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24 nations vote in favour, 15 against, whilst eight abstain Govt. told to implement LLRC suggestions GENEVA (Reuters): Sri Lanka should ensure Government troops who committed war crimes during the final stages of its war against Tamil rebels are brought to justice, the UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday. Despite heavy lobbying by a ...
- SL does not need "international policemen" (Category: Breaking News)
- India in UNHCR troika appointed for Sri Lanka UPR review (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to send the Universal Periodic Review to UNHRC (Category: Business)
- No judgment on LLRC report before its release: US (Category: Business)
With the phenomenal international growth of Pre-Paid Cards, Mobile Payments and e-Wallets, MTI Consulting has initiated an alliance with UK based Polymath Consulting. As part of this alliance, the CEO Polymath Consulting David Parker will be in Sri Lanka for a Thought Leadership Seminar on 18 April from 5.30p.m. to 8p.m. David Parker is the ...
- Prepaid cards forecast to follow prepaid mobile phones in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- The Knowledge Conglomerate launches Executive Education (Category: Business)
- Organ donation was tough says Hookes' widow (Category: South Australia)
- Organ donation's tough, Hookes' widow (Category: South Australia)
Today is 19 March 2012. The day and the month of March are significant in the lives of many people – some celebrating birthdays, some wedding anniversaries, while others nurse what is yet left over from the hangover of the three day drawn encounter that we experienced a week ago or the limited over Royal ...
- Measuring sustainable wellbeing (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for war crimes agenda architect (Category: Breaking News)
- S. Thomas’, Royal, Oxford and Cambridge (Category: Business)
- US stronger 10 years after 9/11 attacks: Obama (Category: Business)
Anticipating four days of music in 16 locations from 17 countries and 100 artistesBy Cheranka Mendis Aspiring to be listed on the World Calendar of Events, preparations for Senses and Soul- Colombo Music Festival is on course and plans are falling in to place as expected, Founder and Event Director of the Festival Haadia Galely ...
- ‘Senses and Soul’ to be unveiled (Category: Business)
- Colombo Music Festival promises to dazzle music lovers (Category: Business)
- The Colombo Music Festival: Crossing Genres (Category: Breaking News)
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 27% to 83,549 in February from a year earlier, continuing the growth momentum established in 2010. Data released by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority yesterday showed arrivals topping 169,423 during the first two months of the year, a 21% increase from the period a year ago. ...
- Tourist Arrivals (Category: Business)
- TOURIST ARRIVALS HAVE DOUBLED FROM JANUARY TO MAY. (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals have doubled from January to May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up by 27 percent in February over last year (Category: Breaking News)
With just 12 days to go, Sri Lanka’s largest mega trade, investment and tourism promotion initiative ‘Expo 2012’ has attracted close to 1,200 people, exceeding the expected 1,000 mark, EDB Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily FT, he asserted that the number of participants had increased by 500 from last week, when ...
- ‘Expo 2012’ promoted in Dubai (Category: Business)
- EDB, UK High Commission promotes Sri Lanka Expo 2012 in London (Category: Business)
- Robust exports to get boost via Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
Head of the Sri Lankan delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva, Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe is to return to Geneva to attend the sessions on Wednesday (14). Minister Samarasinghe is to head another team of Sri Lankan delegates to the UNHRC sessions. The main aim of the delegation would be ...
- Samarasinghe Still Head Of Delegation (Category: Breaking News)
- Head of the Sri Lankan delegation to return to UNHRC sessions (Category: Breaking News)
- Samarasinghe returns to island, confident of support (Category: Breaking News)
- We genuinely aspire stable and sustainable peace Samarasinghe . (Category: Breaking News)
GENEVA (Reuters): International filings for patent protection, a key indicator of technological innovation in major economies, hit an all-time record last year driven by growth in China and other middle- income countries, a United Nations agency said last week. The World Intellectual Property Organisation, which administers the global patent pact, reported that 2011 saw a ...
- China tops US, Japan to become top patent filer (Category: Business)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
With the country abuzz with the contentious US resolution on Sri Lanka at the ongoing UNHRC sessions Asia Wealth Management Research team has come up with a brief analysis of the move’s impact if any. Here are excerpts from Asia Wealth’s analysis: The US proposed resolution on Sri Lanka in the current session of the ...
- Protests for power (Category: Business)
- India instrumental in toning down resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Consider Sri Lanka an ethical, profitable trading partner: British envoy (Category: Business)
- The fight is on! (Category: Business)
Geneva: The United States Wednesday submitted the draft resolution against Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 19th session in Geneva. The draft resolution submitted to the UN body notes the report of Sri Lanka’s domestic Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) and its findings and recommendations while acknowledging its possible ...
- Resolution moderate and balanced US makes opening statement (Category: Breaking News)
- Samarasinghe returns to Geneva as Channel 4 readies to release second video (Category: Business)
- US delegate’s statement introducing the resolution against SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to include progress in implementing LLRC recommendations in UPR report (Category: Business)
Thousands of women in the apparel industry deserve respect for being partners in Sri Lanka’s highest foreign exchange earning sector By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka’s apparel industry clothes the world and earns the largest amount of foreign exchange but is struggling to retain its workforce as an estimated 30,000 vacancies remain open in hundreds of ...
