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Finlay Tea Estates Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., which manages Hapugastenne Plantations PLC, was awarded the prestigious National Plantation Award 2012 for Forestry Management, Environmental Friendliness and Self-Sufficiency in Energy’ of the Regional Plantation Company sector by President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently at a ceremony held at the Temple Trees. The Shawlands Estate Tea Factory in Lunugala was...
When the whole world is in turmoil, can we be still? The answer sought by millions of managers worldwide is a definite yes. How this can be possible is the interesting question. Today’s column will tell us more about our search for stillness. Stillness as an experience Stillness is your essential nature, says Eckhart ...
Presented in partnership with Sri Lanka Design FestivalThe Young Creative Entrepreneur Design and Fashion Award is a British Council initiative offered in partnership with the Sri Lanka Design Festival. This award, originally titled the Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award was revamped this year to include both the ‘Design’ and ‘Fashion’ sectors. The award seeks the ...
July 25 was Cumaratunga Munidasa day. The day was of special significance this year since it marked the 125th birth anniversary of one of Sri Lanka’s most eminent scholars. The highlight at this year’s ceremony was the launch of a scholarship to be awarded to the student gaining the highest marks for Sinhala language and ...
Sunday 5 August marks the launch of the ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka,’ Habitat for Humanity’s first large-scale volunteer build event in the country. Over 150 international and 50 local volunteers will partner with 24 low-income families to build homes in Pathamyawatte village, Negombo. “Habitat’s mission is to bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. ...
To help encourage emerging artistic talent within Provincial Schools, Anchor has recently launched its ‘Nothing is Impossible – If You Dream Big’ art competition in the Central Province. The competition, launched in the Western Province earlier this year to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Fonterra’s flagship brand Anchor, has been expanded following an overwhelming...
The first round of selections for the Airtel Rising Stars kicked off in grand style on 1 August at the Doraiappa stadium in Jaffna with over 500 young hopefuls vying for a dream opportunity to train at the legendary Manchester United soccer academy in the UK. After a rigorous day of try outs, three youngsters ...
Biggest contingent of top Indian corporate leaders in town for the first ever bilateral CEOs Forum and other events as mega India Show kicks off today with Commerce Minister Sharma as Chief Guest By Nisthar Cassim Indian business leaders are rushing to Sri Lanka as the giant neighbour kicks off today what can be described ...
AOD design graduate Dilini Halvitigala leading her own practiceCommencing your own business at a young age is always a challenge; it’s even more challenging to start a business in a relatively new business sector. Dilini Halvitigala, a young interior design entrepreneur from AOD (Academy of Design) took on this challenge backed by AOD’s global design ...
The Sri Lanka State Engineering Corporation (SLSEC) won the International Star Gold Quality Award for its high quality service at the 16th Standards Conference and Awards Ceremony held in Paris on 24 and 25 June with the participation of institutions relating to various fields from 74 countries. The award was formally handed over to the ...
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles of India Anand Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 2-5 August 2012, coinciding with the prestigious ‘India Show – Land of Limitless Opportunities’ being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 3-5 August 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo. ‘India Show’ ...
By Charles Santiapillai Sri Lanka Guardian: Although the Jaffna man’s mind is preoccupied with money and matrimony, the thing that he treasures most above everything else is education and scholarship. For a Jaffna man, it’s books, and not dogs, that are his best friends. He would pay more attention to a good book than to ...
In results released to the Colombo Stock Exchange this week, Senkadagala Finance PLC announced an overall star class performance in all areas of operations for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 when compared with its performance in the previous financial year. In key performance indicators, profit after tax rose 128% to Rs. 506.2 million ...
Sri Lanka’s number one cable brand manufacturer, Kelani Cables held their Annual Distributor Convention on 21 July at Heritance, Dambulla with participation of their CEO Mahinda Saranapala and General Manager – Marketing Anil Munasinghe. Award ceremony was organised to reward the distributors and the sales staff who excelled during the financial year 2011/2012. The top ...
The Cinnamon Grand, Colombo’s premier five-star hotel, recently recruited another top chef to its ranks: Chef Susantha Rathnasuriya, who brings with him a quarter century of experience and knowledge gathered from all around the world. Having joined the hotel on 1 June this year, Chef Susantha is excited about all the possibilities the Cinnamon Grand ...
Thailand-based Centara Hotels and Resorts currently has 55 hotels and resorts in its portfolio, with a mixture of owned and managed properties. In the next five years the company has a target to acquire more than 45 hotel and resort properties with the intention of reaching 100 in 2017. Centara believes its ambitious target to ...
A group of upcoming bartenders from Heritance Kandalama and Heritance Ahungalla Hotels walked away with key wins at the recently concluded National Bar Tenders’ Cocktails and Flair Competition 2012, organised by the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates’ Association. Indika Kumara Marasinghe, Praveen Sampath Fernando, Gihan Sadanayake, Iresh Tharanga Mayadunna, Sithara Wickramasinghe and Rosha...
I must thank the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Chandra Mohotti and the Director General Senaka Wijewardena for inviting me to be the Chief Guest at this graduation ceremony of Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management for 2011. It is a great pleasure for me for four reasons to ...
T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...
Take a cue from celebs and fashion types who know that the right pair of sunglasses can add instant mystique, chic and polish to any look but also know that sunglasses are more than just a fashion statement: they are a necessity to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. So, go for Vision Care ...
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements. An introduction to the ...
Classic Travel, the IATA accredited subsidiary of Expolanka Holdings PLC, specializing in providing a total travel solution to both the corporate and leisure marketsrecently opened its new branch office at level 12, East Tower, World Trade Centre Hanif Yusoof, Group CEO of Expolanka declared open the new office together with Saif Yusoof, Director, Classic Travel ...
“I consider MLH a seven star because of the characteristic, quality of service and the uniqueness of the property and it really fascinates me,” states CIMA President Gulzari Babber. He was Sri Lanka recently as a judge for the GBC 2012 where over 22 countries participated in a Global Business Challenge that was held at ...
Live the thrills and spills of the London Olympics from the comfort of your home as Dialog Television (DTV); Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service is broadcasting the 2012 Olympic Games in High Definition for the first time in Sri Lanka on ESPN HD (High Definition). DTV customers who have subscribed to ...
‘The Gathering’ of elephants at the Minneriya National Park, named by National Geographic as the ‘sixth greatest animal spectacle of the world’ can be witnessed during months of August through September. It is a seasonal movement of elephants during the underlying period to form a gathering along the receding shores of the Minneriya Lake. As ...
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on 15 July. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani in the Classical category ...
Executive Chef Alexander Kroll of five-star Widder Hotel, Zürich and Executive sous Chef Tony Rudolph at the Prato Borni, the five star Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, in Zermatt will be highlighting the weeklong celebration of authentic Swiss delicacies held at the Governor’s restaurant from 27 July to 2 August priced at Rs. 2,500 +++. Swiss cuisine ...
Aspiring rock stars have been invited head on over to ODEL where Niko, the famous street dog turned fashion mascot is reportedly rocking his good looks with a new collection that can transform one to a star, overnight. Capturing the current trends of the global fashion scene, the new collection is said to be inspired ...
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion was signalling early signs of an economic turmoil. Perhaps being ...
Janashakthi Insurance, one of Sri Lanka’s largest listed insurers, continues its winning streak to emerge the triumphant winner of two prestigious awards for corporate social responsibility and exceptional branding and marketing at the recently concluded CMO (Chief Marketing Officer Council) Asia Awards held in Singapore. The insurer gained recognition at the international event by securing ...