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Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) – the local office of creative giant Leo Burnett Worldwide – won the highly acclaimed ‘Commercial of the Year’ award at the prestigious Sumathi Awards, the biggest festival of the country’s television industry held recently at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. Managing Director Ranil De Silva at ...
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first Spikes Asia metal won by Leo Burnett (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett Colombo honoured at Leo Intel Awards 2011 (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins again at Adfest 2012 (Category: Business)
Arrenga Capital Research takes a deeper look at Budget 2012 and impact on select listed companies 1. A challenging deficit target – 6.2% of GDP in 2012 I. Government revenue targeted to grow by 20.2% YoY to Rs. 1,126.1 b (14.7% of GDP) II. Total Government expenditure to rise 14.1% YoY to Rs. 1,594.9 b ...
- Highlights of the Budget 2012 proposals (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Budget 2012: Growth in focus (Category: Business)
- Budget bloats! (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
The Free Dictionary defines impunity as ‘exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines’. In the context of the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims’ right to justice and to bring ...
- The Need to Address Persistent Impunity for Violations and Abuses of International Human Rights ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Power: Opium of the political class (Category: Business)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
Following are the brief key suggestions that came out at the groundbreaking pre-Budget 2012 brainstorming session held recently under a joint initiative by the Daily FT and the MBA Alumni Association of University of Colombo with Secretary to the Treasury Dr. P.B. Jayasundera as the Chief Guest Apparel sector: Brandix CFO Hasitha Premaratne • Apparel ...
- Hapag in SCE Combo Service 2012 – Trans-Pacific Trade (Category: Business)
- Boosting Asia’s resilience (Category: Business)
- Actuaries, pipe welders, gecochemists wanted by UK (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: The Iranian army is conducting a four-day training exercise to test its defences, state TV reported on Saturday, amid rising international tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme. Press TV said the war games started on Friday and were taking place over 800,000 square km in the east of the country. “The initial stage of the ...
- Nuclear stand-off (Category: Technology)
- Hot Plan (Category: Business)
- Nuclear Dispute (Category: Business)
- Iran: Heading toward a nuclear show-down? (Category: Technology)
DTV (Dialog Television), a subsidiary of one of Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunication service providers Dialog Axiata PLC, is extending its sponsorship of the Mercantile Rugby Sevens for a record ninth consecutive year. The Mercantile Rugby 7’s, one of the most anticipated events in the mercantile sporting calendar, will kick off from 18 to 20 November, ...
- Mercantile Rugby 2012: call for entries (Category: Business)
- Dialog strikes deal with Singer outlets on bill payments (Category: Business)
- Chat Margins (Category: Business)
Nihonbashi was one of only two Sri Lankan restaurants selected to feature in the 2011/2012 edition of The Miele Guide, published earlier this week. Known as Asia’s first independent restaurant guide the much respected Miele Guide ranks the top 500 restaurants in Asia. To be recognised by it as one of two restaurants in Sri ...
- Nihonbashi celebrates 17 years of culinary excellence (Category: Business)
- Nihonbashi, the most romantic venue this Valentine’s Day (Category: Business)
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays conferred on Chef Dharshan Munidasa (Category: Breaking News)
- The worst restaurants to work for! (Category: Business)
NEW DELHI: The annual India International Trade Fair (IITF) opened yesterday, with products from all over the world on exhibition and sale to 1.4 million visitors expected to throng Pragati Maidan. The IITF, inaugurated by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will be thrown open to the general public from November 19 till its conclusion on November ...
- Iowa State Fair moving ahead with precautions for 2021 (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Iowa State Fair moving ahead with precautions for 2021 (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Global Village draws two million visitors in two months (Category: Business)
- Biggest lifestyle fair opens today at BMICH (Category: Business)
A leader in Sri Lanka’s hospitality trade, the Mount Lavinia Hotel (MLH) is known throughout the world for its scenic beauty and first-rate services. Although a historic hotel aged beyond two centuries, MLH moves parallel to the 21st century hospitality trade practices and innovations, and its values are very much in par with ethical practices ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
New craft inspired ‘in-flight collection’ of fashion, accessories and jewellery to be launched at Sri Lanka Design Festival 2011The national carrier that has bridged the nation with the world for over three decades is soon to launch an in-flight collection that will carry the message of Sri Lankan craft heritage internationally. These collections will include ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
Reuters: Italy’s president appointed former European Commissioner Mario Monti on Sunday to head a new government charged with implementing urgent reforms to end a crisis that has endangered the whole euro zone. After a frenetic weekend during which parliament passed the reforms and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stepped down to the jeers of hostile crowds, ...
