Sri Lanka News Explorer
Last 7 Days
Older News
- Older than 2023-Dec (268)
Narrow by Category
- Business (268)
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 ...
- 2011: Power achievements for Sri Lanka, but… (Category: Business)
- The changing face of brand Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Govt. to abolish duty-free vessel imports to boost $ 500 m boating industry (Category: Business)
Violence against women is taking its toll and finally women are speaking upBy Cheranka Mendis This is the 21st Century. This is the day and age of gender equality, or so they say. It is a topic that is brought up in conversation, at forums and conference and business seminars. Books are written on it, ...
- Militant rebel voice Maya 'MIA' Arulpragasam: Fusion of style, music and controversy (Category: Breaking News)
- Maya "MIA" Arulpragasam: An outspoken advocate of Tamil peoples' rights (Category: Breaking News)
- Popular international DJ Edward Maya teams up with Sri Lankan star (Category: Breaking News)
- Sky high apology for Maya (Category: AU, New South Wales)
By Ian The President in his speech at the opening of the Southern Expressway said that this could be the beginning of building a modern society. He also mentioned that had there been such an expressway linking the north with the south the extremists would not have succeeded in capitalising on the mistrust among communities. ...
- "I dont like to use the term 'student supppression' simply because there is no such thing" (Category: Breaking News)
- JVP accuses Govt. of crippling University system (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to open new universtities to improve higher education (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota urges educated youth to take country forward (Category: Business)
The Pathfinder Foundation, true to its name is ready to continue its quest for innovative, homegrown solutions, while benefiting from relevant international and regional collaboration. By the first quarter of 2012, the Pathfinder Foundation is planning to launch a few new initiatives i.e. ‘Towards Reconciliation and Development,’ ‘Track Two Initiative for Closer Economic and Othe...
- Pathfinder Foundation in landmark cooperation between China and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IFC clarifies Daily FT Opinion piece, ‘Improving Sri Lanka’s Business Climate’ (Category: Business)
- Harvard expert at Pathfinder seminar on how China, India reshape their futures (Category: Business)
- Pathfinder responds to IFC (Category: Business)
Having launched Sri Lanka’s first-ever equity investments and financial information portal, Sri Lanka Equity Analytics (www.srilankaequity.com) recently celebrated its successive second year of operations by reaching the milestone of 5,000 registered online memberships and over five million hits. Sri Lanka Equity Analytics is a financial portal designed to address varying needs of the invest...
- Borsa Italiana’s cash markets go live on MITs Millennium Exchange (Category: Business)
- Millennium’s Trading and Surveillance platforms go live in Johannesburg (Category: Business)
- ‘Those who live by the Dhamma are protected by the Dhamma’ SEC Chief tells investors (Category: Business)
- SUN FM presents Arash live in concert this December (Category: Business)
After the recent Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, critics found three new words for the acronym ‘CWG’ – Corruption, Waste and lack of Governance. The Chairman of the Indian National Olympic Committee, who was Chairman of the Organising Committee, is presently in Tihar Jail, in Delhi with many of his acolytes, on charges regarding ...
- CWG bid money not wasted: Cabraal (Category: Business)
- Gold Coast wins CWG 2018 bid (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka hosting CWG would inspire 45 other nations – President (Category: Business)
- A month to go for vote, Govt. says momentum building on Hambantota’s 2018 CWG bid (Category: Business)
No unanimity on exchange rate movement A front page headline news item in this paper on last Saturday had reported on an apparent division of opinion between the two top policy makers of the country, namely the Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera and the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, on the depreciation of the ...
- Rupee sinks to record low (Category: Business)
- CB to stop supplying dollars for oil bills (Category: Business)
- Appreciating the exchange rate to create prosperity (Category: Business)
- Devaluation divide (Category: Business)
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) last week in a statement said it was deeply concerned over the recent attempts by State authorities to arbitrarily block identified websites and the proposed compulsory registration of websites that publish content on Sri Lanka. On 5 November 2011, the Director General of the Department of Information required all websites ...
