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The 10th Annual General Meeting of LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd. was held on 30 August 2012 at the Hotel Galadari. Releasing its Annual Report for 2011/12, LankaClear stated that the company’s net revenue grew by 12% whilst the profit after tax grew by 39% compared to the previous financial year. The theme of the Annual Report ...
- LankaClear’s profit before tax up 32% to Rs. 162 m (Category: Business)
- Kotagala to tap rubber in Cambodia with $ 70 m investment (Category: Business)
- Lighthouse Hotel goes for refurbishment, more rooms (Category: Business)
- Mercantile Investments wins Gold for 12th consecutive year (Category: Business)
BA Accountancy Top-Up Pathway to elevate local students’ to higher financial management proficiency Wisdom Business Academy, the largest CIMA business school in Sri Lanka, renowned for its high quality higher education paths in financial and business management stream has tied up with Robert Gordon University (RGU), UK with a vision of providing an opportunity to ...
- CIMA : The Choice (Category: Breaking News)
- Invest In Cima (Category: Breaking News)
- Wisdom Ties Up With Robert Gordon University UK (Category: Business)
- Finance and accounting careers in BPO/KPO industry for CIMA students (Category: Business)
TMC Colombo at Excel World The Board of Management of The Management Club recently concluded negotiations with Excel World Entertainment Park to relocate its Club from the Galle Face Hotel to the premises of Excel World with effect from 1 October 2012. The move at end August was propelled by the imminent renovation plans of ...
- About TMC (Category: Business)
- TMC’s Wisdom Quiz today (Category: Business)
- CMI UK Sri Lanka holds 11th AGM (Category: Business)
- Regional Project Management Conference 2012 to be held in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
The Management Club (TMC), formed in 2001 under the auspices of The Chartered Management Institute – UK Sri Lanka Branch, is a forum dedicated to uplift management practices in Sri Lanka on par with the best of international standards and strives to achieve this by providing constant opportunities for member interaction and participation at appropriate ...
- TMC’s Wisdom Quiz today (Category: Business)
- The seed of knowledge blooms into a flower of wisdom (Category: Business)
- TMC To Discuss New Challenges For Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Seylan emerges as the best among banks at TMC’s Wisdom Quiz (Category: Business)
TMC Wisdom Quiz 2012 on 16 September The Management Club has been an inspiring source for sharing and enhancing the knowledge of quizzing enthusiasts in Sri Lanka through their efforts in organising the TMC Wisdom Quiz for six consecutive years since September 2006. Following the success of TMC’s Wisdom Quiz, the event that has now ...
- TMC’s Wisdom Quiz today (Category: Business)
- Seylan emerges as the best among banks at TMC’s Wisdom Quiz (Category: Business)
- Seylan Bank felicitates victorious trade quiz team (Category: Business)
- The Management Club – Colombo moves to exciting new location (Category: Business)
ELECTIONS come and go but the Government has a new set of challenges this week that will test it seriously. Quick on the heels of the poll comes the UN review mission that is here to decide on the Government’s progress on reconciliation and implementation of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC). Before this ...
- MR talks with US (Category: Breaking News)
- LLRC report inadequate in some areas but still essential - Burt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to brief international community on human rights and reconciliation during UNHRC ses... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government to include progress in implementing LLRC recommendations in UPR report (Category: Breaking News)
A salutary reader interest on share market regulation A reader of the previous week’s My View titled ‘SEC: Not a mere watchdog, but a bloodhound mandated to bite’ has raised an important issue with this writer. He has asked the question why it is necessary to have a regulator to police the financial markets and ...
- The ability to save (Category: Business)
- Of Confidence Tricksters and Ponzi Schemes (Category: Breaking News)
- Pyramid schemes galore in rural areas where financial literacy is low– Police spokesman (Category: Breaking News)
- Need To Restrain The Power Of Shadow Finance (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Sri Lanka’s economic growth this year may range between 6.7% and 7.2% depending on the impact of a drought that has lasted since the beginning of the year, Treasury Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera said on Thursday. The Central Bank has forecast 7.2% economic growth this year, after revising it down in March from the ...
- Central Bank emphatic dollars are coming (Category: Business)
- Appreciating the exchange rate to create prosperity (Category: Business)
- ComBank records highest growth in ‘Inter-Bank Electronic’ payments (Category: Business)
- The Contribution Of The Monetary Policy For Overcoming The Current Economic Crisis Faced In Sri ... (Category: Breaking News)
Rt. Sir Alan Haselhurst Exco-Member from United Kingdom and delegation fro UK, Anguilla, Canada whom arrived in Sri Lanka to participate in the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference which will be held in Colombo was welcomed by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Chandima Weerkkody at the Bandaranaike International Airport – Pic by K. Prasad N...
