International fashion brand takes high-street sensuality to Asian giant by launching flagship store at Indiranagar in Bangalore, Throws open an incredible range of Western wear and accessories for women Aviraté, an international high-street fashion label, has announced its entry into India with the launch of the first flagship store in Bangalore. The launch of this ...

Scan Products Division of C.W Mackie PLC has been awarded the prestigious Co-Ro Best country award for its excellent performance in sales and marketing for year 2010.   According to Co-Ro Food A/s Denmark selection criteria, it is compulsory to maintain continues volume growth momentum for three consecutive years to be recognised for this award. ...

Christmas this year is indeed going to truly dazzle as Sri Lanka’s leading menswear specialist Hameedia launches its annual end-of-year festive campaign – A Dazzling Christmas. Operative from 26 November to 31 December, the promo brings with it a range of instant and exciting prizes, and, rewards of gift vouchers and platinum-tipped exclusive designer mugs. ...

We are still stuck in the winter of our discontent! By Jude Fernando Groundviews.org: “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organisations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against ...

Saberion (Pvt) Limited, a leading web and mobile application development agency in Sri Lanka, recently launched an end-to-end online solution for the world-renowned Island Hideaway resort in the Maldives. The comprehensive solution, which included a custom built online reservation system and search engine optimisation, was the result of several weeks of close collaboration between the resort ...

AFP: The odds appear stacked against the Sri Lankan cricket team on their tour of South Africa, which starts on Friday with a three-day match against a South African Invitation XI in Benoni. The tourists will play three Tests and five one-day internationals, hoping to break a losing streak in both forms of the game. ...

Household wheat flour, wholemeal flour, atta flour and semolina to nourish consumers islandwide Serendib Flour Mills (Pvt) Ltd, manufacturers of the ‘Seven Star’ brand of flour today entered Sri Lanka’s retail market with the launch of four of its variants. Chief Guest Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Minister of International Monetary Co-operation hands over a pack of Seven Star ...

Following is a response from Hotel Developers (Lanka) Limited to the article titled ‘Cornel Perera rebuts Basil’ published in the Daily FT of 24 November 2011 We give below a fair summary of the background of establishment of Hilton Hotel Colombo given by the well-respected Attorney General of the Country the late K. C. Kamalasabayson, ...

By Marianne David The perfect place to have a wild and wonderful time while wallowing in the lap of luxury, Elephant Corridor is a paradise of pleasure and pampering. Offering complete privacy given its secluded location in the heart of the jungle and guaranteed to satisfy the most demanding guest, the hotel is a sight ...

By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), as part of its ‘Power Evening’ series of events, presented an eclectic combination of chairmen from leading organisations in the country last week and at the occasion delved into the subject ‘Performing While Conforming – What the Textbooks Don’t Teach You’ by sharing experiences from ...

Ray Wijewardene (1924-2010) was a true Renaissance Man. An alumnus of Cambridge and Harvard Universities and a former Chancellor of Moratuwa University, Ray excelled in many different areas of human endeavor: agriculture, aviation, engineering design, inventions, renewable energy technologies and water sports. A Fellow of the Sri Lanka National Academy of Sciences and the Institution ...

Fortunaglobal (Pvt) Ltd. won this year’s e-Swabhimani award for the country’s best e-content applications in the m-Content category for its mobile application for the iPhone and Android. The prestigious e-Swabhimani awards presentation is organised annually by the apex Government body for ICT in Sri Lanka, the Information & Technology Agency (ICTA). Derana Macroentertainment Accoun...

In a first time event, in parallel to the Governor’s Challenge Trophy for global commerce excellence, the global commerce excellence awards and medals will be presented to selected categories of Sri Lankan entities and individuals. The Export Development Board, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, and the Shippers’ Academy Colombo have been instrumental with the concept with ...

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 ...

In keeping with its ongoing endeavour to foster and promote national level sporting stars from school level, Janashakthji Insurance PLC recently extended its patronage of two of its sponsored athletes, on their completing their secondary level education. They are 19 year old Ishara Sandeepani Dayananda from Ferguson Girls High School, Ratnapura and 19 year old ...

