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SLPL’s young star Akila Dhananjaya wins selection along with Dilshan Munaweera Sri Lanka has picked two uncapped players including the on-going Sri Lanka Premier League’s young star the under 21 player Akila Dhananjaya as part of its 15-man squad for the next month’s World Cup T20 tournament. Offspinner Akila plays for Sri Lanka Captain Mahela ...
- Ajantha Mendis back, Zimbabwe bowl in opener (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka include uncapped pair in T20 World Cup squad (Category: Breaking News)
- Dilshan Munaweera on his inclusion in Sri Lankan World Twenty20 Squad (Category: Business)
- Teenage Maestro In Sri Lanka Squad (Category: Sports)
Why the Government should listen to the demands of university academics Sri Lanka is experiencing the dividends of peace at the moment. The Sri Lankan economy has expanded by a healthy growth rate of 7.9 per cent during the first quarter of this year, from the same period a year earlier. A Global Survey ...
- “Our motto is quality, not money”: BMS President (Category: Business)
- Chaos in universities: A solution? (Category: Business)
- This Fourth of July! (Category: Business)
- More transparency on Z scores, demands TISL (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas One of Colombo’s most highly anticipated events of the year, the inaugural Senses and Soul Colombo Music Festival, the first-ever music festival of its kind to be held in Sri Lanka, will kick off tonight with a grand opening ceremony and concert featuring the Gipsy Kings and the All Star Band, which ...
- Sunburn Festival makes its debut in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Given the anticipated growth in tourism, the country is likely to see an 85% average occupancy rate and 35% revenue growth in Colombo city hotels in 2012. Colombo City Hotels Chairman M. Shanthikumar yesterday told the Daily FT that the occupancy level so far has recorded a growth of 65-70%, which is ...
- Hyatt pushes Asia expansion, cautious in short term (Category: Business)
- Global leisure hotel rates set new growth record in March (Category: Business)
- Hotel occupancy rates slump (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Rupee Pricing (Category: Business)
With just one-month to go before the start of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of men’s and women’s warm-up matches which will be played in the lead up to the event proper. The fourth edition of the event, the first to take place in ...
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
- Final phase of ICC World T20 tickets opens today (Category: Business)
- Second phase of ticket sales for ICC World T20 Cup ends on high note (Category: Business)
- ICC announces schedule of warm-up matches, pre-event activities (Category: Breaking News)
What is sales management? Sales management is a business discipline which is focused on the practical application of sales techniques and the management of a firm’s sales operations. It is an important business function as net sales through the sale of products and services and resulting profit drive most commercial business. These are also typically ...
- Get your Key Account Management right (Category: Business)
- Measuring the impact of HR (Category: Business)
- Why unqualified managers are harmful to employees: Part I (Category: Business)
- Challenges of a CEO (Category: Business)
Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara emerged the most energy efficient hotel in Sri Lanka by winning the highest accolade awarded in the large scale hotel sector at the Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2012 which concluded recently. This is the second consecutive year that Aitken Spence Hotels has been recognised at the awards. Last year ...
- Heritance Ayurveda Maha Gedara, first Lankan hotel to be net metered (Category: Business)
- Aitken Spence Hotels receives Energy Efficiency Awards again (Category: Travel)
- MLH Avurudu Maha Gedara Kavili Kade 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: Lassana Gedara - 14th September 2014 - www.LankaChannel.lk (Category: Video)
Construction of a top class IT university in Sri Lanka revealed at the launch By Cassandra Mascarenhas Furthering the Government of Sri Lanka’s vigorous adoption of e-governance, an extension of the Lanka Government Gate project, ‘Lanka Cloud,’ Sri Lanka’s first-ever cloud computing platform, was launched last week by the Lanka Government Information Infrastructure (...
- Just in Time Group joins FutureGov SAARC Summit 2012 as technology partner (Category: Business)
- IBM unveils new smart cloud services (Category: Business)
- Greenwich becomes Enterprise Class Solutions Provider for Cloud Software (Category: Business)
Protecting the small depositor One reason for poor communities the world over responding to the service facility provided by Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) to take in the small amounts of savings the poor generate on a daily or weekly basis is the security offered by the cash being securely looked after at a remote ...
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Micro finance: As India moves forward, Sri Lanka stagnates (Category: Business)
The second annual Youth Fest is set to take place from 24 to 26 August at the MAS Institute of Management Technology, Thulhiriya. The three day event, which looks to promote experiential learning amongst the youth in Sri Lanka, will have over 250 participants ranging from university undergraduates and school leavers, to members of ...
- 10 Sri Lankan youth to go to India under cultural schols (Category: Business)
- Mount Fest on 19 May (Category: Business)
- Creative activities for children by Play House-Kotte (Category: Business)
- Expo 2012 opened our eyes on eight fronts! (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo leads the way in sustainable tourism with a record three consecutive year Green Globe certification. The nationally and internationally awarded five star hotel is the only Sri Lankan hotel to be certified by the premier international sustainability body for a third year. Green Globe is the global travel and tourism industries’ certification ...
