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PC House Plc announced yesterday the appointment of two new directors to its Board with effect from 5 September. They are M. Jude C. Fernando as a Director and W.I. Deepal Peiris as a Non Executive Director. Fernando holds over 14 years of experience in human resources management. He has HRM experience in the banking, ...
The Board of Investment (BOI) hosted last week a high-powered visiting delegation from South Africa led by Deputy Minister of Economic Development MP Prof. Hlenginwe Mkhize, Ambassador of South Africa in Sri Lanka Geoff Doidge, A.N.C National Coordinator and former Minister Renier Schoeman and 30 officials of the ANC and entrepreneurs from South Africa. The ...
Times of India, MUMBAI: Tillakaratne Dilshan redefined the art of batting in Twenty20 cricket with dazzling stroke play in the 2009 World T20 in England. His innovative and attacking shots rattled bowlers and often left them confused against the patented scoop shot over the ‘keeper’s head. In an exclusive chat with TOI, the destructive Sri ...
Reuters: Saeed Ajmal will receive a special award from the Pakistan Cricket Board after the spin bowler was left off the shortlist for the International Cricket Council’s Player of the Year, chairman Zaka Ashraf said on Monday. The omission of the top-ranked one-day international bowler from the shortlist has caused anger in Pakistan and the ...
The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP), which is in the forefront of promoting the adoption of good techniques and practices for improving productivity and quality, embarked on a new program to visit factories with good practices. As the first program, an observation program was recently conducted at the factory ...
Madurai: The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TNCCI) in Madurai has urged the Indian government to check the attack on visiting Sri Lankan pilgrims since the travel advisory issued by Sri Lanka will seriously affect the tourism and trade to the state. The TNCCI in a statement pointed out that India-Sri Lanka trade ...
Reuters: Saudi Arabia is concerned about high oil prices and will take steps to moderate them, its oil minister said, in a statement that some in the oil market read as a signal to consumer nations that there is no need to release emergency oil reserves. “Saudi Arabia is concerned about rising oil prices in ...
ESPNCricinfo: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said a phalanx of allrounders will be his side’s biggest strength in the upcoming World Twenty20, because of the balance and flexibility they afford the team. Angelo Mathews and Jeevan Mendis are in Sri Lanka’s squad as batting allrounders, while Thisara Perera’s forte is with the ball. Nuwan ...
The Sri Lanka-Vietnam-Greater Mekong Sub-Region Business Council (SLVGMSBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will be organising an Interactive Evening with Kamal Dorabawila, Principal Investment Officer, World Bank – International Finance Corporation (IFC), Sri Lanka on 20 September at 6 p.m. at the Union Ballroom, Hilton Colombo Residences. Dorabawila will be addressing the gathering on .....
Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC) 2011 Annual Report won two prestigious awards at the recently held 2011 Vision Awards in New York. The awards – a Gold Award in the Insurance category and a Bronze Award for the most improved Annual report in the Asia Pacific region – are especially significant as the Annual Report ...
Ceylinco Insurance, Sri Lanka’s leading Insurer, has been honoured with the invitation to represent Sri Lanka on the Executive Board of the prestigious Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing Countries (AIRDC). The Executive Board of AIRDC constitutes of 15 representatives of full member nations. The Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing C...
Chartis, the world’s leading provider of Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance has developed a new policy coverage for Sri Lanka branded Corporate Guard. This improved cover enhances the safeguards provided to individual directors and officers and the companies they serve from all angles, whilst also significantly reducing the number of exclusions, and addressing specific ...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was entered into between the Ministry of Health and the National Health Development Fund on behalf of the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the Trustees of the Foundation Supporting a National Trauma Service in Sri Lanka, Victoria, Australia (Project BEAP), which is a charitable ...
Access Engineering PLC, the leading value engineering solutions provider in Sri Lanka, was selected by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. to partake in one of the country’s most exhilarating infrastructure projects, the new International Airport at Mattala, Hambantota. Funded by the Government of the Peoples Republic of China, construction of the Hambantota International Airport is ...
LONDON (Reuters): Copper hit a four-month high on Monday as hopes for more policy easing in the United States prevailed and as weak copper and other commodity imports in China, coupled with weak factory activity, reinforced prospects for more stimulus measures there. Chinese data showed copper imports in August fell 2.9% from July due to ...