Eloquent top order batsman Kumar Sangakkara walked away with the coveted CEAT Peoples Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year at the star-studded 2011 CEAT Sri Lanka Cricket Awards which honoured the country’s top performing international and domestic cricketers. Sangakkara, whose performances with the bat and the gloves have won the hearts ...

Twenty-three students who received training under the NDB Jeevana Livelihood Development Scheme recently graduated in Colombo. The students passed out following a comprehensive training course in Hotel Operations, conducted in association with the International Hotel School of Mt. Lavinia Hotel. This is the second batch from the east coast to have completed and graduated in ...

Hatton National Bank (HNB) Deputy General Manager – Marketing & Retail Banking Chandula Abeywickrema was invited by International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) to present the partnership initiative support for greater financial inclusion among the migrant workers and their dependents in Sri Lanka at the Annual Meeting for Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) held on ...

Textured Jersey PLC, a leading producer of value-added knitted fabric, has come forward to support young fashion designer Matheesha Palihawadana with a scholarship to pursue higher education in his chosen field. A final year design student at the Academy of Design (AOD), Matheesha was awarded the scholarship in recognition of the exceptional creativity, skill and ...

The defeat of the LTTE in May 2009 has wrought a perceptible change in Sri Lanka’s economic climate, recognised by international financial institutions, foreign media and economic analysts, says in an article on Bangkok Post published on November 28. “Today they see Sri Lanka as one of Asia’s fast-growing nations with huge potential”, the report ...

Veteran golfers from all parts of India will converge on Sri Lanka’s celebrated Victoria Golf Course in Digana, Kandy, to work off the finals of the Touché Golf League (TGL) on Saturday, 4 December. SriLankan Airlines joins this prestigious event and will fly in the winning teams from India, which includes top celebrities as Kapil ...

Ashroff Omar’s Sri Lankan clan has Brandix, the island’s leader in apparel, but one that must weigh a wider worldForbes.com: In the apparel trade, where buyers scour the globe for cost savings, nothing succeeds quite like duty-free market access. For Sri Lanka, an island nation that punches above its weight in clothing, the big prize ...

By Cassandra Mascarenhas Exploring opportunities for trade, technology transfer and alliances with local companies, a delegation of business leaders from Northern Ireland was present in Sri Lanka earlier this week to meet with prospective partners to initiate further business relationships. Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI), an initiative of UK regional business development agency, with the ...

The Economist: THE Australians are not the only ones to feel chuffed by the Gold Coast winning its bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Most Sri Lankans, whose country competed for the event with none of the infrastructure in place, are beyond relieved. So roundly have the media criticised Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to ...

The only bank to win awards in three consecutive years 2009 to 2011 NDB Bank walked away with a Bronze Award for its ‘Ithuru Karana Maga’ initiative in the Financial Services Category at this year’s Effie Awards. The bank secured the award at the Effie Awards organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) ...

Softlogic Holdings Plc Chairman Ashok Pathirage has declared that impressive second quarter results have added further value to its story strengthening the journey begun as a listed new conglomerate. The Company has achieved significant results in both the second quarter and the first half of 2012 financial year which Pathirage said: “Exceeding our expectations set ...

Organisational sustainability is the ability for a group of persons to endure the internal and external pressures of a culture, through change and innovation, as they endeavour to deliver their specific products.There are seven components to create organisational sustainability. 1.Organisational identity Every organisation needs to distinguish and market its organisational identity. The organisati...

At a recently concluded event in Tangalle, the third group of 31 students were enrolled under the NDB Jeevana Livelihood Development Scheme, in Hotel Operations, in association with the International Hotel School of Mount Lavinia Hotel.   The initiation of the Jeevana Program in Tangalle is in response to the high demand for trained staff ...

DUBAI  (Reuters) : Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced on Monday. “I am afraid that is no longer going to happen in 2013,” he told reporters at the Pakistan v Sri Lanka one-day international in Dubai. “At the last (ICC) board meeting we decided ...

By Chamitha Kuruppu The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna claims spending Rs. 265 billion on an 11-day extravaganza is intolerable for an economically ailing country like Sri Lanka. Addressing a media briefing the JVP warned that the aftermath of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games would not be rosy as the Rajapaksa administration predicts According to JVP Propaganda ...