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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasizes the necessity of a new economic reform program for the country’s economic recovery.The post Sri Lanka President stresses vitality of new Economic reforms for country’s recovery appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- “My concern was the nation’s future” – President (Category: Breaking News)
- 2100 new Grama Niladhari officials appointed (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe participating in a friendly discussion organized by the ‘United Youth Union’ on the theme ‘Future of our Youth’ in Polonnaruwa on Saturday (23), stressed the necessity of a new economic reform program for the country’s economic recovery. He requested for collective support from all citizens to prevent the next generation from inheriting […]
- Sri Lanka President stresses vitality of new Economic reforms for country’s recovery (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed laws set to introduce structural changes, will be presented to Parliament in May – Pres... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Government’s objective is to develop Sri Lanka as a thriving nation by 2048 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- “We may contest elections separately but let us collaborate in nation-building endeavors” – Pres... (Category: Breaking News)
People’s Bank has been named among the top 20 employers among AICPA and CIMA members in recognition of the bank’s contribution to the growth of management accountancy in Sri Lanka. The award was presented at the AICPA and CIMA Top Employer 2024 Award Ceremony held on recently at the Shangri-La, Colombo. The AICPA & CIMA […]
- ICC Sri Lanka celebrates the Most Admired Companies of 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Special offer for AAT members and passed finalists (Category: Business)
- ICC Sri Lanka Celebrates the Most Admired Companies of 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- MBA a fast track to CIMA (Category: Business)
The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) continued its legacy of excellence in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) at its annual graduation ceremony on October 26, 2023, held at the BMICH in Colombo. Under the theme “Elevating Excellence, Celebrating HRM Professionals,” the event commemorated the dedication and achievements of 699 graduates who completed […...
- CIPM Sri Lanka and KDU to 0pen new vistas for students (Category: Breaking News)
- Versatile business and people’s professional Ken Vijayakumar elected president CIPM SL (Category: Breaking News)
- CIPM Sri Lanka and Wayamba Uni MoU to advance knowledge and practice in HR (Category: Breaking News)
- HRM Unit will be set up to solve dearth of employees (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Jayantha Sivanathan (1950-2023): A Reminiscent Tribute appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Rajakulendran Academy Of Western Music, Speech & Drama: Reviving English In Jaffna (Category: Breaking News)
- 1983: It Haunts Us Still! (Category: Breaking News)
- Presidential Ambition & Abolition Betrayal (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeromy’s Quake – Confined To His Church (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Prof. C.A. Saliya Making Research Methodology Easily Accessible To Sri Lankan Researchers appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- ‘Contemporary Issues In Socio-Economic Development’: A Timely Publication By Kelaniya University (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Complex Economy System (Category: Breaking News)
- Target 2048 – Develop A Knowledge-Based Innovative Economy (Category: Breaking News)
- “Lamā Adhyāpanaya Sandahā Kathandara” (Stories To Be Used For Educating Children) (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Taxes, Swiss Bank Accounts & The Chinese Cafe appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- What Is To Be Done? – Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Category: Breaking News)
- Playing The Fiddle While The Country Burns! (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Economic Strategy: Will His Prioritisation Of Targets Misfire? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil’s Budget Crisis & Ibn Khaldun (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Andrew Sujeevan, Anglican Johnian Punished By A Corrupt Theocratic Church appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Scamming The Gestapo Church, Or Being Sound Christian Witness (Category: Breaking News)
- Suppressing Free Speech & Religious Freedom By Labelling Them Hate Speech (Category: Breaking News)
- Lying About Age Of Protestant Mission Schools: Is Age Quality? (Category: Breaking News)
- Inclusive Sri Lankan Anglicans Welcome Non-Christians & Dogs (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Economics Of Poverty & Poverty Of Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- IMF Economics & 13A Politics: Recipe For Unrest (Category: Breaking News)
- Celebrating Independence Or Inaugurating Dependence? (Category: Breaking News)
- Why The Shock Over IMF’s Diagnostic Report? (Category: Breaking News)
- Diaspora Tamils & 13A (Category: Breaking News)
by Prof. Aruna Shanthaarchch (Department of Economics and Statistics Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka) Who are the Middle Class? The term, middle class, has been defined in a variety of ways. Historically, it was a social class characterised by intellectuals, who were neither capitalists nor workers. They were the well-educated service providers and small-scale entrepreneurs, […]
- Budget, Taxation Turmoil and Policy Blunders – Part II (Category: Breaking News)
- Personal income tax shock dims economic activities (Category: Breaking News)
- Only one income taxpayer paying over Rs. 300 mn. a year says Aluthgamage (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s tax hike likely to discourage small time investors into stocks – analysts (Category: Breaking News)
