Category: Breaking News)
With highest-ever top and bottom line performance premier blue chip JKH says knowing exactly who were are, what we stand for and where we are headed makes all the differenceI am pleased to present the Integrated Annual Report, and the Statement of Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2012. The Report encapsulates the ...
- Jumbo profit at JKH (Category: Business)
- Stellar 3Q for JKH (Category: Business)
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
- Good start by JKH in “challenging” FY13 (Category: Business)
‘The Business of Sports,’ the fortnightly column that appears every other Thursday returns after a festive break. This is Feature #22, continuing to seek a greater public engagement in our national sports and a sporting surveillance on what goes on away from the arenas and behind the scenes. Readers are invited to share their views ...
- Sports AGMs aka Annual General Meanderings! (Category: Business)
- Cleaning up sports: No end to it! (Category: Business)
- New resolutions for sports in 2012! (Category: Business)
- Is Sri Lanka Sports being waylaid by mercenaries? (Category: Business)
Fresh push to woo Chinese tourists and tap greater share of two-way traffic, including to Maldives Upgrade brings total flights to four cities in China including Hong Kong to 21 per week By Nisthar Cassim in Beijing, China In a fresh push to woo more Chinese tourists as well as cater to growing two-way traffic, ...
- Sri Lankan to operate daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Business)
- oneworld CEO and team visit Colombo to welcome SriLankan on board (Category: Business)
- SriLankan to start daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai from next week (Category: Breaking News)
Eight young athletes sponsored by Janashakthi Insurance PLC under the insurer’s Annual Sponsorship program which aims to develop and nurture sporting talent in Sri Lanka are starring the ongoing 15th Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Colombo, one of Asia’s biggest sporting events. Among the eight young talented youth are Nayomika Jayatilaka (19 years) and ...
- Janashakthi felicitates Sri Lankan medalists at Asian Junior Athletic meet (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi sponsored athletes represent Sri Lanka at World Championship in Spain (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi extends sponsorship of its two stellar sports stars (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi Insurance bags international awards for CSR and branding and marketing (Category: Business)
Keynote on ‘Leveraging the Power of Asia’The highly useful and influential CIMA Business Leaders Summit will be inaugurated this evening at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, whilst the sessions proper will be held tomorrow. The event as an intellectual engagement seeks to educate Sri Lankan entrepreneurs on the projected global business trends and provide them the ...
- Austell Store Owners Have Tough Questions About City Ordinance (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Sagamore Farm moving from horse racing to rye business (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Apple v Google maps: which is better? (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Ore. man files cannabis candy appeal (Category: USA, Washington)
Centara’s second resort in Bali, the Centara Grand Nusa Dua Resort & Villas, is scheduled to soft-open during the third quarter of 2012. The five-star property will feature a combination of deluxe suites and pool villas with a choice of one, two and three bedrooms. Centara’s first resort hotel to open in Bali was the ...
- Centara renames hotels on New Year’s Eve (Category: Business)
- Centara targets 100 hotels by 2018 (Category: Business)
- Centara to open second resort in Maldives (Category: Business)
- Centara goes all-inclusive in Maldives (Category: Business)
ESPN and News Corp have announced a definitive agreement under which ESPN will sell its 50 per cent stake in ESPN Star Sports (ESS) to a unit of News Corp, ending a 16-year partnership. The transaction gives News Corp full ownership while “providing ESPN more independence and flexibility in future support of The Walt Disney ...
- ESPN STAR Sports bags the rights to cover ‘SLPL’ (Category: Breaking News)
- ESPN STAR Sports bags multi-year broadcasting rights for Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- Iowa Wolves to not hold season in state this season (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Iowa Wolves to not hold season in state this season (Category: USA, Iowa)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has chosen Sri Lanka’s star Lasith Malinga, as the official Event Ambassador for the ICC World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012. The cricketing icon is renowned and admired for his unique cricketing style and vibrancy and is one of the world’s best Twenty20 players. Malinga, was selected as the Event ...
- ICC announce Lasith Malinga as event ambassador for World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Malinga named ICC ambassador for T20 World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC named Malinga is the event ambassador for T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lasith Malinga, event ambassador for the ICC World Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
Following are excerpts of an interview with SLAITO Executive Committee Member and Walkers Tours Limited Chief Executive Officer Michael Elias: Q: Is Sri Lanka becoming too expensive? Why must Sri Lanka be competitive in order to attract tourists? Surely we offer the visitor a unique mix that is not repeated anywhere else in the world! ...
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Building the ‘Harpo’ empire (Category: Business)
- SLPL an exciting opportunity for Sri Lankan cricket: Sandeep Bhammer (Category: Business)
- JVP’s take on UNHRC, bad governance and economic crisis in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
The Carlton 7’s rugby tournament is taking Colombo by storm and Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo is proud to be hosting the North Western Blacks. The eagerly anticipated rugby tournament welcomes a number of local players and selected international players to take part in this championship. The North Western Blacks currently ranked on top of the Carlton ...