- Expert body to reform the law (Category: South Australia)
- Desal firms in $9m suit strife (Category: South Australia)
- Matara MC Opp. leader leaves meeting in protest (Category: Breaking News)
- First poppy flower (Category: Business)
Speed Water Systems, opening Water Shops selling bottled drinking water in all main towns in the suburbs of Colombo, under the slogan ‘To make purified water more affordable and available to all’, recently opened their newest Water Shop at No. 332/71, Pannipitiya Road, Battaramulla, (near David Pieris Motor Company), recently. Speaking at the opening of ...
- ‘Speed Water Shop’ opens in Wadduwa (Category: Business)
- Speed Water Systems gives new look to water bottles (Category: Business)
- Speed Water Opens ‘Water Shop’ In Battaramulla (Category: Business)
- Speed Water Systems opens newest distribution centre in Rajagiriya (Category: Business)
Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Gotabhaya Rajapaksa visited Poland at the invitation of Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak to attend the 20th International Defence Industry Exhibition (MPSO) held in Kielce from 3 to 6 September. The exhibition was inaugurated by President of Poland Boruslaw Komorowski on 3rd of September amidst a large ...
- Secretary Defence meets Polish Officials (Category: Breaking News)
- It is imperative to equip our armed forces with state-of-the-art technologies and capabilities –... (Category: Breaking News)
- Defence Secretary visits Janadipathi Abisheka Exhibition (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka rules out defence agreement with Pakistan - Gota explains why Defence allocation was r... (Category: Breaking News)
Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC (MI) 2011/12 Annual Report was awarded the Bronze Award in the Financials – Diversified Services category at the recently held 2012 Vision Awards in New York. The Vision Awards is organised by the League of American Communication Professionals (LACP) and is seen as one of the premier annual report competitions ...
- Mercantile Investments Annual Report wins LACP Award (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka wins over New York (Category: Breaking News)
- Mercantile Investments and Finance expands presence outside Western Province (Category: Business)
- Mercantile Investments wins Gold for 12th consecutive year (Category: Business)
A youth delegation comprising of 24 children of Indian Army families accompanied by two academic staff visited Sri Lanka from 30 August to 5 September under the ‘Youth Exchange Program’ of Sri Lanka Army’s Viru Daru Society. The delegation was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport by Viru Daru Society Chairperson Deshani Jayasuriya and several ...
- Indian Army youth delegation visits Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Youths of Indian & Sri Lankan Army Families Fuse Together Staging a Cultural Show (Category: Breaking News)
- Youths of Indian and Sri Lankan Army Families Fuse Together Staging a Cultural Show (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Army youth delegation visits Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The India-Sri Lanka Foundation (ISLF) was established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of India and Sri Lanka in 1998 in order to foster India-Sri Lanka relations through the enhancement of economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation and to promote greater understanding between the people of the two countries. Some of the recent ...
- Port Pursuit (Category: Business)
- Bilateral Links (Category: Business)
- Twenty20 (Category: Business)
- Faster Trains (Category: Business)
Up to 160 new scholarships with a cumulative value of Rs 8.3 million are to be awarded to students and young people from all districts of Sri Lanka at the 12th round of the annual ‘Ceylinco Life Pranama’ scholarships presented by life insurance leader Ceylinco Life. The company’s flagship policyholder rewards initiative in the field ...
- Sri lanka - Pranama scholarships for Lanka’s future leaders (Category: Education)
- Ceylinco Life presents another Rs. 8.5 m in ‘Pranama’ scholarships (Category: Business)
- Ceylinco Life to present Rs. 8.4 m as 164 ‘Pranama’ scholarships in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Rs. 8.3 Mn. On Offer (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. The Api Wenuwen Api Fund, a cooperation between the Ministry ...
- Ranaviru Real Star Mission 2 commences (Category: Business)
- Ranaviru Real Star Season Two grand finale today (Category: Business)
- Ranaviru Real Star Grand Finale Today (Category: Breaking News)
- 'Ranaviru Real Star - Mission 2' winner receives her new house (Category: Breaking News)
Facets Sri Lanka 2012, the 22nd Sri Lanka International Gem and Jewellery Show opened on Thursday at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Center. It ends today
Partners with the Department of Probation and Childcare to fund the education of children in need in Sri Lanka Baby Cheramy, a trusted brand of leading Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings PLC, celebrates 50 years of enriching lives of Sri Lankan mothers and children this year. Commemorating the brand’s milestone and promoting the importance ...
- Baby Cheramy ‘Thaagi Pahasa’ competition thrills consumers (Category: Business)
- Baby Cheramy Has A Big Heart (Category: Business)
- Unilever’s Pears to make millionaire children (Category: Business)
- Baby Cheramy ‘Thaagi Pahasa’ awards exciting prizes to winners (Category: Business)
Students from the interior design department at Raffles Institute of Higher Education, Colombo will showcase an interior design exhibition inspired by the impact of illumination within a specific environment relating to space, structure and the relationship these elements have with the viewer within the exhibition space. Interior design student Aleesha Thavarajah explained that as its ...
