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Finlay Tea Estates Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., which manages Hapugastenne Plantations PLC, was awarded the prestigious National Plantation Award 2012 for Forestry Management, Environmental Friendliness and Self-Sufficiency in Energy’ of the Regional Plantation Company sector by President Mahinda Rajapaksa recently at a ceremony held at the Temple Trees. The Shawlands Estate Tea Factory in Lunugala was...
- Planters Association of Ceylon hails winners at National Plantation Awards (Category: Business)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Alternative Models to Improve Lives of Estate Workers (Category: Breaking News)
When the whole world is in turmoil, can we be still? The answer sought by millions of managers worldwide is a definite yes. How this can be possible is the interesting question. Today’s column will tell us more about our search for stillness. Stillness as an experience Stillness is your essential nature, says Eckhart ...
- Serene thoughts on spiritual intelligence (Category: Business)
- In search of Sri Lankan “deep-smarts” (Category: Business)
- A heart that feels and a mind that thinks (Category: Business)
- A heart that feels, a mind that thinks (Category: Business)
Presented in partnership with Sri Lanka Design FestivalThe Young Creative Entrepreneur Design and Fashion Award is a British Council initiative offered in partnership with the Sri Lanka Design Festival. This award, originally titled the Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award was revamped this year to include both the ‘Design’ and ‘Fashion’ sectors. The award seeks the ...
- Darshi to showcase at Russia Fashion Week (Category: Business)
- Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer 2012 title up for grabs! (Category: Business)
- Coats Lanka recognises AOD’s emerging fashion talent with special award (Category: Business)
July 25 was Cumaratunga Munidasa day. The day was of special significance this year since it marked the 125th birth anniversary of one of Sri Lanka’s most eminent scholars. The highlight at this year’s ceremony was the launch of a scholarship to be awarded to the student gaining the highest marks for Sinhala language and ...
- Gevindu concerned about province being basis, backs move to restrict classes to Grade 12 (Category: Breaking News)
- John Keells launches ‘English for Teens’ islandwide (Category: Business)
- Speaker says he didn’t allege foreign hand in Aragalaya uprising (Category: Breaking News)
- Kumaratunga Munidasa commemorated (Category: Breaking News)
Sunday 5 August marks the launch of the ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka,’ Habitat for Humanity’s first large-scale volunteer build event in the country. Over 150 international and 50 local volunteers will partner with 24 low-income families to build homes in Pathamyawatte village, Negombo. “Habitat’s mission is to bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. ...
- Habitat For Humanity Fights Foreclosures (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Owens Hopes To Build On Predecessor’s Work At Habitat (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Habitat for Humanity keeps building on its initiatives in Northwest Indiana (Category: USA, Indiana)
To help encourage emerging artistic talent within Provincial Schools, Anchor has recently launched its ‘Nothing is Impossible – If You Dream Big’ art competition in the Central Province. The competition, launched in the Western Province earlier this year to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Fonterra’s flagship brand Anchor, has been expanded following an overwhelming...
- Anchor celebrates 125 years in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Northern province schools sports competition held Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- Education planned to suit global environment (Category: Breaking News)
- Crafters to come together at ‘Share the Joy’ (Category: Business)
The first round of selections for the Airtel Rising Stars kicked off in grand style on 1 August at the Doraiappa stadium in Jaffna with over 500 young hopefuls vying for a dream opportunity to train at the legendary Manchester United soccer academy in the UK. After a rigorous day of try outs, three youngsters ...
- Young footballers from the ancient capital city shine (Category: Business)
- Airtel and Manchester United Soccer School turn dreams into reality (Category: Business)
- Airtel scores goal with Manchester United partnership (Category: Business)
Biggest contingent of top Indian corporate leaders in town for the first ever bilateral CEOs Forum and other events as mega India Show kicks off today with Commerce Minister Sharma as Chief Guest By Nisthar Cassim Indian business leaders are rushing to Sri Lanka as the giant neighbour kicks off today what can be described ...
