BusinessMillennium Housing to expand; sells over 130 units within a year
By Sandun A. Jayasekera
Forging ahead as the market leader in the Housing sector, Millennium Housing Ltd (MHL) now expands into more projects in the suburbs with a land that has been conveniently located on the Maharagama – Piliyandala Road. The location offers 40 houses with well developed infrastructure facilities and is the first of medium sized projects to be launched shortly by MHL.
Harvard expert at Pathfinder seminar on how China, India reshape their futures
The Pathfinder Foundation is organising the second series of seminars, beginning with ‘Billions of Entrepreneurs; How China and India are Reshaping their Futures and Yours’. The seminar, organised in collaboration with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce using video conference facility of the American Centre, is scheduled for 22 May from 6.3p.m. to 8:30p.m.
Govt. expects US waiver after Iran oil import cut
Reuters: Sri Lanka expects a U.S. waiver of sanctions on imports of Iranian crude after it took steps to cut them by up to 38 percent, switching to alternatives from Oman and Saudi Arabia, the island's oil minister said on Tuesday.
Trimcolanka promotes convenient ‘pop up’ mosquito nets
Trimcolanka Ltd., a company dedicated to bringing innovative solutions to health related issues, is promoting ‘pop-up’ mosquito nets to help the public to protect themselves of dengue. The promotion also coincides with the on-going National Dengue Week.
Team from Japanese giant Itochu meets Basil
A Japanese business delegation led by Chairman of the Japan-Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee and Senior Corporate Advisor to Itochu Corporation of Japan Kouhei Watanabe met Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa at the Ministry of Economic Development yesterday.
Watanabe said the Japan Sri Lanka Business Cooperation Committee was working toward promoting investment and trade between two countries. The committee met in Japan last year with the attendance of more than 150 Japanese businessmen and investors and a joint meeting between Sri Lankan and Japanese business communities will be held this year in Sri Lanka.
Carson Cumberbatch platinum sponsor of Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012
Carson Cumberbatch joined hands with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce as the Platinum Sponsor of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the key corporate forum in the country’s business calendar.
For the 13th consecutive year, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit will be held on the 10, 11 and 12 July 2012 at the Cinnamon Grand, Colombo under the theme ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy’.
Provincial workshops on bar coding, labelling and standards
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), the main business chamber of the country will conduct a series of five workshops on bar coding, labelling and standards in Uva, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central regions. The first two workshops of this series will be conducted at Uva and Ampara Regional Chambers on 17 and 18 May. The project is funded by Asia Foundation.
Certis Lanka receives Arch of Europe Award for Quality and Technology
Certis Lanka Security Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. was privileged to receive the prestigious Arch of Europe Gold Award for Quality and Technology at the Business Initiative Directions (B.I.D) International Arch of Europe Convention and presentation of the 2012 International Quality Awards held on 30 April 2012 in Frankfurt Intercontinental Convention Hall.
The B.I.D. Quality Award is presented in recognition of those companies or organisations in different countries throughout the world that further their reputation and position by implementing and promoting quality culture.
Riyad to take United Tractors to next level as new CEO
United Tractors and Equipment Ltd has announced the appointment of Riyad Ismail as CEO of the UTE group of companies.
Ismail was workings as the General Manager of United Tractors and takes over from Priath Fernando who stepped down from the post but continues on as Chairman of the company.
Keells Super receives first-ever ‘Supermarket Management System’ SLS certificate
By Cheranka Mendis
Keells Super yesterday became the first retail chain to obtain a Certificate of Conformity from the Sri Lanka Standards (SLS) Institute for the ‘Supermarket Management System.’ This also marks the introduction of the Management System to Sri Lanka.
Awarded to Keells Super Crescat, Union Place and Rajagiriya, the certificate covers areas of environmental hygiene, hygienic production of food in production bakeries and kitchens, transport, handling and storage of foods, cleaning maintenance and personal hygiene, temperature control, pest control systems, procedures for monitoring at control points and critical limits, maintaining records pertinent to traceability of products and preventive/control measures for hazards and procedures for verification.
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