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Over 25,000 passengers carried in eight months with Kandy, Badulla, Trinco and Vavuniya as destinations Ever since its launch in October 2011, Expo Rail has been on an upward drive redefining rail travel in Sri Lanka. With four destinations in its portfolio – Badulla, Kandy, Trincomalee and Vavuniya – Expo Rail has, in the past ...
- Expo Rail Continues To Redefine Sri Lankan Train Travel In Style (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Railways rolls out first rail magazine with Spotlight PR (Category: Business)
- Luxury rail services on tracks from today (Category: Business)
- Travelon increases holidays on rail frequency (Category: Business)
This year to celebrate its 17th Anniversary, Nihonbashi offers a 17 per cent discount to all diners on 28 June 2012. Founded by Dharshan Munidasa in 1995, Nihonbashi was created with the intent of bringing the best of Japan to Sri Lanka. In this the restaurant soon succeeded, as it quickly became popular among the ...
- Nihonbashi opens at Colombo Port City (Category: Breaking News)
- Nihonbashi top restaurant in Sri Lanka, says Miele Guide (Category: Business)
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays conferred on Chef Dharshan Munidasa (Category: Breaking News)
- Craving Japanese? (Restaurant Review) (Category: Breaking News)
The Minister of International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama will inaugurate ‘Nostalgie02,’ an exhibition of black and white photographs celebrating France by Kumar de Silva on Friday, 29 June 2012 at the Harold Peries Gallery at the Lionel Wendt Arts Centre. Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh Gunawardena will be the Guest of Honour. Presented ...
- Alliance Francaise de Kotte presents ‘Nostalgie02’ (Category: Business)
- Alliance Française de Kotte moves to new home (Category: Business)
- Fête de la Musique on 21 June at BMICH (Category: Business)
- Lankan team for U19 World Cup (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s number one cable manufacturer, Kelani Cables, recently launched a pre-packed antenna wire manufactured to the Japanese standards. The key reason to launch a product of this nature is to address the common causes that hinder the picture clarity and low quality antenna wires in the market. The outer wire mesh of an antenna ...
- Kelani Armoured Cables obtains SLS 1186 certification (Category: Business)
- Kelani Cables export first consignment to Australia (Category: Business)
- Kelani Cables holds ‘Knowledge Forum’ (Category: Business)
- Kelani Cables posts Rs 139 m profit (Category: Breaking News)
As Sri Lanka-Japan bilateral discourse completes 60 memorable events, Japan has become our seventh largest international trade partner. “The total bilateral trade turnover between the two nations has grown to $ 1,250 m in 2011. Japan, our seventh largest trade partner in 2011, has always been a key trading nation as well as a generous ...
- Looking East (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, Japan talk of FTA (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to consider Special Trade Agreement with Sri Lanka: Japanese minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to consider possible FTA with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: England and France took the last places in a heavyweight final eight at Euro 2012 on Tuesday, with Ukraine joining co-hosts Poland on the sidelines after a 1-0 loss to the English marred by a controversial disallowed goal. In a tournament heavy on goals and drama but relatively free of debatable refereeing decisions, the ...
- Tournament must improve: Rugby WCup boss (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka face England in T20 World Cup semi-final today (Category: Breaking News)
- Insights to Rugby World Cup 2011 knockout stages (Category: Business)
- Italy’s ‘Gerrard’ hopes to explode against England (Category: Business)
Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka Ltd. recently announced its partnership with SLT Rainbow Pages to offer Hutch customers directory information by simply dialling 4636 at any time 24×7. The partnership will further enhance services offered by Hutch. When a Hutch customer dials the short code 4636, a call centre agent will assist the customer to obtain information ...
- SLT Rainbow Pages Directory 2012 promotes Ayurveda (Category: Business)
- SLT Rainbow Pages launches weddingdirectory.lk (Category: Business)
- ICASL Members Directory goes digital (Category: Business)
- EDB ties up with Rainbow Pages to launch e-Directory, web directory of exporters (Category: Business)
There is a notion, a thought, a germ of an idea that is forming amongst some of my ex-journalist friends, that there is a need for a newspaper or magazine or some other media that should be managed and run by journalists themselves. An interesting concept I would say, as the idea itself seems new ...