- Italy’s Monti defends reform as opposition grows (Category: Business)
- Italy’s Monti sees end of crisis getting closer (Category: Business)
- Crisis in Italy spurs fears of euro zone break-up (Category: Business)
- Out: politicos; in: technocrats (Category: Business)
By Chamitha Kuruppu The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna claims spending Rs. 265 billion on an 11-day extravaganza is intolerable for an economically ailing country like Sri Lanka. Addressing a media briefing the JVP warned that the aftermath of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games would not be rosy as the Rajapaksa administration predicts According to JVP Propaganda ...
- Govt. takes vengeance on private sector over pension bill – JVP (Category: Business)
- JVP accuses Govt. of crippling University system (Category: Business)
- AKD’s India visit: ‘JVP will not compromise Lanka’s security and economic interets’ (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP urges public to hold Govt. accountable for “gambling with public money” (Category: Business)
Sri Lankans artistes signed under major labels Sony and Universal MusicBy Cheranka Mendis The Sherifs are the new wave of Euromerican influenced Asian singers, songwriters and producers. Made up of Azlan Sheriff and Dirk James, they are the only Sri Lankan born producers/artists to have produced an album scheduled for release under major labels Sony ...
- Sony international signs up Alston (Category: Breaking News)
- Sony sees $ 2.9 b loss, reveals daunting task for new CEO (Category: Business)
- Sony launches sensational showroom (Category: Business)
- Sony launches 360 degree sweep panorama series (Category: Business)
Reuters: David Beckham’s five years in Major League Soccer (MLS) have “delivered on all aspects”, commissioner Don Garber said on Thursday, adding that he hopes the England international will stay on in the league. Beckham’s original five-year deal with the L.A Galaxy concludes after the Nov. 20 MLS Cup final between his club and the ...
- Beckham to re-join Galaxy on two-year deal (Category: Business)
- Becks Agrees Galaxy Stay (Category: Breaking News)
- IT Galaxy opens with latest HP notebooks (Category: Business)
- Samsung unveils four new Galaxy smartphones (Category: Business)
Coats, which has raised the bar and set industry standards in the area of sewing solutions, has joined hands with Sri Lanka Design Festival to project the many capabilities of the local apparel and fashion industry to the world. In order to share Coats’ global expertise in the apparel vertical integration sector, the company has ...
- Coats Thread partners Design Festival 2011 (Category: Business)
- Coats Thread ties up with AOD (Category: Business)
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
PARIS (Reuters): France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country’s creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time. The main goal was to protect a top-notch credit rating that allows France to fund itself ...
- Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs (Category: Business)
- Euro zone barely grows in Q3, recession looms (Category: Business)
- Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
Range of exhibitions, forums and workshops for students and general public For the third consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Design Festival is preparing to provide South-Asian region with a rare opportunity to witness and learn from the creative talent and expertise of globally renowned creative industry professionals. SLDF 2011 has invited a group of elite ...
- SriLankan Airlines in a new design era (Category: Business)
- Famous designers, industry specialists in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
nSriLankan Airlines partners with Sri Lanka Design Festival: launches luxuriously designed flatbed at SLDF this November SriLankan Airlines, Sri Lanka’s national airline, in a bold attempt to enhance its products and services to drive the country’s ongoing boom in tourism and economic development will launch its latest addition: The luxury flatbed on Business Class. Partnering ...
The forum will be held on 18 NovemberThe South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) as one of its main highlights of 2011, is already participated by apparel manufacturing leaders and their key partners promising to be a great platform and networking opportunity for apparel industry’s backward integration sector and ...
- Sri Lanka apparel industry on Design Festival catwalk (Category: Business)
- TradeCard joins forces with Sri Lanka Design Festival (Category: Business)
London, (ANI): The bookmaker who had contacted former South African captain Hansie Cronje to fix a Test match against England reckons that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is clueless when it comes to spot-fixing. Marlon Aronstam now works in horse racing, but claims that he has seen enough in cricket to suggest that fixing remains ...
- Probe Order (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka President vows to Finish Term, won’t run for Re-Election (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Manipulation (Category: Business)
- New iPhone broken? Try nail polish (Category: Australia, Queensland)
DUBAI (Reuters): A Bahraini sovereign wealth fund has launched a 100 million dinar ($265 mln) food security fund to invest in agricultural projects in the tiny Gulf kingdom and abroad, an official said. “The fund is based on purely commercial principles,” Mohammed Mubarak al-Sulaity, chief executive of Bahrain’s Future Generations Reserve Fund (FGF), told Al ...
