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By Shanuka Tissera The Vintage Car Owners’ Club formed in 1987 is the only club catering to veteran, vintage and post-vintage thoroughbred vehicles in Sri Lanka. The VCOC aims to keep these pristine pieces of art in mint condition and have now become a part of Sri Lanka’s National Heritage with most automobiles earning the ...
- Taking a ride down memory lane (Category: South Australia)
- Veterans hurt in Anzac parade to march again (Category: Australia, Victoria)
- Klevenberg sponsors Fun Drive (Category: Business)
- CJS unveils TAG Heuer Avant Garde lifestyle accessories (Category: Business)
$ 450 m mega project to be completed in 2014 By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has leased the iconic Transworks House land to India’s Krrish Group for 99 years at $ 49 million, whilst the $ 450 million mega project is slated to be completed by 2014. The land encompasses the Transworks House, a colonial ...
- Ambitious $ 460 m 4-towers Krrish Square at Fort to start selling units from today (Category: Business)
- $ 450 m Transworks Towers to transform city (Category: Business)
- People will be resettled in Sampur: Basil Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- Gains, Pains In Paki FDI (Category: Breaking News)
As a responsible corporate citizen, NDB has dedicated itself towards making meaningful benefactions to the society through its Strategic Corporate Responsibility initiatives that uplift and empower the future generation of Sri Lanka. In an effort to mobilise this strategic view on sustainability, NDB joined hands with the British Council of Colombo on a special project ...
- NDB Bank helps develop skills of English language teachers in Wayamba (Category: Business)
- CBB sixes is back on 7 July (Category: Business)
- HSBC sponsors CBB sports triangular (Category: Business)
- Encourage UK companies by showing who are already doing well here: Rankin (Category: Business)
Hosts candle lighting events and suicide prevention walk programsBy Ruzaik Farook Sri Lanka Sumithrayo Colombo, under the global umbrella theme ‘Suicide prevention across the globe: Strengthening protective factors and instilling hope,’ and the localised subtheme ‘Don’t despair, we care,’ organised a candle lighting event to remember those who have died by suicide on ...
- An average of 12 persons commits suicide everyday in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Suicide Prevention Day commemorated (Category: Breaking News)
- Tragic numbers (Category: Business)
- Woman throws child in river and attempts suicide in Wattala (Category: Breaking News)
By Rashika Fazali Dubstep is a growing music genre. It’s best described by a well-known website, AllMusic as: “Tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals.” If absorbing this piece of musical information was hard, try dancing to this music. You will be puzzled but for these ...
- Video: Sis සහ Bro ගහන අලුත් ගේම (Category: Video)
- Video: Sis සහ Bro ගහන අලුත් ගේම (Category: Video)
- Video: 2 Million Subscribers - Chanux Bro (Category: Technology)
- Journalist reveals romance with infamous ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli (Category: USA, New York)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday held meetings with the Indian President and the Prime Minister and discussed key issues of mutual interest to the two nations. President Rajapaksa, who is in India on a three-day official visit, met the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss bilateral issues, including fishermen ...
- Menon arrives in the country (Category: Breaking News)
- President, Indian PM hold talks in Rio (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan President to meet Indian Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- New Delhi cold-shouldering Colombo for over two years (Category: Business)
MJF Media (Pvt.) Ltd. announced the launch of Everlasting Radio 97FM, this September. MJF Media (Pvt.) Ltd, part of the MJF Group, added that the English radio station will be the first of three planned channels, with radio stations for the Sinhala and Tamil speaking audiences also in the pipeline. Speaking at the launch, Dilhan ...
- Nahil back in media biz (Category: Business)
- ABC Radio Networks wins five e-Swabhimani awards (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola launches ‘Minute Maid Apple’ flavour (Category: Business)
- To pass on the centenary radio to the next generation (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Facebook has an ugly little secret, a number disclosed nowhere in its voluminous filings to become a public company and now only vaguely addressed by corporate officials. An estimated 5.6 million Facebook clients – about 3.5 per cent of its US users – are children who the company says are banned from the site. ...
