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By Neville Ladduwahetty During his address to the “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond”, the President “declared that Sri Lanka is at a crossroad and it was the nation’s last chance to forge ahead or fail (Daily FT, 31, 2023). Now that Sri Lanka has committed itself to the terms
- Govt. decision to give two million farming families freehold land deeds will lead to shanty town... (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Death Penalty Again In Focus: An Efficient Criminal Justice, The Only Answer appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Treating Protests & Strikes As Terrorism: ATA Requires 2/3 Plus A Referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- A case for reviving the death penalty in Sri Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- 1972: A Historic Opportunity Missed (Category: Breaking News)
- Conspiracy There Was, In Enthroning Gota; Not In Dethroning Him! (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranilism & The RW Fan Club: A Response To The Critics Of My New Appointment (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil Just Mummified Himself & Embalmed The UNP, So What Should A Democratic Opposition Do? (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
[…] The post The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
- The Geopolitical Enabling Of The Gotabaya Garrison State (Category: Breaking News)
Industry experts urge disillusioned local investors to ‘buy when it’s down and sell when it’s up’ In a highly volatile atmosphere and with low investor confidence in the Colombo Bourse, experts earlier this week went against the negative sentiments and instead stated that now is the time to buy. These views were aired at a ...
- Why Lion leads frontier (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
- Sustainability in volatility: The bankers’ challenge (Category: Business)
Following is the response from Dlimah Tea Director Malik J. Fernando to Willie Weerasekera’s article ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’? The billion dollar question published last Friday in Daily FT.The writer speaks sense when he says “the million-dollar question is therefore much more than ‘Ceylon Tea’ or ‘tea hub’ – It is: How do ...
- Hub is no hoodoo, says TEA (Category: Business)
- Debate on importation of lower cost tea (Category: Business)
- Storm in Sri Lanka’s teacup: A more pragmatic approach is key (Category: Business)
- Govt. pledges to protect ‘Pure Ceylon Tea’ (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Asia Leisure, a fully-owned subsidiary of Asia Capital Group, has formed a strategic tie-up with Teoria Investments Japan, through which Teoria has made an initial investment of US$ 2 million into Asia Leisure’s property Taprobana in Balapitiya. Anticipated to be launched in April 2013, Taprobana is the start of a major expansion ...
- Asia Leisure partners with Japan Capital for new hotel project in Wadduwa (Category: Business)
- Asia Capital spreads its wings (Category: Business)
- Stefan appointed Asia Capital CEO (Category: Business)
- ‘OZO’ to be newest brand in Sri Lankan hospitality (Category: Business)
Although relatively unknown in Sri Lanka, the world’s third largest advertising holding company, the Publicis Groupe, has a formidable presence worldwide and is represented in Sri Lanka by one of its main global subsidiaries, Leo Burnett. With Sri Lanka showing potential for high growth in the years to come, the second-in-command of the French multinational ...
- Leo Burnett welcomes Bertrand Siguier, Executive VP of Publicis Groupe (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett celebrates exceptional year in 2011 (Category: Business)
- Publicis Group second in command in town today (Category: Business)
- Invest NI to tap into further business opportunities in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
By Uditha Jayasinghe Showcasing the need for vigilance, over 1,500 foreigners who remained illegally in the country after their visas expired were detected within the first two months of 2012, a top immigration official said yesterday. Controller General of Immigration and Emigration Commissioner for Registration of Persons of Indian Origin W. Perera told the Daily ...
- Information of overstaying foreigners requested (Category: Business)
- E Monitoring (Category: Business)
- Frenchman arrested by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- 250 visa overstayers deported (Category: Breaking News)
With just 12 days to go, Sri Lanka’s largest mega trade, investment and tourism promotion initiative ‘Expo 2012’ has attracted close to 1,200 people, exceeding the expected 1,000 mark, EDB Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily FT, he asserted
- ‘Expo 2012’ promoted in Dubai (Category: Business)
- EDB, UK High Commission promotes Sri Lanka Expo 2012 in London (Category: Business)
- Robust exports to get boost via Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
Thousands of women in the apparel industry deserve respect for being partners in Sri Lanka’s highest foreign exchange earning sector By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka’s apparel industry clothes the world and earns the largest amount of foreign exchange but is struggling to retain its workforce as an estimated 30,000 vacancies remain open in hundreds of ...
- Apparel Exporters blame Govt. for lack of support (Category: Business)
- Wall Street Journal spotlight on Brandix’s global push via regional foray (Category: Business)
- Growth maintained in apparel exports (Category: Breaking News)
Benito Mussolini, the fascist ruler of Italy, during World War II, said that his brand of fascism ‘should be more appropriately called Corporatism, because it is a merger of state and corporate power’. Compare this with the dictionary definition of capitalism: ‘A system in which a country’s business and industry are controlled and run for ...
- Entrepreneur and the profit motive (Category: Business)
- The rise of State capitalism: new masters of the universe or an ominous portent? (Category: Business)
- State Capitalism: Revitalising underperforming businesses the Mussolini way (Category: Business)
- Governance - Four examples; two bad and two good (Category: Business)
The Daily FT spoke to the Immediate Past President of Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators (SLAITO) and Chairman and Managing Director of Conniassance de Ceylan Ltd., on the state of post-war Sri Lanka tourism industry, the progress and key challenges as well as future prospects
- Future of Sri Lanka Tourism: Former SLAITO Chief sheds key insights (Category: Business)
- Strategic policy needed for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
- SLAITO on expectations and challenges facing tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Prema joins Alhambra Hotels Board (Category: Business)
How the key industry progressed last yearBy Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, which saw a 30.8% growth over the previous year in 2011, has been driven by key markets India, UK and Germany and is likely to be the foremost contributor in 2012 as well. Named as ‘Visit Sri Lanka year,’ 2011 saw the ...