- Cinnamon Lakeside first Green Globe re-certified Sri Lankan hotel (Category: Business)
- Bentota Beach Hotel is Green Globe certified (Category: Business)
- Green Globe Certification convenes fourth annual summit (Category: Business)
- ‘I will be Green’ ensures five Green Globe certifications for JKH Hotels (Category: Business)
After a steady even par opening round yesterday, local Sri Lankan star Mithun Perera came roaring up the score-board in the second round of The Standard Chartered Open 2012 with an eight under par ‘bogey free’ 63. He lies two shots off the lead which is jointly held by Abhijit Chadha, the overnight leader who ...
- Stricker wins PGA event in Hawaii (Category: Business)
- Thangaraja captures golf crown in Lahore (Category: Business)
- McIlroy cruises to victory at PGA Championship (Category: Business)
- Appleby, Badds climb PGA leader board (Category: Business)
In its first-ever official level discussions with Sri Lanka on the proposed pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, which has now excited the Lankan private sector, India has given a strong, structured recommendation on the way forward for Sri Lanka’s dream: ‘Focus on the huge global market first’.
For travellers who wish to taste the exotic without relinquishing the comforts of home, the UAE is a melting pot of the old and the new; an incongruous blend of towering real estate projects and the gentle sway of camel rides under star-spangled skies. The discerning traveller has a mind boggling range of experiences to ...
- Garagistes Tassie's best (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Tiger hit on no-fly notice (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- LIST: Top ten Brisbane restaurants (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- UAE impressed by Sri Lanka’s large export portfolio (Category: Business)
In its first-ever official level discussions with Sri Lanka on the proposed pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, which has now excited the Lankan private sector, India has given a strong, structured recommendation on the way forward for Sri Lanka’s dream: Focus on the huge global market first. “I don’t say that the local market of Sri Lanka ...
- Big Indian pharma team in town (Category: Business)
- Top Lankan CEOs bullish post Indo-Lanka meet (Category: Business)
- Over 30 Indian firms at Arogya 2012 healthcare expo today (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The technical sessions of the Association of Professional Bankers’ 24th anniversary convention were held yesterday, bringing the APB’s flagship event to a close. Aptly themed ‘Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge,’ each technical session explored an area that could throw obstacles in the path of bankers and the line-up of speak...
- More than ever, businesses must think ‘what if’ (Category: Business)
- Banking foresight – Shaping integrated development (Category: Business)
- APB to promote ‘Sustainability in Volatility’ at 24th anniversary convention (Category: Business)
- Threat of recession contains risk of further global bank failures (Category: Business)
Anushka Sharma and Sunny Leone are probably two obscure names to the Daily FT reader. I must admit this was true for me too until very recently when I had the opportunity to view a programme on Star Movies called ‘Front Row,’ a talk show hosted by Indian national award winning author and film critic ...
- Sharapova weathers storm at sunny Open (Category: Business)
- Jism-2 Star – Sunny Leone Comes To Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- AMW to unveil 11th generation Nissan Sunny (Category: Business)
- AMW unveils latest Nissan Sunny (Category: Business)
Emirates is offering its passengers star-class accommodation in Dubai from just US$40 per person per night, valid over a whopping 12 months – from November 2012 to October 2013. Available to all Emirates passengers regardless of class of travel, the amazing Emirates Dubai Stopovers promotional offer encompasses a series of exceptional value-added packages for the ...
- Emirates SkyCargo Hits 100% in Use of Electronic Air Waybills From Dubai Hub (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates offers luxury hotels savings for online bookings (Category: Business)
- Emirates: Bonus Miles for Oct. (Category: Breaking News)
- State Minister of Foreign Affairs holds wide ranging discussions with the SL Business Council in... (Category: Breaking News)
If any of you are sports enthusiasts, I am sure the most difficult working week would have been the last one. Watching the Olympics past midnight as, most of the blue ribbon events are in the evening UK time and then being at the office by 8:30 makes life tough. To me, the Olympics was ...
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
- Brand Finance values Olympics ‘brand’ at $ 47.6 b (Category: Business)
- Woods and Donald eyeing 2016 golf chance (Category: Business)
- Federer eyes golden finale to glittering summer (Category: Business)
The support from the bastion of the game, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and world famous Brian Lara propelled the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League T20 tournament to the global stage on Saturday. Kicked off via an international style show of dance and culture of seven provinces at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, the SLPL celebrated its ...
- Mahindra SLPL kicks off today; to be broadcast live in 80 countries (Category: Business)
- Mahindra bags Title Sponsorship rights of Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- Stage set for Mahindra SLPL Finalé (Category: Business)
- SLC Secy. Nishantha on success of maiden Mahindra SLPL (Category: Business)
Sporty Solutionz Pvt Ltd, the Indian subcontinent’s leading sports rights management company, shall distribute the television rights globally for the inaugural edition of the Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League Twenty20 Cricket Tournament starting from 10 August and to be played until 31 August. The high-voltage, action-packed Mahindra SLPL shall be broadcast live in 80 countries ...