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo celebrated twenty seven years with a host of activities taking place throughout the hotel. To mark this milestone Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo carried out an annual blood drive, encouraging associates of both the hotel and the John Keells group to donate. Since 1990 Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo has been running a blood drive that ...
The first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote 75 years ago: “It would be absurd to say that the profit motive does not appeal to the average Indian, but it is nevertheless true that there is no such admiration for it in India as there is in the west. The possessor of ...
Power of the village One of the most respected business personalities that Sri Lanka has produced to the multinational belt of companies is Lalith De Mel, better known as J.C.L. De Mel. I was blessed to have had the exposure of being trained by him during the times that he was the Global Director for ...
Hilton Colombo commemorates their 25th anniversary in the Sri Lankan hospitality industry this week. In honour of the jubilee, the hotel initiated a host of special events and promotions throughout the year to thank guests, partners and their dedicated team for the continued support throughout the years. Commenting on the hotels milestone, Rudolf Tröstler, ...
India and New Zealand will be looking for valuable game time ahead of the ICC World T20 during Tuesday’s T20I in Chennai. After Saturday’s first match was rained off in Visakhapatnam the series is now reduced to one game before both nations head to Sri Lanka. Yuvraj Singh’s much-awaited return to national duty, after recovering ...
Indiaandrsquo;s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, Hero MotoCorpandnbsp;expanded its network into the international market. The newly incorporated brand entity launched 14 of its two-wheeler models in Sri Lanka on 3 September at the Waterandrsquo;s Edge.
SpiceJet CEO Neil Raymond Mills will speak about ‘How relevant are your strategies?’ at the Experience Sharing Forum organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) on 13 September at 6 p.m. at the Galadari Hotel. At the forum Mills will share what strategies worked for SpiceJet, India’s best and Asia’s fourth best low ...
South Africa, Sri Lanka’s leading trade partner in Sub-Saharan Africa and the third most competitive economy in the $ 13.7 trillion BRICS grouping, is making an unprecedented investment foray into resurgent Sri Lanka with no less than a $ 122 m initial investment –and is scheduling yet another strong business delegation to Sri Lanka next. ...
The Hindu: Sri Lanka’s ruling UPFA on Sunday won key elections in three of the country’s nine provinces, including a victory in the Tamil and Muslim dominated eastern state that was once an LTTE stronghold, where the Mahinda Rajapaksa-led coalition defeated the main Tamil party TNA. While UPFA won comfortable majorities in the North Central ...
The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc., commonly referred as the (ISC)², is the global, non-profit leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers. The (ISC)² (www.isc2.org) is recognised for its Gold Standard certifications (including the renowned CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Pr...
The Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) recently welcomed the inaugural flight of Sri Lanka-based low-cost airline, Mihin Lanka, to the kingdom. The new milestone of Mihin Lanka, an airline 100 per cent owned by the government of Sri Lanka, is a reflection of its progressively growing operations, a statement from BAC said. The ceremony was attended ...
Incident could affect Madurai getting international connectivity: Trade bodies The Hindu: The recent tension over the presence of Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu has caused trade bodies in southern districts worry over the prospects of international connectivity for Madurai as the first full-fledged international flight was scheduled from Colombo on 20 September. While not going ...
Container vessel Mv Buxcliff under ISE service of MSC Geneva, calling Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) as a weekly caller, recently marked a historical move count of 4,954 (7,650 TEUs) at the Jaya Container Terminal (JCT). This is the highest number of moves handled by an individual vessel at JCT. MSC is using the Port ...
Photo Technica recently introduced the superior Nikon D800 camera to the Sri Lankan market. Specially designed and manufactured by the world renowned Nikon Camera Company of Japan to fully cater to the special needs of superior photographers and cinematographers worldwide. Photo Technica with 55 years of experience in importing cameras and photographic equipment, selling and ...
2012 unlikely to match up to 2011 tea revenue; stakeholders’ voice uncertaintya By Cheranka Mendis The tea industry which brought in revenue of approximately US$ 675 million within the first six months of this year – US$ 50 million below the revenue collected in the same period in 2011 – is likely to fall short ...