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Empty Stocking Fund brings in more than double its goal (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Eastern Iowa McDonald's owner gives $25,000 for derecho recovery (Category: USA, Iowa)
The inaugural show of the two day Pakistan Film Festival 2011 was held yesterday at the National Film Corporation auditorium. The main feature of this film festival was the screening of ‘Khuda Khay Liye’ (In the name of God), a Pakistani Urdu film with English subtitles, written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor. Member of ...
- Results of 2012 SAARC Film Awards (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka has 'war crimes rebuttal video (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 to broadcast Sri Lanka's Killing Fields (Category: Breaking News)
- Last-minute gaming gifts: 25% off headsets, BOGO 50% off Switch games and more - CNET (Category: Technology)
The South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, conceptualised by SLDF as one of its main highlights of 2011, is to be held on 18 November and will see many key apparel experts and high profile international press gather to provide their insights on topics that are crucial for Sri Lanka’s campaign to lead South Asian apparel ...
- TradeCard joins forces with Sri Lanka Design Festival (Category: Business)
Joins as the Pinnacle Sponsor for the second consecutive yearSri Lanka Telecom has come forward as the Pinnacle Sponsor of Sri Lanka’s flagship ICT Expo Infotel for the second consecutive year. Infotel 2011 will be held from 2 to 5 December at the BMICH and is organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry of ...
- ESOFT educational partner of Infotel 2011 (Category: Business)
- Infotel 2011 to ‘Accelerate IT’ (Category: Business)
- ‘Infotel 2011’ in December (Category: Business)
One of the most unpredictable years in golf history reaches a critical point at WGC-HSBC Champions Five of the world’s leading golfers yesterday warmed up for the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions by performing a traditional Chinese dragon dance on a rooftop overlooking The Bund, Shanghai’s historic riverfront. Golf players (L-R) Adam Scott of Australia, Lee Westwood ...
- South Africa to host Tournament of Hope in 2013 (Category: Business)
- Yang happy to inspire in Asia, but happier to win (Category: Business)
- Triumphant Mahan title hungry after joining elite company (Category: Business)
- Emirates renews sponsorship of DP World Tour Championship (Category: Business)
Lives by the quote “Live to eat! Life is cooking” Chef Carlos Gomez Melendez is a true Latin American in “every sense” . You will hear him miles away” loud and full life” with a zest to produce the finest culinary pieces that can even impress the greatest dignitaries such as US Presidents Barak Obama ...
- Cinnamon Grand’s Chef Sudu: World renowned master of culinary arts (Category: Business)
- The dry-aged steak guy returns home for London Grill take-over (Category: Breaking News)
- Li Qi Wu the new Master Chef at the Golden Dragon (Category: Business)
- Executive Chef of Hilton Colombo honoured as President of Bocuse d’Or, Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
KOLKATA (Reuters): England’s Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side’s six-wicket win over India in Saturday’s Twenty20 international in Kolkata. Pietersen hit a match-winning 53 off just 39 balls at Eden Gardens to earn England their only victory on the limited overs tour ...
- David Shapiro: Finding laughs between groans as election goes overtime (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
Hong Kong (ANI): Pakistan has been crowned Hong Kong Sixes champions after they defeated England by 35 runs on Sunday. Abdul Razzaq (63 not out) and Sohail Tanvir (58) were the top scorers for Pakistan, as they set a target of 155 in their six overs at the Kowloon Cricket Club England, however, lost wickets ...
- Hong Kong's new top judge urges impartiality in courts (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Hong Kong's new top judge urges impartiality in courts (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Hong Kong's new top judge urges impartiality in courts (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Hong Kong's new top judge urges impartiality in courts (Category: USA, South Dakota)
Airline, unions appear again before govt-ordered labour tribunal Qantas says 447 flights grounded, 68,000 passengers affected since Sat PM calls for end to dispute World leaders at Perth meeting among those affected Rival airlines put on more flights MELBOURNE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways and its unions appeared before a labour tribunal on Sunday ...
- Qantas chaos casts shadow on Gold Coast bid for 2018 CW Games? (Category: Business)
- Blow for Qantas as talks with Malaysian Airlines end (Category: Business)
- Qantas overhauls with $ 9 b fleet order, two new airlines (Category: Business)
- Fair Work ends Qantas industrial dispute (Category: Australia, Queensland)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters): Google Inc is making another push to bring its Web savvy to television sets, hoping to tap into a vast new market despite consumers’ lukewarm reaction to one of its initial offerings. The Internet search engine unveiled a revamped version of its Google TV service and announced plans to create about one ...
- Google CEO says Android important, not critical (Category: Business)
- Google premiers web TV (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- ABC’s Hiru TV gears to shake up the television industry (Category: Business)
- Apple, Google, Amazon, smartphone makers sign privacy accord (Category: Business)
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