- Apparel Exporters blame Govt. for lack of support (Category: Business)
- Wall Street Journal spotlight on Brandix’s global push via regional foray (Category: Business)
- Growth maintained in apparel exports (Category: Breaking News)
OIL seems to have returned to the headlines as reports indicate that India may be pressurising Sri Lanka to allocate it blocks in the Mannar Basin. An article in The Hindu remarks that India is persuading Sri Lanka to allocate oil exploration blocks in the waters that separate them, as it considers the location too ...
- Oil Search (Category: Business)
- Shared Resources (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka cleared from Iran oil sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
- Cairn makes second gas discovery in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Geneva: The United States says the report of the Lessons Learnt and reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Sri Lanka’s domestic body that probed the country’s armed conflict does not adequately address the issue of accountability. Addressing the 15th meeting of the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva yestedray, the US delegate ...
- US delegate’s statement introducing the resolution against SL (Category: Breaking News)
- US to support UN resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- SL attends UNHRC sessions with impressive post-conflict records: Former AG (Category: Business)
- US urges Sri Lanka to go beyond implementing LLRC recommendations (Category: Business)
In June 2007, the US and the Republic of Korea signed a Free Trade Agreement (KORUSFTA). In December 2010, they concluded new agreements reflected in letters signed in December 2011, providing market access to US auto manufacturers and workers. Once the agreement comes into force on 15 March 2012, nearly 95% of bilateral trade in ...
- ‘SL should expedite signing FTA with China and expand scope of same instrument with India’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan FTA (Category: Business)
- Opportunities in emerging markets (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka s pursuit of free trade deals crucial for economic stability, growth - Sabry (Category: Breaking News)
Benito Mussolini, the fascist ruler of Italy, during World War II, said that his brand of fascism ‘should be more appropriately called Corporatism, because it is a merger of state and corporate power’. Compare this with the dictionary definition of capitalism: ‘A system in which a country’s business and industry are controlled and run for ...
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- State Capitalism: Revitalising underperforming businesses the Mussolini way (Category: Business)
- Governance - Four examples; two bad and two good (Category: Business)
The United States has said it expected the Sri Lankan government to announce a detailed action plan to address the reconciliation and accountability issues when the report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission was released but to date it has not seen any plan from the government on how the recommendations made by the ...
- EU urges Sri Lanka to implement LLRC recommendations promptly (Category: Business)
- US submits draft resolution against Sri Lanka to UNHRC (Category: Business)
- US delegate’s statement introducing the resolution against SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. to release information on war detainees (Category: Business)
Popularly known as the father of insurance in Sri Lanka, Chandra Schaffter is a multi-dimensional person with disarming humility and an outspoken view of life. His 60-odd years in the profession has defined the entire industry and the outspoken risk-taking dynamism of Schaffter in many ways epitomises the home grown entrepreneurial spirit. He describes himself ...
- Janashakthi “most profitable” among all quoted insurance firms (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi Insurance partners with Union Bank for bancassurance (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi Insurance to generate Rs. 8 b this year (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi launches first-of- its-kind dental insurance policy (Category: Business)
The Sri Lankan ministerial delegation attending the 19th sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council beginning later this month has left for Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. The ministerial delegation led by the External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris includes Plantation Minister and President’s Special Human Rights Envoy Mahinda Samarasinghe, Ministers Nimal Siripala De Silva and ...
- Samarasinghe returns to Geneva as Channel 4 readies to release second video (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka's military denies interfering with the LLRC during its sessions in Mannar (Category: Breaking News)
- It is stressed that international influence against Sri Lanka cannot be taken lightly (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's war probe commission attract hundreds in north (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Iran, facing sanctions that could cripple its oil exports, has told world powers it wants to resume long-stalled talks with “new initiatives”, and France said it might be open to addressing suspicions about its nuclear programme. Tehran made the offer in a letter to the EU’s foreign policy chief obtained by Reuters on Thursday, ...
- Letter To Tiran (Category: Breaking News)
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Business)
- Iran halts oil sales to UK, France on eve of talks (Category: Business)
- Iran imposes oil ‘counter-sanctions’ on EU (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis The much anticipated HSBC Colombo Fashion Week is now all set to open three days of glamour and fashion related business to the local community starting 24 February. With fashion weeks around the world being identified as the most glamorous business meetings, HSBC CFW will aim at promoting and encouraging local ...
- HSBC Colombo Fashion Week to boost local fashion retail network (Category: Business)
- Darshi to showcase at Russia Fashion Week (Category: Business)
- HSBC Colombo Fashion Week starts today (Category: Business)
- DHL partners HSBC Colombo Fashion Week for third consecutive year (Category: Business)
Born at Moscow in 1961, Valeriy Belenikin is a graduate of the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts named after V.I Surikov. The artist’s conception of his work is based upon truth and the mystery of this life. He is in awe of all that takes place in this world. Not only human banality, but all ...
