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China was a tower of strength to Sri Lanka, especially when we faced various challenges in the international arena, External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris said. The Minister was making the keynote address at the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and the People’s Republic of China and the 60th ...
- Sri Lanka’s ties with China no threat to India: Bogollagama (Category: Business)
- India maintains ‘loud silence’ on Taiwan crisis, its ‘One China’ policy (Category: Breaking News)
- China moves to review import quarantine rules on Sri Lanka Minister’s request (Category: Business)
- PM commends China for strong support (Category: Business)
Addresses IAACA Anti-Corruption Seminar in Dalian, ChinaNihal Sri Ameresekere, who is in the forefront agitating against fraud and corruption in the highest echelons of society, made a presentation on the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) at the Annual Seminar of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) held recently in Dalian, China. Nihal’s presentation h...
- Nihal makes presentation on UN Convention Against Corruption (Category: Business)
- New book on ‘Overseas corporate structures, which hide real owners’ (Category: Business)
- Revised ICC rules boost G20 efforts to curtail corruption (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The third and final day of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012 organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce commenced with a plenary session titled ‘Skills and Productivity to Compete in the Global Market,’ which discussed the initiatives that are underway and aimed to identify additional steps required to improve the quality ...
- Improving Sri Lanka’s business climate (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Economic Summit to examine ease of doing business (Category: Business)
- Creating digital inclusion and regional connectivity (Category: Business)
- From science to commercialisation (Category: Business)
Addresses IAACA Anti-Corruption Seminar in Dalian, China Nihal Sri Ameresekere, who is in the forefront agitating against fraud and corruption in the highest echelons of society, made a presentation on the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) at the Annual Seminar of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) held recently in Dalian, China. Nihal’s ...
- New book on ‘Overseas corporate structures, which hide real owners’ (Category: Business)
- Nihal Sri Addresses Global Anti-graft Confab In China (Category: Business)
- Revised ICC rules boost G20 efforts to curtail corruption (Category: Business)
An island surrounded by sea and rich in water resources and an independent country with buried cities built three millennia before deserves a much better picture overseas than what is projected now through global media coverage. A country which had sent embassies to Rome, Greece, Persia and ancient China, seems to be at the receiving ...
- Public diplomacy: A missing dimension in our foreign policy (Category: Business)
- Foreign policy and the Government’s credibility (Category: Business)
- The pro-separatist lobby overseas and diplomacy (Category: Business)
- Benefits of economic diplomacy (Category: Business)
Maintaining that the Government was on the right course, Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera yesterday urged the private sector to adapt as well as tap unprecedented growth potential, harnessing supportive policies and other measures. Delivering the keynote at the first plenary session of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Economic Summit, Dr. Jayasundera in ...
- Treasury Chief urges help for balance of payments (Category: Business)
- Expert views on key issues (Category: Business)
- Believe us today like when the going was good: Dr. PB (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. says need further monetary tightening (Category: Business)
The second day of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012 brought to the forefront several key issues facing the country, forcing both the public and private sectors to take a far closer look at many sectors and through much critical and sometimes controversial analysis. “It strikes me that Sri Lankan policies are kind of cockeyed,” ...
- G.L.Peries says diaspora spearheading economic war against country (Category: Breaking News)
- S&P’s soother! (Category: Business)
- Manmohan assures DMK of justice for Sri Lankan Tamils (Category: Breaking News)
- Malaysian financial services giant bullish on Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Following is the full text of Secretary to Ministry of Finance and Planning and Ministry of Economic Development Dr. P.B. Jayasundera’s keynote address titled ‘Sri Lankan Economy in Perspective’ at first plenary session of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka Economic Summit yesterday under the theme ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy’ Chairman, ...
- Govt. on right course, private sector must adapt and grow: Dr. P.B. (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- A resolute Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- Does Wage Growth Retard Economic Growth? (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The end of a long period of conflict brings many factors that need to be addressed. The multitude of issues that arise in a post-conflict situation is not easy to manage and requires time. Failure to address these adequately and speedily can result in agitation from the public and drive away potential ...
- Possible contribution to national reconciliation through tourism (Category: Business)
- Accelerating growth: catching the wave or missing the bus (Category: Business)
- CCC Chief calls for new wave of reforms (Category: Business)
- Time for reflection, reality check, risk mitigation and lessons learnt action (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Young political guns speak up for economy (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Chamber spearheaded repositioning post-war Sri Lanka forum kicks off today (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
telegraph.co.uk: Sri-Lankas-former-army-chief-Sarath-Fonseka-calls-for-Arab-Spring-style-uprising.htmlGeneral Sarath Fonseka, the former Sri Lankan army chief jailed for running as an opposition candidate, has declared he will lead an Arab Spring-style uprising to force the government from office. Outlining his return to active politics after he was released from jail in May following pressure fro...
