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Japanese 80-year-old claims Everest record
BBC: An 80-year old Japanese mountaineer has reached the summit of Mount Everest, making him the oldest...
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ASI rises to highest in 19 months; net foreign inflow tops Rs. 13 b markReuters: Shares climbed to...
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement has said the Government has no intention of importing...
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The Government of Japan has agreed to provide approximately Rs. 245 million (Yen 192 million) in grant...
Read more.... Add new commentWatawala Plantations records Rs. 726 m in PAT for FY 2012/13
Watawala Plantations PLC (WATA) – a member of the Sunshine Enterprise – has posted a 62%...
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In a clear deviation from his chosen sphere, Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage wednesday took...
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By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby correspondent UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday suggested the...
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Airline adds three more flights from Colombo to meet rising demand With expansion from 30 June,...
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German Ambassador opens new facilities at STEPS Institute in Jaffna
German Ambassador Dr. Juergen Morhard declared open a new building at the Skills through English for...
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‘The Last Phase’, a documentary film depicting the true life story of a former female LTTE...
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Eighteen people have been arrested in Britain and France on suspicion of helping to smuggle Sri Lankan...
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(Colombo Gazette) Australia has sent back another 31 Sri Lankan irregular maritime arrivals after they...
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(Colombo Gazette) The Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lankan navy were to exchanged fishermen arrested...
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Bernanke suggests fed not ready to pull back on stimulus
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The Federal Reserve’s monetary stimulus is helping the US economy recover...
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters): Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots...
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SINGAPORE (Reuters): Japanese Government bonds plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in...
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Reuters: A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh...
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FRANKFURT (Reuters): A top US Federal Reserve official urged the European Central Bank on Tuesday to...
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• CCI President calls for Infrastructure Development Fund to benefit local construction industry • US Congress moves toward full trade embargo on Iran • Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West • Are we poised to become the ‘Wonder of Asia’? • Letters to the Editor More articlesSri Lanka reaping peace dividend: HSBC report
Says infrastructure development is greater than many of its neighbours Suggests structural reforms to ensure sustainability of strong infrastructure growth in the future Sri Lanka is reaping the peace dividend with impressive development especially in infrastructure, according to the global banking giant HSBC.
Read more.... Add new commentVibrant Vesak
Paying homage to Sri Lanka’s religious and cultural heritage, these two little children prepare to mark Vesak by hanging up colourful ‘Vesak kudu,’ continuing a tradition that has stood the test of time
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• Union Bank hosts first Branch and Inter-department Quiz • Sri Lanka woos more Singapore investments • Domex guarantees better results with Active Green formula • Mongoose Adventures partners with Intl. Diving Centre to dive against debris • Tea crop up 12% in April More articlesFINANCIAL SERVICES
• HNB’s first Green Bank building in Northern Province • People’s Leasing and Finance spreads wings to Uva and Eastern regions • Gold bar premiums in Asia hit record highs • Amunugama lists reasons in P’ment for Lankaputhra Bank failure • Fitch rates Ceylon Gilt-Edged fund ‘AAA’/’V1’ More articlesMANAGEMENT
• One trillion balance sheet: The Bank of Ceylon story • Hemas Holdings Plc: Challenging the norm : A study in change management • Nolimit Ratnapura wins Taiki Akimoto 5S award • CA Sri Lanka, GIZ to strengthen SMEs and SMPs • Hayleys Group’s Sunil to speak at Intl. HRM congress USA More articlesSHIPPING/AVIATION
• 14% of UAE GDP comes from logistics • Sea level rise • Maersk seeks to double shipping rates in fragile market • SLFFA, SLFFA Cargo Services, CCN to develop e-airfreight in Sri Lanka • Dredging operation at KKS harbour completed More articlesMOTOR
