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Sat, 20 Jul 2019 Today's Paper
18 Jul 2019 - 0 - 57
Great Place To Work Institute held its award programme for the sixth time last week. Great Place to Work Institute Sri Lanka has been conducting studies to understand and recognise the best workplaces in Sri Lanka since 2013.
18 Jul 2019 - 0 - 31
An often-asked question in the hospitality industry is whether graduates of hospitality education programmes possess the competencies that the hospitality industry believes students should possess. In an industry as dynamic and diverse as hospitality, where new trends and changes are driving the sector, educators must tailor their programmes to ensure they are designed to equip graduates with the relevant knowledge that will help them advance the
11 Jul 2019 - 1 - 89
The very first article of the 1978 constitution says Sri Lanka shall be known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. One can argue that Sri Lanka at present is neither democratic nor socialist. As for the ‘democratic’ part in the constitution, what exactly is a democratic form of governance? This is a way of making collective decisions in society, which requires free and fair elections to be held at the right time and respect for the
11 Jul 2019 - 0 - 91
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in partnership with Daily Mirror is featuring a column on Mirror Business as an Investor Relations initiative. The column, which will be featured in a Q&A format, encourages S&P SL20 companies to bring attention to developments in the industry, the company and discuss growth prospects. Following are the excerpts from the interview conducted with People’s Leasing and Finance PLC (PLC) CEO/General Manager Sabry Ibra
04 Jul 2019 - 0 - 66
Life is nasty, brutish and short. The horror of the Easter Sunday attack in Sri Lanka will prove Thomas Hobbes was correct. The child that lost her parents or the parent that lost their child unaware why this disgraceful act of brutality came to their lives.
04 Jul 2019 - 0 - 44
Following is the full address delivered by South African High Commissioner in Colombo R.P. Marks at the 180th Annual General Meeting of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on June 28th on the topic ‘South African Business and their Role in Creating sustainable peace and a stable economy.’
20 Jun 2019 - 0 - 190
When it comes to Sri Lanka’s national security and sovereignty, nothing seems more guaranteed to generate heated discussion than the spectre of foreign involvement in seaport developments. After years of wrangling, Sri Lanka, India and Japan finally signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on May 28, 2019, to develop the strategically-located Colombo Port’s East Container Terminal (ECT). But the ink was barely dry when disputes broke out again about th
20 Jun 2019 - 0 - 94
Sri Lanka’s peace dividend that was taken for granted didn’t last long. As the country geared up to celebrate a decade since the end of the 30-year ethnic war came the Easter attacks that shook the nation.
04 Jun 2019 - 3 - 910
The most poignant scene in final episode of Game of Thrones was the discourse of Westeros leaders on future leaders of seven kingdoms. With Cersei, Jamie and Daenerys gone and Jon Snow jailed, it would not be an easy task. Probably as the former hand of previous queen, Tyrion is given his say. Still a prisoner and with his hands in chains he raises the critical question.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 0
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 49
Reiterating its commitment to consumer-centric approach, OPPO has introduced its new brand identity that focuses on quality, craftsmanship and uniqueness in every detail.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 17
(Beijing) AFP: Twitter has apologised for suspending a number of accounts critical of China, days before the politically sensitive 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 24
(Paris) AFP: Global efforts to impose a unified tax policy on Google, Facebook and other internet giants have cleared a major hurdle ahead of a G20 summit in Japan, officials said Friday.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 87
Daraz, an Alibaba Company, the pioneer of e-commerce in South Asia has announced the appointment of Rakhil Fernando as Managing Director of Daraz Sri Lanka, effective 1 June 2019.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 48
(London) AFP: British mobile phone operator EE on Thursday became the first in the country to launch a high-speed 5G service, but without smartphones from controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 10
AFP: Apple Inc last week publicly defended its App Store from mounting criticism over its treatment of rivals in a new blog post detailing its functions and guidelines.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 14
The Bank of Ceylon (BOC) has been awarded a third party Greenhouse Gas (GHG) verification statement by The Sustainable Future Group (Pvt) Ltd., after verifying that the bank’s scope 1 and 2 Greenhouse Gas emissions for the reporting period of 1st September 2017 to 31st August 2018 in accordance with ISO 14064-1:2006 at a ‘reasonable level of assurance’.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 471
The leadership team of Fairfirst Insurance met up with Pastor Roshan Maheshan on May 14th.
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 16
Galenbindunuwewa, a remote area in North Central Sri Lanka, in the Anuradhapura district, home to a community of about 120 families, was the most recent beneficiary of the ‘Munchee Samaga Gamata Sarana’ community programme designed to uplift the living standards of our rural people.
Striving to promote the use of ‘Preventive platforms’ rather than a ‘Curative platforms’– the brand philosophy of Samahan, a product of Link Natural Products (Pvt) Ltd launched a holistic programme themed ‘Asiri Surakimu Samanola’, to solve the plastic waste crisis in Adam’s Peak (Sri Pada).
03 Jun 2019 - 0 - 21
Mukesh Ambani (born April 19, 1957) is an Indian business magnate and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), which is a Fortune Global 500 company.
31 May 2019 - 0 - 203
Cigarette taxation in Sri Lanka is much in need of more professional management. This is not surprising – much of the government is in need of the same.
31 May 2019 - 0 - 112
World No Tobacco Day falls today (May 31), with the global campaign converging to combat the harmful impacts of tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
30 May 2019 - 0 - 58
Measures to prevent criminals and terrorists from exploiting the global financial system often have unintended consequences in the form of less access to credit for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in vulnerable regions like the Pacific.
30 May 2019 - 0 - 55
The Sri Lankan government is currently in the rather confused state of having lost track of the number of State enterprises it runs. While the Ministry of Finance tracks the financials of 55 key SOEs, the government does not have an official number for the enterprises it runs.
29 May 2019 - 0 - 0
It has been 17 years since I last visited Vietnam. I had planned my revisit to this easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula long before the Easter bombing disasters, so it was a trip I had to take.
28 May 2019 - 0 - 106
After being de-sensitised for many years by virtually zero interest rates, one can suddenly earn a positive yield on cash again in many major currencies.
28 May 2019 - 0 - 160
A photo showing a ‘cop’ checking the sack of ‘terrorist suspect’ for ‘explosives’ went viral over past weeks. The ‘cop’ was a boy of about 17 years old in his all white school uniform, conspicuously displaying the badge of a prefect.
28 May 2019 - 0 - 180
Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day. Most of you might not be aware of it because in Sri Lanka, we pretend that women don’t bleed. Poor menstrual hygiene is caused by a lack of education on the issue, persisting taboos and stigma, limited access to hygienic menstrual products and poor sanitation infrastructure that undermines the educational opportunities, health and overall social status of women and girls around the world. As a result, millions of w
28 May 2019 - 0 - 536
If current marine plastic pollution trends continue, the ocean will contain more plastic than fish by 2050, predicts the World Economic Forum report The New Plastics Economy. The Ocean Conservancy estimates that over 150 million metric tons of plastic are currently circulating in the ocean,while another eight million metric tons are added annually.
20 Jul 2019
