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A farewell dinner was organised by the Sri Lanka-Russia Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for Vladimir Mikhaylov and Madam Mikhaylov in recognition of the yeomen services rendered by Mikhaylov during his tenure as the Patron of the Council. The event was held on 6 July 2012
- Seminar on ‘Bilateral Trade with Russia’ (Category: Business)
- Russian envoy calls for stronger SL-Russia ties (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines launches flights to Moscow today (Category: Business)
- Surprised by the language used in report and baseless allegations - Mikhaylov (Category: Breaking News)
Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, addressing the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on Tuesday, 31 July 2012, has expressed Sri Lanka’s “profound disappointment that the conference has not been enabled to undertake substantive work on its agenda”. He said: “It is time to avoid the temptation of subjecting the ...
- Sri Lanka calls for agenda of conference on disarmament to be met (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka deposits instruments of ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala passed away (Category: Breaking News)
- SL recognizes nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (Category: Breaking News)
SINGAPORE (Reuters): The sanctions reducing Iran’s oil exports have played in the favour of major producers such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and Venezuela which now export about 21 percent more crude to Asia’s biggest buyers compared to a year ago. Iran’s exports to China, Japan
- OPEC crude output surges to 31.4m bpd in March (Category: Business)
- Iran sanctions already hitting oil trade flows: IEA (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka cleared from Iran oil sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran threatens to stop Gulf oil if sanctions widened (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s dependence on imported milk is a phenomenon that evolved during the time frame of my lifetime. I well remember as a child, a man used to bring a cow and its small calf to our house – we lived in a Government quarters bungalow in Colombo – and milk the cow, in the ...
- Why Sri Lanka’s dairy industry has languished (Category: Business)
- Nestlé increases milk collection (Category: Business)
- Anchor Newdale sets the standard for freshness and quality with locally sourced milk (Category: Business)
- Growing challenge of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sri Lanka amidst macroeconomic crisis (Category: Breaking News)
Five teenage schoolchildren from Sri Lanka who had lost a family member to an act of terrorism attended this year’s ‘Project Common Bond’, a weeklong peace building and conflict resolution program held in the US. The program was organised by Tuesday’s Children, a New York based non-profit organisation serving the needs of those affected by ...
- Lankan students on US tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Massive draw for Lanka’s $ 1 b bond (Category: Business)
- Education Ministry partners Microsoft to launch DreamSpark (Category: Business)
- Pakistan Govt. announces Jinnah Educational Scholarships 2012 for Sri Lankan youth (Category: Business)
CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) yesterday announced that The Indivisibles from Exeter University have been crowned global champion at the prestigious 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge (GBC) in partnership with Barclays which took place from 23 to 24 July. The Indivisibles triumphed over stiff competition from twenty one other talented regions at the event ...
- Sri Lanka prepares to host 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge (Category: Business)
- Unilever Sri Lanka partners 2012 CIMA Global Challenge (Category: Business)
- CIMA President fascinated with MLH (Category: Business)
- CIMA launches ‘Business Case Awards2012 ‘Recognising how CIMA drives business’ (Category: Business)
Reuters Point Carbon: Global carbon dioxide emissions rose 3 per cent to 34 billion tonnes in 2011, according to a new EU report, undermining a UN goal to limit the rise in global average temperatures to 2C above industrial levels by 2050. According to the report, published Wednesday by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre ...
- Durban may be last chance to stabilise climate under two degrees (Category: Business)
- China to spend $372 b on cutting energy use, pollution (Category: Business)
- COP27: Russian invasion of Ukraine released 8 mn MT of carbon till September – report (Category: Breaking News)
- Global bank picks DHL to pioneer carbon neutral courier service (Category: Business)
With affluence improving post-war as well as its value for money, Sri Lanka is among the fastest growing markets for tourism in Thailand. According to official data from Thailand, visitors from Sri Lanka grew by 20.85% to 32,878 in the first half of this year. Percentage growth wise it is one of the highest apart ...
- Asia Pacific tourism arrivals up 7% in July: PATA (Category: Business)
- Macau tourist arrivals surge (Category: Business)
- Tourist arrivals continue to shoot up (Category: Breaking News)
The Olympics ‘brand’ is valued at USD $47.6 billion with an 87% increase since the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 (where it was valued at USD $25.4 billion) according to a new study launched last week by Brand Finance. The Olympics ‘brand’ is the second most valuable brand in the world and beaten only by ...