- Art exhibition at Russian centre (Category: Breaking News)
- Valeriy Belenikin’s art exhibition (Category: Business)
- Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 (Category: USA, Montana)
- Around the Town: Helena-area arts and entertainment news published Dec. 10, 2020 (Category: USA, Montana)
Colombo Music Festival gathers momentum; to be held on 23, 24, 25, and 26 August 2012As Senses and Soul, Colombo Music Festival 2012 to be held from 23 to 26 August gathers momentum behind the scenes, this festival, the first ever of its kind to be held in the region, promises to deliver a superlative ...
- ‘Senses and Soul’ to be unveiled (Category: Business)
- Colombo Music Festival promises to dazzle music lovers (Category: Business)
- The Colombo Music Festival: Crossing Genres (Category: Breaking News)
Following are some responses from three economists to the guest column by Chandra Jayaratne titled ‘Important issues’ for Sri Lankan legislators, the Executive, policymakers, Central Bankers, economists and thought leaders to ponder over published on 2 February 1) I disagree with the Stiglitz-Krugman line. My diagnosis is that Europe is in this mess for two ...
- Important issues (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Asian economies: Managing spillovers and advancing economic rebalancing (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s economy stands to gain from a stronger Europe: German Envoy (Category: Business)
Colombo International Tea Convention discusses trade and marketing of the beverage By Cheranka Mendis Nestled in the dynamic Asian region with a hot beverage to its name, Sri Lanka could benefit well from becoming a ‘tea hub’ in the future, Commonwealth Secretariat Economic Affairs Division Former Director Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Addressing the Colombo International Tea ...
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Tea tales (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Tea: To blend or not to blend? (Category: Business)
Some important issues for Sri Lankan legislators, the Executive, policymakers, Central Bankers, economists and thought leaders to ponder over: Stiglitz believes that the austerity plans in the EU nations, especially by the debt ridden poorer nations of the group is akin to a collective suicide pact and is an act madness promoted and enforced by ...
- Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry to summon Canadian envoy over sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
- Online Safety Bill & Anti-Terror Bill – Law Making To End Democracy & Fundamental Rights Of Sri... (Category: Breaking News)
- Civil Society Calls on Government to Enable Burials of COVID-19 Dead (Category: Breaking News)
- Civil Society Calls on Government to Enable Burials of COVID-19 Dead (Category: Breaking News)
Following is the keynote address delivered by Senior Minister of Human Resources D.E.W. Gunasekera at the South Asian Regional Consultative Seminar on Human Development and Measurement of Human Development Progress, held at the IPS Auditorium from 30-31 January 2012 Public understanding of human development was galvanised by the appearance of the first Human Development Report ...
- 2011: Power achievements for Sri Lanka, but… (Category: Business)
- 182 Experts Call For Debt Cancellation But Private Investors Play Hardball (Category: Breaking News)
- Top Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics conference and expo starts (Category: Business)
- More and better jobs: Policy prescription for South Asia (Category: Business)
Indonesia, Thailand, ‘high up on list’; Vietnam looks cheap Bottom-up manager favours oil and coal stocks, consumer firms Says can buy indirectly in Myanmar-related companies BANGKOK (Reuters): Emerging market stocks in Southeast Asia, notably in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, will be good bets this year, Franklin Templeton’s Mark Mobius said, adding that whil...
- Templeton’s Mobius sees bargains in SEA, too soon for Myanmar (Category: Business)
- Mobius bets on further oil price increases (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s GDP growth set to outpace peer economies: Asia Wealth (Category: Business)
- Asia Pacific hotels enjoy positive results in May – STR (Category: Business)
The inauguration of the 20th Session of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Inter-Governmental Group on Tea hosted by Sri Lanka was held last night in Colombo. The sessions proper will begin today and go on until 1 February with the participation of delegates from over 25 countries. Hosted by Sri Lanka ...
- Cricket-Swann strikes twice to peg back Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket-Sri Lanka 197 v Pakistan 174-1 - 1st test, tea (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka 197 v Pakistan 174-1 - 1st test, tea (Category: Breaking News)
- Cricket-Sri Lanka v South Africa scoreboard (Category: Breaking News)
To focus on skills development, trade, investment, sustainable development and business excellence to sustain GDP growth rate of 8%Following is the address delivered by National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka President Asoka Hettigoda at the NCCSL’s 53rd Annual General Meeting Ayubowan, good evening. Let me extend a warm welcome to all of you to ...
- National Chamber wins Global Commerce Excellence award (Category: Business)
- SAP continues to invest and grow in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- National Chamber says removal of emergency will boost investment, trade (Category: Business)
- Encourage UK companies by showing who are already doing well here: Rankin (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Tea Board, the apex authority of the tea industry in Sri Lanka, will be hosting the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) 20th Session of the Inter-Governmental Group (IGG) on tea from 30 January to 1 February 2012 in Colombo. At the 19th session held in May 2010 in New Delhi, Sri ...
- UN meeting on tea opens in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Cheers for FAO/IGG (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka kicks off 20th session of FAO/IGG (Category: Business)
- Plantation Problem (Category: Business)
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