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Trinity College, Kandy, won the first place of the ‘IT Mastermind 2011’ Inter School Quiz tournament organised by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) and fully sponsored by ESOFT Computer Studies Pvt Ltd. Accordingly, the laptop computer worth Rs. 75,000 being the prize for the first place winner, and the set of computer peripherals ...
- IT Mastermind semi finals begin, sponsored by ESOFT (Category: Business)
- Empiricalminds appointed as ESOFT franchisee (Category: Business)
- ESOFT educational partner of Infotel 2011 (Category: Business)
(Bloomberg): Sri Lanka doesn’t need to further tighten monetary policy for now even though an increase in fuel and transportation costs and a weakening currency may stoke inflation, the head of the central bank said. The central bank’s rate increase earlier this month will have a “demand-driven impact” and help moderate inflation, its Governor Ajith ...
- Sri Lanka stocks may slump more on rates – HSBC Private (Category: Business)
- CB Governor sees light at the end of the tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee hits new low, but State intervenes (Category: Business)
- Rupee down (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s benchmark stock index, the world’s worst performer this year, may extend its slump as the central bank raises interest rates to curb inflation, according to HSBC Holdings Plc’s private banking unit. HSBC Private Bank, which oversees about $499 billion, will wait for stock valuations to fall to “single digit” multiples before it considers ...
- Stocks approach one-month low; rupee steady (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Stocks May Slump More on Rates, HSBC Private Says (Category: Breaking News)
- CB seen holding rates, SRR steady – Reuters poll (Category: Business)
MALE (Reuters): The former President of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives sat inside his house awaiting arrest on Thursday after being ousted from his post in what he said was a coup at gunpoint. About 200 supporters stood under umbrellas in the pouring rain outside as Mohamed Nasheed spoke to reporters at his ...
- Maldives charges ex-President with Judge’s detention (Category: Business)
- Maldives President resigns after Police mutiny (Category: Business)
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
- India appeals for peace in Maldives (Category: Business)
Indeed with some Spanish and Ptolemy’s nomenclature, it is our sincere wish ‘long live Sri Lanka’ on passing its 64th year of independence from the British. Our period of independence is not greater than the period we were under, but that is not something we should use as an excuse for slow progress since independence. ...
- ‘Power Sri Lanka 2012’ (Category: Business)
- Making Sri Lanka a ‘democratic hub’ for ‘Wonder of Asia’ (Category: Business)
- World’s largest gathering for spirit of entrepreneurship begins today in Liverpool (Category: Business)
- ‘Marketing Roks Challenge’ (Category: Business)
Ambassador updates foreign reporters on post-conflict development and reconciliation in Sri Lanka “Sri Lankans support a home grown solution for reconciliation” Ambassador invites international correspondents to visit Sri Lanka WASHINGTON: Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya hosted a group of foreign correspondents here in a January 25 reception held at his residence, prompting a discussi...
- Effective LLRC implementation sans external pressure (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s ‘Lies Agreed Upon’ screened in US Congress (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka will hold accountable every person accused of war crimes – Jaliya (Category: Business)
New York Times: It has been nearly three years since Sri Lankan government troops crushed the separatist Tamil Tigers in a gory, scorched-earth campaign that brought an end to three decades of civil war. The final battles — with some 300,000 civilians caught in the crossfire — were fought on the northern beaches and in ...
- Sri Lanka calls Australian war crimes case ‘hilarious’ (Category: Business)
- Australia pressured to investigate Sri Lanka Envoy for war crimes (Category: Business)
- Tisara Samarasinghe ‘not named’ for war crimes: John Dowd (Category: Business)
- India says ready to back UN vote on Sri Lanka war crimes (Category: Business)
GEOFF Marsh still has not been given a reason as to why he was sacked as coach of Sri Lanka. After a hectic month in which his younger son Mitchell blitzed the Big Bash, elder son Shaun was dumped from the Australian one-day squad and he was sacked, the former Test selector and coach says ...
- Marsh sends letter of demand to SLC (Category: Business)
- ‘That’s no otter!’: Blue shark spotted swimming in Cape Cod (Category: USA, New York)
- ‘That’s no otter!’: Blue shark spotted swimming in Cape Cod (Category: USA, New York)
- ‘That’s no otter!’: Blue shark spotted swimming in Cape Cod (Category: USA, New York)
Are the Indian Army’s golf courses illegal? Sri Lanka’s fourth golf course opened by Air Force India’s national auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), has reported to Parliament that the country’s Army has turned large tracts of State military property into illegal privately-run ...
- Nuwara Eliya Golf Club elects Office Bearers at 123rd AGM (Category: Business)
- Opening of Lanka’s 4th golf course (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan flies Touché Golf League finalists to Kandy (Category: Business)
- Oman Air Golf Classic Tournament 2012 to tee-off in October (Category: Business)
Struggling Marsh dropped Wicketkeeper Haddin rested Four uncapped players named SYDNEY (Reuters): Australia have dropped struggling top order batsman Shaun Marsh and rested wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for the first three matches of the one-day Tri-series against India and Sri Lanka, which starts next week. Marsh, a regular in the one-day team since his debut in ...
