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The International Cricket Council Awards ceremony was held at Water’s Edge Colombo last week. Here are some highlights of the event – Pix by Upul Abayasekara
A world beyond cash builds a world beyond hunger MasterCard and the World Food Program (WFP) last week announced a global partnership that will use digital innovation to help people around the world to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. The game-changing partnership will combine MasterCard’s expertise in electronic payments systems with WFP’s global ...
By Cheranka Mendis The European Union has injected Euro 60 million (around Rs. 10 billion) in a four-year Support to District Development Program (SDDP) that was initiated in June this year, to support four war affected districts of the country. EU Sri Lanka Delegation Head of Operations Willy Vandenberge yesterday told the Daily FT that ...
Ambassador Asitha Perera thanked the FAO Director General Jose Graziano da Silva for supporting the post conflict development in the North of Sri Lanka. Upon presenting credentials to the FAO, Ambassador Perera had specially requested the Director General to consider participating and supporting the recently resettled war affected population in the North and East of ...
A special SriLankan Airlines’ flight carried the Sacred Kapilavastu Relics back to Delhi, India on 12 September, with the conclusion of a three week exposition in Sri Lanka. The Sacred Kapilavastu relics, housed in the National Museum of India, were brought to Sri Lanka for a second time on 19 August, the first being in ...
S. Ranugge, a senior management professional with over 30 years experience in public sector management has assumed duties as Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL). He has served as Secretary to several Ministries and as head of departments. At the time of his appointment, he was a Management Consultant at the Sri Lanka ...
MP Mangala Samaraweera yesterday in a statement has jeered the recent rebound in the Colombo stock market as well as the appointment of the new Chairman at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in addition to being highly critical of the so-called mafia of investors. Following is the full text of Samaraweera’s statement: In an ...
The UNIDO focal point office in Colombo has successfully marshalled a US based top tier global fund for its pioneering bamboo initiative leading to large scale bio-mass alternative energy material growth in Sri Lanka. “We are highly encouraged by the strong co-financing support of the Global Environment Fund (GEF) headed by Jeffrey Leonard, whose firm ...
Maliban Biscuit Manufactories (Pvt.) Ltd. has re-launched one of their most popular and sought after brands ‘Lemon Puff’. The new and improved Lemon Puff comes with a refined taste, improved texture of its biscuit and a whole new attractive packaging, all for the same price. “The consumers today are quite different to the consumers five ...
Sri Lanka- based IWMI (International Water Management Institute) was presented with the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize at the annual World Water Week held in Stockholm last month. Director General of IWMI, Dr Colin Chartres received the prize from the King of Sweden, His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf at a Royal Prize Ceremony and Banquet ...
The SriLankan Airlines Group stamped its class as an institution that is in the forefront of environmental conservation, when it swept the ‘State Sector Buildings – Large Scale’ category at the Vidulka National Energy Efficiency Awards 2012. The National Carrier won the only Silver Award in the category, while its subsidiary SriLankan Catering Ltd. was ...
The Pakistani leader yesterday called on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees and appreciated the arrangements made by the Sri Lankan Government for organising the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. Underscoring the need for enhanced exchange of Parliamentary delegations between the two countries to promote people-to-people contacts, Dr. Shah has said that ...
Q: It’s been close to a decade since you guys started out, how different is your sound compared to back then? A: We started in 2004 so closing into eight years actually, not a decade yet. But yeah the sound has changed overtime, members have come and gone and therefore different influences set in at ...
Sri Lanka’s very first DJ training facility, the DJ Academy turns four this month. Founded by Tareeq Musafer in 2008, along with his book ‘Learn to be a DJ,’ the academy has grown from strength to strength, making it the only established and well-known training institute for upcoming DJs in the country. Commenting on the ...
Candela, an innovative new interactive education tool, is to be launched at the Colombo International Book Fair at the BMICH next week. This is a product that is available in the form of a CD, which can be simply loaded on to any computer to provide children with a learning experience, and can be used ...
The concern about indigenous people in the world has risen considerably in recent times. Not so long ago, in most countries they were looked down upon as an uncivilised set of people. The indigenous people have attracted the attention of the United Nations as well. So far the United Nations Postal Administration has issued two ...
It is virtually impossible to get to the Katunayake airport by public transport. At least that’s what most people believe. Anyone who has ever been to the country’s only international airport has surely noticed the absolute lack of a high-speed rail service, a dedicated slow-speed rail service or even a shuttle bus. Ultimate proof of ...
John Keells Foundation (JKF) commemorated International Literacy Day falling on 8 September by donating hundreds of books to the libraries of schools supported by JKF under its Neighbourhood Schools Development Project as well as the Village Adoption Project. The books were collected through a book donation campaign named “Gift of Knowledge” conducted among the staff ...
Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was yesterday seen championing the cause of education for children. Virat Kohli has been named the star in a children’s book that has been published by Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation that promotes literacy and gender equality in education across Asian and African countries together with the International ...
The Lanka Business Coalition on HIV and Aids (LBCH) launched their revamped website ‘www.lbchconnect.com’ with information and updates to educate, inform and raise awareness on HIV and AIDS on the premise that there is still a high level of ignorance of the disease and that prevention is better than cure. The event was attended by ...
Reuters: The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, saying it would pump $40 billion into the US economy each month until it saw a sustained upturn in the weak jobs market. The central bank’s decision to tie its controversial bond buying directly to economic conditions was an unprecedented step that marked a ...
Reuters: Pakistan will not boycott the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards despite registering a protest over the omission of off-spinner Saeed Ajmal from the shortlist of candidates. “We have our strong reservations over Ajmal’s omission from the awards list but have decided not to boycott the ceremony but we will only be sending some squad ...
The place isn’t a paradise for minorities but the economy is recovering By Sam Baker Asuasentinel.com: The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka has probably botched its dealings with the United States, the European Union and the United Nations. Still, the disenchantment with Colombo may be overblown three years after the end of the ...
(Reuters): Seven Asian players including India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara were selected in the International Cricket Council’s one-day team of the year on Friday. Dhoni, who was included in the team for a fifth year in succession, was named captain. India’s Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, Sri Lankan fast ...
For cricket fans, the past week has been a particularly good time to fly to Sri Lanka with Emirates, the award-winning Dubai-based international airline: seven passengers on flights to Colombo have won exclusive collector’s items in the form of bats autographed by teams that competed in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Presented as part ...
By Saman Gunadasa World Socialist Web Site: A scandal over the manipulation of shares on the Colombo Stock Exchange has erupted in recent weeks, after former Sri Lankan Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Thilak Karunaratne accused Government ministers of acting in league with speculators. Karunaratne was pressured by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit his position, ...
Adlai Stevenson once said that “public confidence in the integrity of the government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for”. Public integrity is one of the salient features of a democratic system of governance, where every action ...
At the recently held Sri Lanka Tourism Awards, The International Hotel School affiliated with the Mount Lavinia Hotel Group won the award for small scale enterprise in the discipline of tourism education and training efforts.
Sri Lanka-based IWMI (International Water Management Institute) was presented with the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize at the annual World Water Week held in Stockholm last month.
Continuing its growth momentum, Orient Finance PLC adds yet another milestone, with the opening of its doors to the acceptance of fixed deposits, subsequent to being licensed by the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under the Finance Business Act No 42 of 2011 as a Finance Company.