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Sri Lanka Ceramics and Glass Council Annual General Meeting (AGM)was held on August 28 at the Taj Samudra Hotel Colombo.
Consumer prices in Sri Lankaandrsquo;s capital Colombo rose 9.5% in August 2012, easing slightly from 9.8% in July, with the index falling in absolute terms in the month, State statistics office said.
The world renowned Islamic Finance News (IFN) Roadshow will hit the shores of Sri Lanka this September, bringing together the country’s Islamic Finance industry and its key regulatory stakeholders to one forum to discuss the issues, challenges and potential of the industry.
24th August 2012 Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance & Planning The Secretariat, Colombo 1. Dear Dr. Jayasundera, Establishment of a Financial Services Authority and a Banking and Finance Commission I suggest for your consideration that you duly evaluate the long-term national economic benefits of enhancing effective fiscal management capability ...
- Promoting productive social protection (Category: Business)
- MBSL seminar on ‘Implications of the new Finance Business Act’ on 19 September (Category: Business)
- The loud voice of economists: Reform or perish (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB) continues to uphold its status as one of Sri Lankaandrsquo;s fastest growing banks. Fitch Ratings Lanka re-affirmed the bankandrsquo;s national long-term rating of andlsquo;AA-(lka)andrsquo; (stable outlook) with DVBandrsquo;s subordinated debentures also rated at andlsquo;A+(lka)andrsquo;.
The world leading international Emergency Services Company, Falck (Denmark) has acquired 50% of Sri Lankan Emergency Medical Services (EMS) company, Med1 (Pvt) Limited.Med1andnbsp;plans to launchandnbsp;emergencyandnbsp;medicalandnbsp;response services in the Colomboandnbsp;areaandnbsp;by the end of 2012.
- Car roll-over at Virginia (Category: South Australia)
- Rescue as roof man puts himself on ice (Category: South Australia)
- New SES chief appointed (Category: South Australia)
- Victoria on alert for flash flooding (Category: Australia, Victoria)
Seychelles, which has the highest Human Development Index in Africa, wishes to implement Sri Lankaandrsquo;s backyard economic unit programme andmdash; Divinegumaandnbsp; andmdash; at its earliest, to kick-start agricultural revival in the country, Seychellesandrsquo; Minister of Natural Resources and Industry, Peter Sinon said recently.
Braille ballot papers in Australia News from Australia confirms that not everyone will cast votes the traditional way on 8 September. Those who are blind or with low vision can now register for Braille ballot papers for local government elections. Returned papers will be transcribed and added to the rest. This facility will be extended, ...
- America’s decline: Myth or reality? (Category: Business)
- Notice of the Postponing the Issue of Postal BaIIot Papers (Category: Breaking News)
- UPFA Nominations Rejected In 16 LG Bodies In Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Proxy Candidates Steal The Show (Category: Breaking News)
The seventh national Machinery, Technology and Services Exhibition called andlsquo;SME 2012andrsquo; facilitated by Industry and Commerce, supported by the Ministry of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, and organised by the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) and its Small and Medium Enterprise Developers (Project SMED), concluded last Sunday...
Freesh TV will bring a brand new television experience to their viewers by introducing the Web TV concept to Sri Lanka, Freesh TV President Suranga Katugampola said in an exclusive interview with Ceylon FT.
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
MBSL Savings Bank, a subsidiary of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) continued its burst of expansion activity with the bankandrsquo;s relocation of its Kottawa Extension Office to no. 262/2A High-level Road.
- Finance Deal (Category: Business)
- High Court gives enjoining order against suspension of MBSL CEO (Category: Breaking News)
- MBSL Savings Bank invests in community of Galle with relocated Extension Office (Category: Business)
- Karunathilake leaves MBSL as CEO after golden handshake, amicable settlement (Category: Business)
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s foremost motor racing team EZY Racing, set about in creating yet another historical moment in Sri Lankan motor racing when they announced their newest partnership with Speed Drome, to introduce the EZY Racing Kart Fighters, a Pro Karting Challenge designed to attract new and younger drivers to motor racing.
