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Occupy Wall Street, occupy the London Stock ExchangeThe frustrations caused to the unemployed, the poor and the marginalised by the international and national economic crisis has spilled out onto the streets in the capital cities of the world’s leading and emerging economies. It has spread at the last count to over 900 cities in over ...
- Arthur 'Art' Schultz: 1933-2011 (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Measuring sustainable wellbeing (Category: Business)
- Income inequality: How the rich got richer and what politicians are doing about it (Category: Business)
- Wall Street protest plans global rally ahead of G20 (Category: Business)
The Institute of Policy Studies or IPS has once again issued its annual assessment of the Sri Lanka’s economy in 2011 six months before the Central Bank of Sri Lanka would do so in March next year. Though the report contains a fair, constructive and elaborative assessment of the state of the economy, no adequate ...
- From poverty to sustainability in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Equity and well-being in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IPS releases ‘Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 2011’ report (Category: Business)
Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) announced that in its exercise of strengthening the senior management structure, has recently appointed Jude Gamalath as the Group Head of Marketing to overlook the overall Marketing activities of MBSL and its subsidiaries. With over 13 years of experience in multiple disciplines with a major part of it being ...
- MBSL Savings Bank invests in community of Galle with relocated Extension Office (Category: Business)
- Karunathilake leaves MBSL as CEO after golden handshake, amicable settlement (Category: Business)
- MBSL accomplish another successful year (Category: Business)
- MBSL Insurance opens 50th branch in Polonnaruwa (Category: Business)
IBM yesterday unveiled the industry’s most advanced cloud services and software designed from the ground up for enterprise clients. New IBM SmartCloud services and capabilities introduce unprecedented choice, security and portability as businesses shift critical activities to the cloud and use it as a platform for business. IBM plans to support about 200 million ...
- IBM PureSystems and new System x M4 unveiled in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- WSO2 partners with Wipro to deliver open source middleware solutions (Category: Business)
- Top predictions for IT firms and users for 2012 and beyond (Category: Business)
- WSO2 StratosLive Java PaaS now available on Google Apps marketplace (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan represents global team of entrepreneursAspirations Edu-cation’s General Manager Deepamala Abeysekera became the only Sri Lankan to represent a group of 30 entrepreneurs in the world from, USA, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, to read for her postgraduate studies in entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge. Cambridge has acquired an international reputation as an ...
- University of Cambridge International Examinations meets stakeholders (Category: Business)
- Cambridge Ruskin International College introduces Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in Camb... (Category: Breaking News)
- Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Small and Medium Enterprise Developers (SMED), the SME arm of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL), which was established in 1989, presents its monthly high-level policy forum – The Key Person’s Forum, to be held at the Galadari Hotel on 25 October 2011 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ...
- PNW political scientists help NWI 'make sense' of 2020 election (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Directors’ responsibilities and liabilities under spotlight on Friday (Category: Business)
- HSBC hosts customers to an informative trade forum (Category: Business)
The Young Entrepreneurs Sri Lanka (YESL) and the Ladies’ College Department of Vocational Studies (DVS) entered into a collaborative agreement last week for bilateral expansion of activities in the field of human resources development. YESL is a Not for Profit Company by Guarantee, Member/Franchise Holder of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide (commenced in 1919 in USA, ...
- YESL and HSBC assist less privileged youth towards equivalence (Category: Business)
- IRD After Schoolboy (Category: Breaking News)
- Dialog powers 8th Annual Ladies-Musaeus Regatta (Category: Business)
- Ceylon Teachers Union thoroughly condemns threats made by the Northern Governor against Students... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan born Cecil Balmond has been shortlisted for the Prince Philip Designers Prize 2011, the winner of which will be announced on Tuesday 29 November. The prize is Britain’s longest running design award, celebrating design careers which have made an outstanding contribution to British business and society. Previous winners include inventor Sir James Dyson ...
- New pylon design winner revealed (Category: Technology)
- CityCat riders 'walk on water' (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Winning architect's departure (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- India to undertake construction of a cultural centre in Jaffna (Category: Business)
By Harsha Udayakantha Peiris A new book in Sinhala on strategies of Foreign Trade in Sri Lanka by B.A.H.P.Sumith Peiris was launched at the Cargo Operations Centre of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) in Peliyagoda recently with the initiative of the Minister of State Resources & Enterprise Development Dayasritha Thisera. The newly published book ...
- Govt. continues to engage with EC over GSP Plus: G.L (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan to improve relations (Category: Business)
- GL tells US Senate leaders home grown solution is key for lasting peace in SL (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka minister slams UN General Secretary for violation of mandate (Category: Breaking News)
MP charges that Government is focusing only on physical infrastructure and adopting a top-down development approach instead of a more inclusive and participatory humane political futureUnited National Party Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne asserts that the Government is depleting the resources of the municipality on an election extravaganza. In a candid interview with the Daily FT, the ...
