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The Law Students Association of Sri Lanka (LSASL) in collaboration with the UNDP Equal Access to Justice Project and the Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka, will hold a Legal Aid Clinic and Disability Law Awareness Program for those residing in the Kalutara District. The purpose of this project is to create awareness on Disability ...
Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned People’s Leasing Company PLC’s (PLC, ‘AA-(lka)’/Stable) proposed commercial paper issue of up to LKR500m a National Short-Term ‘F1+(lka)’ rating. The proposed notes will have a tenure of one year, and will be used to finance the company’s working capital requirements. The rating reflects the potential extraordinary support ...
Former Sri Lanka cricketer by far the most experienced ICC Match Referee across formatsRanjan Madugalle of the ICC Emirates Elite Panel of Match Referees became the first match referee to complete a half-century of Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) when he walked on to the field for the toss in the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 ...
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 ...
Ever Leading, the fourth L-type containership of Evergreen Line, was christened by S.S. Lin, the Evergreen Group’s First Vice Group Chairman, at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard recentrly. The ceremonial rope cutting for the new 8,452-TEU vessel was performed by Kitty Yen, Chairman of Evergreen Sky Catering Corp in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from ...
A popular cricket encounter in logistics Industry Eagle 6’s is back on 13 October at NCC Grounds for the fifth consecutive year. Eagle 6’S formally known as ‘Eagle Logistics Challenge Trophy’ was first played with two teams in 2007 as a friendly encounter to strengthen the relationship between company and customers. However today this has ...
As if the very unpredictability of the format wasn’t enough, the ‘R’ factor is threatening to add to the excitement as the firstphase of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 enters its climactic stage. End September isn’t necessarily the best time to play cricket in Sri Lanka, but for most of the first week of the ...
Reuters: Formula One cars will continue to swerve around the skyscrapers of Singapore for the next five years after the government agreed on Saturday to help cover the S$150 millioncost of hosting the unique night race. There had been some doubt about the future of the event, the only night race on the calendar, as ...
Chairman and the Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Wu Bangguo, who was on a visit to Sri Lanka upon invitation by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, made a special visit recently at the Colombo Port expansion Project (CPC) of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, ...
t-sips powered Sri Lanka Schools National Rowing Championships comes to an end Four days of spirited rowing by 14 schools culminated with Ladies College winning 14 medals (6G, 7S, 1B) and Royal emerging winner of the Boy’s category with 13 medals (5G, 4S, 4B). In the girls section, Ladies College dominated the U14 and U18 ...
Asian Aviation Centre (AAC), the premier aviation academy in Sri Lanka, recently held its 15th annual awards ceremony at the Mount Lavinia Hotel with Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake as the Chief Guest and the newly-appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Ravindra Ruberu as the Guest of Honour.
A reader of the previous week’s My View titled ‘SL’s future: Convert the simple economy into a high-tech based complex economy’ has taken up an important issue with this writer via email. He has said that it is unlikely that Sri Lanka could have a complex production structure in the country because Sri Lanka lacks ...
Ardent cricket fans grabbed their chance to join in the excitement as they grabbed a once in a lifetime chance to see the T20 World Cup Trophy and meet their favourite Sri Lankan cricketer. As a ‘bonus’ several others even won free tickets to the world cup matches as well. This was all made ...
Pakistan warmed up for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012 with a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring game at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo. After a brief delay to the start owing to a wet outfield, Pakistan opted to bowl and Asmavia Iqbal, the new ball bowler, vindicated captain Sana Mir’s ...
Members of the New Zealand and Bangladesh teams trained with 12 players from the runner-up teams of the Murali Harmony CupFor 12 players from Central College of Anuradhapura and Maliyadeva College of Kurnegala cricket teams, 19 September was a big day in their lives. The chosen 12 from the two teams which finished runner-up at ...
Smart Media – The Annual Report Company was last week declared as the winner of the prestigious Platinum Achievement Award for annual reports worldwide at this year’s ARC Awards in New York City. It is the second time that Smart Media has bagged the Platinum at the ARC Awards – a de facto recognition as ...
The 20th anniversary of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Sri Lanka was held at the Hilton Hotel recently
The examinations Department has declared the dates on which Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service and the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held. Accordingly, Open and Limited Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held on 6 and 7 October and Open and Limited Competitive ...
Reconciliation and communal harmony are two words that are being constantly used at various platforms these days. Yet it’s rarely that we read or hear about something concrete happening. In that context, the lead given by Ananda College recently is indeed praiseworthy. The Old Anandians took the initiative in planning an annual cricket match between ...
By Shanuka Tissera The Vintage Car Owners’ Club formed in 1987 is the only club catering to veteran, vintage and post-vintage thoroughbred vehicles in Sri Lanka. The VCOC aims to keep these pristine pieces of art in mint condition and have now become a part of Sri Lanka’s National Heritage with most automobiles earning the ...
$ 450 m mega project to be completed in 2014 By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has leased the iconic Transworks House land to India’s Krrish Group for 99 years at $ 49 million, whilst the $ 450 million mega project is slated to be completed by 2014. The land encompasses the Transworks House, a colonial ...
Saskia Fernando Gallery and Breese Little Gallery will host a dual exhibition of drawings by Chandraguptha Thenuwara and Jagath Weerasinghe, staged simultaneously in London and Colombo during the next couple of weeks. Titled ‘Drawings’ the exhibitions will present Thenuwara and Weerasinghe’s negotiations of this medium, investigating drawing as a site to negotiate boundaries, pol...
In clear signs that Sri Lanka’s trade with India is set to grow further and recent noise about Sri Lanka in Tamil Nadu has almost no impact on the surging Business-to-Business (B2B) linkages, a 45-member strong biz delegation led by S. Rethinavelu, Senior President of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI) is ...
As a responsible corporate citizen, NDB has dedicated itself towards making meaningful benefactions to the society through its Strategic Corporate Responsibility initiatives that uplift and empower the future generation of Sri Lanka. In an effort to mobilise this strategic view on sustainability, NDB joined hands with the British Council of Colombo on a special project ...
It’s encouraging see the Philatelic Bureau using a bit of imagination. Over the past few months, there has been a distinct change in the policy on stamp issues. We have had a few issues on environment, nature, wildlife and so on. There was a time when we were saddled with faces of the so-called ‘distinguished ...
Khaleej Times: Sri Lankan efforts to increase its export of skilled workers to the UAE were the topic of discussion in a gathering of diplomatic officials at an overseas employment promotion seminar held on 13 September. At the event, officials addressed local recruiters and employers on the procedures and benefits associated with hiring workers from ...
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 ...
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 ...
Whether there is rain or sunshine, the children at Kumbukkollawewa village are eager to attend pre-school, to learn new things, play with their friends and also to bask in the sunshine under the kind attention of the two volunteers who function as their pre-school teachers. The 25 children did not have a proper pre-school building ...
Union Assurance (UA), one of Sri Lanka’s largest and most trusted life and general insurance expanded its branch network with the opening of its fifteenth location in the Northern Region in the town of Chunnagam. UA was the first private insurer to start operations in the Northern Peninsula in 2002. UA takes pride in its ...