- Why are five million children on Facebook if it does not want them? (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Hunger Games’ success spells trouble for TV ads (Category: Business)
- Twitter now 100 m active users, mobile surging (Category: Business)
- Facebook cracks down on fake “Likes” (Category: Business)
AFP: Jacques Kallis recorded the best Twenty20 figures for his country to inspire South Africa to a convincing 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a Group C match at Hambantota on Thursday. The 36-year-old allrounder grabbed 4-15 and was well supported by Morne Morkel’s 2-16 as Zimbabwe were kept down to 93-8 – their second lowest ...
- Sri Lanka in group ‘C’ of T20 World cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Ajantha Mendis on the mend for Super Eights (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka fret over Ajantha Mendis’ injury (Category: Business)
Ind-Expo Certi-fication Limited is a public limited liability certification and training organisation established by Ceylon National Chamber of Industries and National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka with the support of United Nations Industrial Development Organi-sation (UNIDO) under its project of ‘Strengthening International Certific-ation Capacity in Sri Lanka’ with the assistanc...
- Ind-Expo seminar on ‘New Food Hygiene Regulations’ (Category: Business)
- Seminar on new food regulations, Sri Lanka Standards (Category: Business)
- Fighting Experience (Category: Business)
- Hygienic food outlets ‘crowned’ for their efforts (Category: Business)
Reuters: Afghanistan gave a spirited performance against former Twenty20 world champions India but dropped four costly chances during a 23-run defeat in their opening World Cup Group A match on Wednesday. Virat Kohli profited from one of the missed chances to score 50 from 39 balls in India’s 159 for five. Suresh Raina (38), who ...
- New Zealand spoil Yuvraj comeback party, win T20 series (Category: Business)
- Afridi carries Pakistan hopes at World Twenty20 – Hafeez (Category: Business)
- Dhoni stresses importance of part-time bowlers (Category: Business)
- I will start training in a week or two: Yuvraj (Category: Business)
The first ever national bamboo industry processing initiative launched 19 September, leverages UNIDO’s resources to the max while positioning for a promising 800,000 new jobs by 2019. “The national bamboo initiative launched today with about $ 24 million investment, in its first stage aims at strengthening the bamboo supply chain. The project aims to increase ...
- UNIDO’s first Lankan bamboo industry initiative today (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s fledgling bamboo industry gets UNIDO backing, aims 10000 Ha coverage by 2018 (Category: Business)
- UNIDO enlists top global financier GEF in pioneering alt-power push (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s first-ever food certification firm set up with $ 1.3 m (Category: Business)
The Ministry of Economic Development together with other relevant ministries and institutions has initiated a program to revive the textile industry of Sri Lanka along with the apparel industry. Earlier Sri Lanka had well developed textile industry consisting handlooms. Powerlooms, fabric and cotton industries. But all these sectors were closed down after Sri Lanka introduced ...
- India supports local textile production (Category: Breaking News)
- Largest-ever textile delegation arrives (Category: Business)
- India to modernise textile mills in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Reuters: Manufacturing in China contracted for the 11th month in a row in September, according to a private sector survey of factory managers that indicated the world’s second largest economy remains on track for a seventh quarter of slowing growth. The HSBC Flash China manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed activity stabilized in September after ...
- China factory sector shrinks most in nine months (Category: Business)
- China factory surveys signal economic growth stays soft in Q3 (Category: Business)
- Asia factory output weak; India defies with rise (Category: Business)
- Asian factory output curbed by troubled Europe (Category: Business)
Twenty-five Sri Lankan asylum seekers returned home on Thursday after their applications were rejected by Britain, creating more discussion on the country’s treatment of returnees. The flight carrying eight Muslims, 13 Tamils and four Sinhalese arrived at the international airport at midday. According to reports, once they landed the group was questioned by the Police ...
