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Till recently, the only times you heard the names Oddusuddan, Kilinochchi, Jaffna or Vavuniya was in bleak dispatches about skirmishes that took place in the North and East of Sri Lanka, with the regions bearing the brunt of a three-decade long civil war. With peace returning to the region, cricket has not been far behind, ...
- Basnahira Cricket Dundee launches official team jersey (Category: Business)
- ICC launches World Twenty 20 Sri Lanka 2012 (Category: Business)
- Weary Brett Lee quits international cricket (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: Sri Lankan stocks edged up Monday as investors picked up telecommunication and banking shares, while retail investors made speculative plays, dealers said. The Colombo Stock Exchange’s main index, or all share price index (ASPI), ended 0.1%, or 5.83 points, firmer at 5,915.90. The index had risen 19% in 15 sessions through to Sept. 17 ...
- Easier Food (Category: Business)
- MOVERS AND SHAKERS (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Are you average? (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Middle Range (Category: Business)
Expolanka Holdings PLC’s subsidiaries Expolanka (Pvt.) Limited, Expolanka Freight (EFL) and Hello Corp (Pvt.) Ltd walked away with top honours with two Gold, one Silver and a Merit Award at the National Chamber of Exporters Awards Ceremony for the Year 2011, held in Colombo. Expolanka Limited, the pioneer exporter of Sri Lanka’s fresh fruits and ...
- Expolanka Group Bags Four Awards (Category: Business)
- Plenty Foods rewarded for upgrading the nutritional status of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Expolanka Freight rebrands global identity as EFL (Category: Business)
West Indies became the first team in ICC World Twenty20 history to advance beyond the league phase without registering a win when its final Group B clash, against Ireland, was abandoned on Monday (24 September) night. West Indies and Ireland, who had both lost to Australia in their opening matches, finished on one point ...
- NZ set to take on Sri Lanka in ICC World Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
- NZ set to take on Sri Lanka in ICC World Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
- NZ set to take on Sri Lanka in ICC World Twenty20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Live Twenty20 - Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
The Dialog Mercantile Rugby Sevens 2012 will be held on 23, 24 and 25 November at the Havelock Sports Club grounds. The tournament is powered by Dialog Axiata Plc for the ninth successive year since 2003. The 42nd Tournament is conducted by Mercantile Rugby Football Association (MRFA) under the Presidency of Wasantha Ramanayake. Entries are ...
Mobitel, the country’s state owned mobile communication company intends to play a key role in national information and communication technology (ICT) transformation. It is going through an organisational revitalisation process in order to gear up to make a greater contribution towards national transformation led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Under its ‘Change to Lead.Now’ organ...
- Taking IT to the villages, Mobitel opens regional IT centre in Kegalle (Category: Business)
- Mobitel rings back Lalith as CEO (Category: Business)
- National Transport Commission signs up with Mobitel for Mobile Enterprise Solutions (Category: Business)
- Sooriyawewa gets Mobitel’s first regional customer care contact centre (Category: Business)
By D.C. Ranatunga Gnanavalli grew up in the Eskdale Division of Park Estate near Ragalla. Her parents were employees of the estate. She read her first letters at the Child Development Centre (CDC) in the estate. With the grounding she got there, she continued her studies until she got admitted to the Eastern University and ...
- PHDT awarded international certification for quality management (Category: Business)
- RPC estate communities have seen significant quality of life improvements: PA (Category: Business)
- Construction of over 500 houses for plantation community to resume (Category: Breaking News)
Sunil Poholiyadde, a veteran in the plantation industry has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Plantations Sector of the Richard Pieris Group which comprises Kegalle Plantations PLC, Namunukula Plantations PLC and Maskeliya Plantations PLC with effect from 12 August. Poholiyadde started his career in the plantation sector 36 years ago as an Assistant ...
- Richard Pieris Plantations Appoints New Managing Director (Category: Business)
- Lankem Developments goes for new focus; name (Category: Business)
- Nishantha appointed to Hapugastenna, Udapussellawa Plantation Boards (Category: Business)
- Watawala Plantations wins at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan plantation industry veteran Dan Seevaratnam was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award at The Asia Pacific HRM Congress, one of the most prestigious human resource summits in the world held in Bangalore, India, last week. The award marks a significant achievement for the local plantation sector which is a people intense industry, being ...
- Watawala Plantations wins at Asia Pacific HRM Congress Awards (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s Plantation Sector Receives International Recognition (Category: Business)
- Plantation company among Sri Lanka’s top 10 (Category: Business)
The beautifully sculptured dancing figurines stood out striking against the milky white backdrop under a shower of golden light. Immersed partially on the wall right across were more female figures adorned by the glitter and glamour of an artistically designed creative selection of jewellery. Their dancing postures heightened by their ivory and pale golden dresses ...