- Maldivian Journalists Association team visits SLPI (Category: Business)
- Squire (Category: Business)
- Manikavasagam’s News Experience, A News Textbook (Category: Breaking News)
- MOST SENIOR JOURNALIST MAHINDA ABEYSUNDERA FETED (Category: Breaking News)
MTV Channels Ltd., is exploring options to legally challenge the Sri Lanka Cricket’s decision to grant television rights for three years to politically-connected Carlton Sports Network (CSN). MTV has in writing requested for a cancellation alleging that due process was not followed and the selection was flawed and unreasonable. Claiming that SLC maintains a transparent ...
- MTV/MBC Does It Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Video: MTV (Category: Video)
- Video: mtv (Category: Video)
- MTV To Live And Let Live At Olympics (Category: Sports)
Japan continues to be a top partner of Sri Lanka as our bilateral trade with the Land of the Rising Sun topped $ 1.2 b in 2011 and knowledge transfer of Japanese manufacturing practices to Sri Lanka has helped improve quality of manufacturing here. “Japan has always been a key trading partner as well as ...
- JASTECA program on ‘Japanese Way to Delight Customers’ (Category: Business)
- Top seminar on Japanese style of management by JASTECA (Category: Business)
- “Land of the Rising Sun now our seventh trade partner”: Rishad to Japan Times (Category: Business)
Given that Sri Lanka is to launch its IPL version later this year branded Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) and there is a trend globally for sports to be integrated to business, I thought of picking some insights that are emerging from the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL A key pick up from the ...
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Knowhow of purposeful use of mobile trend the need of the hour: ICTA CEO (Category: Business)
- Zigo partner with Cellcity to launch phone range in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Tapping into mobile’s massive growth potential (Category: Business)
United Motors Group announced strong financial results for the year ending 31 March 2012. During the year under review, the Group achieved a turnover of Rs. 20.8 billion and a post-tax profit of Rs. 2.27 billion which compares with a post-tax profit of Rs. 907.8 million achieved during the previous financial year. Commenting on the ...
- UML Group Makes Rs. 11 Bn. (Category: Breaking News)
- Asia forecasts UML net profit to rise 79% to Rs. 1.6 b in FY12 (Category: Business)
- UML races to highest ever half yearly after tax profit (Category: Business)
- President revs up reconditioned vehicles (Category: Business)
A pledge of continued support to Sri Lanka’s tourism industry through award-winning air services was one of the highlights of the high profile formal opening of The Emirates Lounge at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake yesterday. Tim Clark, President of Emirates airline and Mohammed Mattar, Divisional Senior Vice President Airport Services joined Minister of ...
- Emirates invests in own premium lounge at BIA (Category: Business)
- Emirates invests Rs. 200 m for dedicated lounge at BIA (Category: Business)
- Emirates wins Gold “Airline of the Year” at ATN Awards (Category: Business)
- Oman Air opens new lounge at Muscat Airport (Category: Business)
Peter Kropotkin is a Russian revolutionist who has commented in his book ‘The Conquest of Bread’ what he considers to be the weaknesses of the economic systems of capitalism and how poverty and scarcity thrives on. However, Kropotkin did not believe in the theory of state and is known as an anarchist. The issue of ...
- Sri Lanka state finances would improve with domestic domestic restructure: think tank (Category: Breaking News)
- Limits of statist development or state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka net government debt soars in 2021 despite zero foreign deficit finance (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee depreciation: A powerful tool to drive growth and employment? (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera The new direction of the banking sector in Sri Lanka has been announced. Union Bank, one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing banks, which was also the pioneer of internet banking in Sri Lanka, partnered with SLT PEO TV at Galle Face Hotel yesterday. SLT PEO TV paved a new path in the ...