- EZY Racing to form alliance with international clothing brand (Category: Business)
- EZY Racing revs up deal with Castrol (Category: Business)
- 2011 Champion Pasindu Peiris joins EZY Racing (Category: Business)
- EZY Racing launches Kart Fighters with Speed Drome (Category: Business)
Global CyberLympics is an international cybersecurity competition. There are teams fromvarious countries participating in the competition.
Supporting the internationally recognized pageant, the Siyatha Lux Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2012, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s premier sausage brand, Elephant House Sausages, was the official food provider at the recently concluded event. Sabrina Herft was adjudged the winner and will represent Sri Lanka at the Miss Universe pageant to be held in December this year.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Subhash Pinnapola, Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) joins Spikes Asia 2012 as a member of the Jury for the andlsquo;Craftandrsquo; category, completing a world-class collective of 75 regional industry experts.
Sri Lanka requires proactive and pragmatic policy-making as there is a strong case for proactive policy-making to maintain the fiscal consolidation and revive the growth momentum in the economy, local think tank The Pathfinder Foundation said in its latest Economic Flash released yesterday.
- Central Bank predicts reduction in Budget deficit (Category: Breaking News)
- State launches proactive testing and contact tracing program for essential businesses (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Airbnb's new rules to stop New Year’s house parties (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- State launches proactive testing and contact tracing program for essential businesses (Category: USA, New Mexico)
A historic battle took place in the Kande Uda Rata Rajadhaniya, in the course of one of the many invasions by the Western colonial powers who once occupied what was known as the Maritime Provinces of Lanka, at the site of the ford at Wagolla village, a crossing point of the Mahaweli river on one ...
- The Kandy vs. Navy rivalry to reach tipping point today (Category: Business)
- Vintage cars beauties to behold (Category: Business)
- Clifford cup stays in Kandy (Category: Business)
andlsquo;Haritha Kedalleandrsquo;, Hatton National Bank Nittambuwa branch building was presented andlsquo;Silver Flameandrsquo; Award at the andlsquo;Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Awardsandrsquo; held on 19 August at the Colombo Hilton.
- Will A Dysfunctional Constitution Derail The ‘Wonder Of Asia’? (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Sees Largest Insurance Buyout (Category: Breaking News)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank Outlook ‘stable’: Fitch Ratings (Category: Business)
- Fitch Affirms John Keells At ‘AAA (lka)'; Outlook Stable (Category: Business)
The Motivation Charitable Trust (MCT), UK through the Sri Lanka Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (SLFRD andndash; Colombo) together with four partner organizations Jaffna Jaipur Centre for Disability Rehabilitation (JJCDR), Centre for Handicapped (CFH) Kandy, Navajeevana Tangalle and Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Handicapped (ORHAN) Vavuniya recognized over 80 Public ...
- Thamilini at Vavuniya Poontottam rehabilitation center (Category: Breaking News)
- Akashi due here tomorrow . (Category: Breaking News)
- Rehabilitation, a complete success - Brigadier Sudantha Ranasinghe( Sri Lanka) (Category: Breaking News)
- Survey reveals how Tigers threw untrained children into Vanni battle (Category: Breaking News)
James Alix Michel President of Seychelles accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Paul Adam, Minister of Fisheries andamp; Aquatic Resources Development Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and a host of other dignitaries both from the Seychelles and Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs visited Colombo Dockyard on 21 August 2012.
- Seychelles Development Bank seeks ties with Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Air Seychelles to commence direct flight services to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles Development Bank seeks ties with Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- President of Seychelles to visit SL tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (Pvt) Ltd., one of the leading global forwarders is in the process of an expansion drive of its vertical-based business solutions in Sri Lanka in the areas of fashion, automotive and healthcare and thus seals its newest contract with American and Efird Lanka (Pvt) Limited.
