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Sri Lanka gets direct cargo link between Colombo and Yangon
Mar 24, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Continental Shipping Lines’ “Pathien Star” made it’s inaugural call at the Jaya Container Terminal in Colombo yesterday. The vessel is scheduled to leave for Port Yangon of Myanmar soon. “This is the first time that a direct cargo link has been established between Colombo and Yangon opening a new […]
UK supports professional development of Sri Lanka Police
For the last three years the UK, through the Scottish Police College, has supported the development of new training programmes for the Sri Lanka Police – both for new entrants to the Police College and more senior officers at the Police Academy. Courses at the Academy cover topics such as Ethical Leadership and Organisational Management. […]
Classical Pianist Richard Clayderman to perform in Sri Lanka
Richard Clayderman, the French Classical Pianist is set to perform in Sri Lanka at the NelumPokuna on April 8th, 2016. The concert is being organized by Hussain Shirufaz of Helix Krest Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. Event Partners have been announced as Yamaha Music and Hotel Hilton Colombo whilst Media Sponsors are Legends, Yes FM and TV1. […]
Australian High Commissioner visits development projects in North
The Australian High Commissioner, Mr Bryce Hutchesson, visited the Northern Province on 16-18 March 2016 to meet with key government interlocutors and inspect Australian-supported development projects. In Jaffna, Mr Hutchesson had productive discussions on the political, economic and development situation in the North with Governor Reginald Cooray, Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, Security Forces Commander, Jaffna, […]
Royal Turf Club concludes first race with fashion at Nuwara Eliya
Amidst accolades, excitement, clean racing and all the fun, thrills and spills of a racing carnival, set in the picturesque environs of Nuwara Eliya or ‘Little ‘England ‘ as it is fondly termed, the newly formed Royal Turf Club concluded its first race for the season ‘At The Highest Level’ ! Over 35 horses were […]
CA Sri Lanka launches new Integrated Reporting Council
In a fresh initiative aimed at further enhancing the best practices of financial reporting amongst corporates in the country, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) launched the Integrated Reporting Council (IR Council), comprising of professionals from the accounting and non-accounting sectors, regulators and academics. The inaugural meeting of the IR […]
Lionel Messi Joins the Huawei Family of Global Brand Ambassadors
Huawei, global leading company in ICT and telecommunication solutions, today announces Lionel Messi’s appointment as the latest Global Brand Ambassador to the company. The partnership with Lionel Messi showcases the brand’s alignment with people and brands that demonstrate, and strive towards its shared value of connecting greatness. Challenges test our desire to achieve what we […]
CSE Wins Global HR Excellence Award
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) won the award for “The Most Innovative Use of Training and Development” at the recently concluded World HRD Congress in Mumbai, India. Attracting participation from organizations representing over 100 countries, the Global HR Excellence Awards recognize organizations and HR professionals for excellence in HR strategy and people management. Diverse training needs and unique operational […]
Fitch rates Singer Finance proposed senior debt BBB
Fitch Ratings has assigned Singer Finance (Lanka) PLC’s (SFL; BBB(lka)/Stable) proposed senior secured redeemable debentures of up to LKR1.5bn a final National Long-Term Rating of ‘BBB(lka)’. A full list of existing ratings is at the end of this rating action commentary. The assignment of the final rating follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received, and […]
Top Lankan team heading for Brussels on decisive fishery ban talks
Mar 18, 2016 (LBO) – A top team including officials from the Prime Ministerial Task Force is scheduled to depart for Brussels on 30 March for decisive talks on the EU Fishery ban, Seafood Exporters Association said. Chairman of Seafood Exporters Association Prabhash Subasinghe said this meeting is almost expected to be the final and […]
SriLankan Airlines sharpens skills of university students
SriLankan Airlines partnered with two of Sri Lanka’s most reputed institutes of higher learning – the University of Colombo and the University of Sri Jayawardenepura – to strengthen and sharpen the skills of its leaders of the future through programmes that were especially designed for the National Carrier. Pradeepa Kekulawala, Head of Human Resources at […]
LAUGFS Lubricants expands to serve the Northern Province
LAUGFS Lubricants (Pvt) Ltd, the first Sri Lankan company to enter the local lubricant industry back in 2008, has further expanded its product portfolio to the Northern Province. The appointment of distributorship for the Anuradhapura region took place recently with the presence of company senior officials. This is also expected to serve customers in the […]