- EU expresses concern over newspaper website raids (Category: Breaking News)
- TISL warns Anti-Corruption Bill poses threat to RTI (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan media rights group files court challenge after government blocks 5 websites (Category: Breaking News)
- US, EU raise concerns over media freedom in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Reserve Bank of India, State Bank of Pakistan and Maldives Monetary Authority to participateThe first ever Governor’s Challenge Trophy- global commerce quiz will be held on 13 December in Colombo. The quiz has taken an international dimension with three major regional central banks participating along with the Sri Lankan corporate, banking and other sectors for ...
- Popularising international trade and commerce through mind sports competitions (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank felicitates victorious trade quiz team (Category: Business)
MUMBAI (AFP): Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s failure to make his 100th international century left fans in Mumbai deeply deflated on Friday, with supporters leaving the stadium in their droves after his dismissal for 94. In contrast to the previous three days, when crowds were thin on the ground, supporters flocked to the Wankhede Stadium to ...
- IPL Cricket (Category: Business)
- India beats Sri Lanka to take cricket World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- BMW gets Sachin behind the wheel (Category: Business)
- Tendulkar on course for 100th century (Category: Business)
Gulf News: Sharjah: With Sri Lanka having lost the Test and one-day series in UAE, their skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan’s future as the captain is now uncertain. He was a shattered man after the defeat in Sharjah against Pakistan. Since the 2011 World Cup, Sri Lanka has lost to England, Australia and now Pakistan. When asked ...
- Dilshan refusing to quit (Category: Business)
- Dilshan blames batting failure for loss to South Africa (Category: Business)
- We tried our best says Dilshan (Category: Business)
Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) – the local office of creative giant Leo Burnett Worldwide – won the highly acclaimed ‘Commercial of the Year’ award at the prestigious Sumathi Awards, the biggest festival of the country’s television industry held recently at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium. Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. Managing Director Ranil De Silva at ...
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first Spikes Asia metal won by Leo Burnett (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett Colombo honoured at Leo Intel Awards 2011 (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins again at Adfest 2012 (Category: Business)
The Free Dictionary defines impunity as ‘exemption from punishment or loss or escape from fines’. In the context of the international law of human rights, it refers to the failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims’ right to justice and to bring ...
- The Need to Address Persistent Impunity for Violations and Abuses of International Human Rights ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Power: Opium of the political class (Category: Business)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
- Declining Trust In A Legal System; Where The “Fence Is Eating The Crops”! (Category: Breaking News)
Aitken Spence’s port efficiency enhancement and terminal management services arm, Port Management Container Services Ltd., was one of the three short listed finalists for the Investment in People award at the inaugural Containerisation International Awards held in London recently. The award attracted 90 applications from companies worldwide. The other two finalists were Port of Salalah ...
- UK, Chinese firms fight to build Colombo Port terminal (Category: Business)
- BOI signs US$ 500 m agreement for Colombo South Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- Deal signed to build Colombo Port Expansion project’s South Container Terminal (Category: Business)
- AGREEMENT INKED FOR US$500 M AGREEMENT FOR CBO SOUTH CONTAINER TERMINAL (Category: Breaking News)
Will the big issues be discussed at International Convention in Colombo in February 2012? The International Tea Convention to be held in Colombo in February next year is named Exclusivitea. I learn from the remarks of one of the key organisers that this alludes to the special attributes of Pure Ceylon Tea and the Sri ...
- Spa Ceylon gives Ceylon tea a new dimension (Category: Business)
- Strategising ‘Ceylon Tea’ (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
PARIS (Reuters): France announced 65 billion euros of tax hikes and budget cuts over five years, as President Nicolas Sarkozy seeks to protect the country’s creditworthiness in financial markets without killing his chances of re-election in six months time. The main goal was to protect a top-notch credit rating that allows France to fund itself ...
- Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs (Category: Business)
- Euro zone barely grows in Q3, recession looms (Category: Business)
- Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy (Category: Business)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
WASHINGTON: The Sri Lankan Congressional Caucus and Embassy of Sri Lanka sponsored the 2 November screening of the video “Lies Agreed Upon,” – a rebuttal of allegations made about the end of Sri Lanka’s conflict against terrorist by a British news program. The screening included a panel discussion of Sri Lanka’s 26-year conflict against the ...
- Lies Agreed Upon screened in US Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- HR groups condemned for ‘indecent hurry’ at vilifying Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- HR groups in indecent hurry to vilify Sri Lanka: Ambassador Aryasinha (Category: Business)
- Ceylinco Healthcare promotes health screening in June (Category: Business)
Discussion on the validity of non-military engagements of the military The war or internal armed conflict in the north and east is over; the Emergency is no more; but still the military is everywhere. The military is now engaged in peacetime police-work, whale watching, selling vegetables, agriculture, cleaning, constructions and many other non-military activities. Yet, ...
- Military in Sri Lanka encroaching on civilian control of government (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will act on evidence of atrocities by troops (Category: Business)
Muttiah Muralitharan, the most successful bowler in the history of cricket, is to play a key role in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota 2018 bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Now retired from international cricket, Murali (39) seemingly has one more special delivery up his sleeve for Sri Lanka. He is part of a delegation travelling ...
- Kenyan ‘Kip’ Keino backs Hambantota 2018 Games bid (Category: Business)
- Rising stars shine light on Hambantota bid (Category: Business)
- Hambantota confident as 2018 Commonwealth Games Vote countdown begins (Category: Business)
- Murali to help SL win Commonwealth Games bid (Category: Breaking News)
Butt, Asif and Amir given jail sentences Judge says image and integrity of game has been damaged LONDON (Reuters): Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed on Thursday for their roles in a spot-fixing scandal which the judge said had damaged the integrity of a game renowned for its fairness. Former ...
- Fighting corruption a priority – Australia chief (Category: Business)
- ICC clueless when it comes to spot-fixing: Cronje bookmaker (Category: Business)
- Pakistan trio guilty of spot fixing (Category: Business)
- Players’ chief says jail sends message (Category: Business)
This is the seventh article in the Daily FT’s fortnightly series titled ‘Business of Sports,’ focusing on the back office of the various sports administered and played in this country. Readers are invited to share their views and express their opinion via email to editor@ft.lk on the features carried in this column so that a ...
- Sri Lanka sports: Mired between power plots and honey pots! (Category: Business)
- ‘The Business of Sports’: A long overdue commentary! (Category: Business)
- A sports economy: New mantra for a sporting nation! (Category: Business)
- Is Sri Lanka Sports being waylaid by mercenaries? (Category: Business)
Confidence, the most critical element of the business climate Need of the hour Investment needs to increase from 28% (2010) to 34% of GDP to attain the Government’s growth target of 8%, as Sri Lanka’s incremental capital output ratio is 4.2. Public investment has been capped at 6%-7% of GDP. This means that private investment, ...
- Fitch joins chorus, says nationalisation law could hinder investment (Category: Business)
- Plug the leaks (Category: Business)
- More private sector investments key for higher growth – ADB (Category: Business)
- How attractive or unattractive is our business climate to foreign investors? (Category: Business)
Following is the address delivered by Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama at the fourth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES IV) Plenary Session: In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, there has been a noticeable shift in economic clout, moving from the USA and the debt-plagued countries of the Eurozone, to ...
- Asia Pacific trade and investment (Category: Business)
- Developing Asia’s growth to moderate amid global uncertainty, says ADB (Category: Business)
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
DNH Financial Ltd. last week said that corporate earnings released so far look impressive but the bourse has not performed compared to strong earnings generation. The broking firm also suggests time is right for investors to go bottom fishing. Here are excerpts from DNH’s Weekly Report: The Colombo bourse ended the week on a relatively ...
