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Another round of elections has been fixed and the country is turned into election mode. Elections are said to be a benchmark of democracy, and then why are we bothered when more and more elections are held? More and more elections, have we correspondingly increased democracy in Sri Lanka? What does an election mean and ...
By Shamil Samsul Mueen 1. Introduction The global financial crisis has raised imperative issues concerning the stability and reliability of existing financial systems. This has driven an extensive global re-examination on the competence of the existing financial architecture and the search for a more enduring solution. As a result an increasing interest in Islamic finance ...
Sierra Global Network Private Limited, a leading telecommunication infrastructure development and managed services firm in Sri Lanka, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Leadership in Quality Award’ in Gold category by the Business Initiative Directions (BID) during their 16th annual global convention held in the Concorde La Fayette Hotel in Paris last week. “This award is ...
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters): Italian fashion house Valentino has been snapped up by the Qatari royal family for 700 million euros ($857.5 million), the latest purchase of a top European luxury brand by an emerging market investor. The luxury label loved by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Audrey Hepburn said on Thursday that Mayhoola for Investments S.P.C, an ...
The Sri Lanka Economic Association or SLEA, the long-standing professional body of economists of Sri Lanka, has published some selected papers presented at its Annual Sessions in October 2011 in a volume titled ‘Achieving Economic Goals in the Midst of Global Challenges,’ the theme of the sessions. The volume, edited by two veteran economists – ...
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Setting its sights on placing Sri Lanka in the global economy and expanding its reach in overseas markets, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2012, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, aptly themed ‘Positioning Sri Lanka in the Global Economy,’ commenced last evening at the Cinnamon Grand. In the context of ...
Reuters: China, Europe and Britain loosened monetary policy in the space of less than an hour on Thursday, signalling a growing level of alarm about the world economy, although suggestions of coordinated action were played down. Of the three, the surprise move was from Beijing which lowered its lending rate by 31 basis points to ...
After 11 years of making US higher education popular across the tiny island nation in Indian Ocean Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) has commenced promoting Sri Lanka as one of the most viable Study Abroad destinations for its numerous partners in US. SUSA believes the traffic needs to be both ways and there’s much ...
The Oxford Dictionary tells us that being ‘happy’ is being cheerful with feelings of pleasure or satisfaction. ‘Satisfaction’ is, in turn, when you are pleased because you have achieved something or because something has happened as you wanted it to. A synonym is being ‘content’ – being happy and satisfied with what you have. Rulers ...
Sri Lanka’s new development tagline Sri Lanka’s current development tagline has been to make it the ‘Emerging Wonder of Asia’ as originally enunciated in the ‘Mahinda Chinthana: Vision for the Future’ and reaffirmed in both the Development Policy Framework of the Government issued in 2010 and the Annual Report of the Ministry of Finance and ...
BANGKOK (IPS): The just-ended United Nations sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has exposed the discomfort that many developing Asian countries have over buzz words like ‘green economy’ and ‘green growth’ in development diplomacy. With the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the U.N. regional development arm, endorsing these concep...
Aspirations Intern-ational Academy announced that the modern, futuristic institute in Sri Lanka has introduced teaching for University of London International Programs in BSc Accounting and Finance (Hons), BSc Economics and Management (Hons) and Bachelors in Law- LLB (Hons) further expanding
The prestigious world construction Symposium of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) will have Sri Lanka as its next venue for the 2012 deliberations. The world Construction Symposium 2012 will be held in Colombo from 28th June to 01st July 2012 at the cinnamon Grand Hotel. This year’s symposium ...
By Marianne David MP and consultant economist Dr. Harsha De Silva yesterday alleged that THE UNP’s criticism over the mismanagement of the economy and the Central Bank as well as the EPF’s investments in banking stocks have been emphatically validated by global rating agency Standard and Poor’s.“Standard and Poor’s reiterated what we have been saying ...
Top economist and public servant R.A. Jayatissa has recently assumed duties as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. Previously the SLIC Chairmanship was held by President’s Chief of Staff Gamini Senerath. Jayatissa, an economist, was the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury and Senior Economic Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Planning. He ...
