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Candela, an innovative new interactive education tool, is to be launched at the Colombo International Book Fair at the BMICH next week. This is a product that is available in the form of a CD, which can be simply loaded on to any computer to provide children with a learning experience, and can be used ...
John Keells Foundation (JKF) commemorated International Literacy Day falling on 8 September by donating hundreds of books to the libraries of schools supported by JKF under its Neighbourhood Schools Development Project as well as the Village Adoption Project. The books were collected through a book donation campaign named “Gift of Knowledge” conducted among the staff ...
Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was yesterday seen championing the cause of education for children. Virat Kohli has been named the star in a children’s book that has been published by Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation that promotes literacy and gender equality in education across Asian and African countries together with the International ...
The Lanka Business Coalition on HIV and Aids (LBCH) launched their revamped website ‘www.lbchconnect.com’ with information and updates to educate, inform and raise awareness on HIV and AIDS on the premise that there is still a high level of ignorance of the disease and that prevention is better than cure. The event was attended by ...
The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering By Sam Baker Asuasentinel.com: The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings with the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Still, the disenchantment with Colombo may be overblown three years after the end of the ...
(Reuters): Seven Asian players including India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara were selected in the International Cricket Council’s one-day team of the year on Friday. Dhoni, who was included in the team for a fifth year in succession, was named captain. India’s Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, Sri Lankan fast ...
For cricket fans, the past week has been a particularly good time to fly to Sri Lanka with Emirates, the award-winning Dubai-based international airline: seven passengers on flights to Colombo have won exclusive collector’s items in the form of bats autographed by teams that competed in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Presented as part ...
By Saman Gunadasa World Socialist Web Site: A scandal over the manipulation of shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange has erupted in recent weeks, after former Sri Lankan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne accused Government ministers of acting in league with speculators. Karunaratne was pressured by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit his position, ...
Adlai Stevenson once said that “public confidence in the integrity of the government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for”. Public integrity is one of the salient features of a democratic system of governance, where every action ...
At the recently held Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, The International Hotel School affiliated with the Mount Lavinia Hotel Group won the award for small scale enterprise in the discipline of tourism education and training efforts.
Sri Lanka-based IWMI (International Water Management Institute) was presented with the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize at the annual World Water Week held in Stockholm last month.
Continuing its growth momentum, Orient Finance PLC adds yet another milestone, with the opening of its doors to the acceptance of fixed deposits, subsequent to being licensed by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the Finance Business Act No 42 of 2011 as a Finance Company.
The UNIDO focal point office in Colombo has successfully marshalled a US based top tier global fund for its pioneering bamboo initiative leading to large scale bio-mass alternative energy material growth in Sri Lanka.
COLOMBO: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has urged Canada to drop its threat to boycott the group’s summit in Sri Lanka next year over war crimes allegations. Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma who is in Sri Lanka for the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Annual Meeting on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at ...
Over a dozen of high potential young business leaders of the country are to benefit from a top level South Asian forum organised by the Eisenhower Fellowships Association of Sri Lanka (EFASL) in Colombo from 27 to 29 September. Organisers said 15 employers nominated young business leaders will attend the Eisenhower Fellowships South Asia Conference ...
Over the past week we have had a mixture of international and local rugby. Looking ahead, on the local rugby front, the Army Vs Police clash will undoubtedly take pride of place, this weekend. The game has been shifted by a day to accommodate the Junior Asiad games. As of now, it’s a mere ...
Reuters: French Open winner Maria Sharapova will join US Open champions Serena Williams and Andy Murray in warming up for next year’s Australian Open at the Brisbane International, organisers said on Thursday. Afghanistan’s captain Nawroz Mangal signs on a bat after a captains’ news conference ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket series in Colombo on ...
Despite a reversal in the rate of exports decline and evidence of some improvement, Sri Lanka is actively moving to help its exporters to face the global downturn, with a challenging new $ 12 b export goal set for 2102. “Since you, the distinguished exporters, who account for nearly 80 per cent of Sri Lanka’s ...
In a significant move, the National Lotteries Board (NLB) has signed a long term agreement with the country’s premier printing and packaging company Printcare to supply their scratch lottery tickets. These tickets had hitherto been imported from India, and other countries. The tender to produce 120 million lottery tickets annually was awarded to Printcare ...
Micromax has appointed Sanjeev Ariaratnam as Country Manager to drive the handset manufacturers’ growth in Sri Lanka. Sanjeev, who has more than 13 years experience with reputed companies such as Sony Ericsson, Asia Pacific Brewery Lanka, Ceylon Tobacco Company and Richard Pieris Distributors, will lend his expertise in the sphere of marketing to expand Micromax’s ...
The Sri Lanka Foundation (SLF), the centre for leadership, education and training, last week signed a MoU with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). It is envisaged that this important step of the SLF will enhance international collaboration and establish cooperation between AIT and SLF in realising the objectives of both SLF and AIT from ...
At the recently held Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, the International Hotel School (IHS) affiliated with the Mount Lavinia Hotel Group won the award for small scale enterprise in the discipline of Tourism Education and Training Efforts. The efforts at the IHS not only provide a launching pad for those interested in taking up careers in ...
Ramani Fernando Salons are the Hair and Beauty partners of the Colombo Fashion Week – Resort Wear Show. When it comes to mega shows such as this, Ramani Fernando and her team always turns out to be the first choice, and one does not have to look elsewhere. With loads of experience handling mega events ...
Close to 4,900 entries across 16 award categories A record number of Spikes Asia entries have been submitted this year, totalling 4,860 from 23 countries. The largest creative communications festival in Asia Pacific, which kicks off on Sunday in Singapore, is also set to welcome industry professionals from 27 countries who over two insightful ...
The Human Resources Research Program of Lirneasia has prepared and published a directory named “CHOICES – Higher Education Opportunities after A/Levels”. This directory gives out results of one of its researches, Lirneasia plans to carry out several in-depth researches into higher education field of subject. Lirneasia plans to make the directory available at major super ...
The steady level of economic activity has necessitated the parallel development of Sri Lanka’s capital market. Taking this into context, Mercury Institute of Management is ushering in a new era for professionals in the capital market of Sri Lanka and those who aspire to be a part of the prestigious profession, by offering the Chartered ...
Rainco, a leading brand for rainwear in South Asia with a presence in India, Maldives and Sri Lanka, will partner the Colombo Fashion Week for the very first time at its inaugural Resort Wear Show to be held later on this month. Rainco has a range of umbrellas to suit all tastes, including fashion umbrellas ...
A sensational new offer from Emirates is likely to arouse the travel bugs among Sri Lankans in the month ahead. Sri Lanka-resident members of Skywards, the frequent flyer programme of the award-winning airline, can now save on fares to three popular destinations by paying part of the fare with accumulated Skywards Miles under this offer. ...
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) recently donated books in marketing to the Jaffna University, with the objective of supporting marketing education at the university. The books donated covered topics such as marketing an introduction, consumer behaviour, economics, economic and legal impact, business communication, from brand vision to brand evaluation, sales management, analysis,...
The global escalation of commodity prices in the latter part of last decade impacted Sri Lanka’s rice market, with retail prices showing sharp increases for the consumer. The regulatory forces with a ceiling on consumer prices and guaranteed price for paddy did alleviate this problem to some extent. Today it has taken a different turn ...