• Daimler recalls 3,500 Mercedes Citan vans over faulty airbags • Suzuki, Suzuki Maruti service testing camps in Monaragala a success • Small SUVs score badly on more stringent crash tests • Thinking outside the ‘Blue Box’ • McLarens introduces Mobil Delvac MX ESP 15W-40 diesel engine oil to local market More articlesIT/TELECOM
• MillenniumIT appoints new CEO • SLT’s 100Mbps super-fast broadband internet goes live • Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg, Activision tie-up • Kingslake holds iTea Forum 2013 • GIS Technology to help accelerate efficiency development and growth More articlesMARKETING
• SLIM to host discussion on ‘Why marketers, admen cannot ignore social media’ • Entrepreneurship at its best • SLIM increases sectors for NASCO 2013 • BBDO adjudged Asia’s most effective for marketing • Bates to explore ‘The Power of Social Media’ More articlesLEADERSHIP
• Why Lankan companies are not world class • Dine like a Maharaja • Turbulent times for India’s “King of Good Times” • Leading by example • Former Inland Revenue Chief joins Nation Lanka Finance board More articlesOTHER SECTORS
• Promoting meditation • President pays homage to Dalada Maligawa, releases milk cows destined for slaughter • Etisalat to drive a unique ‘Spectacle Dansala’ • Solar Therm pandol revolutionises Vesak • High-level Buddhist delegation visits Japan • Sri Lanka Insurance ‘Bakthi Geetha Saraniya’ 2013 • German-Sri Lankan maritime specialists amalgamate as Mercmarine Group of Companies • Hayleys signs up as main sponsor for CILT International Convention 2013 More articles
Welcoming Vesak
Preparations for Vesak were in full swing over the last few days with the crafting of Vesak pandols, lanterns and flags, to be displayed all over the island. Vesak, which falls on 24 and 25 May this year, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha
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Standard Chartered’s Priority Banking customers enjoy Envoy Elite Club membership
Standard Chartered and Hameedias, the Men’s Clothing Specialist, together hosted the Bank’s Priority Banking customers at the launch of the Envoy Elite Club. The club located at the Envoy Mansion on Bagatelle Road, Colombo 03 houses an exclusive range of high quality menswear. The Bank’s Priority Banking customers who attended the event were offered exclusive [...]
Read more.... Add new comment• Standard Chartered’s Priority Banking customers enjoy Envoy Elite Club membership • Tantalising Tsing Tao • Prima unveils Kottumee Cup Noodles • The Management Club presents “The Evergreens Live!” on 13 July • The Kingsbury matches international standards with Chef Hui’s Special Lunch
CEPA revisited
INDIA’S outgoing High Commissioner Ashok Kantha has made another case for the long-stalled Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), insisting that it is more to Sri Lanka’s advantage to sign it.
• CEPA revisited • The calm before a storm? • Making strikes count • Bridging the education gap More articles
‘Fixing’ the IPL?
Some ‘pundits’ have called for a ban of the IPL because of the recent match fixing. This is like banning the stock markets because of insider trading. In any industry that attracts this kind of money, you have to statistically expect such deviances. The answer lies in effective policing and punishments for the punters and players, which has India [...]
• ‘Fixing’ the IPL? • Marketing should be more accountable • Dilemma of Bangladesh’s apparel industry More articlesTODAY'S COLUMNISTS
Administration of the game
The local rugby scene was abuzz with the incidents at the RC/Pathana game, with many allegations and counter allegations. The fact that this was a hot topic is indicative of the fact that both camps are very passionate about the game and are very keen that none of their schools should be viewed with a [...]
Devolution and Sri Lanka’s defence
The commitment of President Kumaratunga to a political solution (however imprudently over-generous those packages were) and the promise to implement 13A repeatedly made by President Rajapaksa and his troika of top representatives (who included two of his siblings) to New Delhi, constituted an important factor – apart from the murder of Rajiv Gandhi by the [...]
The proxy war against 13A
To mark four years since the end of the military conflict and the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the ‘victorious’ Government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa held its annual Victory Day parade last Saturday (18).
A tale of two systems
With the same inputs but with different systems of management, you will derive different answers as it should be. ‘Garbage in is garbage out’ as well known to information process system designers and software architects, but this is not so common knowledge in management practices as the latter is a fine art of the impossible [...]
Freight management: Essential tool for the market economy
Dollar savings should be driven from top down Working in the market economy is a challenging proposition for manufacturers and traders. The market economy is of course a valuable tool to compete globally and to organise productive activity to service a market driven global consumer society.
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