- DNH Financial says market can be beaten (Category: Business)
- Colombo Bourse becoming a ‘stockpickers’ market! (Category: Business)
- October ordeal at CSE persists; Rs. 179 b in value wiped off so far (Category: Business)
PERTH, Australia (Reuters): Commonwealth leaders on Sunday defended their moves to toughen support for human rights, rejecting criticism the group was becoming irrelevant and had failed at their three-day summit to hold member Sri Lanka accountable for alleged abuses. But several leaders of the 54 mostly former British colonies, meeting in the remote Australian city ...
- Next CHOGM in Sri Lanka despite concerns (Category: Breaking News)
- Commonwealth leaders agree to be more proactive on human rights (Category: Business)
- Gillard doesn’t deny Lanka backers killed HR body (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain urges SL to make progress on rights by 2013 (Category: Breaking News)
Five energetic young professionals, representing Rotary International District 3220 Sri Lanka will fly to Osaka, Japan for a Group Study Exchange (GSE) programme in November. Led by a Rotarian Past President Pubudu de Zoysa, a member of Rotary Club of Colombo, the team includes Rukshi Liyanage, Shamali Perera, Srikanth Selladurai and Mel Gunasekera. The month-long ...
- Pradeep Named Rotarian Of The Year (Category: Business)
- Pradeep Amirthanayagam Installed As Golden Jubilee President, Rotary Colombo West (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka Economic Association Conference – Key takes at the inauguration By Dinali Goonewardene The Government in addition to domestic constraints faces a series of external and global constraints and the Sri Lanka Economic Association at its annual sessions from 13-14 October 2011 discussed this under the theme ‘Achieving National Economic Goals Amidst Global Challenges’. ...
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
- Raising the bar: The rise of the Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
- A resolute Sri Lankan economy (Category: Business)
In the midst of the turmoil in international financial markets and national economies, Sovereign Wealth Funds are coming into closer focus. For the first time since the breakout of the financial crisis, the financial mandarins of China intervened to shore up confidence in the country’s four largest banks by increasing its holdings in them through ...
- Gas gusto! (Category: Business)
- Government in the dark on extent and volume of Mannar Basin gas deposits (Category: Business)
- India’s ONGC To Also Explore Oil In SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Another Indian firm to explore oil in Mannar Basin (Category: Business)
Truman visits CIS Truman State University Missouri USA International Admissions Coordinator Rachel Davis recently met with Colombo International School Principal M.J. Chappell with the aim of introducing the most affordable US higher education to CIS students. Truman State was ranked as the #1 public university in the US Midwest by the US News and World ...
- Column: The transfer of presidential power has long been a messy affair (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Florida's new python-sniffing dogs have 1st success (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Column: The transfer of presidential power has long been a messy affair (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- Column: The transfer of presidential power has long been a messy affair (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
Sri Lankan represents global team of entrepreneursAspirations Edu-cation’s General Manager Deepamala Abeysekera became the only Sri Lankan to represent a group of 30 entrepreneurs in the world from, USA, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, to read for her postgraduate studies in entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge. Cambridge has acquired an international reputation as an ...
- University of Cambridge International Examinations meets stakeholders (Category: Business)
- Cambridge Ruskin International College introduces Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in Camb... (Category: Breaking News)
- Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Popular Topics
- International Monetary Fund (268)
- Political crisis (79)
- Foreign exchange reserves (83)
- Shortage (1)
- Bank reserves (84)
- Fuel (21)
- Economy of Sri Lanka (263)
- Russia (14)
- Sri Lanka Tea (253)
- Tourism (31)
- Sri Lanka Quality Tea (254)
- Sri Lanka Tourism (254)
- Sri Lanka Cricket (253)
- Sri Lanka Hotels (253)
- Sri Lanka Elections (268)
- Adaderana (1)
- Hiru Tv (35)
- ITN News (268)
- Shakthi Tv (34)
- Rupavahini (1)
- Derana Dream Star (23)
- EPF (8)
- BBC (6)
- Rob Ford (2)