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The CIMA Management Accountants Conference 2012: ‘Reboot your business beyond financials’ is being held today at Hotel Galadari from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. With thought-provoking insights from management accounting professionals and industry leaders, the conference aims to equip Sri Lanka’s business community with best practices and techniques so businesses can be revamped to accele...
The hearing of the alleged breach of the Mergers and Acquisition Code by Melstacorp Ltd., over Lanka Milk Foods (LMF) was taken up at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday 21 September. Defence Counsel C.R. De Silva, President’s Counsel, appearing on behalf of the defendant company, took up objection that the Mergers and Acquisitions code was ...
A group of 16 travel agents from FTI Touristik of Germany visited Sri Lanka on a familiarisation tour organised by Diethelm Travel Sri Lanka on 16 September. The group was met at the airport by the FTI Touristik Resident Manager Regina Fernando, Diethelm Travel staff members Dakshitha Thamanegama, Shane Felsinger and Ramona Jayamanne. This group ...
Mahela Jayawardena is an earnest captain, but even he was forced to admit that it wasn’t entirely easy to take a seven-over thrash seriously. Sri Lanka was well beaten by 32 runs, but Jayawardena knew this was not an indicator of how the team was progressing in the tournament. “It’s a bit tough (to ...
The Law Students Association of Sri Lanka (LSASL) in collaboration with the UNDP Equal Access to Justice Project and the Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka, will hold a Legal Aid Clinic and Disability Law Awareness Program for those residing in the Kalutara District. The purpose of this project is to create awareness on Disability ...
Fitch Ratings Lanka has assigned People’s Leasing Company PLC’s (PLC, ‘AA-(lka)’/Stable) proposed commercial paper issue of up to LKR500m a National Short-Term ‘F1+(lka)’ rating. The proposed notes will have a tenure of one year, and will be used to finance the company’s working capital requirements. The rating reflects the potential extraordinary support ...
Former Sri Lanka cricketer by far the most experienced ICC Match Referee across formatsRanjan Madugalle of the ICC Emirates Elite Panel of Match Referees became the first match referee to complete a half-century of Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) when he walked on to the field for the toss in the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 ...
Previously observed proceedings of Sri Lanka’s Fonseka and Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Here to observe proceedings re Rishad Bathiudeen M.P. Acted as Counsel on world’s longest sea chase incident FV Viarsa 1 The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) observer, Australian Queen’s Counsel Mark Trowell has arrived in Sri Lanka today morning. “I am here on behalf ...
Reuters: Apple Inc fans queued around city blocks worldwide on Friday to get their hands on the new iPhone 5, pointing to a strong holiday season for the consumer device maker despite grumblings about the mapping app in the new smartphone. The iPhone 5 – thinner, lighter and with a 4-inch screen – went on ...
LONDON (Reuters): Britain’s budget deficit widened to the biggest on record for any August, data showed on Friday, a day after the central bank chief said missing its debt goal was acceptable for the government. Public sector net borrowing excluding financial sector interventions rose to 14.410 billion pounds from 14.365 billion in August 2011 as ...
A popular cricket encounter in logistics Industry Eagle 6’s is back on 13 October at NCC Grounds for the fifth consecutive year. Eagle 6’S formally known as ‘Eagle Logistics Challenge Trophy’ was first played with two teams in 2007 as a friendly encounter to strengthen the relationship between company and customers. However today this has ...
As if the very unpredictability of the format wasn’t enough, the ‘R’ factor is threatening to add to the excitement as the firstphase of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 enters its climactic stage. End September isn’t necessarily the best time to play cricket in Sri Lanka, but for most of the first week of the ...
Chairman and the Party Secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Wu Bangguo, who was on a visit to Sri Lanka upon invitation by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, made a special visit recently at the Colombo Port expansion Project (CPC) of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, ...
t-sips powered Sri Lanka Schools National Rowing Championships comes to an end Four days of spirited rowing by 14 schools culminated with Ladies College winning 14 medals (6G, 7S, 1B) and Royal emerging winner of the Boy’s category with 13 medals (5G, 4S, 4B). In the girls section, Ladies College dominated the U14 and U18 ...