- Tassie golfer in Players tilt (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Security tight as Quail Hollow kicks off with pro-am (Category: USA, North Carolina)
- Gay softball league limit on straight players OK'd (Category: USA, Washington)
- Dozens of tennis players forced into COVID quarantine at Australian Open (Category: USA, New York)
Reuters: Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, told jurors at the insider-trading trial of one of the investment bank’s former directors that “all parts” of a 2008 board meeting the two attended were confidential. “If something is discussed in a board meeting, it is confidential,” Blankfein said, when asked about a ...
- Rajat Gupta helped promote Rajaratnam funds, says trial witness (Category: Business)
- Ex-Goldman director Gupta charged in insider case (Category: Business)
- Email, wiretaps at trial link Rajat to Rajaratnam (Category: Business)
Trip Advisor, the world’s largest travel site, has awarded the prestigious Certificate of Excellence 2012 to Eden Resort and Spa. This award honours hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews on their website. By winning this accolade, Eden Resort and Spa has entered into the prestigious category in ...
- LOLC Leisure’s Holiday Bouquet (Category: Breaking News)
- All Serendib Leisure hotels earn 2012 Tripadvisor Certificates of Excellence (Category: Business)
- Eden Resort and Spa shines once again! (Category: Business)
- Eden Resort and Spa creates signature cocktail for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
Based on the previous display of Science, I had indicated that the Pathana/Science game would be close with an indication of a slight supremacy by Pathana. Last Friday Pathana played their hearts out and virtually ran circles round Science. From the outset the game plan of Pathana was clear and that was to run the ...
- Trinity back to winning ways (Category: Business)
- Royal battle Petes this week (Category: Business)
- Royal and Petes remain unbeaten (Category: Business)
- Science vs. Pathana, the pick of the week (Category: Business)
Only seven months into operation, Chatz restaurant down Horton Place has risen to quick fame among those who likes a quick bite in a chilled out, quiet atmosphere. With the Headmasters salon right next door, for many, the restaurant and salon seems to be one unit. But Restaurant Manager Rasheed Carim is quick to say otherwise. The ...
- Tantalising Taprobane - Cinnamon Grand’s restaurant introduces new menu (Category: Business)
- Chinese Christmas buffet at the Cinnamon Grand (Category: Business)
- Ushering in a new era in Sri Lanka’s culinary scene (Category: Business)
- Delectably ‘Delicious’ (Category: Business)
Minister Bathiudeen was addressing the gala Star Awards 2011, the international scale packaging awards event in Sri Lanka held at the Cinnamon Grand on the night of 27 May to felicitate top innovators in the $ 1 billion packaging industry of Sri Lanka.
- Terminal Award (Category: Business)
- Fashion Freight (Category: Business)
- Capital Cushion (Category: Business)
- Share Allocation (Category: Business)
With a stellar performance from its tourism sector, Aitken Spence PLC has reported its highest-ever profit before tax of Rs. 5.5 billion for 2011/12. The company posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs. 4.7 billion for the year financial year ended 31 March 2012, Aitken Spence said in a statement. The blue chip showed ...
- Aitken Spence 1H profit before tax up 7.5% to Rs. 1.7 b (Category: Business)
- Aitken Spence’s 9 month profits up 24% to Rs. 3 b (Category: Business)
- Spence 1Q pre-tax profit up 25% to Rs. 918 m (Category: Business)
- Harry triggers Takeover Code on Aitken Spence (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has decided against playing for Middlesex in English county cricket’s Twenty20 competition the county’s managing director Angus Fraser announced on Monday. The 28-year-old paceman, whose unusual ‘slingshot’ action makes him difficult to face, has been told to rest after completing his Indian Premier League duties with the Mumbai Indians....
- Ore. father accused of trying to give away the kids (Category: USA, Washington)
- Jana Aragalaya now ‘Frontline Socialist Party’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Bayliss feels for Marsh as Dilshan quits (Category: Business)
- Heshan comes second in heats but fails to qualify for next round (Category: Business)
Expolanka Holdings Plc said yesterday it has sustained its consolidated net profit after tax for the FY 2011/12 at Rs. 1.23 billion with a consolidated net profit before tax at Rs. 1.68 billion. The Q4 recorded a year on year growth of 21% in top line, 33% growth in gross profit and 22% growth in ...
- High raw material cost sends Tokyo Cement 1Q profit down despite 33% rise in sales (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank profit tops Rs 2 bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Mobitel profit exceeds Rs 200 million in Q1 (Category: Breaking News)
- CT Holdings ends FY12 on a high with stellar 4Q (Category: Business)
Club Palm Bay Marawila, is a four star resort hotel situated on the Western coast and is 35 kilometres from the Bandaranaike International Airport, centrally located with easy accessibility to tourist hot spots such as Kalpitiya (famous for sightings of Blue Whales, Sperm Whales and Dolphins), and to the well known wild life sanctuary Wilpattu. ...