- Indian Commerce Minister in town tomorrow to lead greater ties with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to ask for fair share of Indian market at first bilateral CEOs Forum (Category: Business)
- Mega ‘India Show’ in August 2012 to boost bilateral trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- India calling (Category: Business)
AOD design graduate Dilini Halvitigala leading her own practiceCommencing your own business at a young age is always a challenge; it’s even more challenging to start a business in a relatively new business sector. Dilini Halvitigala, a young interior design entrepreneur from AOD (Academy of Design) took on this challenge backed by AOD’s global design ...
- Advertising industry embraces young creative talent (Category: Business)
- Internationals standards in interior design displayed by AOD students (Category: Business)
- Enriching interior architecture industry with fresh creativity (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka State Engineering Corporation (SLSEC) won the International Star Gold Quality Award for its high quality service at the 16th Standards Conference and Awards Ceremony held in Paris on 24 and 25 June with the participation of institutions relating to various fields from 74 countries. The award was formally handed over to the ...
- Preparing meals for neighbors gets couple belled (Category: USA, Arizona)
- Weatherization program belled for helping seniors (Category: USA, Arizona)
- Trailer park managers belled for their hard work helping residents (Category: USA, Arizona)
- Preparing meals for neighbors gets couple belled (Category: USA, Arizona)
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles of India Anand Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 2-5 August 2012, coinciding with the prestigious ‘India Show – Land of Limitless Opportunities’ being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from 3-5 August 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo. ‘India Show’ ...
- Ayubowan India! (Category: Business)
- Mega ‘India Show’ in August 2012 to boost bilateral trade with Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Big Indian pharma team in town (Category: Business)
- Over 30 Indian firms at Arogya 2012 healthcare expo today (Category: Business)
By Charles Santiapillai Sri Lanka Guardian: Although the Jaffna man’s mind is preoccupied with money and matrimony, the thing that he treasures most above everything else is education and scholarship. For a Jaffna man, it’s books, and not dogs, that are his best friends. He would pay more attention to a good book than to ...
- Vandalism at library frightens Tamils (Category: Breaking News)
- BWB: The progress thus far (Category: Business)
- Illiterates Who Conduct Self-Cremation! (Category: Breaking News)
In results released to the Colombo Stock Exchange this week, Senkadagala Finance PLC announced an overall star class performance in all areas of operations for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 when compared with its performance in the previous financial year. In key performance indicators, profit after tax rose 128% to Rs. 506.2 million ...
- People’s Finance 1Q profits up by 50% (Category: Business)
- Softlogic Finance records exceptional FY12 (Category: Business)
- Swarnamahal Financial Services’ profit up 124% to Rs. 141 m (Category: Business)
- Triumphant 149% increase in net profit for Vallibel Finance (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s number one cable brand manufacturer, Kelani Cables held their Annual Distributor Convention on 21 July at Heritance, Dambulla with participation of their CEO Mahinda Saranapala and General Manager – Marketing Anil Munasinghe. Award ceremony was organised to reward the distributors and the sales staff who excelled during the financial year 2011/2012. The top ...
- Kelani Cables export first consignment to Australia (Category: Business)
- Kelani Cables launch pre-packed antenna wire (Category: Business)
- Schneider Electric expands retail distribution (Category: Business)
- Tea Award (Category: Business)
The Cinnamon Grand, Colombo’s premier five-star hotel, recently recruited another top chef to its ranks: Chef Susantha Rathnasuriya, who brings with him a quarter century of experience and knowledge gathered from all around the world. Having joined the hotel on 1 June this year, Chef Susantha is excited about all the possibilities the Cinnamon Grand ...
- Chef Rasika: Loving every minute (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Grand’s Chef Sudu: World renowned master of culinary arts (Category: Business)
- The best of Sunday brunch indulgence at Cinnamon Grand (Category: Business)
- The carrot lobster, the bread room slippers and the dog that went bananas (Category: Business)
Thailand-based Centara Hotels and Resorts currently has 55 hotels and resorts in its portfolio, with a mixture of owned and managed properties. In the next five years the company has a target to acquire more than 45 hotel and resort properties with the intention of reaching 100 in 2017. Centara believes its ambitious target to ...