Asian Aviation Centre (AAC), the premier aviation academy in Sri Lanka, recently held its 15th annual awards ceremony at the Mount Lavinia Hotel with Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake as the Chief Guest and the newly-appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Ravindra Ruberu as the Guest of Honour.
A reader of the previous week’s My View titled ‘SL’s future: Convert the simple economy into a high-tech based complex economy’ has taken up an important issue with this writer via email. He has said that it is unlikely that Sri Lanka could have a complex production structure in the country because Sri Lanka lacks ...
Ardent cricket fans grabbed their chance to join in the excitement as they grabbed a once in a lifetime chance to see the T20 World Cup Trophy and meet their favourite Sri Lankan cricketer. As a ‘bonus’ several others even won free tickets to the world cup matches as well. This was all made ...
Pakistan warmed up for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2012 with a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring game at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo. After a brief delay to the start owing to a wet outfield, Pakistan opted to bowl and Asmavia Iqbal, the new ball bowler, vindicated captain Sana Mir’s ...
Members of the New Zealand and Bangladesh teams trained with 12 players from the runner-up teams of the Murali Harmony CupFor 12 players from Central College of Anuradhapura and Maliyadeva College of Kurnegala cricket teams, 19 September was a big day in their lives. The chosen 12 from the two teams which finished runner-up at ...
Smart Media – The Annual Report Company was last week declared as the winner of the prestigious Platinum Achievement Award for annual reports worldwide at this year’s ARC Awards in New York City. It is the second time that Smart Media has bagged the Platinum at the ARC Awards – a de facto recognition as ...
The 20th anniversary of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Sri Lanka was held at the Hilton Hotel recently
The examinations Department has declared the dates on which Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Accountants’ Service and the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held. Accordingly, Open and Limited Competitive Examinations for recruitment to the Sri Lanka Planning Service will be held on 6 and 7 October and Open and Limited Competitive ...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters): India slashed a tax on overseas borrowings by local companies on Friday, giving them access to cheaper funds and cheering investors as the Government pressed on with reforms to revive economic growth. Under the new rules, which were proposed in the federal budget for 2012/13 in March but not implemented so far, ...
Reconciliation and communal harmony are two words that are being constantly used at various platforms these days. Yet it’s rarely that we read or hear about something concrete happening. In that context, the lead given by Ananda College recently is indeed praiseworthy. The Old Anandians took the initiative in planning an annual cricket match between ...
By Shanuka Tissera The Vintage Car Owners’ Club formed in 1987 is the only club catering to veteran, vintage and post-vintage thoroughbred vehicles in Sri Lanka. The VCOC aims to keep these pristine pieces of art in mint condition and have now become a part of Sri Lanka’s National Heritage with most automobiles earning the ...
$ 450 m mega project to be completed in 2014 By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has leased the iconic Transworks House land to India’s Krrish Group for 99 years at $ 49 million, whilst the $ 450 million mega project is slated to be completed by 2014. The land encompasses the Transworks House, a colonial ...
Saskia Fernando Gallery and Breese Little Gallery will host a dual exhibition of drawings by Chandraguptha Thenuwara and Jagath Weerasinghe, staged simultaneously in London and Colombo during the next couple of weeks. Titled ‘Drawings’ the exhibitions will present Thenuwara and Weerasinghe’s negotiations of this medium, investigating drawing as a site to negotiate boundaries, pol...
In clear signs that Sri Lanka’s trade with India is set to grow further and recent noise about Sri Lanka in Tamil Nadu has almost no impact on the surging Business-to-Business (B2B) linkages, a 45-member strong biz delegation led by S. Rethinavelu, Senior President of the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI) is ...
As a responsible corporate citizen, NDB has dedicated itself towards making meaningful benefactions to the society through its Strategic Corporate Responsibility initiatives that uplift and empower the future generation of Sri Lanka. In an effort to mobilise this strategic view on sustainability, NDB joined hands with the British Council of Colombo on a special project ...
It’s encouraging see the Philatelic Bureau using a bit of imagination. Over the past few months, there has been a distinct change in the policy on stamp issues. We have had a few issues on environment, nature, wildlife and so on. There was a time when we were saddled with faces of the so-called ‘distinguished ...