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CNHI Statehouse INDIANAPOLIS — Hospital representatives, nurses and doctors shared their heart-wrenching stories from the front lines in a bid to persuade Hoosiers to limit their Thanksgiving celebrations as Indiana fights against a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. With a record-breaking 3,040 Hoosiers hospitalized, the weekly state press conference … Read More
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
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- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
- Overview Of Covid-19, Infodemics & Development Of Vaccine (Category: Breaking News)
CNHI Statehouse INDIANAPOLIS — Hospital representatives, nurses and doctors shared their heart-wrenching stories from the front lines in a bid to persuade Hoosiers to limit their Thanksgiving celebrations as Indiana fights against a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. With a record-breaking 3,040 Hoosiers hospitalized, the weekly state press conference … Read More
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
CNHI Statehouse INDIANAPOLIS — Hospital representatives, nurses and doctors shared their heart-wrenching stories from the front lines in a bid to persuade Hoosiers to limit their Thanksgiving celebrations as Indiana fights against a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations. With a record-breaking 3,040 Hoosiers hospitalized, the weekly state press conference … Read More
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
- County Sees Two New COVID-19 Deaths (Category: USA, Indiana)
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.
There are just 12 available intensive care beds in the whole state, according to the latest figures reported by the North Dakota Department of Health. Most of the 195 open inpatient beds in the state are in rural hospitals, which often don't have the capability to care for patients with serious ailments.
There are just 12 available intensive care beds in the whole state, according to the latest figures reported by the North Dakota Department of Health. Most of the 195 open inpatient beds in the state are in rural hospitals, which often don't have the capability to care for patients with serious ailments.
The Government has gazetted a Bill, on 27 July 2012, to set up a Divi Neguma Department, which will take over the existing Samurdhi Authority, the Southern Development Authority and the Udarata Development Authority (successor to the Kandyan Peasantry Commission). The Bill will also set up a Divi Neguma Community Based Organisation, Divi Neguma Community ...
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- New department to drive ‘Divi Neguma’ (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
2012 unlikely to match up to 2011 tea revenue; stakeholders’ voice uncertaintya By Cheranka Mendis The tea industry which brought in revenue of approximately US$ 675 million within the first six months of this year – US$ 50 million below the revenue collected in the same period in 2011 – is likely to fall short ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Tea exporters want Gota to defeat mafia (Category: Business)
- Industry discusses Ceylon Tea’s ‘ExclusiviTea’ (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) together with the Bucks University featured the 2012 award winners from Singapore of global business associations and chief marketing officers under the theme ‘Is The Party Over?’ at Galadari Hotel, where a select audience of 200 business and marketers attended the event. Some of the key points discussed ...
- Honoured for driving marketing in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- New tea industry model: By default? (Category: Business)
- Focus on the magic than logic (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka can be a top 30 country by 2015 (Category: Business)
Reuters: The Central Bank believes the rupee can strengthen to around 125 per US Dollar due to high foreign inflows into the economy, the Head of the country’s monetary authority said of Monday. Since April, the Central Bank and Finance Ministry have repeatedly said the rupee should stabilise at around 125 per dollar, given the ...
- CB says no need for FX intervention (Category: Business)
- CB says rupee outlook unchanged from 125 (Category: Business)
- Pressure on rupee to ease on inflows: CB (Category: Business)
- Rupee’s value: Out goes 125; welcome 132 (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera A year to date, since the last annual general meeting of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, there have been some turbulent changes in the tea, rubber and coconut industries due to the crisis in the Middle-East and EU. The 158th AGM of The Planters’ Association
- Sector report (Category: Business)
- Local tea industry in a fix (Category: Business)
- Forbes and Walker recaps tea industry’s 2011 (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
In the global public relations business, Asia is also rising. The flow of Western talent and treasure into the region is well known in our industry, but less visible is the advance of many powerful Asian consultancies with international ambitions which are rising fast. On my 10th anniversary here I would like to share 10 truths ...