- Fonseka Begins Fast to Protest Treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- “Go Back To The Army”, Vasudeva tells Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- “Go Back To The Army”, Vasudeva tells Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
- “Go Back To The Army”, Vasudeva tells Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
The Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines ‘reconcile’ as ‘finding an acceptable way of dealing with two or more ideas that seem to be opposed to each other’. ‘Reconciliation’ is defined as ‘an end to a disagreement and the start of a good relationship again,’ and as ‘the process makes it possible for two different ideas ...
- Video: Rathu Ira P2 (Category: Video)
- India welcomes LLRC report, expects Lanka to act decisively (Category: Business)
- The UN is making lasting peace in Sri Lanka less likely (Category: Business)
- “Ira Handa Yata” for Indian film festival (Category: Breaking News)
Industry and Commerce Ministry continuously supported us during the last years, says industry Will continue support and infuse R&D too, says Rishad 217 firms and multinationals from Sri Lanka, Argentina, India, Turkey, Thailand and Pakistan at the event Lanka food exports surge by 41% in 2011 to $ 95 m, says Rishad As Sri Lanka’s ...
- Sri Lanka throws open its $ 1 b packaging sector to SMEs (Category: Business)
- Food and Agri Exhibition opens in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Lankapack 2012’ geared to showcase best local packaging solutions (Category: Business)
- ‘Lankapack 2012’ to feature impressive international participation (Category: Business)
The Asian Human Rights Commission recently announced a new initiative, ‘Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives’. It was launched at an event that was jointly organised by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong in the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, last month. The bi-monthly magazine ...
- Action plan for protection and promotion of human rights (Category: Business)
- UN’s CAT says ‘Secret detention centres’ in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- UN slams Sri Lanka’s mass arrests in drug crackdown (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights office urges inquiry into Gaddafi death (Category: Business)
IRIN:Sri Lankan Parliamentarians in favour of acting on the recommendations in a report into the final stages of the country’s civil war by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) are slowly gaining ground over those who are not, says a Presidential peace process advisor. The Government’s initial reaction to the LLRC recommendations was positive, ...
- SL attends UNHRC sessions with impressive post-conflict records: Former AG (Category: Business)
- Double-edged reconciliation (Category: Business)
- UK wants G'ment to "move quickly to implement" LLRC recommendations (Category: Breaking News)
- US urges Sri Lanka to go beyond implementing LLRC recommendations (Category: Business)
Diplomacy plays a direct role in addressing the root cause of insecurity. Diplomatic initiatives build partnerships so nations can work together to address bilateral and multilateral issues. Diplomacy refers to communication or negotiations tactics that use political and legal channels to address both bilateral and multilateral issues. Good diplomacy works at least in four ways ...
- NPP’s Economic Diplomacy; Non-Aligned In The Best Interests Of The Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- New external trade policy (Category: Business)
- An Aggressive China Projecting A New Image (Category: Breaking News)
- World Bank approves Sri Lanka’s access to concessional financing (Category: Breaking News)
By Cheranka Mendis The tea industry’s export target of achieving revenue of US$ 5 billion from the present US$ 1.5 billion by 2020 is an overly ambitious one that is likely to be impossible to achieve, Colombo Tea Traders Association Chairman Jayantha Keragala said on Friday at the association’s 118th AGM. Keragala stated that the ...
- Tea traders call for a wage cut (Category: Business)
- Tea tales (Category: Business)
- Industry discusses Ceylon Tea’s ‘ExclusiviTea’ (Category: Business)
- Tea industry ends 2011 on a mixed note (Category: Business)
Performers will have copyright protection for their audiovisual works as a result of the successful conclusion of 12 years negotiations by the members of the World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which has resulted in the finalisation of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances on 26 June. The treaty will enter into force when ratified by ...
- W. Wash. tribes say tribal fishing rights at risk (Category: USA, Washington)
- Starin in Chesterton expanding its leadership team (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Starin in Chesterton expanding its leadership team (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Starin in Chesterton expanding its leadership team (Category: USA, Indiana)
The vital importance of the development of export and its national value with policy on priority for export trade was emphatically stressed in the Budget speech for 2012 presented by the President. The projected objective was to achieve the export target braving the challenges from the international market. Imperatively Trade Promotion Organisations (TPOs) are bound ...