- PEO TV, HBO promotion winners take away big prizes (Category: Business)
- Transforming towards broadband Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- SLT deploys FTTX technology to boost broadband (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank promotes financial inclusion in 2011 (Category: Business)
Rameez Fazal and Danushka Kathriarachchi of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) the Sri Lankan office of the internationally acclaimed advertising agency network Leo Burnett Worldwide will represent Sri Lanka in Cannes at the Young Lions TV category at the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.
- Triad Team wins Young Lions in Sri Lanka - heads to Cannes 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven young Sri Lankans to compete at Cannes Lions 2012 (Category: Business)
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 finale (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins first ever Cannes Lion metal for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently launched their range of ultra energy efficient TCL LED TVs. TCL has been Singerandrsquo;s second best selling TV for a considerable period of time and has become a trusted household name. TCL LED TVs offer up to 60% savings on power consumption (35 watts) compared to a conventional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) television off equal size which consumes up to 90 watts of power.
- Most energy efficient range of LED TVs from TCL debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
By Shanuka Tissera Singer Sri Lanka last week announced the tie up as the exclusive distributors in Sri Lanka, for Huawei’s best selling range of Android-enabled smartphones, mediapads and mobiles. Huawei, a global giant in telecom and mobile devices is entering the Sri Lankan market with a range of affordably-priced products that appeal to youth ...
- Singer Drives Smartphone Revolution With Huawei (Category: Business)
- Huawei launches its largest-ever regional Seeds for the Future Program, inspiring digital talent... (Category: Breaking News)
- Huawei looks for cloud acquisitions, partnerships (Category: Business)
- Huawei and Discovery team up to make waterproof phone (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently launched their range of ultra energy efficient TCL LED TVs. TCL has been Singer’s second best selling TV for a considerable period of time and has become a trusted household name. TCL LED TVs offer up to 60% savings on power consumption (35 watts) compared to a conventional Cathode Ray Tube ...
- TCL - The Most Energy Efficient Range Of LED TVs Makes Its Sri Lankan Debut (Category: Business)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest mobile service provider, has extended its strategic partnership with Cable&Wireless Worldwide (CWW) to meet the growing customer demands for managed services. According to the arrangement, Dialog Axiata will leverage C&W Worldwide’s extensive International MPLS network, mainly into the European region and with it, be able to offer its ente...
- Dialog partners with CWW aiming to grow managed services (Category: Breaking News)
- Suntel is history now (Category: Business)
- DTV powers Mercantile Rugby 7s (Category: Business)
- Vodafone to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide for $ 1.7 b (Category: Business)
With new features and new children’s products to come, Emirates stays at the head of the pack inflight In its on-going efforts to invest in the latest entertainment content and newest systems, Emirates has recently upgraded the hardware on its new Boeing 777 fleet to bigger, much wider, and digitally-enhanced screens for its winning inflight ...
- Emirates Reveals New Screens On In flight Entertainment (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates continues roll-out of inflight product innovations (Category: Business)
- Emirates Wins SKYTRAX Award Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates in-flight entertainment wins Skytrax Award (Category: Business)
DFCC Bank (DFCC) and DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB) consolidated and integrated their presence on the information superhighway into one location through the launch of their new website www.dfcc.lk. With a view to delivering seamless banking services through a convenient, easy to navigate portal, the Banking Group hopes to meet the financial needs of the cyber ...
- “Make a Major Change in Leasing with “DFCC Bank – Unlock the Most Affordable Option in the Market” (Category: Breaking News)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank takes exclusive personalised banking to Jaffna (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank opens 125th branch in Kegalle (Category: Business)
- Introducing DFCC Freelancer World Mastercard Credit Card – A First for Freelancers in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Abans has launched LG’s latest marvel in 3D entertainment, the LG Cinema 3D Smart TV series LM6700 – which blends seamless, edge to edge simplicity into the users viewing experience through a beautiful unconstrained widescreen. It comprises of a breathtaking Full HD 1080p LED screen, which provides superior brightness, clarity and colour detail – whether ...
