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New Delhi: India has urges all parties in Maldives to maintain calm and to exercise restraint, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday. In a reply to a question on developments in the Maldives, the official spokesperson urged all parties to maintain calm and to exercise restraint. He encouraged them to exercise their ...
- India building bridges with ex-Maldives president Gayoom (Category: Business)
- India appeals for peace in Maldives (Category: Business)
- Maldives President resigns after Police mutiny (Category: Business)
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
The number one chocolate brand in Sri Lanka, Ritzbury will continue to support protection and awareness programs among school children to educate them on the unique beauty and biodiversity of wetlands. Manufacturer of Ritzbury chocolate, CBL Foods International (Pvt.) Ltd’s Managing Director Imal Fonseka made this statement while addressing the national celebration to mark World ...
- Ritzbury to spearhead awareness campaign on Wetlands in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ritzbury National Junior Squash Tournament ends with a marked success (Category: Business)
- Video: Ritzbury ජොලි ජම්බෝරි @ Santa's Place | Sirasa TV (Category: Entertainment)
- Video: Ritzbury කොකිස් කයිය ? දැන් බලන්න #shorts (Category: Entertainment)
Chef Geir Skeie the award winning Norwegian chef and winner of the 2008 Bocuse d’OrEurope, and the 2009 Bocuse d’Or world final, takes helm at Spoons, Hilton Colombo’s contemporary fine dining restaurant from 9 to 12 March 2012. Winning the biennial world chef championship- the Bocuse d’Or (the Concours mondial de la cuis...
- Bocuse d’Or World Champion Chef Geir Skeie in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to participate in Bocuse d’Or competition for the first time (Category: Business)
- Executive Chef of Hilton Colombo honoured as President of Bocuse d’Or, Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Bocuse dOr World Champion Chef Geir Skeie visits Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The LLRC is not only “good for Sri Lanka, but it is actually a model that the other countries who have had internal strife to follow.” Congressman Jack Kingston of Georgia observes that the international community should respond positively to Sri Lanka’s reconciliation process than suggesting punitive measures against the Island nation recovering from three ...
- Sri Lanka’s ‘Lies Agreed Upon’ screened in US Congress (Category: Business)
- The UN is making lasting peace in Sri Lanka less likely (Category: Business)
- SL does not need "international policemen" (Category: Breaking News)
- The UN challenge continues (Category: Business)
The Galle Music Festival 2012 being held over the weekend of 3 to 4 March offers a unique opportunity to see local and international folk and contemporary music groups. The Samanala Grounds in Galle will be transformed into a traditional village setting where the folk music groups will share, exchange, and interact with other performers ...
- Galle Music Festival comes alive in March (Category: Business)
- New Year’s Eve dances at Galle Face Hotel (Category: Business)
- Grand music festival boosting Northern folk artistes to be held from March 25 - 27th in Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
All that glitters is gold as Dialog Gold Rush, one of the largest customer rewards schemes offered in Sri Lanka, is giving away over Rs. 21 million worth of gold and other consolidation prizes at monthly draws held from January to March 2012. At each monthly draw a lucky Dialog subscriber will walk away with ...
- Gift bonanza for Seylan Tikiri Plus kids (Category: Business)
- People’s Bank ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw unveiled with prizes galore (Category: Business)
- Dialog Gold Rush 2012 gives away Rs. 120 m worth of prizes from Jan. to June (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka has capped a strong 2011 financial year by recording the most successful quarter yet in the Group’s history. The consumer giant’s CEO Asoka Pieris noted that the Group’s revenues for 2011 reached Rs. 22 billion, while its net profit grew by 95% – remarkable figures that underscored the Group’s popularity with Sri ...
- Singer Asia – Retail Holdings Board of Directors meet in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Singer Finance opens at Embilipitiya (Category: Business)
- Dialog strikes deal with Singer outlets on bill payments (Category: Business)
- Singer partners Artmatrix (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s leading communications company Triad, with its indigenous roots and established credo ‘Sri Lanka Can,’ has taken another significant step in its corporate journey. Triad’s move to spacious premises at the heart of Colombo’s business district marks the company’s ambitious growth plan for 2012 and beyond. The sprawling 10,000 square foot premises on th...