- HP unveils new Designjet Z3200 photo printer (Category: Business)
- Dream Weaver: an exhibition by Layla Gonaduwa (Category: Business)
- CJS to launch latest haute couture jewellery collection, SILVER (Category: Business)
- Painted on stone (Category: Business)
World Duty Free Group (WDFG), the leading duty free operator at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) along with the reputed beverage supplier, Brown Forman Worldwide, commenced another exciting mega promotion, ‘Cricket Fever 2012’ on 1 September to coincide with the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, which will be held in Sri Lanka this September and ...
- HNB Pathum Vimana 2011 prize winners get their rewards (Category: Business)
- Hemas rewards winners of ‘Fems Ran Million’ (Category: Business)
- SLT IDD promotion winners rewarded (Category: Business)
- CIMA felicitates two world prize winners (Category: Business)
Niru Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. opened its new office at Access Towers, Union Place last Thursday, which will handle sorting and grading of diamonds and dispatching orders for customers of prestigious Niru Diamonds Ltd., Israel. The office was declared open by Gem and Jewellery Authority of Sri Lanka Chairman Prasad Galhena and the event was attended ...
- Video: Diamonds for everyone (12/02/15) (Category: Video)
- Blue Diamonds and Daya Senanayake are forever! (Category: Business)
- Directors aren’t a rarity at Blue Diamonds (Category: Business)
- Ruwan resigns as Blue Diamonds CEO to concentrate on eChannelling (Category: Business)
45 nurses took the ‘Florence Nightingale Pledge’ last week as a part of the 27th anniversary celebrations of Sri Lanka’s private healthcare pioneer Nawaloka Hospital. The pledge was taken by nurses who had completed their first year of training. The Nawaloka Hospital Nursing School currently comprises about 200 trainee nurses, all in either their first, ...
- Upali quits Nawaloka Hospitals Board (Category: Business)
- Van escorting SF damaged (Category: Breaking News)
- 45 Nurses Take The Nightingale Pledge At Nawaloka Hospital (Category: Business)
- Pick pockets had field day at Nawaloka hospital . (Category: Breaking News)
Anura Lokuhetty the President of The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka and also the Chairman of the Asia Council on Tourism has been requested to Chair the 26th CACCI Conference on Current Asian Tourism from October3 to 5, 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal. He will be presenting a paper on the Current State of Tourism in ...
- Airtel supports 24th CACCI Conference and Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2010 (Category: Breaking News)
- 24th Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) Conference underway... (Category: Breaking News)
- 24th Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry Conference and Sri Lanka Ec... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan doctoral student at AIT (Thailand) receives Asia-Pacific Entrepreneur Award (Category: Breaking News)
The centenary of the civil aviation in Sri Lanka was celebrated yesterday by the Civil Aviation Authority with a live program by Sri Lanka Rupavahini. Civil Aviation Authority Chairman Gen. Rohan Daluwatte, Ministry of Civil Aviation Secretary Dr. Ravindra Ruberu, SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe and CEO Kapila Chandrasena participated in the live telecast – ...
- Open Skies (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to revamp aviation laws (Category: Breaking News)
- Ash ban 'might have ended sooner' (Category: Technology)
- Maldivian firefighter trainees complete training in SL (Category: Breaking News)
Central Hospital Ltd, an internationally accredited multi-specialty hospital of the Asiri Group take pleasure in announcing, that the hospital was certified with the ISO 22000:2005 Standard for Food Safety Management with effect from 9 August. The ISO 22000:2005 Food Safety Management System Certification is the highest and most recognised food-related certification in the world. It ...
- Lanka Hospitals stamps its class (Category: Business)
- Indexpo gets accreditation from SLAB (Category: Business)
- 5S training, ISO 22000: 2005 Internal Auditor training from Ind-Expo Certification (Category: Business)
- Saboor Chatoor gets ISO 22000 certificate (Category: Business)
The Golden Key Eye & ENT Hospital has announced the appointment of an Advisory Committee including leading medical professionals to assist in the management of the hospital and its further development. Professor Rohan Jayasekara, Senior Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, is Chairman of the Advisory Committee, which comprises of ...
- Singapore businessman to buy Golden Key ENT Hospital for 1.3 billion rupees (Category: Breaking News)
- That Great Trait of Judicial Activism (Category: Breaking News)
- Kadawatha Vision Centre handed over to Lions Golden Jubilee Trust (Category: Business)
George Steuart Health (GSH) has been appointed as the sole local agent for SPOLKINEMATICSby SPOL Sports Tape Korea. SPOL is the first Korean sports medical company specializing in sports taping therapeutics to ever be established, way back in 1999 and have since been developing the technology and education system on effective usage of taping the ...
- Scientists sceptical as athletes get all taped up (Category: Business)
- Anderson police say woman chased ambulance crew (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- DA files pretrial detention motion for man accused of holding 79-year-old captive, ransacking home (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- DA files pretrial detention motion for man accused of holding 79-year-old captive, ransacking home (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Coca-Cola Sri Lanka’s CountryHR Manager won the prestigious Human Resources Leadership Award at the ASIA PACIFIC HRM CONGRESS held on 6th September 2012 in Bangalore, India. Nilanthi Jayatillake, Country Human Resources Manager, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Limited, was recognized for her valuable contribution to the field of HR in the country and her work done ...
