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The other day I was shopping with my wife at Odel – that’s where I do most of my clothes buying; not because I want to be fashionable but simply because they’ve got the right sizes in shapes that fit me! I was about to buy another of my usual T-shirts when my wife made ...
- Best Western opens its largest and first hotel in Russia (Category: Business)
- Best Western to open sixth hotel in Bangkok (Category: Business)
- Pelican struck down in 'gutless' hit-run (Category: South Australia)
Sri Lanka’s first-ever digital ready and HD ready television station, Hiru FM, was launched on 23 May, marking Asia Broadcasting Corporation’s foray into Sri Lankan television under its flagship brand Hiru after enjoying much success in the radio industry.
SriLankan Airlines said yesterday it has acquired a new Airbus A320 last month, expanding its fleet to 23 aircraft. The national carrier’s fleet now consists of eight medium – range A320’s, seven twin engine wide-body A330’s, and six long-haul A 340’s, and two De Havilland Twin Otter floatplanes for domestic services. The new aircraft has ...
- New Wings (Category: Business)
- Air Arabia fleet rises to 30 (Category: Business)
- RJ receives new Airbus A320 (Category: Business)
- New Airbus A320 joins RJ fleet (Category: Business)
NAIROBI (Reuters): A shipping container filled with hundreds of elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka this week came from the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Thursday. The 359 tusks, weighing 1.6 metric tons (1.76 tons), had been declared as scrap plastic but were impounded in Colombo on Tuesday while en route ...
- Elephant tusks seized in Sri Lanka came from Kenya (Category: Breaking News)
- Ivory Trade (Category: Business)
- Kenyan Mansur Mohamed Surur charged in US over '$7m smuggling ring' (Category: Technology)
- Kenyan Mansur Mohamed Surur charged in US over '$7m smuggling ring' (Category: Technology)
With Irish golfers flying high at the top of the golfing world, Emirates has announced its first sponsorship in Ireland by becoming the Official Airline of the Irish Open. The 2012 Irish Open, which takes place in the spectacular surrounds of the Royal Portrush Golf Club, from 28th June – 1st July, is one of ...
- Emirates Named Official Airline For Irish Open (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates links Dublin to vast route network (Category: Business)
- Emirates contributes to Sri Lanka’s Carnival of Cricket (Category: Business)
Emirates is fast approaching the tripling of its flights to Spain, which includes the launch of a daily service to Barcelona from 3 July. Barcelona press conference: Thierry Antinori, Emirates’ Executive Vice President, Passenger Sales Worldwide and Salem Obaidalla, Emirates Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Europe & Russian Federation with Emirates’ cabin crew. ...
- Emirates ramps up services to Spain (Category: Business)
- Emirates Ups Services to Spain (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates Counts Down to Catalonia Service (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates boosts Rome services with third daily flight (Category: Business)
The first quarterly draw of the Nations Trust Bank (NTB) Nations Saver Promotion was held recently in the presence of an official from the Western Provincial Council and six winners from each branch were selected and awarded an array of electrical home appliances. The prizes included a double door refrigerators, 22” LCD televisions, washing machines, ...
- Nations Trust Bank opens Personal Banking Centre at Keells Super, Rajagiriya (Category: Business)
- NTB partners National Exchange Company of Italy to extend global remittance network (Category: Business)
- NTB takes 365-day banking to the city of gems (Category: Business)
- NTB extends reach to Malabe (Category: Business)
Firstsource Dialog Solutions, the joint venture between Firstsource Solutions and Sri Lanka based Dialog Telecom Axiata PLC yesterday announced that it has significantly grown it’s Sri Lankan business since inception in May 2011. Firstsource Dialog Solutions (FDS), a joint venture between Firstsource and Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata (FDS) contributed significantly to Firstsource’s A...
- Outsource Option (Category: Business)
- Firstsource, Sri Lanka''s Dialog Axiatato to form JV (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Dialog enters BPO JV with India's Firstsource (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog enhances global data, voice footprint with Starhub (Category: Business)
E.A. Dayawathie (56), a year teacher from Matugama recently won the top prize of Rs. 1 million in Seylan Bank’s (February) ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw, becoming the fourth millionaire to date. “I never expected to win the top prize. And yes of course I am very happy,” she says. With 24 years teaching experience, Dayawathie ...
- Seylan launches ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ with mega benefits on offer (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw yields 7,890 winners so far (Category: Business)
- Winners galore in Seylan Bank’s ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw (Category: Business)
Unilever Sri Lanka recently reintroduced the popular TV show ‘Wonderlight Kumariyo’ with new attractions. The show was a household favourite back in the day before Unilever acquired the brand in 2009. As a brand that is popular amongst the masses of Sri Lanka, the company took a novel approach to revive this show with more ...
- Unilever Sri Lanka owns 12 of Sri LankaÂ?s Top 100 Brands (Category: Breaking News)
- Signal introduces Junior toothbrush through Lankas first motion capture commercial (Category: Breaking News)
- Unilever Sri Lanka ranked 4th most respected entity (Category: Business)
- Unilever ends Brylcreem Brand license for Lanka, India (Category: Breaking News)
Q: Is Cricket a sport, a business or an industry? A: Cricket, like a lot of sports started off as an amateur sport (with part-time players), then became a professional sport (with people playing it for a living) and has now transitioned into a multi-billion dollar, multi-faceted industry In the first two years of the ...