- Four times in a row Triad wins Sumathi’s Best TV Ad of the Year (Category: Business)
- Triad’s creative for CIC Agri wins ‘TV Ad of the Year’ (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
The Asia Capital Group today announced that construction of a 30 room hotel property, Taprobana, has begun in Balapitiya and is expected to be completed in time for summer 2013. Work has also begun on another 30 room property in Wadduwa, situated in a prime beachfront location which will be opened simultaneously. Asia Leisure owns ...
- Tamarind Hill, Galle re-launched with a fresh, new look (Category: Business)
- Tamarind Hill re-launched with new look (Category: Travel)
- Hilton to welcome first Hilton Garden Inn in Southeast Asia (Category: Business)
- ITB Asia showcases JKCS’ Zhara hospitality industry software (Category: Business)
Benito Mussolini, the fascist ruler of Italy, during World War II, said that his brand of fascism ‘should be more appropriately called Corporatism, because it is a merger of state and corporate power’. Compare this with the dictionary definition of capitalism: ‘A system in which a country’s business and industry are controlled and run for ...
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- State Capitalism: Revitalising underperforming businesses the Mussolini way (Category: Business)
- Governance - Four examples; two bad and two good (Category: Business)
Subsidies? Well yes, but make them smart subsidiesNigeria: Subsidising the neighbours Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi, had a problem. In a recent live interview with the Aljazeera TV, he said that his country had to raise the retail prices of all petroleum products to match the rising international prices, despite the violent and ...
- Treasury defends fuel revisions (Category: Business)
- Nigeria regulator announces end to fuel subsidies (Category: Business)
- CPC implications (Category: Business)
- Commendable start; now for the finish (Category: Business)
By C. Bryson Hull MALE (Reuters): It was an ordinary blue felt pen, and not a bullet, that killed Mohamed Nasheed’s term as the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. After rising to acclaim as a champion of democracy and action against climate change, Nasheed is now back on the streets where he led ...
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Maldives President resigns after Police mutiny (Category: Business)
- Ex-Maldives President says “will be in jail tomorrow” (Category: Business)
- EXCLUSIVE- Maldives' ex-president says was forced to resign (Category: Breaking News)
The episode will be aired on 25th February 2012 at 9.00 p.m. on ITNThis Saturday’s episode of IDEATORS on ITN partners with Sri Lanka leading jeans brand LiCC. IDEATORS’ is the British Council’s flagship reality-TV entrepreneurship challenge As competition intensifies on the hit TV show, the participants face a unique challenge surrounding the premium jeans ...
- ‘Otara’ jeans collection showcased at HSBC CFW 2012 (Category: Business)
- Top-shelf crims steal jeans, burn Porsche (Category: South Australia)
- Ax-wielding vandal smashes windows of North Dakota senator’s office (Category: USA, New York)
- Why Kamala Harris’ Vogue cover is trending on social media (Category: USA, New York)
Dialog Axiata Plc has ended the 2011 financial year ringing a Rs. 5.4 billion profit, up by 6% over the previous year. The full year results were supported by a Group net profit of Rs. 1.4 billion in the fourth quarter, up by 2% from a year earlier. The Group recorded strong revenue growth across ...
- Dialog rings steady results (Category: Business)
- Dialog revenue grows 18% in first three months (Category: Business)
- Dialog dials top line growth in 2Q; forex losses cut profit (Category: Business)
- SLT Group Q1 operating profit up 14% to Rs. 1.86 b (Category: Business)
Trinity College, Kandy, won the first place of the ‘IT Mastermind 2011’ Inter School Quiz tournament organised by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) and fully sponsored by ESOFT Computer Studies Pvt Ltd. Accordingly, the laptop computer worth Rs. 75,000 being the prize for the first place winner, and the set of computer peripherals ...
