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Ever since the first aircraft was conceptualised by Leonardo Da Vinci, the dream of flight is still continuously evolving. The latest aircraft is known as the dream liner Boeing 787. There has been no end to the technological advances in aviation. The global aviation industry has since been enlarged into a multibillion dollar business and ...
- Etihad gets first Boeing 747-400 freighter (Category: Business)
- Boeing sees more 787 cancellations, still upbeat (Category: Business)
- Spotlight turns to output as Boeing wins show (Category: Business)
- Emirates receives 1,000th Boeing 777 (Category: Business)
All newspapers carried headlines a few days ago stating that May 2012 tourist arrivals have increased by 17.5% from last year. It is reported that the May arrivals of 57,506, was higher than even that of April, which showed only a 9% increase YOY. So far, total arrivals for 2012 up to end May is ...
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- 2012, another positive year for tourism – BMI (Category: Business)
- More hotels to satisfy demand (Category: Business)
With highest-ever top and bottom line performance premier blue chip JKH says knowing exactly who were are, what we stand for and where we are headed makes all the differenceI am pleased to present the Integrated Annual Report, and the Statement of Accounts, for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2012. The Report encapsulates the ...
- Jumbo profit at JKH (Category: Business)
- Stellar 3Q for JKH (Category: Business)
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
- Good start by JKH in “challenging” FY13 (Category: Business)
Expolanka Holdings Plc said yesterday it has sustained its consolidated net profit after tax for the FY 2011/12 at Rs. 1.23 billion with a consolidated net profit before tax at Rs. 1.68 billion. The Q4 recorded a year on year growth of 21% in top line, 33% growth in gross profit and 22% growth in ...
- High raw material cost sends Tokyo Cement 1Q profit down despite 33% rise in sales (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank profit tops Rs 2 bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Mobitel profit exceeds Rs 200 million in Q1 (Category: Breaking News)
- CT Holdings ends FY12 on a high with stellar 4Q (Category: Business)
Following is the address delivered by The Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL) President Anura Lokuhetty at the National Conference on ‘The Role of the Business Community in Reconciliation’ organised by Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKIIRSS): Ladies and gentlemen, throughout the history of mankind, humankind has searched for ...
- Young Sri Lankan Diaspora and UK Parliamentarians visit Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
- Community tourism to be developed to differentiate country from the region (Category: Business)
- Economic management and the way forward (Category: Business)
“Our sense is that if we do not act boldly and if we do not act together, the economy around the world runs the risk of a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability and potential collapse of global demand… we could run the risk of what some commentators are already calling the lost decade” – ...
- W. Bank’s Zoellick says double-dip recession unlikely (Category: Business)
- Flashing red - European debt crisis signals collapse of social welfare state (Category: Business)
- World economy fragile, faces “uneasy calm” – IMF (Category: Business)
- G20 backs Europe’s plans for overhaul to fight crisis (Category: Business)
Last week my phone beeped and the text message read ‘The Chairperson of the Security and Exchange Commission Indrani Sugathadasa had resigned citing reasons of values and principles for her resignation’. My mind went back to the time when this lady when she was the Board Director at EDB. Whenever tough decisions had be taken ...
- 2011: Power achievements for Sri Lanka, but… (Category: Business)
- The changing face of brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Govt. to abolish duty-free vessel imports to boost $ 500 m boating industry (Category: Business)
Expolanka Holdings PLC said yesterday it has sustained its consolidated NPAT for the first half of FY 2011/12 at Rs. 668 m, with a consolidated NPBT at Rs. 862 m. These results have been achieved against the backdrop of the many challenges faced by the Group in the international trading sector with its global economic ...
- Expolanka Holdings posts Rs. 903 m profit for 9M of FY12 (Category: Business)
- Expolanka Holdings announces delisting and change of company name (Category: Breaking News)
- Global recognition for Expolanka’s social marketing at 20th World Brand Congress (Category: Business)
- Expolanka Holdings buys controlling stake in Norfolk Foods for Rs. 300 m (Category: Business)
The policy changes, reforms and modernisation since Budget 2011 appears to have been the context of a presentation made to the Joint Apparel Association Forum in July 2011 by the “leading light” in finance, planning, treasury management and economic development. Sri Lanka background 2000-’10 The presentation articulates the background issues experienced from 2000 to 2010. ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
- For a change Geneva, Zurich to hear Sri Lanka’s post-war potential this week (Category: Business)
Last week I received an invite for an ‘Inventors Day Celebration’ in one of the leading schools in the country and the master in charge shared a thought that I felt was a cutting edge idea. Apparently, every one of us is an inventor in some part of our daily life. The issue is that ...
- Wimbledon 2012 pick-ups for Lanka (Category: Business)
- Global Commerce Excellence awards next week (Category: Business)
- For tourism, after BRICs, Lanka-included SLIMMA is the best (Category: Business)
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