- Developing cutting-edge brand strategies (Category: Business)
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Nation branding via Sri Lanka Cricket (Category: Business)
- “ Tea industry is like a candle burning on three sides”: MTI (Category: Business)
TVS Lanka recently held its Annual Service Dealer Conference 2012 for its countrywide dealer network at the Randiya Hotel in Koralawella, Moratuwa. With an attendance of over 350 service dealers covering all four corners of the island, representative from TVS and Sons TVS Motor Company Ranjith Fernando – Chairman United Motors and the Management Team ...
- TVS holds Annual Service Dealer Conference (Category: Breaking News)
- Most energy efficient range of LED TVs from TCL debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- American Express rewards card members with LED TVs (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankans migrating from conventional to LCD / LED TVs (Category: Breaking News)
Rs. 1.4 b forex drags bottom line down by 72% to Rs. 365 m Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the leading national integrated telecommunications service provider, said yesterday it continued its financial trajectory, complemented with pragmatic operational initiatives, to deliver Q1 2012 results with a growth of 9% in revenue and 14% in operating profit. The ...
- SLT 1H operating profit up 15% to Rs. 3.36 b (Category: Business)
- SLT Records Impressive Revenue (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT ends 2011 with impressive results (Category: Business)
- SLT group achieves a profit of Rs. 4.8 billion in 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigour after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumours he was dying five months before an election. The socialist Chavez, who had only been seen live in public once in the previous month, addressed the ...
- Venezuela’s Chavez: I’m recovering like a condor (Category: Business)
- Chavez slams “horrible repression” of US protests (Category: Business)
- Chavez cancels trip to Argentina and Brazil (Category: Business)
- Obama: Iran and Cuba ties don’t benefit Venezuela (Category: Business)
TSA recommends $600 per FEU surcharge Says shipping lines expect strong summer season Says utilisation rates up near 95% COPENHAGEN (Reuters): A group representing the transpacific container shipping industry is recommending a surcharge on containers for the peak summer season, signalling it expects a robust recovery in business from a weak 2011 as the U.S. ...
- Pilots get a pass on new TSA pat-downs (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- TSA finds loaded gun at Seattle airport (Category: USA, Washington)
- TSA gives children a break at airport security (Category: USA, Illinois)
- TSA screeners allegedly let drug couriers through LAX for cash (Category: USA, California)
An internship with MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and DialogCorporate heavyweights MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and Dialog Axiata PLC are in search of the next batch of exceptional interns to join their annual Summer Internship Program, commencing July 2012. This joint initiative is rated one of the best internship programs in the island and has been ...
- Major summer internship program kicks off (Category: Business)
- MAS-Deutsche Bank-Dialog Summer Internship Program ends successfully (Category: Business)
- Deutsche Bank rolls out new integration solution for Dialog Axiata (Category: Business)
- Dialog empowers 7.5m with mobile money transactions (Category: Business)
Posts Rs. 2.1 b non-cash forex loss from rupee devaluation Dialog Axiata PLC yesterday announced its consolidated financial results for the three months ending in March. Financial results included those of Dialog Axiata PLC and of the Dialog Axiata Group post-consolidation with subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks (Pvt) Ltd. (DBN) and Dialog Television (Pvt) Ltd. (DTV). ...
- Dialog dials top line growth in 2Q; forex losses cut profit (Category: Business)
- Dialog rings steady results (Category: Business)
- Dialog ends 2011 ringing Rs. 5.4 b net profit (Category: Business)
- Dialog profitability improves in 1H 2023,driven by cost rescaling initiatives (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka’s first-ever digital ready and HD ready television station, Hiru FM, will be launched on 23 May at 6.02 a.m., Asia Broadcasting Corporation announced yesterday. It marks the organisation’s foray into Sri Lankan television under its flagship brand Hiru after enjoying much success in the radio industry. Hiru TV will be the ...
- ABC’s Hiru TV gears to shake up the television industry (Category: Business)
- Stars for Hiru TV (Category: Business)
- Video: Hiru TV (Hiru Television) Introduction - www.hirutv.lk (Category: Video)
- Hiru FM blames Thilanga for Colombo defeat (Category: Breaking News)
Vista Advertising and Business Consultants (Pvt) Ltd was given a special recognition award for its outstanding contribution, to build technology giant Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group brand in the Sri Lankan market. Over 20 years of growing brands gives Vista Advertising a unique edge in providing a whole array of services to clients. Vista’s innovative style ...
- OMG inks one-year global partnership with MediaMind (Category: Business)
- IAS Solutions shines among the best (Category: Business)
- BBDO opens in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- HP&S shifts gears (Category: Business)
n The Scholar who has refused to changeHumanistic approach Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera, scholar, writer, poet, novelist, social activist and many more, in a special contribution to Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana Felicitation Volume Two released last month, has tried to analyse the most recent history of Sri Lanka in the context of the onset of the process ...
