By Marianne David Warm, welcoming and exuding good cheer, the Cinnamon Lakeside’s newest General Manager Denis Gruhier perfectly fits into the best qualities the hospitable hotel is well-known for and his affirmation of Sri Lanka’s optimistic post-war outlook for tourism in particular and the country in general is welcoming news indeed. Having joined the Lakeside ...

Colombo: All Sri Lankans who have been employed in Libya have returned to the country and the Sri Lankan embassy in Tripoli has been closed, the External Affairs Ministry said today. Director General of Public Relations and Communications of the External Affairs Ministry Sarath Dissanayake told national news agency Lankapuvath that the last batch of ...

In one of the greenest offices in Colombo, Sukula Satharasinghe alumna of Asian International School (AIS) flanked by her mother Kumiko and Priyanthi Dissanayake of Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd. (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) celebrates her acceptance to Truman State University (www.truman.edu) in Missouri USA to major in pre-med/biology with an amazing offer of financial aid, credit transfers, .....

Coming from a marketing background I tend to view the happenings of the world from a lens that can be different to many. Last week’s developing story of the Anna Hazare episode in India was unique, in my perception. A man who does not own a computer and is 74 years of age, with little ...

Our ‘poli-socionomic’ dialogue You will recall that like Capt. Kirk in his Star Ship-Enterprise,’ we also ventured into new territory with our first discussions under this theme ‘poli-socionomics,’ which appears to have caught on somewhat; thus, on behalf of those of us who still dare to think, I must thank those editors who carried it. ...

THERE was welcome news from the highly-successful city of Shenzhen, China on Friday, when it was announced that the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) deal on the Colombo South Container Terminal (CST) was signed between the consortium involving China Merchant Harbour International (CMHI) and Aitken Spence and Company Plc and State entity Sri Lanka Ports ...

The AppZone, the mobile application development platform, introduced by Etisalat, has won an m-billionth award at the ceremony held recently in New Delhi. The m-billionth, awards who look to honor the achievements of those who drive to take mobile technology forward in the South Asian region, have selected the AppZone as the best mobile infrastructure ...