Sangakkara praises Sri Lanka’s healing powers
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes his team's qualification for the World Cup final can further unite a country steadily finding its feet after the end of a decades-long civil war.
Vettori retires from Twenty20 internationals
Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has confirmed that he will stand down from the New Zealand cricket captaincy, and also retire from Twenty20 cricket.
Speaking after his side’s five-wicket World Cup semi-final loss to Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday, Vettori confirmed he would retire from T20 internationals, but said he hadn’t made a decision on his one-day future.
Ponting in Australia team for Bangladesh tour
SYDNEY (AFP) – Ricky Ponting was Wednesday included in the Australian squad for their mini tour of Bangladesh next month where he will be taking orders from new captain Michael Clarke for the first time.
Clarke new Aussie captain, confident of regaining glory
Michael Clarke is confident he can lead Australia back to the top of world cricket and has no doubt he can work alongside former skipper Ricky Ponting.
Groomed for years, Clarke has officially stepped into the Australian captaincy hot-seat at a critical time for the sport.
Emerging Asian bond markets register strong growth in 2010 — ADB
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Emerging East Asia’s local currency bond markets expanded by 13.6% to $5.2 trillion in 2010, driven by strong growth in corporate bonds that helped to offset a decline in issuance by central banks and some governments in the last quarter of 2010.
Cheer over semi-final victory, high GDP growth absent in stock market
Overnight Sri Lanka clinched a chance to play at World Cup final and officially second highest ever GDP growth achievement was made public but perhaps turning unsporty there was not much cheer in the stock market yesterday.
Top performing Janashakthi sales staff on Jetliner cruise
It was the treat of a lifetime as Janashakthi Insurance Plc recently treated 250 of its top sales performers to an open deck party and cruise aboard the Sri Lanka Navy’s ‘Jetliner’. They were all General and Life sales staff who were being recognised for their exceptional performance.
Ex-Galleon trader hunted for insider information
New York (IANS) After two Indian American witnesses, a former Galleon Group employee has admitted that he traded on insider information at the hedge fund firm founded by Sri Lankan born Raj Rajaratnam.
Ravi Menon to become Singapore’s central bank chief
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Central Bank said on Wednesday that Ravi Menon will become its Managing Director from 2 April, replacing Heng Swee Keat .
Internal auditors can expand roles with changing business environment
PwC US recently announced the results of its seventh annual Global State of the Internal Audit Profession survey, which found that as companies emerge from the recession, internal auditors have the opportunity to elevate their roles by aligning their business objectives with new company priorities.
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