- Australia fights back as review controversy rages (Category: Business)
- Australia names ODI, T20 teams for SAfrica tour (Category: Business)
- Australia squad unchanged for fourth test against India (Category: Business)
- Marsh to make Test debut vs Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
PEO TV’s exceptional three month HBO promotion saw customers win big prizes this year. The promotion was launched on the 1st of October 2011 with a two week free preview of the HBO PAK which includes four channels – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO HITS and HBO FAMILY, for PEO TV customers. All PEO TV customers ...
- HBO Max: Everything to know about HBO's app - CNET (Category: Technology)
- HBO Max: Everything to know about HBO's app - CNET (Category: Technology)
- HBO Max: Everything to know about HBO's app - CNET (Category: Technology)
- HBO Max: Everything to know about HBO's app - CNET (Category: Technology)
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in collaboration with the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), will be holding an international conference on ‘Legal Process Outsourcing’ in partnership with the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA). “The conference on the theme ‘Outsourcing versus Restructuring’ is scheduled to take place on Thursday 9 and ...
- SL's first international LPO seminar in Feb (Category: Breaking News)
- Building resilience in Asia Pacific’s digital society (Category: Business)
- FutureGov SAARC Summit 2012 begins today (Category: Business)
Regulatory pressure mounted further over the course of 2011 – bad news for financial services firms, but good news for the consultancies to which they turned for help. Ernst and Young topped the Operational Risk and Regulation consultancy rankings again in 2011 (http://www.risk.net/operational-risk-and-regulation/feature/2135016/orr-consultancy-rankings-2011), and the New York-based head of ...
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) :Australia have left paceman Mitchell Starc out of their team to face India in the fourth and final test and brought spinner Nathan Lyon back into the side, captain Michael Clarke said on Monday. Starc was one of a quartet of quicks selected for the third test in Perth, where the Australians won ...
- Australia squad unchanged for fourth test against India (Category: Business)
- Job not done yet, says Australia’s Clarke (Category: Business)
- Confident Kiwis eye rare win over Aussies (Category: Business)
- Australia on the way back to the top, says Clarke (Category: Business)
NetIndian News Network : The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was awarded to Singapore-based Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka for his book Chinaman (Random House, India), a novel that explores cricket as a metaphor to uncover a lost life and a lost history. Chinaman skilfully uses sport and the notion of fair play ...
- Shehan Karunatilaka wins DSC Prize for Chinaman (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka wins DSC Prize for Chinaman (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinaman wins Asian literary prize (Category: Breaking News)
- Shehan Karunatilaka wins DSC Prize for ‘Chinaman’ (Category: Breaking News)
The Sri Lanka – Vietnam Business Council (SLVBC) of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will organise a Trade and Investment promotion mission to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from 4 to 8 March. At the networking session held recently at the Embassy of Vietnam in Colombo, Vietnam Ambassador in Sri Lanka Ton Sinh ...
- SL Delegation To Visit Vietnam (Category: Breaking News)
- Look East (Category: Breaking News)
- Business Forum to coincide with the visit of Vietnam President to Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka looks for more economic links with Greater Mekong region (Category: Breaking News)
THE proposed amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have created a much-needed discussion forum on pension funds and their benefits, while also bringing several crucial points into the limelight. Experts have pointed out that if the Government is genuinely keen on maximising returns of workers, then they need to exempt EPF earnings from tax ...
- End taxation on EPF earnings: Employers body (Category: Business)
- No investigations yet on EPF transactions (Category: Business)
- VIDEO: Govt using EPF, ETF money to pay off debt - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Stop repeating mistakes (Category: Business)
Enterprise, the newsletter of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) was re-launched from January this year in printed format. The newsletter will be published every month featuring news and events from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, its associations and business councils, steering committees and projects. It will also comprise of features relevant to commerce, industry ...
- Rebound in business confidence (Category: Western Australia)
- Ceylon Chamber of Commerce joins social networking sites (Category: Business)
- Expo draws business owners to Winston-Salem (Category: USA, North Carolina)
- Ceylon Chamber 2012/13 member directory out (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Ministry yesterday shot down reports in the local media and insisted that there were no issues with India over the international maritime boundary line. The statement noted that attention has been drawn to some news reports relating to the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on Fisheries meeting held in Colombo ...
By Dr. Laksiri Fernando Asian Tribune: I was in Colombo for two weeks before Christmas for some personal matters and all appeared positive, more or less, except perhaps for the thorn of the ‘General’. When I was waiting for the connection in Singapore, two expatriates came across and talked to me about the situation in ...