- Instead of PSC, we need statesmanship (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankan government accused of avoiding people`s issues by stirring Geneva issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka can handle its own problems - China (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka can handle its own problems - China (Category: Breaking News)
NEW YORK, (Reuters): HTC Corp unveiled on Wednesday two smartphone models running Microsoft Corp’s Windows Phone 8 software and said the devices would be available in November through multiple wireless service providers around the world. The two brightly colour phones – the Windows Phone 8X and the Windows Phone 8S – will pit HTC directly ...
- Microsoft brings phone software closer to Windows (Category: Business)
- Samsung first with Windows phone, new Galaxy Note (Category: Business)
- Nokia aims to undercut rivals with volume focus (Category: Business)
- Nokia to start selling make-or-break smartphone in November (Category: Business)
The world’s leading professional body for marketers today urges school leavers to consider all their options when plotting their route to future employment. As thousands of sixth-formers open their A-level results, The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is encouraging students to consider whether professional training, work-based learning, a degree or a combination of all three ...
- Edinburgh Napier University and BMS launch Global MBA in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Discussion on ‘University Crisis’ (Category: Business)
- Intake now open for world renowned MBA offered by CA Sri Lanka Business School (Category: Business)
- Demand for ACCA qualifications high in toueh economic times (Category: Business)
In a move to guide the young executives and school leavers on unlimited opportunities, a career guidance forum titled ‘103 Top Global Qualifications; One Free Seminar’ will be held on 22 September at 9 a.m. at RCU Skills Centre, Royal College, Colombo 7. The free half-a-day seminar is organised by CICRA Holdings as part of ...
- Cambridge Leaders’ Seminar tomorrow (Category: Business)
- University of Cambridge International Examinations meets stakeholders (Category: Business)
- Get to know ‘What the hack? (Category: Business)
- Etisalat sponsors ‘WHAT THE HACK?’ (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the country’s national telecommunications provider, hosted an event recently to showcase how their technology supports IT professionals to revolutionize their businesses by empowering them with a superior range of Intelligent Solutions. The event saw the launch of SLT BIZAPPS, a managed service offering with unmatched Internet Data Centre (IDC) facilities, covering ....
- SLT-DIGITAL Services and Surge Global forge strategic partnership (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT-MOBITEL’s mCash empowers Sri Lanka fisheries CEYFISH outlets (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT-MOBITEL celebrates the season of love with exciting giveaways (Category: Breaking News)
“Genuine software, ultimately, is about optimisation rather than legalisation. Especially now that Sri Lanka is moving quickly, the economy will pick up even faster through partnerships with China, India and other developing countries. It’s the perfect time for companies to make sure they are competitive. This means having the right IT systems in place including ...
- Barclays Computers promotes use of genuine software (Category: Business)
- Microsoft Corporation vs Media Centre case in the SC: Parties agree for settlement (Category: Business)
- Tech One Global and Microsoft co-host Microsoft Education Solution workshop (Category: Business)
- Tech One Global and Microsoft co-hosts Microsoft Education Solution Workshop (Category: Business)
Help in the change that we all want to be! This is not about personalities getting onto the stage to be visible. Today stages are a plenty, propelling many to stardom. The emphasis is about making national institutions productive and then making a meaningful input and thereby a lasting impact
- Edinburgh Napier University and BMS launch Global MBA in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- This Fourth of July! (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Trekurious, Sri Lanka’s premium experiential travel portal introduces new offering to travellers to Sri Lanka with the launch of celebrity cricket experiences, tailored for those who love the gentleman’s game and the personalities who play it. Trekurious brings to discerning fans a wide array of experiences to choose from, including a dinner hosted by Sri ...