- HR and London Olympics (Category: Business)
- Apple takes a bite out of its rivals to dominate the BrandFinance Global 500 (Category: Business)
- Wish you were here? Olympics hoped to be tourist draw (Category: Business)
Excitement is building in Sri Lanka as Colombo prepares to host the 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge (GBC) in partnership with Barclays from 23 to 24 July. Shown on MTV, the GBC final is held in partnership with Barclays. The competition involves teams presenting a business case which is then judged by a panel of ...
- UK team wins CIMA Global Challenge (Category: Business)
- 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge Kicks Off Today (Category: Business)
- CIMA President fascinated with MLH (Category: Business)
- Unilever Sri Lanka partners 2012 CIMA Global Challenge (Category: Business)
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
UNCTAD released its World Investment Report 2012 recently. The report indicated that for the first time since 2007, global FDI inflows increased by 16% despite the continuing effects of the global and financial economic crisis. However, UNCTAD predicts the FDI growth rates to decline in 2012 due to economic uncertainty and the possibility of lower ...
- UNCTAD moots new generation of investment policies for sustainable development (Category: Business)
- Global FDI defies crisis to jump 17% to $ 1.5 trillion in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Global FDI slumps as debt crisis scares M&A away: UN report (Category: Business)
- Global FDI losing momentum in ’12 (Category: Business)
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 for a more enduring solution. As a result an increasing interest in Islamic finance ...
- 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)
Four examples; two bad and two goodThe website of the London Economist newspaper has a reference to an official of a certain country referring to a journalist in words similar to what follows – I have substituted words which would be appropriate to an officer and a gentleman addressing a lady, for what was actually ...
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- Exercising civic responsibilities (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)
of Brazil, Russia, India and China. But it’s China that ...
- Poor returns cast cloud over BRIC equity funds (Category: Business)
- Asian funds revisit 2008 as third quarter market slump bites (Category: Business)
- Growth disappointments drag India funds down in November (Category: Business)
- Developed or developing? Try merging markets (Category: Business)
Tie-up with East West Properties to see 200-room, 11-storey Weligama Marriott Resort and Space come up in mid 2014Marriott International has announced the signing of an agreement with Weligama Hotel Properties Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of East West Properties PLC, to open a hotel in Sri Lanka – the Weligama Marriott Resort & Spa in ...
- Marriott International to open its first Sri Lankan hotel in 2014 (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott International announces its first hotel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Marriott Debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Serene wins World Luxury Hotel Country Award again (Category: Business)
After 11 years of making US higher education popular across the tiny island nation in Indian Ocean Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) has commenced promoting Sri Lanka as one of the most viable Study Abroad destinations for its numerous partners in US. SUSA believes the traffic needs to be both ways and there’s much ...
- Scholarships for USA team visits Augustana College in Illinois (Category: Business)
- Scholarships team welcomed by Study Illinois (Category: Business)
- US’ Tusculum College looks forward to positive engagement Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Education abroad: Making the right choice (Category: Business)
The Oxford Dictionary tells us that being ‘happy’ is being cheerful with feelings of pleasure or satisfaction. ‘Satisfaction’ is, in turn, when you are pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to. A synonym is being ‘content’ – being happy and satisfied with what you have. Rulers ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Transforming education in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
BANGKOK (IPS): The just-ended United Nations sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has exposed the discomfort that many developing Asian countries have over buzz words like ‘green economy’ and ‘green growth’ in development diplomacy. With the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the U.N. regional development arm, endorsing these concep...
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Green economy and impact on trade (Category: Business)
- More challenging global environment ahead for Asia Pacific region (Category: Business)
Reuters: Loose global monetary conditions are stoking credit and asset price booms in some emerging markets that could lead to a new financial crisis, the Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday. Such a boom-and-bust cycle might have severe global repercussions, not least due to the increased weight of emerging markets in the world economy ...