British Politics and Ours Both Sri Lanka and the UK have experienced an unprecedented political upheaval of late. It is interesting that both leaders agreed to resign within a day of each other. Everybody else saw the ‘the end is nigh’ sign for quite a while. They didn’t or didn’t want to see it until […]
- Laksiri, Issadeen win open men’s and women’s titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka set to play ten Tests next year (Category: Breaking News)
- Lochana, Warangana clinch singles titles (Category: Breaking News)
- Mihiran, Malshani adjudged best boxers at Nationals (Category: Breaking News)
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) announced a new working relationship with Nations Trust Bank (NTB), who will be supporting the museum as a major benefactor for a period of three years, from 2022 to 2025. Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator, MMCA Sri Lanka, speaking about the partnership said, “The […]
- The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Launches Term 3 of ‘MMCA Afterschool’ (Category: Breaking News)
- MMCA Sri Lanka adds the arts to the classroom (Category: Breaking News)
- Museum of modern and contemporary art (Category: Breaking News)
- The MMCA Sri Lanka Grows with the Founding Patrons Programme (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Playing Games With Constitutional Reforms appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Abolishing The Executive Presidency – Is Time Running Out? (Category: Breaking News)
- The Senseless Killing Of 19A By 21A! (Category: Breaking News)
- 22nd Amendment: People Are Never Fooled (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Mahinda Rajapaksa, A Bankrupt Country & Fifty Years Of Politics appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Mr. President, Can You Hear The People ? (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
- There’s Nothing Called State Sovereignty Today (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post What’s Next, After The Rajapaksa Clan & #GotaGoGama Are Both Gone? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka – Survive Or Perish? – An Open Letter To The President (Category: Breaking News)
- Government Brutalities Against Protesters (Category: Breaking News)
The academics are marching. The students are marching. The Muslims are marching. Every day hundreds images of throngs of people shouting slogans and demonstrating blare across television screens, newspapers and of course, the internet. SMS news alerts about road closures and barricades abound as popular discontent rises to the surface through trade union agitation and ...
- No interference in Sri Lanka’s Judiciary, President asserts (Category: Business)
- Divi Neguma Bill to be back anew (Category: Business)
- Northwestern Provincial Council approves the Divi Neguma Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- SC order and govt.’s trial balloon (Category: Breaking News)
Currently discussing new courses with local and international universities By Cheranka Mendis The training arm of SriLankan Airlines, International Aviation Academy (IAA), is on an aggressive expansion plan, launching its services overseas while concentrating on capacity development and local youth engagement to the industry. IAA, which provides International Airline Training Association (IA...
- TAASL and IATA partner to develop HR in aviation (Category: Business)
- SriLankan Airlines’ IAA completes first training program for TAASL member agents (Category: Business)
- SriLankan IAA among IATA top ten (Category: Business)
- UL’s aviation training arm ventures in to Maldives (Category: Business)
Engaged employees produce exceptional results. We need to have employee care in order o ensure their engagement at work. How can we make it happen? Today’s column deals with Ten Commandments for employee care. Employee care for higher engagement Employee engagement has become a buzz word in management circles, mainly due to its attractiveness as ...
- Ten Commandments for trainers (Category: Business)
- Letter: 'Though shalt not bear false witness' (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Letter: 'Though shalt not bear false witness' (Category: USA, North Dakota)
- Letter: 'Though shalt not bear false witness' (Category: USA, North Dakota)
Mount Lavinia Hotel has always been a catalyst to take steps of changing landscape with its own set of new challenges. Now it envisages empowerment and enhancement of Hospitality Education and Training within the country and in the region also. Mount Lavinia Hotel has branched out into Maldives with the opening of its sister hotel ...
- Legendary International Hotel School Wins Award At Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- Legendary Int. Hotel School wins at Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- First Batch From Badowita Receives Certificates For F&B (Category: Breaking News)
to put lessons learned into practice so as to benefit their careers and organisations immediately. Making ...
- For the first time in Sri Lanka, workshops for management consultants (Category: Business)
- PIM develops Hayleys Managers (Category: Business)
- Skilled training through Youth Cadre (Category: Breaking News)
- Employee engagement and work-life balance (Category: Business)
Third batch of students graduate in TangalleThe third batch of 23 students, trained in hotel operations under ‘Jeevana’ Livelihood Development Scheme, promoted by NDB, passed out at a ceremony held in Tangalle on 9 July. MP Namal Rajapaksa was the chief guest at the ceremony. Initiated in September 2010, ‘Jeevana’ Livelihood Development Program endorses NDB’s ...
- NDB ‘Jeevana’ empowers youth in Jaffna together with DIMO (Category: Business)
- NDB Bank enhances hospitality trade through ‘Jeevana’ initiative again (Category: Business)
- NDB helps youths to get jobs in the growing tourism industry (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s NDB bank has initiated a program to help the country’s youths gain required qualification to find jobs in the growing tourism industry. Under its “Jeevana’ Livelihood Development Program” an initiative aimed at developing entrepreneurship across the Island, NDB has already provided training for three groups of youths selected from rural areas on hotel operations. The ...
