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President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday asserted that there is no political interference of any kind in the country’s Judiciary, as some have alleged. Addressing a meeting with News Directors and Chief Editors of electronic and printed media at Temple Trees, the President said that the Government does not interfere in the affairs of judges or ...
- Devolution: Let Parliament decide, says President (Category: Breaking News)
- Regular elections epitomise a vibrant democracy: President (Category: Business)
- Mahinda calls for UNP to unite and build a strong opposition (Category: Business)
- Government to monitor NGOs (Category: Breaking News)
The protest marches launched by the union of striking university academics and the student union on Monday urging the government to save the state education reached the city marking a successful conclusion. The trade union of Sri Lankan university academics, Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) launched its protest from Galle on September 24 and ...
- Marches by university teachers, students to reach Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- The Long March To Nowhere (Category: Breaking News)
- Academics may quit local system (Category: Breaking News)
- University academics on token srike on Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
Text and pics by Mohamed R. Farook Fathima Halidha, a Fathima Muslim Ladies College 2011 AL Examination Bio Stream student, who secured an astonishing Z-Score of 3.0, with an all island ranking number three and district ranking of number two having achieved three straight A’s in all the three subjects of biology, chemistry and physics, ...
- Muslim Ladies College Interact Club engages with community (Category: Business)
- Founder of Kenwick school guilty of making fraudulent grant claims (Category: Western Australia)
- School founder guilty of fraudulently claiming grants (Category: Western Australia)
- All Ceylon Muslim Women’s Association celebrates Diamond Jubilee (Category: Business)
Watching the World T20 matches on TV – currently being played in Sri Lanka, I noticed a Tourist Board commercial on the theme ‘Refreshingly Sri Lanka – Wonder of Asia.’ Immediately I recalled last year’s stamp released to mark World Tourism Day. Sri Lanka issued ten stamps with an attractive souvenir sheet carrying all the ...
- Celebrating World Tourism Day by linking global cultures (Category: Business)
- Linking cultures - World Tourism Day 2011 focuses on empowering youth (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Grand first ever hotel to launch first day cover (Category: Business)
DISREGARDING an offered salary increase, academics on Friday staged a massive protest march demanding sweeping reforms to higher education and widening the abyss with the Government. As the three month anniversary of the strike nears, there is escalating concern of the consequences of this stalemate. The Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA), the trade union ...
- Chaotic higher education – an opening to totalitarianism (Category: Breaking News)
- Academics of Sri Lanka's Jaffna University against setting up private universities (Category: Breaking News)
- Academics may quit local system (Category: Breaking News)
- University teachers and students began protest against the government (Category: Breaking News)
Eisenhower Foundation South Asia Conference 2012 kicks off in Colombo By Cassandra Mascarenhas Bringing together Eisenhower Fellows from across the world for networking and deliberations in Colombo, the Eisenhower Fellowships, Philadelphia and conference organising teams from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka hosted the three-day Eisenhower Foundation South Asia Conference 2012 which kicke...
- Eisenhower South Asia Conference 2012 and Eisenhower Day celebrations (Category: Business)
- Promoting leadership qualities (Category: Business)
- South Asia doing worst on UN development goals :ADB official (Category: Business)
- India, China militaries ease tensions; to resume joint exercises (Category: Business)
A fusion of glamour and festivities awaits guests at the annual gala dinner organised by the Sri Lanka India Society to celebrate India’s Independence Day. The celebratory dinner will be held today from 6. 45p.m. at Taj Samudra. The Chief Guest at the dinner will be High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Ashok K. ...
- ‘Sthree Utsav 2012’ by The Sri Lanka India Society to dazzle Colombo (Category: Business)
- Rs. 200,000 from US Ambassador’s Ball to Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (Category: Business)
- Mega ‘India Show’ in August 2012 to boost bilateral trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- It was Bachchan's decision, not IIFA (Category: Breaking News)
Celebrating ties between China and Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka-China Journalists Forum in collaboration with Embassy of China will present China Nanjing Little Red Flowers Children’s Art Troupe for the first time in Sri Lanka as ‘Red Flowers on Stage’ on 30 September and 1 October at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre. The exclusive ...
- Dancing envoys mark 55 years of Sino-Sri Lanka ties (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese ballet at Nelum Pokuna Theatre (Category: Breaking News)
The location of Sri Lanka has a strategic significance and this has been proven by the historical trading activities between Sri Lanka and ancient China, Egypt, and the Roman Empire. There is ample evidence to show that Sri Lanka was a main trading hub in Asia. The reasons for occupation of Sri Lanka by the ...
- Accelerating inclusive growth: The role of the external sector (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to revive FTA talks with India, China and Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Sri Lanka geared for globalisation? (Category: Business)
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
THE events that unfolded with the swearing-in of a new Chief Minister to the North Central Province has brought into sharper focus the practice of collective bargaining in Sri Lanka, with the added dimension of family bartering. Since 2005, as the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has entrenched its dominance over the United National Party ...