- Sri Lanka's delights within easy reach (Category: Breaking News)
- More countries to learn from Lanka s military (Category: Breaking News)
- Branding beyond borders (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka, Kuwait to forge stronger relations, signs agreement to protect worker rights (Category: Breaking News)
LONDON (Reuters): Shares rose on Wednesday and the yen fell to a one-month low after the Bank of Japan eased monetary policy, the latest central bank to offer stimulus to help the global economy find a firmer footing. The BOJ said it would increase its asset buying and loan programme, currently
- Peoples Bank Nonperforming loans Rs. 54 billion in 2021 (Category: Breaking News)
- Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL maintain interest rates for fourth month straight (Category: Breaking News)
- Union Bank launches unique three-month FD (Category: Business)
Group companies to unite in ‘Passing the Pillow’ amongst 30,000-strong workforce and communitiesThe Hayleys Group displayed its commitment to help the nation combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by becoming the latest entity to join the “Passing the Pillow” programme launched by the Lanka
- Hayleys pledges concerted effort to drive HIV/AIDS awareness creation (Category: Business)
- Lankan corporates unite to pass pillow of awareness on World Aids Day (Category: Business)
- Creating awareness’ on HIV and AIDS is just a click away (Category: Business)
Cabraal says that price pressures will remain, keeps policy rates and growth figures steady The Central Bank kept policy rates unchanged yesterday, on expectations that inflation would remain contained to single digit levels on policy changes to reduce demand. The concerted efforts by the Central Bank and the Government earlier this year to curb the ...
- Credit growth to slow to 27% by December – Cabraal (Category: Business)
- CB seen keeping rates steady for fifth straight month (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to grow at 7.2% (Category: Business)
- CB banks on policy changes (Category: Business)
The festival of creativity – Spikes Asia 2012 in Singapore during its first two days showcased key insights on winning and creative ideas in the marketing communications sphere by a host of global and regional experts. Attended by nearly 1,800 creative industry professionals and students from 27 countries including nearly 20 from Sri Lanka, the ...
- Countdown to Spikes Asia starts (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett Sri Lanka’s Subhash Pinnapola, first Sri Lankan on Spikes Jury (Category: Business)
- East vs .West, good vs. bad: Dissecting ‘glocalisation’ in branding (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
The first CFW Resortwear show will feature a total of 12 important designers showcasing their Resortwear 2013 collections. The focus for the first show is the South and South East Asian region hence the designers are from Malaysia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The show which is themed as a Resortwear weekend on the ...
- Darshi to showcase at Russia Fashion Week (Category: Business)
- HSBC Colombo Fashion Week starts today (Category: Business)
- Colombo Fashion Week 2012 on the ramp from 24 Feb. (Category: Business)
- HSBC Colombo Fashion Week to boost local fashion retail network (Category: Business)
Two groups totalling around 50 would-be Sri Lankan asylum seekers have arrived at the offshore processing centres in Papua New Guinea, but are unlikely to provide a bottleneck for the dozens more expected. The number of detainees during the last two months has topped 556, with total numbers since June estimated at around 1,400, showing ...
- Choices (Category: Business)
- Ready to make any sacrifice for the people – Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Two people shot dead in Moratuwa (Category: Breaking News)
- 6.26 Million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure – World Food Programme (Category: Breaking News)
Emirates, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, has launched its daily non-stop service from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). It is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the twelfth new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012. “Emirates offers important new choice, competition and ...
- Emirates Goes To Washington DC (Category: Breaking News)
- Alaska Airlines bans at least 14 people after ‘rowdy’ behavior on flight leaving DC (Category: USA, New York)
- Alaska Airlines bans at least 14 people after ‘rowdy’ behavior on flight leaving DC (Category: USA, New York)
- Alaska Airlines bans at least 14 people after ‘rowdy’ behavior on flight leaving DC (Category: USA, New York)
Group companies to unite in ‘Passing the Pillow’ amongst 30,000-strong workforce and communities The Hayleys Group displayed its commitment to help the nation combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by becoming the latest entity to join the “Passing the Pillow” programme launched
- Lankan corporates unite to pass pillow of awareness on World Aids Day (Category: Business)
- Creating awareness’ on HIV and AIDS is just a click away (Category: Business)
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