- Coke awarded Youth Beverage Brand of the Year (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola and McDonalds launch London Olympics 2012 memorabilia (Category: Business)
- Coke renovates Ward 6 of Rheumatology and Rehab.Hospital, Ragama (Category: Business)
By Rashika Fazali The Tron Legacy was brought alive at the Nations Corporate Quiz organised by Nations Trust Bank (NTB) last Friday at a high tech event held at Cinnamon Grand. Running for the sixth year, the Nations Corporate Quiz is structured to foster amicable relationships and competition within the corporate sector of Sri ...
- NTB Corporate Quiz 2011 kicks off on 18 October (Category: Business)
- Trinity College, Kandy triumphs in ‘IT Mastermind – 2011’ (Category: Business)
- NTB Corporate Quiz tomorrow (Category: Business)
- NTB, first Lankan bank to move into paperless boardroom (Category: Business)
Recording a year-on-year sales volume growth of 400% in the current financial year and targeting a further 100% growth in the year ahead, Carmart, the sole distributor in Sri Lanka for Peugeot, has created a strong niche in the market and is poised for aggressive expansion in the coming year with an extremely diversified product ...
- All-new Peugeot 508 unveiled in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Fiat CEO accuses VW of waging price war (Category: Business)
- International financial institutions and development in Asia (Category: Business)
- BMW in talks with GM on future technologies: CEO (Category: Business)
The Hirdaramani Group recently launched a group wide employee talent show. Developed in partnership with renowned Sri Lankan artist Navaratne Gamage, the project aims to give opportunity for employees to showcase a wide variety of talents from singing and dancing to composing, acting, presenting and writing. The talent show launched its first stage in September ...
- Hirdaramani hosts leadership forum for employees (Category: Business)
- Hirdaramani Eheliyagoda factory closed after employees contract virus (Category: Breaking News)
- Hirdaramani Eheliyagoda factory closed after employees contract virus (Category: Breaking News)
- Hirdaramani Eheliyagoda factory closed after employees contract virus (Category: Breaking News)
A group of SharePoint developers gathered at the Galadari hotel, on 18 September, for the 2ndannual SharePoint Camp, organized by the Colombo SharePoint Communitywith the sponsorship of 99X Technology (www.99xtechnology.com) This event, which was free of charge to all participants, gave local SharePoint Developers the opportunity to compare notes with people who share the same ...
- Building up the Sri Lankan SharePoint community (Category: Business)
- EFutures holds Microsoft Share Point 2010 Workshop (Category: Business)
- Buddy charms Tassie kids (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Standard Chartered, in furtherance of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed with Youth Business Sri Lanka (YBSL), a project of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), handed out micro-financing facilities to 29 young men and women of Jaffna who had been affected by the war to start up businesses, on Friday, 21 September 2012. Nine ...
- PGTI debuts in Sri Lanka with Standard Chartered Open 2012 (Category: Business)
- Standard Chartered Bank commemorates World Environment Day 2012 (Category: Business)
- Standard Chartered Bank’s Pettah Branch moves to new location (Category: Business)
- 2012: Sri Lanka's growth to slowdown, rupee to depreciate (Category: Breaking News)
Jason Tan, HSBC’s Head of Client Management – Global Payments and Cash Management in Asia Pacific, arrived yesterday, on a two-day official visit. Tan, who is responsible for the development of HSBC’s Client Management platform across Asia Pacific, will meet Nick Nicolaou, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Sri Lanka and Maldives, key customers and the ...
- HSBC’s Head of Sales for Global Payments and Cash Management, Asia Pacific in town (Category: Business)
- HSBC puts banking on the palm of a customer’s hand (Category: Business)
- HSBC launches virtual accounts (Category: Business)
- HSBC Group GM and Head of International Asia Pacific visits Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
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)
Leaving nobody out in the cold In India, the Rangarajan Committee on Financial Inclusion defined the concept as: “The process of ensuring access to financial services, timely and adequate credit where needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and low income groups, at an affordable cost.” At the recent FutureGov SAARC Summit in Colombo, ...
- India aids Sri Lanka to fund its digital identity project (Category: Breaking News)
- Moneylenders - Exploiters or providers of a vital financial service? (Category: Business)
- Unique Digital Identity Project in progress - State Minister of Technology (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. accused of giving Indian companies access to Lankans’ biometrics (Category: Breaking News)
Bartleet Finance PLC, which has been in the forefront of providing financial services in the Embilipitiya area, moved to a convenient and spacious location in the heart of the town to provide better services to its clients. The relocation will provide it greater opportunity to synergise with its customers and enhance their potential to grow ...
- Bartleet Finance opens 17th branch in Ratnapura (Category: Breaking News)
- Bartleet Finance opens 17th branch in Ratnapura (Category: Business)
- Bartleet Finance launches savings accounts (Category: Business)
- Bartleet Finance opens 18th branch in Anuradhapura (Category: Business)
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