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Chrissy’s Hair Design Studio and Academy in Wattala and Kandana held its annual Graduation Ceremony where its Founder and Principal Chrissy Rozairo saw the passing out of yet another batch of her talented and capable students. Having awarded both local and international Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas in Hairdressing and Beauty Culture the students subsequently demonstrated their ....
- Chrissy Rozairo: Setting the standards of Sri Lankan beauty culture (Category: Business)
- Kandy welcomes Ramani Fernando – Sunsilk Hair and Beauty Academy (Category: Business)
(Reuters):Sri Lanka could turn to uncapped teenager Akila Dananjaya if spinner Ajantha Mendis fails to recover from injury in time for the World Twenty20 Super Eight game against New Zealand at Pallekele on Thursday. “He’s certainly very close to playing,” Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said on Wednesday. “He was probably going to play against ...
- Need to learn from our mistakes, says Mahela (Category: Business)
- It’s not just about the biff for the Wallabies (Category: Business)
- We need to win and get momentum going: Mahela (Category: Business)
- Flexibility a double-edged sword for Mirza (Category: Business)
Reuters: Trisha Chetty spent a productive day on either side of the stumps as South Africa kicked off their women’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a comfortable six-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Wednesday. South Africa captain Mignon du Preez put Sri Lanka in after winning the toss and ...
- Captain Smith praises South Africa bowling display (Category: Business)
- Dilshan refusing to quit (Category: Business)
- Invitation side will test Sri Lanka: Barnes (Category: Business)
If Sri Lanka’s biggest headache was the fitness of its lead spinner, and subsequently which slow bowlers it should put on the park, their opponents, New Zealand, is left thinking about how to play spin. After England’s implosion against the Indian pair of Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla, it’s clear that spin could play a ...
- Dananjaya could stand in for injured Mendis (Category: Business)
- South Africa send Zimbabwe out of World Twenty20 (Category: Business)
- We leaked too many runs early on, says Taylor (Category: Business)
- ‘Will be wary of spinners’ – Taylor (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka team wins Plate beating Thailand 22-7 Hong Kong beat hosts China 40-10 to win the weekend’s HSBC Asian Sevens Series’ (HSBC A7s) Shanghai Sevens and underline their growing status as one of the top teams in Asia. In the other silverware matches, the Ben Gollings-led Sri Lanka team won the Plate beating Thailand ...
- Sri Lanka 7’s off to Borneo today (Category: Business)
- Korea fights back against Hong Kong to win Shanghai Sevens (Category: Business)
- SLretains Bowl and Japan reclaims top seed at Borneo Sevens (Category: Business)
- Hong Kong wins HSBC Asian Sevens Series Bangkok Sevens (Category: Business)
It started with the Barmy Army, and now travelling fans have become a staple with international cricket, especially during ICC-run tournaments The Barmy Army, with its England flags, ridiculous costumes and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for lager, is a common sight at cricket matches around the world. In recent years, a Bharat Army, styled along ...
- Australia praised for its dominance in World Cup format (Category: Business)
- MCC says putting off Test Championship a setback (Category: Business)
- Ashraf vows to lure world’s best back to Pakistan (Category: Business)
- Pakistan to give own award to Ajmal after ICC omission (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan plantation industry veteran Dan Seevaratnam was awarded the Life Time Achievement Award at The Asia Pacific HRM Congress, one of the most prestigious Human Resource summits in the world held in Bangalore, India, last week.
The National Mobile Service Provider Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has come forward to lend their support to the National Child Protection Authority.
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) recently signed up for the Sri Lanka Interbank Payment System (SLIPS) through Commercial Bank, the first-ever to be so in the non-banking financial institutions category.
In the Sri Lankan context, growth and development cannot be accelerated on a sustained basis without increasing private investment, given the lack of sustainable public financing andandnbsp;andnbsp; Government policies must deliver predictable and consistent signals to boost both public-private partnerships and private investment, opines local economic think-tank Pathfinder Foundation in its lates...
- Facebook Privacy Becoming Harder To Protect (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Bus strike called off (Category: Breaking News)
- Complaints to Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner of misusing private buses for elections (Category: Breaking News)
- No increase in bus fares Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Singapore-based Fonda Global Engineering Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a leading engineering and construction company is mulling the setting up of a Rs 6.5 billion construction industry training and testing center as a BoI-approved venture.
The Centre for Research and Sustainability Studies in Tourism (CRST) will be inaugurated on the 26 September 2012, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo with the participation of industry professionals and associations, as part of the World Tourism Day celebrations.