- Hashim on UNP leadership crisis, pressing national issues (Category: Business)
- DPF to the fore (Category: Business)
- “UPFA will win the election” (Category: Business)
- Muza upbeat on Colombo (Category: Business)
Leif Lybecker Eskesen, Chief Economist for HSBC India and ASEAN will visit Sri Lanka this week. During his visit, he will address the Bank’s corporate customers on ‘Asia’s Inflation – Growth Tango: who’s dominating the dance?’ at a special Power Breakfast, scheduled to be held on 7 October 2011, at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel. Leif ...
- HSBC Power Breakfast (Category: Business)
- India’s manufacturing growth slips in July, weakest since November (Category: Business)
- HSBC Advance brings innovative banking a step closer (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Asia, which is estimated to contribute 52 per cent to the world’s GDP by 2050, has turned back a 260-year spell of declining contribution to the global GDP within a 80-year period and is now poised for better growth. Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal addressing the Asian Bankers Association General Meeting ...
- KPMG holds 10th MESA Conference in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Banking foresight – Shaping integrated development (Category: Business)
- Lion leads frontier markets (Category: Business)
With the World Bank announcing that the world economy is teetering on “a new danger zone,” it is of paramount importance for governments and financial power-houses to restore confidence through concrete policies and systematic financial planning. This is the order of the day, given the recent pessimistic report on the world economy delivered by Morgan ...
- IMF Chief Lagarde emphasises Asia, China role in global recovery (Category: Business)
- Global economy’s ‘timid’ recovery faces high risks: Lagarde (Category: Business)
- Global growth worries dent Asia business sentiment in Q3 (Category: Business)
- China can easily boost consumtion to strengthen its economy: IMF (Category: Business)
How the business lobby should involve itself in public policy implementation Lobbying is the systematic attempt at influencing the decision making process of the government. This is a no mean task for an individual but collective efforts by the likeminded individuals and organisation could have a drastic effect on the policy making process. Lobbying is ...
- Foreign policy and the Government’s credibility (Category: Business)
- The Katchatheevu Sovereignty Commission (Category: Business)
- The pro-separatist lobby overseas and diplomacy (Category: Business)
- Public diplomacy: A missing dimension in our foreign policy (Category: Business)
THE Monetary Board, with the concurrence of the Finance Minister has promoted three Assistant Governors, the Central Bank announced yesterday. They are Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe and B.D.W.A. Silva with effect from 27 September and C. Premeratne with effect from 1 January 2012 to the posts of Deputy Governor. Details of their careers are given ...
- Central Bank appoints four new Assistant Governors (Category: Business)
- Jayatissa new Chairman of Insurance Corp. (Category: Business)
- Union Bank appoints former CB Deputy Governor to Board (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Central Bank executive warn PM over Governor appointment (Category: Breaking News)
ALLANKULAM, 8 September 2011 (IRIN): More policies and programmes must address the needs of female-headed households in Sri Lanka’s former conflict zone, experts say. “Most programmes don’t take into account the unique role of women here,” Saroja Sivachandran, director of the Center for Women and Development (CWD), an advocacy body based in northern Jaffna, told ...
- Women’s political participation must be accelerated through quotas (Category: Business)
- Serena Williams storms to golden slam (Category: Business)
- Lankan women suffer many hardships – rights body (Category: Business)
- Court predicts Wozniacki will win major this year (Category: Business)
Global Economy is once again going through turbulent times. The possibility of the United States economy suffering another recession is increasing. The economic outlook of Europe looks grim. Middle East is in turmoil. All these developments raise many concerns. Where is the world heading? How would these developments affect Sri Lanka, specially its export sector? ...
- Lockdown or no lockdown? Biden adviser suggests 4- to 6-week shutdown; Fauci says it can be avoi... (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Lockdown or no lockdown? Biden adviser suggests 4- to 6-week shutdown; Fauci says it can be avoi... (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Lockdown or no lockdown? Biden adviser suggests 4- to 6-week shutdown; Fauci says it can be avoi... (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- Lockdown or no lockdown? Biden adviser suggests 4- to 6-week shutdown; Fauci says it can be avoi... (Category: USA, South Dakota)
‘Remember your humanity’ is a phrase that was made famous by the Russel Einstein manifesto issued on 9 July 1955. This document is considered as the final major document that Albert Einstein signed before his death in 1955 and is quite a famous statement. The whole idea of issuing this statement has been to indicate ...