- Being brilliant in bargaining (Category: Business)
- Wijeyadasa Rajapakse inducted as BASL president (Category: Breaking News)
- Adidas eyes basketball boost after NBA lockout ends (Category: Business)
- NBA players reject offer, season in jeopardy (Category: Business)
With the rejection of the Cabinet decision proposed to resolve the problem of university academics, the issue seems to be dragging without a settlement. The lecturers’ main demands are a salary increase, increase in Government funding of the education system to 6% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), end to political interference in education, and establishment ...
- Universities in crisis: Key learnings (Category: Business)
- Chaos in universities: A solution? (Category: Business)
- English as medium of instruction at Law College (Category: Breaking News)
- Medical education at crossroads (Category: Breaking News)
World-famous Amanresorts Chairman Adrian Zecha has expressed his bullishness in post-war rebound in Sri Lanka’s tourism, which has encouraged him to explore fresh opportunities for expansion. “The post-conflict economic development process is visible everywhere in Sri Lanka. Our resorts in Sri Lanka were not economically viable during the pre-conflict period. But thanks to the peace, ....
- Historic building used as PM’s official residence to be a hotel (Category: Breaking News)
- Beach Hotels (Category: Business)
- Island Lure (Category: Business)
- Adrian Zecha : The Trailblazing Innovator Continuing to Redefine Luxury Travel (Category: Breaking News)
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President Xiaoyu Zhao has declared that Sri Lanka has big potential than any other country in Asia to become the most viable and attractive regional economic hub. “Strategic location, post conflict infrastructure development initiatives, peace and stability, high economic growth and able leadership are the main factors behind these potential,” ...
- ADB’s South Asia head meets Basil (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka has big potential to be a viable regional hub – ADB (Category: Breaking News)
- New ADB, Sri Lanka partnership strategy agreed to target growth (Category: Breaking News)
- ADB’s new Sri Lanka partnership to target inclusive growth (Category: Business)
Xinhua: Sri Lanka’s topmost Tamil minority minister in the northern town of Jaffna on is confident that the government will be able to finalise a political solution for the Tamils. The minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, Douglas Devananda, told Xinhua in an interview that the solution should be based on 13 Amendment ...
- Meeting of revived pro-Eelam outfit in Chennai on Monday (Category: Business)
- Outside conspiracies will not be allowed – Mahinda (Category: Business)
- German Foreign Ministry Head of Asia-Pacific Political Affairs visits Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- President denounces Tamil National Alliance’s call for international inquiry (Category: Business)
The WTO in its annual World Trade Report for 2012, in addition to analysing world trade, has dealt in detail on Non Tariff Measures (NTMs), which has gained an important place in international trade today. In a world of trade liberalisation and free trade agreements which deal mainly with tariff reductions, which are clearly spelt ...
- New external trade policy (Category: Business)
- WTO risks its future by keeping Doha talks alive (Category: Business)
- Time to update global services trade rules – report (Category: Business)
- Unfinished Business? The WTO’s Doha Agenda (Category: Business)
The academics are marching. The students are marching. The Muslims are marching. Every day hundreds images of throngs of people shouting slogans and demonstrating blare across television screens, newspapers and of course, the internet. SMS news alerts about road closures and barricades abound as popular discontent rises to the surface through trade union agitation and ...
- No interference in Sri Lanka’s Judiciary, President asserts (Category: Business)
- Divi Neguma Bill to be back anew (Category: Business)
- Northwestern Provincial Council approves the Divi Neguma Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- SC order and govt.’s trial balloon (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- SC says Divi Neguma Bill needs PC sanction (Category: Business)
- SLMC face challenges in Divi Neguma bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Divi Neguma Bill: Govt. says will not violate Constitution (Category: Breaking News)
- Divi Neguma Bill to be back anew (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Sri Lanka 7’s off to Borneo today (Category: Business)
- Korea fights back against Hong Kong to win Shanghai Sevens (Category: Business)
- SLretains Bowl and Japan reclaims top seed at Borneo Sevens (Category: Business)
- Hong Kong wins HSBC Asian Sevens Series Bangkok Sevens (Category: Business)
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 ...
- SL embassy in Tokyo promotes tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka on show at JATA (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Expo 2012 promoted in Japan (Category: Business)
- Visit by JATA Chief and team big boost for tourism (Category: Business)
What is planning? Planning (also called forethought) is the process of thinking about and organising the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning involves the creation and maintenance of a plan. As such, planning is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior. This thought process is essential to the creation and refinement of a plan, ...
- Organisational sustainability (Category: Business)
- Business-to-business selling (Category: Business)
- Driving for ‘value’ (Category: Business)
- Directing performance management (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Moving beyond financials and laying a heavy emphasis on the human dimensions of doing business in the world today, the CIMA Management Accountants’ Conference 2012 was aptly themed ‘Reboot your business beyond financials,’ highlighting that such aspects will be key to getting things moving again and sustaining success in the long run. ...