- IT Mastermind semi finals begin, sponsored by ESOFT (Category: Business)
- Empiricalminds appointed as ESOFT franchisee (Category: Business)
- ESOFT educational partner of Infotel 2011 (Category: Business)
Bollywood singing sensation and heartthrob Sonu Niigam will arrive today for a mega musical extravaganza tomorrow night at the CH and FC. Star Event Management is the brainchild of Sudharma Nettikumara, the lady credited with bringing Niigaam down for Sri Lanka’s first live concert. The award-winning Niigaam has sung for many box office films ...
- Udit Narayan, live at CH&FC tonight (Category: Business)
- Star-studded opening ceremony launches IPL (Category: Business)
- Sonu Niigaam loves Sri Lanka! To enthrall Lankans tonight (Category: Business)
- CJS re-launches more interactive and ‘hip’ website (Category: Business)
IBM yesterday unveiled smarter computing solutions designed to transform, grow and make Sri Lankan enterprises more competitive. A wide range of workload-optimisation hardware solutions, such as IBM Storwize V7000, IBM Starter Kit for Cloud and IBM BladeCenter blade servers were presented at the IBM Smarter Computing Forum. Tailored to the local market needs through IBM ...
- Flying smarter (Category: Business)
- IBM launches new cloud offerings for smarter commerce (Category: Business)
- Nokia unravels Asha 202 with smarter features (Category: Business)
- A Different Discourse For A Smarter Politics (Category: Breaking News)
Q: 13 Plus has become the most discussed topic in the political scene. What do you think about 13 Plus? A: Before looking at the 13th Amendment or the 13 Plus, first let us give a chance to the present mechanism. I strongly believe the present mechanism can address the majority of our issues. The ...
- Tamils only want Chelvanayagam’s demands met- not Prabakaran’s - Suresh Premachandran (Category: Breaking News)
- SLMC opposes govt. decision not to allocate land and police powers to the provinces (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution & The 13th Amendment – Part IV (Category: Breaking News)
- TNA and talks travails (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s benchmark stock index, the world’s worst performer this year, may extend its slump as the central bank raises interest rates to curb inflation, according to HSBC Holdings Plc’s private banking unit. HSBC Private Bank, which oversees about $499 billion, will wait for stock valuations to fall to “single digit” multiples before it considers ...
- Stocks approach one-month low; rupee steady (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Stocks May Slump More on Rates, HSBC Private Says (Category: Breaking News)
- CB seen holding rates, SRR steady – Reuters poll (Category: Business)
Secretary to the Secretary to the Ministry of Coconut Development and Janatha Estate Development has been appointed to the Board of Aviva NDB Insurance Plc with effect from 8 February 2012. Siriwardena already serves on the Board of NDB Bank Plc., on to which he was appointed in June 2010. He has been appointed to ...
- Ashok keen to buy more of NDB (Category: Business)
- Anura, Charitha get top Ministry Secretary posts (Category: Business)
- Transition (Category: Business)
- Deputy Chairman Ashok buys 1 m of NDB shares (Category: Business)
Ceylon Biscuits Ltd.’s subsidiary company CBL Foods International Pvt. Ltd. officially opened the newly-built school hall of Ranala Model Junior School. An outright donation by CBL Foods at a cost of Rs. 7 million, the multipurpose hall consists of meeting rooms, classrooms and a mini auditorium for student assemblies and performances. The school is in ...
- Munchee founder conferred Entrepreneur Hall of Fame award by FCCISL (Category: Business)
- Three-fold quality endorsement for CBL Foods International (Category: Business)
- Samaposha Fuels Under 13 Schools’ Football (Category: Breaking News)
- Ritzbury pledges continuous support for Protection of Wetlands (Category: Business)
Today the life patterns of everybody have become a very competitive race with or with out one’s consent. Needless to say as a result the human beings are left with lot of stress and stress related health issues. Engaging in humour and laughter is a proven mode of releasing such stress. Making people laugh is ...