- LG Electronics on mute as mobile phone losses mount (Category: Business)
- LG expands exclusive brand store to seven new locations; offers 40% discount (Category: Business)
- LG Launches Record Breaking CINEMA 3D Smart TV (Category: Business)
- Abans unveil new budget smartphone LG Optimus L3 (Category: Business)
Historically, capital markets have played an important role in the development of market economies and therefore the development of efficient regulation of securities too has become increasingly important. While fostering the development of the economy, the capital markets also play an important equalising role. Viz – it attracts the participation of a large number of ...
- SEC To Work Towards Strengthening Investor Protection (Category: Business)
- Regulatory framework in place for Exchange Traded Funds (Category: Business)
- Top Govt. politico among investors summoned by SEC via ‘fiery’ notice (Category: Business)
- ‘Those who live by the Dhamma are protected by the Dhamma’ SEC Chief tells investors (Category: Business)
The DFCC Group yesterday disclosed that it has posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs. 2,973 million for the financial year 2011/12. The figure is an increase of 37% over the Rs. 2,170 million recorded in the previous year (excluding the exceptional profit relating to the reduction of DFCC’s shareholding in Commercial Bank of ...
- DFCC Group posts Rs. 702 m after tax profit in 1Q (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank PAT up by 92.5% (Category: Business)
- Strong growth at DFCC Vardhana Bank in 1H (Category: Business)
- Fitch affirms DFCC Vardhana Bank at ‘AA-’ (Category: Business)
By Damien The Secretary to the treasury Dr. P.B Jayasundera recently made statement that the country is wasting the foreign currency on things that can be made in this country. I would like to add to this by stating that as a country we should have clear targets and policies that are aimed at both ...
- Subsidized student loan scheme through commercial banks in addition to existing interest-free st... (Category: Breaking News)
- Banks lift overseas spending limits imposed on credit cards as dollar liquidity improves (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten problems; one solution (Category: Business)
- Causes Of Economic Crisis In Sri Lanka & Lessons For A New Age (Category: Breaking News)
This Poson too, for the 19th consecutive year, Aviva NDB has made the customary arrangements to keep watch over the pilgrims who bathe in the reservoirs in and around Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla. Poson full moon day is on 4 June. Over a million pilgrims visit Mihintale to commemorate the introduction of Buddhism to Sri ...
- Aviva NDB Insurance operates Poson Vandana free shuttle to Anuradhapura (Category: Business)
- Aviva NDB Safety Campaign Saves Lives During Poson (Category: Business)
- Poson festival begins in Sri Lanka's sacred city of Anuradhapura (Category: Breaking News)
- Poson Message- May you all experience a blessed Poson festival...! (Category: Breaking News)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The biggest mobile forum in the region, the South Asian Mobile Conference was held for the third year in Colombo earlier this week, bringing together some of the world’s top experts in the mobile sphere, developers of the next generation, researchers, academics and policy makers, creating a platform for a chance of ...
- Creating digital inclusion and regional connectivity (Category: Business)
- Microsoft, Nokia unveil new Lumia smartphone (Category: Business)
- Google+ and Apple iCloud bring mobile platform battle to the cloud (Category: Business)
The Joes would be delirious after their victory last week. Although they languish in terms of the points table, the quality of rugby played by them has been getting better with each game. On their day, they are capable of upsetting any of the top four teams in the league. The Joes take on Trinity ...
- Royal battle Petes this week (Category: Business)
- Royal’s great escape (Category: Business)
- Pathana in stylish win (Category: Business)
- A passion for Rugby in an unexpected place (Category: Business)
Seven young prominent marketing communications professionals from Sri Lanka’s advertising and marketing industries were selected to represent the country at the annual Young Lions Competitions and the Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes, France next month after having successfully completed the Sri Lankan Cannes Young Lions Competition. The local competition to select the contenders was organis...
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 (Category: Business)
- SLIM welcomes young marketers Dinal and Wishmini from Cannes (Category: Business)
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 finale (Category: Business)
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