- More Lankan CEOs queuing for India (Category: Business)
- Who’s who in global ranking of India’s best CEOs? (Category: Business)
- Global CEOs say prospects gloomy for world economy (Category: Business)
- Confidence falls as CEOs prepare for more shocks (Category: Business)
A number of articles which appeared in print media in the recent past signify the volatility in the economy. High volatility leads to vulnerability. Volatility and vulnerability are reflections of the haphazard nature of the economic policies and poor economic governance in a country. What is volatility? Volatility is the severity and the frequency with ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
New chief ministers for Sri Lanka’s North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces were sworn-in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. Maheepala Herath as Chief Minister for Sabaragamuwa Province and S.M. Ranjith as Chief Minister for North Central Province took oaths from the President. Both chief ministers have secured the highest number of preferential votes at the provincial ...
- Ranjith, Herath takes oaths as new CMs (Category: Breaking News)
- New chief ministers sworn in for North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Chief Ministers pledge to strengthen Government (Category: Breaking News)
- Washington school a finalist for Obama to speak at commencement (Category: USA, Washington)
Reuters: A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November’s elections early on Saturday as the US Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an 1 government shutdown. The 62-30 vote on the funding bill, which now moves to President Barack Obama’s desk to be signed into ...
- S&P cuts India outlook to negative (Category: Business)
- Anti-cuts protests push Romania PM out (Category: Business)
- Legal action over cuts? (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Adult Education cuts attacked (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
AFTER more than four years, Sri Lanka can after this week say that there are no Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the country – officially, at least. Sri Lanka has begun resettling the last of its internally displaced on Monday, but the move has been criticised by the main Tamil party, that claims they are ...
- Nearly 40,000 IDPs in camps (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 40,000 IDPs in camps (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian company bags 50-crore project to build houses for IDPs in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Send a team to SL: Congress MPs (Category: Breaking News)
Previously observed proceedings of Sri Lanka’s Fonseka and Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Here to observe proceedings re Rishad Bathiudeen M.P. Acted as Counsel on world’s longest sea chase incident FV Viarsa 1 The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) observer, Australian Queen’s Counsel Mark Trowell has arrived in Sri Lanka today morning. “I am here on behalf ...
- IPU member visits SriLanka to observe court proceedings on Minister Rishad (Category: Breaking News)
- Visit not politically motivated (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishad seeks for Inter Parliamentary Union observation (Category: Business)
- Inter Parliamentary Union special representative observes white flag case hearing in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) yesterday in a statement urged the Government to respect the judiciary of the country. LfD said it was disturbed by the emerging evidence of coordinated moves to undermine the independence of judiciary in Sri Lanka. The Statement issued by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on 16thSeptember 2012 clearly indicates that there ...
- Lawyers urge Govt. to respect right to peaceful assembly (Category: Business)
- Lawyers urge President to remove Minister (Category: Business)
- Lawyers for Democracy disagrees with amendment to Criminal Procedure Code (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka: Lawyers For Democracy (Lfd) (Category: Breaking News)
Hosts candle lighting events and suicide prevention walk programsBy Ruzaik Farook Sri Lanka Sumithrayo Colombo, under the global umbrella theme ‘Suicide prevention across the globe: Strengthening protective factors and instilling hope,’ and the localised subtheme ‘Don’t despair, we care,’ organised a candle lighting event to remember those who have died by suicide on ...
- An average of 12 persons commits suicide everyday in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Suicide Prevention Day commemorated (Category: Breaking News)
- Tragic numbers (Category: Business)
- Woman throws child in river and attempts suicide in Wattala (Category: Breaking News)
Fitch Ratings Lanka has affirmed Seylan Bank PLC’s (Seylan) National Long-Term rating at ‘A-(lka)’. The Outlook is Stable. A full list of the bank’s ratings is provided at the end of this commentary. Seylan’s rating reflects Fitch’s expectations of support from the State of Sri Lanka if required, given the bank’s systemic importance. However, the ...
- Fitch upgrades Seylan Bank to ‘A-(lka)’ (Category: Business)
- Fitch Affirms Seylan Bank at ‘A-(lka)’/Stable (Category: Breaking News)
- Fitch rates Seylan Bank’s subordinated debt ‘BBB+’ (Category: Business)
- Implied Support (Category: Business)
The unprecedented drought over the past few months due to the long delay of the south-west monsoon affected the entire country, resulting in withered paddy-fields to farmers; chicken farmers forced to slaughter animals due to water scarcity, soaring vegetable prices for housewives, and power cuts for everyone. The effects of the drought, the victims and ...
- The drought, Mahaveli waters and the farmer (Category: Business)
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- CEB: Making losses or deliberate blunders? (Category: Business)
- Reservoirs run dry with no rains, country heading for electricity crisis (Category: Breaking News)
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