- Illuminare: Interior design exhibition at Raffles Institute of Higher Education (Category: Business)
- ‘Agni Salaru’ a sensory overload (Category: Business)
- Enriching interior architecture industry with fresh creativity (Category: Business)
ESPNCricinfo: Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) has said it will deter players from taking part in the 2013 Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) unless tournament organisers honour the bank guarantees clause in player contracts. FICA CEO Tim May said his organisation had made repeated requests for proof of the bank guarantees, but SLC and ...
- 'FICA to recommend SLPL boycott without bank guarantee' - May (Category: Sports)
- Uva players paid overdue fees (Category: Business)
- SLPL an exciting opportunity for Sri Lankan cricket: Sandeep Bhammer (Category: Business)
- FICA to recommend SLPL boycott without bank guarantee (Category: Breaking News)
Marketing Director of Pan Audio Private Limited and Director of Pan Care Pvt. Limited, G. S. Sylvester has been selected as team leader for the Group Study Exchange, an international programme exchange for young professionals organized by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
Thriving with the vision of becoming the global role model for community centred social development, International Movement for Community Development (IMCD) has demonstrated clear prospects of becoming an exemplary social service organization in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.
Driven by its vision to be the most admired insurance broker in the industry, Guardian Insurance Brokers is set to offer some of the most comprehensive healthcare solutions for corporate and individuals in Sri Lanka. Guardian Insurance Brokers have been appointed exclusive agents in Sri Lanka for Aetna, a foremost medical insurance company in the ...
- Guardian To Offer Affordable World-class Insurance Solutions (Category: Business)
- International Insurance Solution For Sri Lanka From Guardian Insurance Brokers (Category: Business)
- Finlay Insurance Brokers obtains ISO certification (Category: Business)
- Softlogic Stockbrokers to trail blaze capital markets (Category: Business)
With cricket fever gripping Sri Lanka in the countdown to the ICC World Twenty20, Emirates – an Official ICC Partner – will be playing a part in the carnival of cricket through a series of activities. Ireland, which arrived in Sri Lanka on an Emirates flight, clinched a place in ICC World Twenty20 by ...
- Emirates and Deccan Chargers Nurture Young Cricketing Talent (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates’ ‘Lucky Seat’ passengers win autographed ICC Cricket World Cup bats (Category: Business)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 Trophies arrive (Category: Business)
The ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 trophies toured the city of Galle, in true twenty20 flare as large crowds gathered along the streets for a firsthand look at the coveted awards. The trophies were paraded in the host city for the women’s group matches, in a traditional Sri Lankan ‘Perahara’ or parade with elephants, dancers, drummers and ...
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 Trophies arrive (Category: Business)
- World T20 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- ICC World Twenty20 2012 trophies arrive in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tickets for ICC WT20 final sold out (Category: Business)
Wonwill Holdings (Pvt.) Limited, an emerging service conglomerate in Sri Lanka entered in to a strategic partnership with the Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI), the apex body of management consulting professionals in India to offer training courses in management consultancy for the first time in Sri Lanka. IMCI is a member of the ...
- Spice Up Your Presentation Skills One Day Workshop (Category: Breaking News)
- MTI CEO to deliver keynote on ‘Thought Masters before Toast Masters’ (Category: Business)
- Social Listening: Your Customers Are Talking. Are You Listening? (Category: Breaking News)
- Lalan Group strategises with MTI for UK and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera One of the country’s largest apparel exporters, Brandix, has successfully shown how eco-friendly solutions can be adopted by a large scale enterprise to not only reduce their carbon footprint, but prove a positive correlation between reducing carbon emissions and innovating planning resulting in heftier revenue streams. Brandix Lanka Head Environment and Energy ...
- Brandix factory in Bangladesh achieves eco milestone (Category: Business)
- Asia’s first carbon neutral IT company launches in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Going Green (Category: Business)
Wins two Presidential Travel and Tourism Awards SriLankan Airlines was named ‘Airline of the Year’ for the fourth consecutive year at the SriLankan Tourism Awards 2011, firmly emphasising the National Carrier’s pivotal role in the growth of Sri Lanka’s tourism industry. SriLankan Airlines is proud to serve as a pillar of strength to Sri Lanka’s ...
- SriLankan Airlines wins KLIA Award for sixth time (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines’ IAA completes first TAASL member agent training program (Category: Business)
- 78 graduate from the TAASL training program (Category: Business)
- London Taxis roam with SriLankan branding (Category: Business)
Swisstek Aluminium Ltd., a member of the Lanka Walltiles Group, has commissioned its new fully automated powder coating plant with the very latest German technology, which will further enhance value addition to its products. The plant from Wagner, Germany ensures the very best quality to international standards, whilst increasing the powder coating capacity of Swisstek ...
- Abbott recalls infant formula on bug contamination (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Creaming dairy boom rewards (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Atlantic Paper closes Whitby recycling plant (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Another first for Sayerlack Wood Solutions (Category: Business)
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