- Expert body to reform the law (Category: South Australia)
- Desal firms in $9m suit strife (Category: South Australia)
- Matara MC Opp. leader leaves meeting in protest (Category: Breaking News)
- First poppy flower (Category: Business)
BOSTON, (Reuters): Security experts have discovered a new data-stealing virus dubbed Flame they say has lurked inside thousands of computers across the Middle East for as long as five years as part of a sophisticated cyber warfare campaign. It is the most complex piece of malicious software discovered to date, said Kaspersky Lab security senior ...
- Microsoft software bug linked to ‘Duqu’ virus (Category: Business)
- New SARS-like virus found, man critically ill in UK (Category: Business)
- ‘Internet Doomsday’ virus fizzles, web traffic flows (Category: Business)
- World’s first dengue vaccine beats three virus strains (Category: Business)
Reuters: Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc director, US prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime corporate star Rajat Gupta. The 63-year-old Gupta is accused of providing now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with boardroom ...
- Ex-Goldman director Gupta charged in insider case (Category: Business)
- Goldman CEO testifies at Rajat Gupta insider trial (Category: Business)
- Rajat Gupta helped promote Rajaratnam funds, says trial witness (Category: Business)
- Rajat Gupta loses wiretap ruling, wins on SEC notes (Category: Business)
By Ruzaik Farook The All Ceylon Muslim Women’s Association (ACMWA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) on 26 Saturday May 2012 at Hotel Ramada, Colombo. The ACMWA, one of the oldest and leading Muslim organisations in Sri Lanka focused on social development, was founded in 1952 by a group of Muslim ladies seeking to eliminate ...
- Chaos in universities: A solution? (Category: Business)
- Fathima Girls School holds annual sports meet (Category: Business)
- Zahira College holds 120th Anniversary Prize Day (Category: Business)
- Important issues (Category: Business)
Hot on the heels of the 2011/12 HSBC Sevens World Series, Sri Lanka begins its league version of the popular game of rugby the ‘Carlton Super Sevens’ taking after the concept of the world renowned IPL. The well known names of the Sevens World Series is all packed in on this exciting tournament which has ...
- ERI Group, Your Radio team up for promotions (Category: Business)
- Bollywood stars arrive in the country to watch Carlton Rugby tournament (Category: Breaking News)
- Black Beauties join the Stallions (Category: Business)
- RWC Sevens 2013 to take place in Moscow 28-30 June (Category: Business)
All Black stars feature in playing and coaching setup for the Sabaragamuwa Stallions at the 2012 Carlton Super 7’s Sabaragamuwa Stallions, one of the founding franchises of the Carlton Super 7’s, announces the signing of four All Black seven’s players to the team for the 2012 tournament to be held over 2 weekends in May ...
- Sri Lanka Insurance empowers Carlton Super Sevens Rugby Tournament 2012 (Category: Business)
- North Western Blacks emerge winners in Kandy (Category: Business)
- St. Thomas’ Collage Junior rugby players meet the Stallions! (Category: Business)
- North Western Blacks lead four – way battle for supremacy (Category: Breaking News)
Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka walked free from jail yesterday with a pardon from President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who appears to have bowed to growing international demands that he release his highest-profile rival while erasing the image of him as a victim. Ex-General Sarath Fonseka kissed his hands and raised them to a group of 2,000 ...
- Fonseka says ‘Government must go’ (Category: Business)
- Sarath Fonseka will be released soon, says President (Category: Business)
- Letting the General out of the bottle (Category: Business)
- Sarath Fonseka gets conditional bail (Category: Business)
The World Duty Free, managed by the pioneer operator, Autogrill Lanka Ltd., was opened yesterday at the Bandaranaike International Airport, offering a new experience and exciting luxury products for travellers. Chief Guest at the opening, Airport and Aviation Services Chairman Prasanna Wickramasuriya said: “This is certainly a proud moment in the Bandaranaike International Airport̵...
- World Duty Free introduces ‘Davidoff Cool Water Mega Promotion’ at BIA (Category: Business)
- World Duty Free Unveiled At BIA (Category: Business)
- World Duty Free Group brings cricket fever to BIA (Category: Business)
- World Duty Free Group Brings Cricket Fever To BIA (Category: Business)
John Keells Hotels Group announced the certification of ‘Green Globe Awards’ to five of its resorts and hotels for sustainable tourism. The certifications were received by Chaaya Village Habarana, Chaaya Blu Trincomalee and Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo – Maldives, properties which fall under Chaaya Hotels and Resorts, Cinnamon Lodge Habarana of the Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts ...
- Bentota Beach Hotel is Green Globe certified (Category: Business)
- Chaaya Reef Ellaidhoo gets Green Globe recertification (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lodge achieves Green Globe certification (Category: Business)
- Pledges, innovation, spiritedness: Unique cornerstones at John Keells Leisure Awards (Category: Business)
News reports point to an important decision that the minister concerned has been requested to make on the above subject. If this is correct it is important that we recognise that it is more than a million dollar decision that has been called for. It is so important a decision because it could determine the ...
- Storms brewing in teacups (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- SL must become a tea nation, but… (Category: Business)
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