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Presently Sri Lankan software has been exported to regions such as North America, EU, Australasia and East Asia. With the recent global financial slow down, most of the matured software markets are not as vibrant as earlier for the software products and services. Considering this fact, EDB has identified developing regions of the world as ...
Every country must have a socioeconomic model for developing the country and achieving sustainable growth and prosperity. The function of a sound model is to transform aspirations into reality by identifying all that needs to be done to achieve the aspirations. What is prosperity? What do we mean by prosperity for a country? My ...
The Sri Lanka-Pakistan Business Council held its 19th Annual General Meeting recently. The council was established in 1991 under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with a view to promote trade, investment, tourism and services between the two countries. Merchant Lanka Ltd. Managing Director Rohitha Thilakaratne was elected as the President of SLPBC ...
The Sri Lanka-France Business Council (SLFBC), which functions under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, held its eighth Annual General Meeting at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently. The council was inaugurated on 4 February 2004 with a primary objective of promoting trade, investment, tourism and services between Sri Lanka and France and ...
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa recently hailed the substantial support for socio-economic development in Sri Lanka from Finland. This was emphasised when Finland’s outgoing Ambassador to Sri Lanka Terhi Hakala paid a courtesy call on Minister Rajapaksa. “Finland has generously assisted Sri Lanka over the years in country’s economic and social development drive. It ...
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday found opportunity in a meeting with UK Parliamentarians to woo more investments and trade with British firms. “Many opportunities are available in Sri Lanka in trade and investment for the British business community. The time has come for Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom to build a strong economic ...
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles of India Anand Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 2-5 August 2012, coinciding with the prestigious ‘India Show – Land of Limitless Opportunities’ being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 3-5 August 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo. ‘India Show’ ...
VB: An industry report has said if Sri Lanka is to benefit from the burgeoning tourism industry, as many as 22,500 hotel rooms will be needed. “Given the growing interest in the hotel industry, we believe the sector is set for buoyant growth underpinned by increased tourist influx and capacity expansion. With the end of ...
The UK’s Plymouth University, ranked amongst the top10 modern UK universities in the world, announced its partnership with Sri Lanka’s National School of Business Management (NSBM) to a distinguished gathering of academics, diplomats, government dignitaries and educationists. Present for the launch was Plymouth University’s President and Vice Chancellor Wendy Purcell, while the C...
By Vipula Wanigasekera It was a few weeks following the Enlightenment, Lord Buddha gave his first discourse to the five ascetics whom he had been associated with for over six years. They were Kondañña, Baddiya, Vappa, Mahanama, and Assaji. The first discourse was all about the middle and the Eightfold Path that leads to Enlightenment ...
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced that PATA Travel Mart 2013 (PTM2013) and PATA Board Meeting will be hosted by the City of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China in September 2013, at its PATA’s Executive Board Meeting on July 28, at the Hotel ICON, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Martin J Craigs, PATA CEO, revealed ...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka will be conducting a career guidance Road show on “Career Opportunities in the Hotel, Travel, Airline and Tourism Industry” on the 7th of August 2012 at the Hilton Colombo from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 Noon. Students/trainees from Schools and Institutions that conduct Hotel, Travel, Airline and Tourism ...
Thailand-based Centara Hotels and Resorts currently has 55 hotels and resorts in its portfolio, with a mixture of owned and managed properties. In the next five years the company has a target to acquire more than 45 hotel and resort properties with the intention of reaching 100 in 2017. Centara believes its ambitious target to ...
SriLankan Airlines recently flew a delegation of creative professionals, along with special Sri Lankan made fashion, design and craft exhibits from Colombo to London, to launch the 2012 edition of the Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF). London, positioned as a world creative hub, is also a central business point and home to some of the ...
I must thank the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Chandra Mohotti and the Director General Senaka Wijewardena for inviting me to be the Chief Guest at this graduation ceremony of Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management for 2011. It is a great pleasure for me for four reasons to ...
The famous explorer Marco Poloandnbsp;of the 12thandnbsp;Century wrote that Sri Lanka is the finest island in the whole world. For centuries it had been a great tourism destination particularly for European travellers. However, the 30 year long internal conflict and terrorism had a negative impact of tourism and the growth of the industry got stagnated.
T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...
Abdul Rahims came in as a Silver Sponsor for the recently-concluded Hotel Show 2012, held at the BMICH. Abdul Rahims has been a leading supplier for the hospitality industry over the years. Here (from left), Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Chairman Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, Abdul Rahims Managing Director Bary Jaleel and Abdul Rahims Chairman Ruzly ...
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements. An introduction to the ...
Mulls PPP model for new initiative Sri Lanka’s entry into the hydrogen fuel era is to be kicked-off in October. And adoption of PPP model is being mulled. “The forthcoming Hydrogen and Renewable Energy conference in Colombo to be held in October is also the first step in formulating Sri Lanka’s hydrogen road-map. Our second ...
The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar will be visiting Sri Lanka from 1st to 3rd August, 2012, at the invitation of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris. During her three day visit, Hina Rabbani Khar will call on the President of the Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and will also ...
A Memorandum for Co-operation between the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) and the Pathfinder Foundation (PF) was signed yesterday in Colombo. The Memorandum was signed by CPAPD Deputy Secretary General Chen Huaifan and Executive Director Luxman Siriwardena on behalf of the PF. The event was witnessed by Pathfinder Foundation Founder Milinda Moragoda, ...
Zhang Yi Fan and Shen Yao, a Chinese Couple, married at a wedding ceremony held in the Jetwing Light house Hotel at Galle yesterday. The Poruwa ceremony or the formal wedding, in full compliance with Sinhalese customs, took place at the auspicious time, giving an unforgettable experience to the couple and the visitors. This event ...
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on 15 July. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani in the Classical category ...
Secretary to the Prime Minister Amarasekera, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Secretary to the Ministry of Telecommunication and IT Gunasekera, other Ministry Secretaries, ICTA Chairman Professor Epasinghe, FutureGov Asia Managing Director Mohit Sagar, officers and representatives of the sponsors of this conference, Government delegates from our neigh...
With the opening dates of terminals in the Colombo South Harbour Project in Sri Lanka and Deep Water Container Port in Pakistan now set as 2013 and 2014 respectively, port development in the South Asian region is about to enter another era. When completed, the new deep sea ports in Karachi and Colombo will have ...
One hundred and twenty golf pros are set to tee off in Sri Lanka next month at the major professional tour – The Standard Chartered Open 2012. The four day tournament which will debut in Sri Lanka and be held from 15 to 18 August at The Royal Colombo Golf Club, is an event sanctioned ...
The commemorative stamps and first day cover for the London 2012 Olympic Games were launched at a reception hosted by the British High Commissioner John Rankin on 23 July at Westminster House. Among the guests present were the Minster for Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage; Minister for Postal Services Jeevan Kumaratunga; National Olympic Committee President Hemasiri Fernando; ...
Tourism industry official cum professional Dileep Mudadeniya in his personal capacity has released a book on Sri Lanka’s hosting of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) in 2010. Titled ‘IIFA: The Other Side,’ the book in Sinhala, Dileep’s first, recaps the efforts which went in to it, the challenges faced and its success, in ...
Boosting Sri Lanka’s FDI profile, yet another Japanese conglomerate, Fortune 500’s Sumitomo Corporation, is returning to Sri Lanka, with a new strategy. “We warmly welcome back Sumitomo Corp, which left Sri Lanka in 2009. Our Government is prepared do everything possible to facilitate your prompt re-entry,” said Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen addressing...