- Sri Lanka widows 'under stress' (Category: Breaking News)
- US Raises Concerns About SL’s HR Record (Category: Breaking News)
- A heart that feels and a mind that thinks (Category: Business)
MALE (Reuters): The former President of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives sat inside his house awaiting arrest on Thursday after being ousted from his post in what he said was a coup at gunpoint. About 200 supporters stood under umbrellas in the pouring rain outside as Mohamed Nasheed spoke to reporters at his ...
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Maldives President resigns after Police mutiny (Category: Business)
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
- India appeals for peace in Maldives (Category: Business)
MALE (Reuters): The ousted President of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, said on Wednesday he was forced out of power at gunpoint and urged his successor to step down. The Maldives on Tuesday installed Vice-President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik as President, who promptly denied being part of any ...
- Commonwealth report on Maldives within a week (Category: Business)
- Former AG confirmed coup in Maldives – MDP (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-Maldives President says “will be in jail tomorrow” (Category: Business)
HAS democracy failed in the Maldives? As chaos engulfs the second closest country to Sri Lanka, it is impossible not to wonder over where this change will lead. Will the country still continue as a democracy or will it fall into extremist hands? What are the lessons that Sri Lanka can learn from what has ...
- Germany concerned over latest developments in Maldives (Category: Business)
- Nasheed Won’t Seek Asylum (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Ex-Maldives leader not to seek asylum in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The People’s Bank ‘Jaya Sri 2012’ draw was unveiled on 1 February with a view of presenting everyone an opportunity to grab the prizes they always wanted. To mark the opening of this programme, a special ceremony was held on 1 February at the Headquarters Branch under the patronage of People’s Bank CEO and General ...
- People’s Bank launches ‘Vanitha Vasana Month’ (Category: Business)
- New gift scheme from People’s Bank NRFC Account (Category: Business)
- ‘Rata Salli Vasana’ draw to mark People’s Bank Golden Jubilee (Category: Business)
- HNB promotes Pathum Vimana 2012 (Category: Business)
The Visible Hand of the government ‘The Visible Hand’ was the title which the famed London-based economics weekly, The Economist, used when it published a special report in its issue on 21 January 2012 on the rise of state capitalism in the modern era. The title has a pun: The governments do not care to ...
- Target 2048 – Economic Democracy Principles Should Be Followed To The Letter (Category: Breaking News)
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- A monetary constitution to add on to the legal constitution? (Category: Business)
Park Street Mews came alive with music on 29 January as it presented another unique, once in lifetime experience by hosting two international greats – Ken Stringfellow (of R.E.M fame) and Dr. Eugene Draw – a Canadian electric violinist; along with brilliant local artists Out of Time and the Beat Drummers. Ken Stringfellow – a ...
- Skzin and Bones: The darker side of art and design (Category: Business)
- Poetry Slam at the American Center (Category: Business)
- Unilever’s Pears to make millionaire children (Category: Business)
Ambassador updates foreign reporters on post-conflict development and reconciliation in Sri Lanka “Sri Lankans support a home grown solution for reconciliation” Ambassador invites international correspondents to visit Sri Lanka WASHINGTON: Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya hosted a group of foreign correspondents here in a January 25 reception held at his residence, prompting a discussi...
- Effective LLRC implementation sans external pressure (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s ‘Lies Agreed Upon’ screened in US Congress (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes – Jaliya (Category: Business)
Reuters: Seventy-four people were killed when supporters clashed at an Egyptian soccer match, prompting fans and politicians on Thursday to turn on the ruling army for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since Hosni Mubarak was ousted. At least 1,000 people were injured in the violence on Wednesday when soccer fans invaded the pitch in ...
- FIFA requests report into Egypt violence (Category: Business)
- Egypt ups security after Israel embassy violence (Category: Business)
- Hundreds killed, hurt in stampede at Indonesia football match (Category: Breaking News)
- A little music goes a long way in Egypt vote (Category: Business)
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