- Globalisation: The challenges (Category: Business)
- Crisis lies in not knowing what higher education is! (Category: Business)
- UNCTAD should address challenges faced by developing world (Category: Business)
- Impunity: Unequal before the law (Category: Business)
Reuters: Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German-led austerity. Hollande was set to beat conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by a decisive 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent margin, the TNS-Sofres polling ...
- Voting begins in France, economy may doom Sarkozy (Category: Business)
- Hollande is French president, Sarkozy concedes defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Hollande is French president, Sarkozy concedes defeat (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarkozy details measures for growth, jobs (Category: Business)
By Patricia A. Butenis The 20th century American politician Thomas “Tip” O’Neill once famously said that “all politics is local”. That was often true of the news in the last century as well. With the advent of so many technological changes, however, the truism for information in the 21st century has become “all news is ...
- EU Heads of Mission express concern over blocking of news sites (Category: Breaking News)
- LLRC backs Right to Information law (Category: Breaking News)
- Right to information: Transformation from a secretive society to transparency (Category: Business)
- Twitter to restrict user content in some countries (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Come winter this year, Sri Lanka will be ready to welcome 4000 up-market tourists from Austria, Germany and Switzerland with the first ever regular cruise liner sailing in to the Colombo Port. The cruise liner, FTI Berlin will make its maiden voyage to this part of the world in December starting off ...
- FTI group to operate a cruise line to Colombo port (Category: Breaking News)
- Cruise Calls (Category: Business)
- CAB on cruise (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka welcomes luxury cruise Queen Elizabeth with 2000 tourists (Category: Business)
iPhonik Pvt Ltd., a converged communication solution company providing solutions based on Voice, Data and Video last week launched its flagship hospitality solution Chameleon at the Kamikaze Lounge and was well received by hospitality industry experts, architects and consultants. Chameleon has three main components and can be procured separately. In-room entertainment portal, room control system ....
- ‘Flying Fish’ makes waves at CINDI 2011 (Category: Business)
- Costello addresses church gala (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Chameleons live fast, die young (Category: Technology)
Sri Lanka spent Rs. 56 b on above-the-line advertising in 2011 Taking wing to India for meetings is a usual routine for any business leader attached to a multinational in Sri Lanka as most such organisations have their regional offices in India. During a recent visit to India, the hype surrounding IPL – 5th edition ...
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- A brilliant marketer? (Category: Business)
- Storms brewing in teacups (Category: Business)
- ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question (Category: Business)
The need for an integrated program on a war footingIn 2008, eight prizewinning economists were asked to list the type of projects which would do the most good for the most number of poor people, if they had an imaginary $ 75 million to spend. Half of their proposed projects involved nutrition. There has been ...
- Sri Lanka: Tea rich but nutrient poor (Category: Business)
- Dairy: The mirage of self-sufficiency (Category: Business)
- Equity and well-being in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajpaksa declared open the newly built Green Paradise Agro Eco Hotel in Dambulla on 29 April. Total investment for Green Paradise Agro Eco Hotel is Rs. 1,200 million. The Green Paradise Resort is located in Dambulla, in the central province of Sri Lanka. Nestled in the jungles of the cultural triangle, the re...
- Four Amaya Resorts and Spas properties win Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence (Category: Business)
- Moors Youth Society celebrates Avurudu (Category: Business)
- A passion for painting (Category: Business)
- Lying in the lap of luxury – the Corporate Lounge (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Postgraduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA) Platinum Honours 2011 held on Friday recognised the contributions of Ramal Jasinghe, Anura Siriwardene and Dr. L.J.A. Peiris for their outstanding performance in their respective careers. Jasinnghe is the Director/CEO of Asian Alliance Insurance, and Peiris is the Managing Director of Royal Fernwood Porcelain whilst Siriwardene ...
- Platinum Sale (Category: Business)
- Oracle redefines IT support with Platinum Services (Category: Business)
- PIMA Platinum Honours 2011 (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines Platinum American Express Card offers reduced redemption rates (Category: Business)
By EMMA STONEY New York Times: WELLINGTON — When you think of Sri Lanka, rugby is not generally something that springs readily to mind. The island nation is certainly better known for cricket, tea exports and its recently ended civil war. But Sri Lanka’s British colonial forefathers left behind more than cricket as a sporting ...
- Greening builds Sri Lankan legacy (Category: Business)
- SLRFU gets tough! (Category: Business)
- Lanka, Philippines set up showdown for promotion to HSBC A5N Top 5 (Category: Business)
- A Passion For Rugby In An Unexpected Place (Category: Breaking News)
By Marianne David HSBC and the British Council launched ‘HSBC Youth Enterprise Awards 2012’ yesterday, a business plan contest aimed at recognising young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. Open to Sri Lankan undergraduates, postgraduates and students aged 16 to 26 representing universities, private higher education institutions, technical and vocational institutions and professional training ...
- HSBC and British Council recognise talented young entrepreneurs (Category: Business)
- British Council and HSBC to assist Sri Lankan students (Category: Breaking News)
- Rio de Janeiro to host 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Congress (Category: Business)
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