- Centara renames hotels on New Year’s Eve (Category: Business)
- Resort hype! (Category: Business)
- Centara to open two hotels in Sri Lanka in second half of 2012 (Category: Business)
- Centara launches Cense value spa brand at new Khon Kaen hotel (Category: Business)
A group of upcoming bartenders from Heritance Kandalama and Heritance Ahungalla Hotels walked away with key wins at the recently concluded National Bar Tenders’ Cocktails and Flair Competition 2012, organised by the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates’ Association. Indika Kumara Marasinghe, Praveen Sampath Fernando, Gihan Sadanayake, Iresh Tharanga Mayadunna, Sithara Wickramasinghe and Rosha...
- Heritance Resorts sweep green and individual awards (Category: Business)
- Heritance Ahungalla walks the talk on sustainability (Category: Business)
- Young cocktail competition winner from Galle Face Hotel (Category: Business)
I must thank the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management Chairman Chandra Mohotti and the Director General Senaka Wijewardena for inviting me to be the Chief Guest at this graduation ceremony of Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management for 2011. It is a great pleasure for me for four reasons to ...
- Dy Minister Yapa Chief Guest at the Graduation Ceremony (Category: Breaking News)
- Applications called for Short Term Courses in the Hotel Sector. (Category: Breaking News)
- Authentic Sri Lanka Cookery and Culinary Arts to promote Tourism & Hotel Industry (Category: Breaking News)
- Bocuse dOr World Champion Chef Geir Skeie visits Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
T20 tourney to take up over 7,000 room nights in lean tourism season; bring in over Rs. 130 m revenue for hotels Destination Sri Lanka to get a fillip via global TV coverage The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), ready to kick off in two weeks’ time, is expected to give a big boost ...
- Sri Lanka Premier League forges ahead (Category: Business)
- Mahindra SLPL a boost for tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka aims to shine via Premier League - Heads turning attraction! (Category: Business)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
Take a cue from celebs and fashion types who know that the right pair of sunglasses can add instant mystique, chic and polish to any look but also know that sunglasses are more than just a fashion statement: they are a necessity to protect your eyes from harmful UV rays. So, go for Vision Care ...
- Fall in love with stylish eye wear from Vision Care this Valentine’s Day! (Category: Breaking News)
- Bank of Ceylon launches promotional campaigns targeting inward remittance stakeholders (Category: Breaking News)
- Life begins at 50 with Sampath Sanhinda Saver (Category: Business)
- British High Commissioner celebrates sporting ties and common values (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL), aimed at being Sri Lanka’s most prestigious, annually-held, domestic Twenty20 cricket competition and featuring the best and upcoming cricketing talent from Sri Lanka playing alongside national Sri Lankan cricketers as well as some of the world’s biggest Twenty20 cricket stars, has made several new announcements. An introduction to the ...
- SLPL to be played in Colombo, Pallekele (Category: Sports)
- SLPL franchises snapped up; Bids worth over $ 30 m received (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to boost domestic cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka cricket board assures integrity of SLPL (Category: Breaking News)
Classic Travel, the IATA accredited subsidiary of Expolanka Holdings PLC, specializing in providing a total travel solution to both the corporate and leisure marketsrecently opened its new branch office at level 12, East Tower, World Trade Centre Hanif Yusoof, Group CEO of Expolanka declared open the new office together with Saif Yusoof, Director, Classic Travel ...
- Classic Destinations Joins Internova Travel Group’s International Network of Independent Travel ... (Category: Breaking News)
- American Express unveils cash price travel packages (Category: Business)
- Classic Travels launches latest CSR project (Category: Business)
- Classic Travel brings refreshing change in Hambantota (Category: Business)
“I consider MLH a seven star because of the characteristic, quality of service and the uniqueness of the property and it really fascinates me,” states CIMA President Gulzari Babber. He was Sri Lanka recently as a judge for the GBC 2012 where over 22 countries participated in a Global Business Challenge that was held at ...