- Rumours of Freedom: Whither Fonseka now (Category: Breaking News)
- The loud voice of economists: Reform or perish (Category: Business)
- Hashim on UNP leadership crisis, pressing national issues (Category: Business)
Australia captain Michael Clarke has rocketed his way into the top 10 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen for the first time in 15 months after his career-best unbeaten triple century earned his side an innings and 68 runs victory in the second Test in Sydney on Friday. The win gave the ...
- India leapfrogs England into fourth position in ICC ODI rankings (Category: Business)
- Sangakkara, Dilshan and Chandimal aim for further improvements in Asia Cup (Category: Sports)
- Sangakkara reaches summit of world batting rankings (Category: Breaking News)
- Samaraweera earns career-best ranking (Category: Sports)
Respected blue chip Aitken Spence pulls out of biggest FDI project – the $ 500 m Colombo South Container Terminal due to issues with funding and cost escalations Construction cost up 30% to $ 350 m; overall project cost now estimated at $ 595 m up from $ 475 m at bid proposal stage Lender ...
- Deal signed to build Colombo Port Expansion project’s South Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- BOI signs US$ 500 m agreement for Colombo South Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- WORK ON SOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL OF COLOMBO PORT LAUNCHED (Category: Breaking News)
- AGREEMENT INKED FOR US$500 M AGREEMENT FOR CBO SOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL (Category: Breaking News)
Political corruption: The definition Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by private persons or corporations not directly involved with the ...
- Beyond conventional economic wisdom (Category: Business)
- Exercising civic responsibilities (Category: Business)
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s pioneer Islamic bank, Amana Bank was voted the ‘Best Islamic Bank in Sri Lanka’ at the global Islamic Finance News poll for 2011 conducted by the Malaysia-based RedMoney Group. The results of this prestigious award poll held for the 7th consecutive year were officially released on 4 January 2012, which includes the results ...
- Amana Bank Lead Strategic Partner for IFN Roadshow Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Finance Education (Category: Business)
- Amana Bank partners with Halal Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
The 10th edition of Dharman’s Media Guide of Sri Lanka was issued last week. A publication of the Sri Lanka Environmental Journalists Forum it is one of the most popular and leading media guides in Sri Lanka edited by senior journalist Dharman Wickremaratne. First published in 2000, it is the country’s only media guide updated ...
- Media Guide presented to the President (Category: Business)
- An Energy Transition Law, Multi-Agency Committee to guide decision-making on Energy Projects (Category: Breaking News)
- New look for girl guides (Category: Breaking News)
- 1st Travel Guide on SL in Arabic launched (Category: Breaking News)
The Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover’s sensational new SUV – a car that won 34 international awards in the three months after its first production model came off the line in September 2011 – has arrived in Sri Lanka. The smallest, lightest, most fuel-efficient Range Rover ever produced, the Evoque has been described as ‘one ...
- Range Rover Evoque sponsors top authors at GLF (Category: Business)
- Victoria Beckham turns designer hand to cars (Category: Business)
- Britain’s best new cars (Category: Business)
- Range Rover to serve Hill Club tennis as Diamond Sponsor (Category: Business)
After successfully completing an event-filled 2011, Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia has embarked on a journey to further strengthen its position as THE total fashion solutions provider for all Sri Lankan males and significantly expand its reach across the country and region with an unparalleled product offering. Led by the Deputy Managing Director Hussain ...
- AOD collaborates with Hameedia for brand new fashion collection (Category: Business)
- Hameedia strikes Silver for ‘Local Brand of the Year’ at SLIM Awards 2011 (Category: Business)
- A dazzling Christmas’ with Hameedia (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has completed its Container Handling Equipment (CHE) Upgrade Project worth over $ 100 million by receiving the final consignment of 50 yard tractors yesterday. The previous consignments consisted of ship-to-shore cranes and Rubber-Tyred-Gantry (RTG) cranes used for transferring containers between stacks in the yard. The CHE upgrade project which ...
- SLPA completes Container Handling Equipment Upgrade Project (Category: Business)
- Colombo port gets 50 new yard tractors (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘G6’ Alliance starts services at Jaye Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- Colombo Port Receives Final Consignment Of Equipment (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with economies dependent on Gulf oil. Western tensions with Iran have increased since a November 8 report by the ...
- Iran says fires long-range missile in Gulf drill (Category: Business)
- Iran halts oil sales to UK, France on eve of talks (Category: Business)
- Brent steady at $100 on stimulus hopes, supply threats (Category: Business)
- Iran unveils new missile, other weapons (Category: Business)
Reuters: Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) is lagging behind its major U.S. competitors in complying with new capital rules, leading the bank to consider even more asset sales, sources said. The bank’s management is focused on not being an outlier compared to its peers and believes it has “viable alternatives” to increase its capital levels, ...
- State Bank of India to get $1.6 b from Govt. (Category: Business)
- Caught in Greek shadow, Europe’s banks bolster capital (Category: Business)
- Ship lending to slide in 2012 as downturn bites (Category: Business)
- No surprise SEC wants more time! (Category: Business)
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