- Brian Lara, MCC Chief lift SLPL to the world (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL a boost for tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Stage set for Mahindra SLPL Finalé (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL kicks off today to be broadcast live in 80 countries (Category: Breaking News)
Sino Lanka, Kandy Hotels and ONYX partnership to boost hill capital’s leisure landscapeSino Lanka Hotels Holdings (Pvt.) Limited, Kandy Hotels Co. (1938) PLC, together with ONYX Hospitality Group, yesterday celebrated the launch of OZO Kandy, the second OZO property to be built in Sri Lanka. Minister for Economic Development and Tourism Basil Rajapaksa, Chief Minister ...
- Onyx breaks ground on Ozo Chaweng Samui (Category: Business)
- Onyx Hospitality Group dives into Sri Lankan market (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand’s Onyx Ventures Into Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Thailand’s Onyx Hospitality to make Sri Lanka a key hub for its operations (Category: Breaking News)
Vinodh Ramawickrama Jayawardene is the entrepreneurial Managing Director of Orcas Technology Limited in New Zealand and also the co-founder of the social networking site SnapStarLive (http://snapstarlive.com). A photography plate Gallery Company, Snap Star is responsible for the full coverage of New Zealand’s, Australia and USA hottest events including concerts, nightlife, festivals, life st...
- Female Friendly to go public (Category: South Australia)
- Unilever campaign makes every employee ‘Head of Sustainability’ (Category: Business)
- Tourism New Zealand’s new campaign appeals to youth (Category: Business)
Long standing Sampath Sanhinda Senior Citizens account holders in and around Colombo were in for a surprise when Sampath Bank invited them for the prestigious farewell show of Maestro Victor Ratnayake’s ‘Sa’ at Nelum Pokuna recently. It was “a dream come true” for the invitees who were nominated by the Sampath Branches on a first ...
- Life begins at 50 with Sampath Sanhinda Saver (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank celebrates 25 years of truly Sri Lankan banking (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank’s tech prowess rewarded at NBQSA 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank rewards loyal e-remittance customers in millions during Ramadan season (Category: Business)
The widespread use of CFL bulbs for domestic and industrial lighting across Sri Lanka has resulted in a considerable reduction in power consumption in these sectors in the recent years. CFL bulbs have helped the nation save 280 gigawatt hours in 2009 and 294 gigawatt hours in 2010 according to the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy ...
- Legal action for sub-standard CFL bulbs (Category: Breaking News)
- Legal action against manufacturers of non-standardized CFL bulbs (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans shifting towards CFLs’ – Authorities (Category: Breaking News)
- Traders should show classification of CFL bulbs – Ranawaka (Category: Breaking News)
Ever since the first aircraft was conceptualised by Leonardo Da Vinci, the dream of flight is still continuously evolving. The latest aircraft is known as the dream liner Boeing 787. There has been no end to the technological advances in aviation. The global aviation industry has since been enlarged into a multibillion dollar business and ...
- Etihad gets first Boeing 747-400 freighter (Category: Business)
- Boeing sees more 787 cancellations, still upbeat (Category: Business)
- Spotlight turns to output as Boeing wins show (Category: Business)
- Emirates receives 1,000th Boeing 777 (Category: Business)
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), India’s leading SUV manufacturer has partnered with the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), a cricket league, as their Title Sponsors. The prestigious League kicks off from August 11 and will be played over three weeks at two venues – Colombo and Kandy. The inaugural edition of this League will ...
- Mahindra SLPL kicks off today; to be broadcast live in 80 countries (Category: Business)
- SLPL becomes “Mahindra SLPL” (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahindra bags Title Sponsorship rights of Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Sports)
- Mahindra to sponsor Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Breaking News)
By S.R. Balachandran BSc, FCA, FCMA (Sri Lanka) Several people who have been successful in their life have used suitable timely opportunities efficiently. In Tamil there is a famous proverb, ‘luck taps at your door only once’. Late kung-fu super Star Bruce Lee was sent to San Francisco by his parents as he was involved ...
- Important issues (Category: Business)
- Budget 2012’s impact on the export sector (Category: Business)
- Recognising the receptionist (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera Since October 2011, Seylan Bank looked to re-stimulate the concept of banking rewards schemes in Sri Lanka with its promotion ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’. The lucky winner of the coveted top prize of a Rs. 15 million super luxury house was announced on 3 August at Cinnamon Grand and was awarded to Achala ...
- Seylan launches ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ with mega benefits on offer (Category: Business)
- Winners galore in Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw yields 7,890 winners so far (Category: Business)
Whilst tracking the key moments of the London Olympics, I realised how reliant I was on the text updates that beeped on my Blackberry and then when time permits go to YouTube or the official websites to experience this key happening as it unfolds to the world. But, then I realised that my friends had ...
- HR and London Olympics (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola and McDonalds launch London Olympics 2012 memorabilia (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- London Olympics biggest in US TV history, despite gripes (Category: Business)
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