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High cost of living and festive seasons go hand in hand and the upcoming New Year looks set to becoming a particularly difficult one. With the Central Bank downgrading the economic forecast from eight per cent to 7.2 per cent and a rapidly depreciating rupee adding to increasing imports, the month of April, when consumerism ...
The Drugs Regulatory Standards Authority Bill has been drafted. The Health Ministry has decided to implement the Drugs Regulatory Standards Authority Act with the aim of maintaining a high standard of the quality of drugs provided for the people. Accordingly the related Bill has already been drafted. The Bill has been drafted by a panel ...
Tyranny of the international capital markets Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, ex-Central Banker and International Civil Servant, did not mince words when he addressed the country’s exporters last week. The veteran economist, having made an assessment of the risks associated with Sri Lanka’s external sector crisis, warned that the country will have to grapple with “the tyranny ...
Too many children living in cities across the world are excluded from vital services, UNICEF says in a report launched jointly with the Government of Sri Lanka. Delivering the welcome speech at the joint launch of UNICEF’s ‘State of the World’s Children Report 2012’ at the Presidential Secretariat this morning, Secretary to the President Lalith ...
At a time when some major global apparel buyers are shifting their sourcing to low-cost countries like Cambodia, Bangladesh and Vietnam, Sri Lankan garment manufacturers are not only able to retain their current buyers but have also succeeded in luring new buyers. In fact, the Sri Lankan apparel industry has crossed its US$ 4 billion ...
(Srilankamirror) - Hospitals island wide, including the Colombo National Hospital, are experiencing a shortage of x-ray films, reports state-run ‘Dinamina.’ As a result, patients have been severely inconvenienced, as diagnosis and treatment cannot be made without x-rays
Viharamaha Devi Park, Havelock Park taken over By Indika Sri Aravinda The Urban Development Authority (UDA) has taken over properties which fall under the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) including the Viharamaha Devi Park and Nomads grounds in Colombo. Colombo Mayor A. J. M. Muzammil told The Sunday Leader the CMC stands to lose over ...
By Cassandra Mascarenhas in thailand The mere mention of Thailand immediately brings to mind one thing – its bustling capital Bangkok, renowned for its nightlife, shopping and cultural sites. Yet, there is so much more to the country that truly makes it ‘amazing’ Thailand, as I found out on a trip to the country’s north, ...
The Visible Hand of the government ‘The Visible Hand’ was the title which the famed London-based economics weekly, The Economist, used when it published a special report in its issue on 21 January 2012 on the rise of state capitalism in the modern era. The title has a pun: The governments do not care to ...
Sri Lanka’s weekly tea auction has seen small leaf teas fetching low prices and the highly priced tippy varieties going unsold, as Iran, the main buyer of those teas is struggling to access foreign exchange. “This could be attributed to Iran’s lack of access to foreign exchange and other sanction measures”, added John Keells tea brokers ...
By Sydney Knight Galle Literary Festival Panel: Writing political realities into fiction and journalism. This program enabled me to listen to Romesh Gunesekera, Irfan Husain and Susan Minot. All three writers certainly had a message. However, what struck a chord in my system was the story from Uganda. The story of the Nun and the ...
SAO PAULO(Reuters) : Brazil is guzzling coffee like never before, but even as its growing middle class becomes more willing to pay for better quality beans, the largest coffee producing country does not look poised to topple the United States as the world’s No. 1 consumer yet. Coffee consumption in Brazil grew 3.1 percent from ...
Jan 24, Colombo: The Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has made it compulsory for the nurses to serve in the war-torn Northern Province as the hospitals in the region are experiencing a shortage of nurses.
The President has said that nursing is an honourable service more than a job. Addressing the newly recruited nurses the President stated that a smile can act as the best medicine. The President said that nursing is a social service. The nurses should treat the patients as their own relatives. He said that the country ...
“Sri Lanka Cricket Will Achieve Greater Glory” – Upali Dharmadasa Upali Dharmadasa, the newly elected President of Sri Lanka Cricket, says that he has no doubt that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will achieve greater glories. Denying claims that he is guided by political interference, in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Leader’s Faraz Shauketaly, Dharmadasa ...
Sri Lanka is to donate 7500 MT of rice to Somalia, Cabinet has decided. A paddy stock of 15000 MT will be released from Ampara and Polonnaruwa districts to produce rice for the purpose. Somalia is suffering from food shortage due to a civil war as well as a prolonged drought.
Sri Lanka's government has assured that there will be no fuel shortage as a result of U.S. sanctions on Iran's fuel imports, a minister said on Wednesday
Colombo, Jan 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka Wednesday said it will not face oil shortage due to the US sanctions on Iran's fuel imports.
By Nimisha Muttiah Communication is the epitome of human life itself. It is what allows us to say “hello” and greet someone we know, it lets us build relationships with people we care about, share information with others and gives us a way to communicate with those around us to meet or daily needs. Without ...
A new machine has been introduced for efficient plucking of tea leaves. The industry is currently facing many problems due to shortage of skilled labour. The Tea Research Institute has been able to find a solution for this problem with the use of new technology. Senior Research Officer of the Sri
A new machine has been introduced for efficient plucking of tea leaves. The industry is facing many problems due to the shortage of skilled labour. The Tea Research Institute has been able to find a solution for this problem through new technology. Senior Research Officer of the Sri Lanka Tea
RAM Ratings Lanka said yesterday it has assigned respective long- and short-term corporate credit ratings of A+ and P1 to Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC (LHC). The long-term rating has a stable outlook. The ratings are upheld by the Hospital’s strong financial profile, liquidity, ongoing State support and the positive outlook for the private healthcare industry. ...
RAM Ratings Lanka has assigned respective long- and short-term corporate credit ratings of A+ and P1 to Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC. The long-term rating has a stable outlook. RAM says the ratings are upheld by the Hospital’s strong financial profile, liquidity, ongoing state support and the positive outlook for the private healthcare industry. On the other hand, the ...
Jan 07, Colombo: Health Minister of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena says the directors and staff of state hospitals were responsible for the shortage of medicines in the hospitals.
Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd. continues to work towards uplifting the lives of people within Sri Lankan society with their new sustainability initiative – a Capacity Building Programme for English Teachers in Jaffna. The programme which is a two day workshop organised by Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd. was facilitated by Kent Ridge in collaboration ...
sports.ndtv.com: Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has approached the BCCI about the possibility of hosting IPL matches, the new SLC president, Upali Dharmadasa, has said. The idea has been proposed as a way for SLC to raise additional revenue because the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) failed to get off the ground last year, after ...
Expects 2012 to continue 2011 success despite anticipating slow year By Cheranka Mendis Kia Motors is geared to embrace a phenomenal year in 2012, riding high on the extraordinary success of 2011. Launching the final model that was to be introduced to the local market in 2011, the all new fourth generation Kia Rio, Kia ...
that there would be no shortage, as there are adequate stocks of the same drug manufactured by a diff...
By Raisa Wickrematunge - Photos by Gazala Anver Manning Market was deserted on Tuesday (13). There were a few people plying their wares, but the air was filled with a kind of quiet tension. A few people squabbled loudly in a corner, UNP MP Jayalath Jayawardena showed up and there were shouts of “Jayawewa!” And ...