Global giant Standard Chartered Bank tips Sri Lanka’s economic growth to rebound in 2013, after contracting this year from 2011. It is forecasting economy to grow by 7.5% in 2013 and by 7.7% in 2014 from 6.8% this year. However, forecasts for the next two years are lower in comparison to record 8.3% growth achieved ...
- SCB checkmates cameo CB! (Category: Business)
- Value investors enter as speculators exit (Category: Business)
- Growth to slow down in 2012 –Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
Investor interest continued on NDB Group stocks, pushing their prices further, whilst Aviva NDB Insurance ended its mini-rally yesterday. Aviva NDB Insurance saw around 35,000 of its shares traded hitting a peak of Rs. 435 before closing at Rs. 413.30, down by Rs. 23.30. Some analysts linked it to Daily FT’s article yesterday, which said ...
- CDIC buys 5% Aviva NDB Insurance stake from NDB (Category: Business)
- Managing Wealth (Category: Business)
- Aviva NDB Insurance, NDB Capital share prices soar on impending sale this week (Category: Business)
- Aviva-AIA deal signed, announcement today (Category: Business)
The World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka has been hit by suspicions that bottled water supplied to players by the International Cricket Council is behind a gastro illness that affected at least three teams at the event. The ICC declined to comment last night but it’s believed the brand of bottled water provided to the teams ...
- Plumber Dylan no tap dancer (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Shortages: Water supplies in crisis (Category: Technology)
- Regional beauty winners (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Water infection fixed for now (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Former DG in a presentation to Commission suggests new regime to stick to disclosure based regulation Hints in recent times there was a shift towards merit-based approach Moots SEC shouldn’t micro-manage market but give space whilst severely dealing with any transgressions Calls for elimination of ambiguity and inconsistency by bringing greater clarity on offenses including ...
- E&Y valued Watawala Marketing (Category: Business)
- Ranil fires all cylinders (Category: Business)
- Insider trading: Is it rampant, cause for market’s ill or mere paranoia? (Category: Business)
- Key policy initiatives undertaken in 2011 by the SEC (Category: Business)
Globe Mirror Industries (GMI), the first tempering plant to be established in Sri Lanka in 1969 has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification, a clear indication of its growth and credibility in terms of maintaining a high standard of quality throughout the years. GMI was started by late Mohammed Nawaz and has since grown to be ...
- Piramal Glass wins National Biz Excellence award for second year (Category: Business)
- New wine glasses aim to balance “water and fire” (Category: Business)
- Piramal Glass Ceylon shines with Rs. 149 m after tax profit in 1Q (Category: Business)
- Piramal Glass Ceylon opens Rs. 25 m effluent treatment plant (Category: Business)
The Sri Lanka-Poland Business Council (SLPBC) has made significant progress this year, not only in terms of business awareness amongst the business community, but also strengthened relationships with the Polish Embassy in New Delhi and Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Poland. Even though there was no exchange of business delegations between the two countries, total exports ...
- Lankan exports to Poland increase (Category: Breaking News)
- Reach out to overseas markets through CCC’s Bilateral Business Councils (Category: Business)
- Business Ties (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka prepares to host 2012 CIMA Global Business Challenge (Category: Business)
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Tokyo organised a high profile “Sri Lanka Promotional Seminar” consisting of over 150 officials and personnel engaged in the sphere of tourism and travel trade, leaders of corporates and industry of Japan, senior bureaucrats and technocrats of the Government of Japan and select invitees. The said Seminar was held ...
- SL embassy in Tokyo promotes tourism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka on show at JATA (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Expo 2012 promoted in Japan (Category: Business)
- Visit by JATA Chief and team big boost for tourism (Category: Business)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) granted the distinguished associate membership status to 215 passed finalists of the chartered accounting course offered by the Institute at the 2012 annual convocation held at the Waters Edge, Battaramulla on Thursday. Joining a fraternity of nearly 4200 existing CA Sri Lanka members, the ...
- CA Sri Lanka goes to Kalmunai (Category: Business)
- World Bank boost for CA Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Kasun Gunawardhana shines at CA Sri Lanka Strategic Level exam (Category: Business)
Camps which housed 300,000 displaced people by the end of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict have now all closed, three years after the war ended, the military said on Tuesday. Once one of the world’s biggest camps, the final batch of 361 families left Menik Farm in the northern district of Vavuniya on Monday, military spokesman ...
- Wilpattu National Park to be free of military camps (Category: Business)
- Government won't remove military camps in SriLanka: President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka students and military training (Category: Breaking News)
- Thoppigala To Be Open To The Public (Category: Breaking News)
UNP MP Karu Jayasuriya yesterday in a statement condemned the alleged interference of the executive on the affairs of the judiciary and renewed his call to people to unite to restore democracy in the country. Following is the full text of Jayasuriya’s statement: The onslaught on this country’s democratic establishments and rule of law institutions ...