- Tourist arrivals in Feb. up 27% (Category: Business)
- Tourism triumph! - Ends 2011 with record 855,975 arrivals (Category: Business)
- Treasures of Sri Lanka, the ethical way (Category: Business)
- Warm welcome for record-breaking 800,000th tourist arrival in 2011 (Category: Business)
Ends 2011 with record 855,975 arrivalsBy Cheranka Mendis The high-flying tourism industry closed the year with a record 855,975 arrivals, marking a rise of 100,000 from the original target for the year. Statistics revealed by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) yesterday noted that the figure reflects a 30.8% increase from the previous year. ...
- Sri Lanka opens up for a 4 million domestic tourism industry (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka draws 60,989 tourists in 16 days (Category: Business)
- SL welcomes 800,000th tourist (Category: Breaking News)
Citrus Hikkaduwa, the maiden venture of the Dilith Jayaweera, Varuni Amunugama Fernando and Sarwa Ameresekere trio, opened for guests last week, heralding a new experience in the popular southern coast. Originally the 50-room Amaya Reef, following the takeover and rebranding Citrus Hikkaduwa is now a 97-room modern and up-market resort. The first guests were a ...
- Passikudah Beach Resort buys 12 acres for Rs. 169 m (Category: Business)
- Citrus ups investment in subsidiary (Category: Business)
- Construction of 150-room Citrus Leisure Waskaduwa begins (Category: Business)
- Celebrating Citrus Hikkaduwa (Category: Business)
Special communiqué listing actions taken issued to travel and hotel trade as a confidence building measure Working closely with the defence authorities to ensure greater protection for tourists in possible vulnerable areas Both tourism and law enforcement authorities have thus far successfully handled the unfortunate gruesome attack on a tourist couple in Tangalle over the ...
- Business as usual for professionally-managed southern hotels (Category: Business)
- Tourism decries Tangalle tragedy as biggest setback (Category: Business)
- Tourism in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Take a broader view (Category: Business)
The right to privacy is our right to keep a domain around us, which includes all those things that are part of us, such as our body, home, thoughts, feelings, secrets and identity. The right to privacy gives us the ability to choose which parts in this domain can be accessed by others, and to ...
- Right to information: Transformation from a secretive society to transparency (Category: Business)
- Govt waits for clearance to implement India-funded Unique ID card project (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka @ 63: The ‘Military business model’ of post-war economic development (Category: Breaking News)
Despite being a regional leader in enforcing standards, Sri Lanka still has a long way to go before reaping the full benefits of having its exports globally accepted. Studies have shown that a country can add as much as 1% to its GDP by proscribing to international standards. Daily FT met
- ISMM conducts second CPD/CPE program for 2012/13 (Category: Business)
- LAUGFS Eco Sri gets ISO 9001 (Category: Business)
- PHDT awarded international certification for quality management (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Sri Lanka’s tea industry has been battered and beaten by the weather gods this year and is now looking at lower production volumes and low auction prices despite early expectations of the year continuing the trend of 2010, which ended off as a record year for the industry. Colombo Tea Brokers’ Association ...
- Tea thirsts for blitz (Category: Business)
- Tackling tea travails (Category: Business)
- World drinks more tea, FAO predicts strong price (Category: Business)
- March tea output falls on bad weather (Category: Business)
By Uditha Jayasinghe Brewed by external demand reductions and local policies, Sri Lanka’s value-added tea exports are declining while bulk shipments are increasing, resulting in a possible drop in earnings, industry experts warned yesterday. Terming the reduction in value-added tea as a “disturbing trend,” Asia Siyaka Commodities said in a review report that Sri Lanka’...
- Syria shock for tea (Category: Business)
- Tea Trials (Category: Business)
- VALUE ADDED TEA EXPORTS ON THE RISE (Category: Breaking News)
- Negative start for tea exports in 2012 (Category: Business)
Industry expects modest growth but no boom expectationsby Cheranka Mendis The tourism industry is looking at a 10-15% increase during the coming winter season although there will be no sell-out as earlier expected, according to industry experts. The season, which usually amounts to the highest number of arrivals each year, was initially expected to bring ...
- Profit Gap (Category: Business)
- Facelift for two Colombo Fort Hotels’ properties (Category: Business)
- Rubber optimism intact (Category: Business)
Exports volume to Middle East up but industry fears danger of price fluctuations towards year endBy Uditha Jayasinghe Brewing with mixed fortunes, tea exports have faced the Middle East unrest well, but future price fluctuations may pose challenges in the short term, say industry experts. Despite the challenges of the ongoing turmoil in the Middle ...
- Negative start for tea exports in 2012 (Category: Business)
- Lanka’s 2012 Jan-July tea exports Rs100 bn: In 2011, it was Rs92 bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Syria shock for tea (Category: Business)
- Akbar Brothers flies Lankan flag high as world’s biggest tea exporter (Category: Business)
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