Augustana College in Illinois USA recently welcomed Priyanthi and Padmasena Dissanayake of Scholarships for USA (Pvt) Ltd (www.scholarshipsforusa.com) of Sri Lanka to its campus in Rock Island – about a three hour drive from Chicago – third largest city in US. Dissanayakes, well known in the island nation and among many international recruiters in US ...
The Hindu: When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Los Cabos, it will be their first meeting after India voted against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva earlier this year. Dr. Singh’s hectic schedule, and the fact ...
BANGALORE (Reuters): India’s inflation may have accelerated at its fastest pace this year in May, driven by higher food and fuel prices, impeding chances of a rate cut by the RBI at its review next week, a Reuters poll showed. The wholesale price index, India’s main inflation gauge, is expected to rise 7.60 percent in ...
The Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS ) and the South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) ) have organised a South Asia regional seminar entitled, ‘Emerging Issues on Trade, Climate Change and Food Security: Way Forward for South Asia,’ from 31 May to 1
Sri Lanka’s largest mobile services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has introduced eTeacher, a web based education portal which allows subscribers to follow tuition classes conducted by popular lecturers via the web from any place at anytime, without the hassle of travelling during peak traffic times. The eTeacher web based education portal can be accessed by ...
Phoenix Industries Ltd., on Wednesday announced its appointment as the sole licensee in Sri Lanka to manufacture the world renowned FlowGuard portable water distribution systems of Lubrizol of USA, the global leader of CPVC [Chlorinated Poly-Vinyl Chloride] pipe and fittings, invented way back in 1959 (Formerly known as B F Goodrich). In Sri Lanka for ...
By an Analyst There is no doubt and there is near unanimity that overregulation by the previous Securities and Exchange Commission arising from inexperience, lack of knowledge and lack of correct strategies was the prime cause for the market collapse witnessed today. The SEC without any foresight and professionalism has introduced ad hoc legislation detrimental ...
INSEAD, the leading international business school, has partnered with leading TMT advisory and investment firm Delta Partners to release a joint white paper that defines core emerging markets, growth drivers as well as opportunities and challenges in the global telecommunications industry. At a time when Facebook is getting ready to IPO, its focus on emerging ...
Universities and colleges are spending millions of pounds to navigate the government’s “Kafkaesque” new student visa rules, a committee of MPs has been told. An institution such as the London School of Economics spends £250,000 a year trying to understand regulations
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) in its continuing endeavour to keep the country’s corporate leaders and ambitious professionals abreast of evolving global changes, has once again partnered with one of the world’s leading graduate business schools to bring to Sri Lanka the renowned Global Strategic Management Program. The four-day ...
An internship with MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and DialogCorporate heavyweights MAS Holdings, Deutsche Bank and Dialog Axiata PLC are in search of the next batch of exceptional interns to join their annual Summer Internship Program, commencing July 2012. This joint initiative is rated one of the best internship programs in the island and has been ...
The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI), the pioneering Industry Chamber in Sri Lanka has organised an interesting and stimulating seminar presentation on marketing and gaining access to western markets, EU and USA and the facilities and benefits available to Sri Lankan industry and manufacturing sectors. The seminar presentation is expected to take place on ...
Dr. Nitin Pangarkar, author of ‘High performance companies: successful strategies from the world’s top achievers’ will lead a CIMA Business Brief titled ‘Secrets of high performance companies’. This talk will discuss some of the key ideas from the book. Starting with the need for a book for a simpler treatment of strategy (principle or rules-of-thumb ...
By Saman Kelegama New deal from Busan? The 4th High Level Forum (HLF) on Aid Effectiveness in Busan which took place during 29 November to 1 December 2011 came out with a New Deal for Engagement of Fragile States – a somewhat novel document of aid architecture that provides fragile states a stronger role in ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) last week announced global traffic results for March showing that total passenger demand rose 7.6% and freight demand climbed 0.3% compared to the same month last year. Comparisons with March last year are affected by events that depressed passenger demand in 2011, including the Arab Spring, which disrupted travel ...