Airtel frontlineandrsquo;s strategies and market instincts were commended when Airtel sales team won two awards at the prestigious NASCO awards andmdash;one of the main events of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing calendar andmdash; which recognizes sales excellence by rewarding some of the best sales personnel in the country.
- Airtel Lanka shines at SLIM NASCO Awards 2012 (Category: Business)
- Airtel Lanka relocates corporate office to World Trade Centre (Category: Business)
- Airtel Lanka In Strategic Partnership To Sponsor St. Peter’s College Rugby (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel ranked fastest mobile broadband network in SL (Category: Business)
Growing patient numbers, medical investigations and pharmacy sales have significantly increased Group revenue and Group net profit for Sri Lankan private healthcare pioneer Nawaloka Hospitals PLC.
Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) and hSenid Joint Venture comprising hSenid Business Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., Respere Lanka Pvt. Ltd. and WSO2 Inc. embarked on a software development of the eLocal Government (eLG) project recently.
A book titled ‘Globaliation and its Challenges’ written by senior journalist and former Editor of the Daily News and the Sunday Observer Jayatilleke de Silva will be launched on 28 August at 4 p.m. at the Sri Lanka Library Services Board auditorium at Nidahas Mawatha, Colombo 7. Human Resources Senior Minister D.E.W. Gunasekera will be ...
Etisalat, a leading global mobile telecommunication service provider, opened its state-of-the-art store at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) recently. As the country experiences an influx of tourists and expects a further growth in the tourism industry, Etisalat, having an over 167 million global customer base across 17 countries, is currently the most skilled and ...
- Etisalat official ring for Sri Lankan Airlines Pro Surfing competition 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first eBook store BookHUB officially launched (Category: Business)
- World Duty Free opens with glamour, luxury and high spirits at BIA (Category: Business)
Visa has taken its first steps towards entry into Myanmar (previously known as Burma) with a series of training workshops to prepare selected local banks for the introduction of electronic payments as the country continues its economic and social reforms. The workshops are aimed at upgrading the banking facilities to accept and issue international payment ...
- Visa introduces new mobile prepaid product for developing countries (Category: Business)
- Visa promotes tourism in Egypt (Category: Business)
- ICTA plays major role in Visa Online System (Category: Business)
- Electronic Travel Authorisation system in effect from today (Category: Business)
Stamp Talk by the Philatelist “From the beginning, Sri Lanka’s destiny has been intertwined with India’s. Together they broke away from the ancient super-continent of Gondwanaland 120 million years or so ago, and crammed full of all manner of life, rather like Noah’s Ark, voyaged northwards across the Tethys Sea, eventually joining up with Eurasia ...
- Durban win can’t erase Sri Lanka’s scars (Category: Business)
- Charm of rural hospitality (Category: Business)
- Adams Peak first destination of holy mountains expedition (Category: Breaking News)
- Writer Namita Gokhale to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
SRI Lanka is blessed with a rich biodiversity and environment, which is possibly why it is taken for granted. The sinking of a ship off the Panadura coastline carrying as much as 75,000 tons of oil is a prime example of how uncaring bureaucracy could well result in one of the worst environmental disasters since ...
- Counting the cost (Category: Technology)
- NOAA's Seattle employees working on oil spill (Category: USA, Washington)
- Manipulating Science (Category: Business)
- Spill 'is worst US eco-disaster' (Category: Technology)
After successfully delighting consumers with the refreshing taste of Minute Maid Orange, Mango and Apple flavored juice drinks, Coca-Cola Sri-Lanka announced the launch of the fourth variant andndash; Minute Maid Mixed Fruit flavoured juice drink, today.
- Coca-Cola launches ‘Minute Maid Apple’ flavour (Category: Business)
- Minute Maid Mixed Fruit launched (Category: Business)
- Arabian Fright (Category: Business)
- Maid Abuse (Category: Business)
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