- NDB to divest two of its subsidiaries (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s AVIVA Insurance acquired by AIA Group (Category: Breaking News)
- AIA Officials in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Northern youths share their joy with youths from the South (Category: Breaking News)
Paves way for new talent in Tennis to be highlighted among juniors Leading finance solutions company, Bartleet Finance has stepped into the arena of tennis for a second consecutive year to sponsor the Junior Tennis Initiative Program in Sri Lanka (Tennis 10s & Performance Tennis). The Junior Tennis Initiative (JTI) programme is an endeavor successfully ...
- Airtel Lanka dials support for 97th Colombo Championships 2012 (Category: Business)
- The High Cost Of Playing In The Tennis Nationals (Category: Breaking News)
- Bartleet Finance launches ‘Bilindu’ (Category: Business)
- Godamanna wins third set with NZ number 1 (Category: Breaking News)
The Platinum Honours is an annual event that is held by the Alumni of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) in order to recognise the PIM graduates who perform exceptionally well in their careers. This is a prestigious recognition that motivates graduates to continue with significant
- PIMA Honours Prof. Uditha Liyanage (Category: Breaking News)
- PIMA Platinum Honours 2011 (Category: Business)
- Rajudin appointed as Arpico Finance MD (Category: Business)
- Dr. Kalam to address PIMA, CIMA forum on Sunday (Category: Business)
From cycling to events on a push cycle as a DJ at a time when DJs were unheard of in Sri Lanka and the line of work was frowned upon, to becoming Sri Lanka’s very first Entertainment Manager and then building brand ‘Harpo,’ Harpo Gooneratne is a man who has always passionately believed in following ...
- 3M, a Global Partner in Innovation (Category: Business)
- SLPL an exciting opportunity for Sri Lankan cricket: Sandeep Bhammer (Category: Business)
- Alam Steel to start operations in Sri Lanka soon (Category: Business)
- Competitiveness is key to securing tourism success (Category: Business)
Standard Chartered has launched a policy which entitles its employees to 100 days of maternity leave, which is a first in Sri Lanka. Reiterating its brand promise ‘Here for good’ the first-in-country maternity leave policy was launched today coinciding with International Women’s Day. The new policy entitles eligible Standard Chartered employees to one hundred working ...
- ‘Kids at Work’ at Standard Chartered (Category: Business)
- Standard Chartered employees pledge last hour’s pay to ‘Seeing is Believing’ (Category: Business)
- EFC forum on how to retain top talent in workplace (Category: Business)
- Standard Chartered sponsors Colombo Art Biennale (Category: Business)
The first CIM Tal-king Point Programme for the year 2012, titled “The Global Workplace of the Future” conducted by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka Region, was held last week at The Ceylon Continental Hotel Colombo. Mrs Chitrangani Herat Guneratne, Chairperson, CIM Sri Lanka Region, welcomed the impressive number of marketers gathered by ...
- CIM Sri Lanka to celebrate 100 years of marketing excellence (Category: Business)
- CIM Future Marketers Conference 2012 on Saturday (Category: Business)
- CIM students achieve high pass rates once again (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka - CIM launches Introductory Certificate in Marketing (Category: Education)
With over two decades of experience in business and ICT education, OpenArc School of Business and Technology (OSBT), has organised a free career guidance seminar focusing after A/L & O/L students and their parents on 22 January from 2p.m. onwards at the OpenArc Auditorium. This seminar aims at clarifying and educating school leavers and their ...
- OpenArc offers 50 BIT Degree Scholarships for A/L Students (Category: Business)
- OpenArc automates Ideal Finance (Category: Business)
- ICTA ready for crowd-drawing ICT stall at ‘Deyata Kirula 2012’ (Category: Business)
- ESOFT educational partner of Infotel 2011 (Category: Business)
The Annual General Meeting of the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) was recently held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel and the new executive council for the year 2012 was elected. The CSSL was established in 1976 in Sri Lanka by a group of dedicated professionals for the purpose of promoting Information and Communication Technology ...
- Computer Society of Sri Lanka launches Deyata IT (Category: Business)
- AGC Networks supports National IT Conference 2011 as enterprise solutions partner (Category: Business)
- Nearly 10,000 ICT professionals migrated during crisis period - CSSL (Category: Breaking News)
- CSSL joint seminar with OPA on 4 May (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), as part of its ‘Power Evening’ series of events, presented an eclectic combination of chairmen from leading organisations in the country last week and at the occasion delved into the subject ‘Performing While Conforming – What the Textbooks Don’t Teach You’ by sharing experiences from ...
- Positioning Sri Lanka in the global economy (Category: Business)
- SLID to present a rare combination at ‘Power Evening’ (Category: Business)
- The evolution of the role of marketers (Category: Business)
- Corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices (Category: Business)
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