- EDB turns 33 (Category: Business)
- Over 55 tour agents, 50 international journalists for Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Export promotion strategies (Category: Business)
- Treasury Secy. showcases recent economic success and future outlook (Category: Business)
The Oxford Dictionary tells us that being ‘happy’ is being cheerful with feelings of pleasure or satisfaction. ‘Satisfaction’ is, in turn, when you are pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to. A synonym is being ‘content’ – being happy and satisfied with what you have. Rulers ...
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Transforming education in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
A top level Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics conference and exhibition will be held from 10 to 11 July at Colombo Hilton, organised by industry specialists Seatrade. The multi-stakeholder sponsored and endorsed event will showcase commercial opportunities and development of South Asia’s new maritime hub and logistics centre – Colombo and Sri Lanka. Seatrade ...
- Top Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics conference and expo starts (Category: Business)
- Colombo conference on ‘Sri Lanka Ports Trade and Logistics’, an unqualified success (Category: Business)
- State-run SLPA wins three prestigious Seatrade awards (Category: Business)
Reuters: Romney or Obama? Republican or Democrat? The U.S. presidential election may inflame voter passions, but based on past experience, whoever wins the world’s most powerful elected office isn’t likely to move the dollar. The U.S. dollar’s performance over the past 40 years shows little relation to the party holding the presidency and more to ...
- Asian shares fall on fears over Europe fund tightness (Category: Business)
- Shares ease on China growth worry, dollar stays firm (Category: Business)
- Gold firms on China inflation spike, US jobs data (Category: Business)
- US economic fix could take years: Obama (Category: Business)
Drug Trafficking was one of the main sources of finance for the LTTE terrorists as reflected in the World Drug Report 2012, says Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona. He was addressing at the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on ‘Drug and Crime as a Threat to Development’ ...
- Crime one of the world’s “top 20 economies”: UN (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka a growing hub for drugs (Category: Business)
- Illicit drugs found in Clearview (Category: South Australia)
- Organized Criminals Gangs In Sri Lanka & Its Impact On National Security (Category: Breaking News)
Case study Middle East Sri Lanka is one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean strategically located between West Asia and South East Asia and has been an important stop on the silk route or the Silk Road. It has all requirements to be one ...
- Unified branding in the tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Showcasing Sri Lanka and driving demand (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
Another day, another boatload of people rescued off the coast of Australia while trying to sneak into the country illegally. More lives lost and more despair spread while a solution drifts into the distance. For the past three years, Sri Lanka’s economic and social situation has increased significantly. Many people are grateful for the ...
- Stop the surge (Category: Business)
- Protecting children from smugglers (Category: Business)
- An economic exodus? (Category: Business)
The Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services assigned a score of 8 (very high risk) to the Sri Lankan economy and banking industry last week. The role of ratings agencies in the lead-up to the global financial crisis (2008) was certainly highly questionable. There are also issues related to their accountability. Despite this, and setting ...
- Way out to fix the sick external sector: Getting back to IMF’s fold a must now (Category: Business)
- Commendable start; now for the finish (Category: Business)
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
Recent newspaper advertisements heralding the birth of a sports economy is indeed good news for sportsmen in general and sports entrepreneurs in particular. Tax exemptions that serve as attractive incentives are a much awaited step in the right direction for a small nation who has time and again made forays into the big leagues. The ...
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Tax Breaks (Category: Business)
- Will play only if you pay! (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Economic Association (SLEA) on Friday 29 June will launch a book titled “Achieving Economic Goals in the Midst of Global Challenges” containing the proceedings of its 2011 Annual Sessions. It will be held at HARTI Auditorium, Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, 114, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7 at 4.30 p.m. SLEA ...
- Open Forum on agriculture (Category: Business)
- EXPLAINER: What caused Sri Lanka’s economic collapse? (Category: Breaking News)
By Shelton Dharmaratne Changing global trends will continually pose challenges to economic theory and policy and the ways in which we analyse tourism activity. Sri Lanka Tourism’s public policies are trapped in a dynamic, ongoing process and it has become increasingly evident that the Government is struggling to comprehend the tourism industry, its impact and ...
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Possible contribution to national reconciliation through tourism (Category: Business)
- Marketing an emerging tourism destination in Asia (Category: Business)
Request to present a public petition before the Committee on Public Petitions Following is the text of an open letter sent by good governance activist Chandra Jayaratne to the Leaders of Peoples Alliance Parliamentary Group, United National Party Parliamentary Group, Tamil National Alliance Parliamentary Group, Janatha Vimuthi Peramuna Parliamentary Group, Democratic National Alliance Parliamentar...
- Public views sought for National Educational Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- India calls on TNA to find solution through Select Committee (Category: Breaking News)
- Ex-COPE chief denies he was behind prorogation of Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- COPE Lists Over 200 Public Entities (Category: Breaking News)
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