- Bubble Fears (Category: Business)
- Demands on bank assets pose “vicious cycle” danger (Category: Business)
- Rebalancing (Category: Business)
- Islamic markets seen leading global trade volumes (Category: Business)
Reuters: Swedish retailer IKEA, the world’s largest furniture maker, is opening up in India, marking a crucial step for the Indian government whose policy flip flops related to foreign investment have damaged market confidence. The company, known for huge stores selling flatpack furniture and accessories, said it would invest 1.5 billion euros to open 25 ...
- IKEA has grand designs on Sydney (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Our survival guide to IKEA (Category: AU, New South Wales)
- Ikea customers must now accept risk of furniture tip over before purchases (Category: USA, Maine)
- Ikea customers must now accept risk of furniture tip over before purchases (Category: USA, Nebraska)
FACETS 2012, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s only International Gem and Jewellery Show which is expected to be held from the 5 - 8 September this year, has all 154 booths sold out, with inquiries continuing to come in from countries like India, Russia and China to send buying delegations.
By Cheranka Mendis Held for the 22nd consecutive year, Sri Lanka’s international gem and jewellery exhibition ‘Facets 2012’ is geared to make bigger waves in the market with 154 stalls being sold out already. Scheduled to be held from 5 to 8 September at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre at BMICH, the exhibition has ...
- Sri Lanka International Gem and Jewellery show, FACETS 2012 in September (Category: Breaking News)
- Promotions in full swing for FACETS Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- FACETS 2011 takes-off as gem exports continue its turnaround through 1H 2011 (Category: Business)
- Facets 2012 International Gem and Jewellery Show (Category: Breaking News)
WASHINGTON: Developing countries should prepare for a long period of volatility in the global economy by re-emphasising medium-term development strategies, while preparing for tougher times, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP), June 2012. A resurgence of tensions in high-income Europe has eroded the gains made during the first four months ...
- World Bank forecasts South Asia to grow by 6.4% in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Global economic outlook slowly improving but remains fragile (Category: Business)
- World Bank projects global slowdown, with developing countries impacted (Category: Business)
- Developing Asia’s growth to moderate amid global uncertainty, says ADB (Category: Business)
Offers $ 43 b in overall deal which will see Fund’s base doubling to $ 456 b Reuters: China on Monday offered $43 billion to the IMF’s crisis-fighting reserves, rounding off a global push to nearly double the Fund’s war chest to $456 billion to help protect countries from fallout from the euro zone debt ...
- BRICS demand bigger IMF role before giving it cash (Category: Business)
- BRICS nations gird to pressure West over imbalances (Category: Business)
- IMF seeks more funds; G20 to discuss (Category: Business)
- Lagarde’s next battle at IMF: Power shift (Category: Business)
Reuters: Fitch Ratings cut its credit outlook for India to negative from stable, nearly two months after rival Standard & Poor’s made a similar call, citing risks that India’s growth outlook could deteriorate if policymaking and governance don’t improve. “A significant loosening of fiscal policy, which leads to an increase in the gross general government ...
- State Bank of India to get $1.6 b from Govt. (Category: Business)
- Fitch affirms U.S. at AAA, outlook stable (Category: Business)
- Hayleys, Fitch part ways (Category: Business)
- Emerging Asia’s 2012 growth cut to 6.8% from 7.4% (Category: Business)
The global financial crisis of 2008/09 has not sent migrant workers streaming back home, despite worsening employment prospects and anti-immigration rhetoric in some destination countries, says a new book on migration and remittances, published by the World Bank last week. In fact, migrants may have mitigated some of the pain of the crisis as they ...
- New instrument for financing Sri Lankan development (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka received highest remittances from Kuwait, UAE and Qatar in 3Q2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Current phase of global recovery and implications for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IMF says fragmentation could cost global economy up to 7% of GDP (Category: Breaking News)
Entrepreneurial brothers Shiwantha Dias and Shalin Balasuriya who single handedly infused glitz and glamour into our age old Ayurveda traditions and rituals with their Spa Ceylon range of luxury bath and wellness products, not to mention their luxury spas, have once again created a world first with the introduction of a complete range of spa ...
- Spa Ceylon debuts at Old Dutch Hospital complex (Category: Business)
- Spa Ceylon nominated for AsiaSpa Crystal Awards 2011 (Category: Business)
- Save the majestic Ceylon elephant - A conservation initiative by Spa Ceylon (Category: Business)
- Spa Ceylon opens three new locations (Category: Business)
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