- Importance of Poson Poya Day was celebrated by MLH (Category: Business)
- Club Bentota gets Kuoni boost (Category: Business)
- Vesak illuminated at MLH by team members (Category: Business)
- Chef Publis Samaga Rasa Kevili Kade at MLH this Avurudu (Category: Business)
Live the thrills and spills of the London Olympics from the comfort of your home as Dialog Television (DTV); Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service is broadcasting the 2012 Olympic Games in High Definition for the first time in Sri Lanka on ESPN HD (High Definition). DTV customers who have subscribed to ...
- Sri Lanka’s first HD broadcast launched by Dialog TV (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Ranked 97 in HD Index (Category: Breaking News)
- Earth's gravity pictured in 'HD' (Category: Technology)
- Watch Sri Lanka vs Pakistan game 2011 live stream online free on PC in HD (Category: Breaking News)
‘The Gathering’ of elephants at the Minneriya National Park, named by National Geographic as the ‘sixth greatest animal spectacle of the world’ can be witnessed during months of August through September. It is a seasonal movement of elephants during the underlying period to form a gathering along the receding shores of the Minneriya Lake. As ...
- Summer Camp Lodge 2012 at Cinnamon Lodge Habarana (Category: Business)
- Summer Camp Lodge 2012 a hit with kids (Category: Business)
- Summer break with Cinnamon and Chaaya Hotels and Resorts (Category: Business)
- Jim Yong Kim, the new President of the World Bank Group…. (Category: Business)
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo excelled in the 21st National Bartender’s Cocktail and Flaring competition held at the BMICH on 15 July. Three talented members of the Cinnamon Lakeside team went through to represent the hotel in the finals. The finalists wowed judges at the Hotel show with Chandika Thilakarathna and Dinusha Vilashani in the Classical category ...
- Highest number of All Island Cocktail Competition qualifiers from Cinnamon Lakeside (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Grabs Highest Number Of Awards At Cocktail Competition Finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Lakeside CSO given bail (Category: Breaking News)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
Executive Chef Alexander Kroll of five-star Widder Hotel, Zürich and Executive sous Chef Tony Rudolph at the Prato Borni, the five star Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, in Zermatt will be highlighting the weeklong celebration of authentic Swiss delicacies held at the Governor’s restaurant from 27 July to 2 August priced at Rs. 2,500 +++. Swiss cuisine ...
- Lankan famous journalist arrested in Swiss (Category: Breaking News)
- Vehicle of Swiss Foundation for Mine Action Sri Lanka attacked (Category: Breaking News)
- Talking Down (Category: Business)
- Mind Control (Category: Business)
Aspiring rock stars have been invited head on over to ODEL where Niko, the famous street dog turned fashion mascot is reportedly rocking his good looks with a new collection that can transform one to a star, overnight. Capturing the current trends of the global fashion scene, the new collection is said to be inspired ...
- ‘Niko the Spy’ prowls the ramp at ODEL (Category: Business)
- ‘Niko the spy’ to show off his style at ODEL fashion show (Category: Business)
- Embark captures Scandinavian hearts (Category: Business)
- Niko the Spy at Odel (Category: Breaking News)
By a Special Correspondent A year or back from today, Sri Lankan economy had been sailing strongly amidst global economic typhoons. Most of the macro variables were reflecting peace dividends and rejuvenated hope. However, by mid 2011, the country’s trade deficit, fuelled by credit expansion was signalling early signs of an economic turmoil. Perhaps being ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Economic growth to rebound in 2013: SCB (Category: Business)
- Flexible exchange rates and impact on exporters (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
Janashakthi Insurance, one of Sri Lanka’s largest listed insurers, continues its winning streak to emerge the triumphant winner of two prestigious awards for corporate social responsibility and exceptional branding and marketing at the recently concluded CMO (Chief Marketing Officer Council) Asia Awards held in Singapore. The insurer gained recognition at the international event by securing ...
- Global Recognition for Janashakthi at 2nd CMO Asia Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Janashakthi wins ‘Business Innovation Award’ at Asian Leadership Awards (Category: Business)
- Paddy gets ALA’s “Distinguished Brand Leader Award” (Category: Business)
- Janashakthi shines at Asian Leadership Awards (Category: Business)
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