- UNP walks out in protest of alleged undemocratic conduct of Govt. (Category: Business)
- LfD demands Govt. to respect the Judiciary (Category: Business)
- President stresses need to safeguard independence of police and judiciary (Category: Breaking News)
- Karu calls for Opposition to unite to abolish Executive Presidency (Category: Business)
Menik Farm in Sri Lanka, once the world’s largest camp for people displaced from the conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 has closed, as the last remaining inhabitants leave the camp. “This is a milestone event towards ending a chapter of displacement in Sri Lanka some three years after the civil war which ended in ...
- All refugees to resettle before end of June (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka refugee camp 'to close' (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Menik Farm refugee camp 'to close' (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Significant sign’ but still concerned-UN (Category: Breaking News)
IBM has launched Expert Integrated Systems in Sri Lanka to help organisations achieve greater agility, efficiency, simplicity and control, with a seamless and more dynamic approach to IT. IBM also announced new server solutions designed to expand cloud and analytics capabilities across its entire portfolio, helping make Smarter Computing a reality for clients in Sri ...
- Smarter computing boosts Sri Lanka’s advance towards economic growth, prosperity (Category: Business)
- IBM unveils new smart cloud services (Category: Business)
- IBM marks 50 years in Sri Lanka, partners with HNB (Category: Business)
- Zhara HS on SaaS redefines regional hospitality industry (Category: Business)
The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka will conduct a one day training program on ‘Telephone techniques, courtesies and effective receptionist duties’ on 11 October from 9a.m. to 4p.m. at the Chamber Auditorium, No. 450, D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha, Colombo 10. Beneficiaries of the training will be receptionists, front liners, telephone operators and telemarketers who ...
- DMV offices close Wednesday mornings for training (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Sri Lanka denies Court suspends Leadership Training (Category: Breaking News)
- Albuquerque pilot killed in Michigan F-16 crash (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- VA program provides opportunities to start a career in farming (Category: USA, Nebraska)
Depending on the success of OTTC, Fonda Global will invest in projects over US$ 3 million, Fonda Global Engineering Director James Siow said. “We are testing the waters with this one,” he said. If the venture is successful, more Singapore businesses will also look at Sri Lanka to invest. “There are over 100 Singapore businesses ...
By Cheranka Mendis Leading engineering and construction company from Singapore Fonda Global Engineering Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. yesterday agreed to invest US$ 1.5-3 million in a training and testing centre for construction skill workers in Katunayake as per the guidelines of the Singapore Government. The centre will be known as the Overseas Testing and Training Centre ...
- ICTAD to be made Construction Industry Development Authority (Category: Business)
- New youth centre repalces 'hellhole' (Category: South Australia)
- Engineering prowess showcased by Access at ICTAD Awards (Category: Business)
- Singapore’s Fonda Mulls Rs 6.5B Training Facility (Category: Business)
Japan Association of Travel Agents, known as JATA, held their Annual Travel Show in Tokyo. The JATA is by far, the largest association of travel agents in Japan. About 12 travel agents and companies from Sri Lanka participated at the JATA. Ambassador Admiral Karannagoda and Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe along with the Deputy Minister of Disaster ...
- JATA President and Executive Committee on a familiarization tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Visit by JATA Chief and team big boost for tourism (Category: Business)
- Lankan Ministers discuss tourism promotion with Japan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tourism welcomes JATA President (Category: Business)
World Tourism Day is celebrated worldwide on 27 day of September each year. This year will mark the 33rd Anniversary of the UNWTO World Tourism Day and UNWTO has declared ‘Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development’ as this year’s theme. The Ministry of Economic Development along with Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority organised ...
- Cinnamon Grand promotes energy efficiency and sustainable development, all year long (Category: Business)
- Srilal speaks on Sri Lanka and sustainable tourism in London (Category: Business)
- Wayamba Development Authority seminar on sustainable energy for hoteliers (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka participated at the annual IFTM Top Resa (International French Travel Market) that was held in Paris from 18 September to 21 September. Flagship fair for the tourism sector, IFTM Top Resa brings every year thousands of travel agents from across the world that come to present their products and services to the industry’s ...
- Sri Lanka at Annual Paris Travel Trade Fair - TOP RESA 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka at annual Paris travel trade fair TOP RESA 2011 (Category: Business)
- Education Showcase (Category: Business)
- Credit Line (Category: Business)
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