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The Divi Neguma Bill has put forward new questions regarding transparency and good governance in Sri Lanka as well as the role played by powerful politicians in moving away from best practices under the guise of assisting people “for the greater good”. In a nutshell, the Supreme Court last week told Parliament that the Bill ...
East London recently received a boost as five ICT firms announced plans to expand their operations in Tech City, Europe’s fastest-growing digital hub. Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Ulster will also benefit from multi-million pound international business deals announced at the Global Business Summit on ICT, organised by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) during the Olympic ...
Progressive agreement opens a multi-billion international opportunity Touchwood has often been hailed as South East Asia’s most prolific agro-forestry investment company. Over the past 13 years, Touchwood has been sharpening its skills and experience in agro-forestry and forestry investments. It has earned itself a reputation, not only as a successful commercial enterprise, but also mo...
HS Marketing (Pvt.) Ltd., a subsidiary of Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia recently launched the largest ever store dedicated to its popular brand Signature in the bustling town of Piliyandala. Situated next to the main Piliyandala bus stand in the heart of the town, this 3000 sq ft Signature Store is a dedicated and ...
Rainco a leading brand for rainwear in South Asia with a presence in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka, unfurled their designer range of umbrellas at the Resort Wear show, the latest addition to the Colombo Fashion Week portfolio, held at Jetwing Lagoon. The inaugural Resort Wear Show was well received and will no doubt go ...
Chrissy’s Hair Design Studio and Academy in Wattala and Kandana held its annual Graduation Ceremony where its Founder and Principal Chrissy Rozairo saw the passing out of yet another batch of her talented and capable students. Having awarded both local and international Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas in Hairdressing and Beauty Culture the students subsequently demonstrated their ....
(Reuters):Sri Lanka could turn to uncapped teenager Akila Dananjaya if spinner Ajantha Mendis fails to recover from injury in time for the World Twenty20 Super Eight game against New Zealand at Pallekele on Thursday. “He’s certainly very close to playing,” Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said on Wednesday. “He was probably going to play against ...
Reuters: Trisha Chetty spent a productive day on either side of the stumps as South Africa kicked off their women’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Wednesday. South Africa captain Mignon du Preez put Sri Lanka in after winning the toss and ...
If Sri Lanka’s biggest headache was the fitness of its lead spinner, and subsequently which slow bowlers it should put on the park, their opponents, New Zealand, is left thinking about how to play spin. After England’s implosion against the Indian pair of Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla, it’s clear that spin could play a ...
Sri Lanka team wins Plate beating Thailand 22-7 Hong Kong beat hosts China 40-10 to win the weekend’s HSBC Asian Sevens Series’ (HSBC A7s) Shanghai Sevens and underline their growing status as one of the top teams in Asia. In the other silverware matches, the Ben Gollings-led Sri Lanka team won the Plate beating Thailand ...
It started with the Barmy Army, and now travelling fans have become a staple with international cricket, especially during ICC-run tournaments The Barmy Army, with its England flags, ridiculous costumes and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for lager, is a common sight at cricket matches around the world. In recent years, a Bharat Army, styled along ...
Sri Lankan plantation industry veteran Dan Seevaratnam was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award at The Asia Pacific HRM Congress, one of the most prestigious Human Resource summits in the world held in Bangalore, India, last week.
The National Mobile Service Provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has come forward to lend their support to the National Child Protection Authority.
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) recently signed up for the Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System (SLIPS) through Commercial Bank, the first-ever to be so in the non-banking financial institutions category.
In the Sri Lankan context, growth and development cannot be accelerated on a sustained basis without increasing private investment, given the lack of sustainable public financing andandnbsp;andnbsp; Government policies must deliver predictable and consistent signals to boost both public-private partnerships and private investment, opines local economic think-tank Pathfinder Foundation in its lates...
Singapore-based Fonda Global Engineering Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a leading engineering and construction company is mulling the setting up of a Rs 6.5 billion construction industry training and testing center as a BoI-approved venture.
The Centre for Research and Sustainability Studies in Tourism (CRST) will be inaugurated on the 26 September 2012, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo with the participation of industry professionals and associations, as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations.
Global giant Standard Chartered Bank tips Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rebound in 2013, after contracting this year from 2011. It is forecasting economy to grow by 7.5% in 2013 and by 7.7% in 2014 from 6.8% this year. However, forecasts for the next two years are lower in comparison to record 8.3% growth achieved ...
Investor interest continued on NDB Group stocks, pushing their prices further, whilst Aviva NDB Insurance ended its mini-rally yesterday. Aviva NDB Insurance saw around 35,000 of its shares traded hitting a peak of Rs. 435 before closing at Rs. 413.30, down by Rs. 23.30. Some analysts linked it to Daily FT’s article yesterday, which said ...
The World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka has been hit by suspicions that bottled water supplied to players by the International Cricket Council is behind a gastro illness that affected at least three teams at the event. The ICC declined to comment last night but it’s believed the brand of bottled water provided to the teams ...
Former DG in a presentation to Commission suggests new regime to stick to disclosure based regulation Hints in recent times there was a shift towards merit-based approach Moots SEC shouldn’t micro-manage market but give space whilst severely dealing with any transgressions Calls for elimination of ambiguity and inconsistency by bringing greater clarity on offenses including ...
Globe Mirror Industries (GMI), the first tempering plant to be established in Sri Lanka in 1969 has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification, a clear indication of its growth and credibility in terms of maintaining a high standard of quality throughout the years. GMI was started by late Mohammed Nawaz and has since grown to be ...
The Sri Lanka-Poland Business Council (SLPBC) has made significant progress this year, not only in terms of business awareness amongst the business community, but also strengthened relationships with the Polish Embassy in New Delhi and Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Poland. Even though there was no exchange of business delegations between the two countries, total exports ...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo organised a high profile “Sri Lanka Promotional Seminar” consisting of over 150 officials and personnel engaged in the sphere of tourism and travel trade, leaders of corporates and industry of Japan, senior bureaucrats and technocrats of the Government of Japan and select invitees. The said Seminar was held ...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) granted the distinguished associate membership status to 215 passed finalists of the chartered accounting course offered by the Institute at the 2012 annual convocation held at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla on Thursday. Joining a fraternity of nearly 4200 existing CA Sri Lanka members, the ...
Camps which housed 300,000 displaced people by the end of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict have now all closed, three years after the war ended, the military said on Tuesday. Once one of the world’s biggest camps, the final batch of 361 families left Menik Farm in the northern district of Vavuniya on Monday, military spokesman ...
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya yesterday in a statement condemned the alleged interference of the executive on the affairs of the judiciary and renewed his call to people to unite to restore democracy in the country. Following is the full text of Jayasuriya’s statement: The onslaught on this country’s democratic establishments and rule of law institutions ...
Menik Farm in Sri Lanka, once the world’s largest camp for people displaced from the conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 has closed, as the last remaining inhabitants leave the camp. “This is a milestone event towards ending a chapter of displacement in Sri Lanka some three years after the civil war which ended in ...
IBM has launched Expert Integrated Systems in Sri Lanka to help organisations achieve greater agility, efficiency, simplicity and control, with a seamless and more dynamic approach to IT. IBM also announced new server solutions designed to expand cloud and analytics capabilities across its entire portfolio, helping make Smarter Computing a reality for clients in Sri ...
The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka will conduct a one day training program on ‘Telephone techniques, courtesies and effective receptionist duties’ on 11 October from 9a.m. to 4p.m. at the Chamber Auditorium, No. 450, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10. Beneficiaries of the training will be receptionists, front liners, telephone operators and telemarketers who ...