- Small is beautiful! (Category: Business)
- SMED seminar on managing electrical energy of business enterprises and industries (Category: Business)
- Viable alternative renewable sources - Solar, wind, wave, geo thermal, bio mass (Category: Business)
- Austere ways to avoid crisis (Category: Business)
Sampath Bank Plc opened its latest branch in Dankotuwa recently. The new branch is located at No:63, Nattandiya Road Dankotuwa. It strengthens the presence of Sampath Bank in the locality. The ceremonial opening of the new branch was graced by Sunil G Wijesinha – Deputy Chairman Sampath Bank. The branch is geared to serve the ...
- At Dankotuwa (Category: Breaking News)
- Sampath Bank opens branch in Kamburupitiya (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank upgrades Wellawatte with Super Branch (Category: Business)
- Bank Changes (Category: Business)
Herayamila Securities Ltd. (HSL) announced yesterday the appointment of Ruwan Keino Wickrema as Head of Research, to further strengthen its research operations. HSL has been operational for over a year in Sri Lanka and is a subsidiary of Heraymila Investments Ltd. (HIL) UAE. HIL directly manages over 285 million dollars of private and public investments ...
- King Rajasinghe’s walking stick seized (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Ports Authority reveals how the Hambanthota harbour will be filled (Category: Breaking News)
- Industry commends PIM’s Research on life insurance penetration (Category: Business)
- ”Sri Lankan and Middle Eastern Ports can work together” – SLPA Chief (Category: Breaking News)
Top professionals Professor Malik Ranasinghe and Dhara Wijayatilake have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Sampath Bank. The Non Executive Independent directorships have expanded the Sampath Bank Board to 14 and with an alternative director it is 15. Several senior members of Sampath Bank Board will be relinquishing their posts later this year ...
- Dhammika to be appointed Chairman of Sampath Bank (Category: Business)
- Aravinda appointed MD of Sampath Bank from 2012 (Category: Business)
- Sampath Bank Group CFO Ajantha de Vas Gunasekara joins Board of Directors (Category: Breaking News)
- SEC Investigating Taprobane Securities For Multiple Offenses On The NSB Deal (Category: Breaking News)
On 28 July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the list of recipients for the Foreign Minister’s Commendation for the fiscal year 2011. The Foreign Minister’s Commendations are awarded to individuals and groups for their outstanding achievements in international fields, to acknowledge their contribution to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other ...
- Lankans among Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendations (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese FM Kamikawa due here (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan ready to play leading role with creditors to restructure Sri Lanka s debt  Japanese FM (Category: Breaking News)
- Japanese foreign minister to arrive in Sri Lanka tonight (Category: Breaking News)
Rational men are scarce and fear-driven, emotional men are plentyKautilya’s advice: If people are gullible, exploit them Kautilya, the fourth century BCE Indian economist, strategist and statesman of ‘The Arthashastra’ fame, had a fine piece of advice to his king. When the king’s treasury runs low, he should use extraordinary measures to build the treasury. ...
- In This Election Year, Sri Lanka Needs A Lot Of Rationally Thinking People (Category: Breaking News)
- Controversy over efficiency of share markets (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- Economic policy governance: Listen to sane voices before it heads for disaster (Category: Business)
Our ‘poli-socionomic’ dialogue You will recall that like Capt. Kirk in his Star Ship-Enterprise,’ we also ventured into new territory with our first discussions under this theme ‘poli-socionomics,’ which appears to have caught on somewhat; thus, on behalf of those of us who still dare to think, I must thank those editors who carried it. ...
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Poli (Sigh): Hunker Down For The Holidays (Category: USA, Indiana)
By an Independent Analyst The State Assembly of Tamil Nadu (TN) passed a resolution on 8 June 2011, requesting the Indian Central Government to push the international community against Sri Lanka towards imposition of ‘economic sanctions’. The resolution at the TN assembly moved by Jayalalitha as the Chief Minister passed unanimously with the ruling party ...
- TN moves resolution to implead itself in Katchatheevu case (Category: Breaking News)
- TN seeks economic sanctions (Category: Breaking News)
- Coast Guard stand on TN fisherman ‘outrageous’: Jayalalitha (Category: Breaking News)
- TN group violently opposes Lions Flag (Category: Breaking News)
A veteran Banker W.A.Nalani assumes duties today as the new General Manager of Bank of Ceylon. Having joined in April 1975, Nalani takes over as the 17th General Manager of the Bank of Ceylon and the 3rd lady General Manager of the Bank. W.A.Nalani Nalani having a distinguished career in banking and in the Bank ...
- BOC lends $ 10 m to Maldives Government (Category: Business)
- New BOC GM assumes duties (Category: Breaking News)
- BoC illuminates Seruwila Maha Seya (Category: Business)
- ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Banking Industry’ award from APB (Category: Business)
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