- J. Walter Thompson launches new communications integration agency brand (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
- A ‘modern’ definition of public relations? Why? (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka has decided to stop operating nearly 50% of its countrywide street lamps in a bid to save energy amidst a growing energy crisis. This means, out of the existing 800,000 street lamps only 400,000 will be switched on during the night hours. The new measure will come into effect starting
- 50 percent of street lamps will be switched off (Category: Breaking News)
- Continuous power supplies to Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Power and Energy Ministry considers solar energy for Sri Lanka's street lamps (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankans shifting towards CFLs’ – Authorities (Category: Breaking News)
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has called on the Government to immediately address the issues faced by the university lecturers. JVP parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake said the government should not allow the current crisis in the university sector to further aggravate. He explained
- Sri Lanka's striking university lecturers deny reports of lecturers returning to work (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka medical faculty lecturers support striking university lecturers (Category: Breaking News)
- SB invites lecturers to report to work (Category: Breaking News)
- UNP back Uni. academics (Category: Breaking News)
KfW should try not to grow too fast New investor types needed for infrastructure Bank business to shrink under regulation, capital requirements FRANKFURT, (Reuters): German state bank KfW predicts a credit crunch due to a shortage of long-term project financing partly due to a retreat by major banks from such capital-intensive businesses. KfW, which specialises ...
- Ship lending to slide in 2012 as downturn bites (Category: Business)
- DEG provides $ 21 m loan to NDB Bank to strengthen SME sector (Category: Business)
- Rs. 3 b German boost for SMEs (Category: Business)
The JVP today urged the Government not to further aggravate the ongoing crisis in the universities and take immediate action to find answers for the grievances of university teachers. JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake making a special statement in Parliament said that the university teachers
- University teachers on strike (Category: Breaking News)
- Academics suspend TU action (Category: Breaking News)
- Academics’ crisis to end soon? (Category: Breaking News)
- University students in the south were trying to team up youth who were involved with the LTTE to... (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamil Samsul Mueen 1. Introduction The global financial crisis has raised imperative issues concerning the stability and reliability of existing financial systems. This has driven an extensive global re-examination on the competence of the existing financial architecture and the search
- HNB launches Al-Najah Islamic banking unit (Category: Business)
- Islamic finance: Challenges and opportunities (Category: Business)
- Islamic banking and finance advisory services to assist financial institutions (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Young political guns speak up for economy (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
Jun 25, Colombo: The All Ceylon Farmers' Federation, a farmers' union in Sri Lanka has called for a meeting in Anuradhapura tomorrow with paddy farmers who have been severely affected by the water shortage in the North Central and North Western Provinces.
- Farmers' market mooted for Whyalla (Category: South Australia)
- From crops to crabs (Category: Technology)
- Wheatbelt rain will 'do more harm than good' (Category: Western Australia)
- Farmer body pushes scheme (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
From a severely dehydrated seal pup to a nest full of wide mouthed baby birds, shelters in our area are brimming with orphaned wild animals.
Colombo Page: Ministry of Agriculture sources say that around 20,000 hectares of paddy cultivation is under threat of destruction due to shortage of irrigated water and rains. An estimated 600,000 metric tons of paddy may be lost due to the crisis, Ministry sources say. However, the Minister
- Sri Lanka: SLA denies irrigation facility to resettled civilians in Kilinochchi district (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's other crops not severely affected by the drought as paddy (Category: Breaking News)
- Ninety percent of paddy damaged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government yet to decide on compensation for drought stricken farmers (Category: Breaking News)
President of the UNCSD, Secretary General of the UN, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great pleasure for me to be here in Rio de Janeiro and to share my thoughts at this momentous event. The presence of so many Heads of State and Governments, Senior Ministers, Officials and thousands of members of ...
- Rio+20 and the developing world (Category: Business)
- President faults developed nations for environmental crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Saving environment: not task of developing countries alone: President at Rio+20 (Category: Breaking News)
- World leaders gather at RIO for Sustainable Summit (Category: Breaking News)
Key insights to state of the economy and market and future prospects from NDB Stockbrokers’ latest Sri Lanka Equities report Uncertainty in the macro environment The robust economic growth and steep rise in global crude oil prices increased Sri Lanka’s import bill by 51% in 2011. As a result the trade deficit widened, putting the ...
- ‘Rupee Volatility – In Search of Equilibrium’ (Category: Business)
- Forex crisis: CB explains and assures (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
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