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Youth Business Sri Lanka trains budding entrepreneurs
Youth Business Sri Lanka of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the National Human Resources Development Council of Sri Lanka, recently trained over 230 budding entrepreneurs on the finer skills of entrepreneurship under the ‘Promoting and Empowering the Small and Medium Entrepreneurs’, project which is carried jointly by the two institutions. Accordingly, three separate training […]
Fashion Bug launches exclusive saree counter
Fashion Bug, one of Sri Lanka’s leading retail clothing chains with over 16 show rooms island wide, will shortly launch their Sari Counter , ‘Ethnic Fusion’ at their Katubedde outlet . A dazzling array of Sarees, Shawlars, Shalwar materials, Kurtis and Shawls will be available at ETHNIC FUSION, which will be a designated zone within […]
Sri Lanka travel hot spots showcased in North America’s largest travel show
The Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington, organized a Sri Lanka travel booth at the New York Times Travel Show from January 08-10, 2016 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York with participation of 10 destination Management companies and SriLankan Airlines. The colorful Sri […]
People without access to digital technology will be left behind: World bank
Jan 19, 2016 (LBO) – Greater effort must be made to connect more people to the internet and to create an environment that unleashes the benefits of digital technologies, a World Bank report says. The spread of digital technologies over the last two decades has been rapid but the hoped-for benefits of greater productivity, more […]
PTL Watch: Bond yields steady, 2025 yield dips
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Sri Lanka’s electricity pricing to be made more transparent: PUCSL
Jan 19, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s energy sector will be introducing more transparent electricity tariffs in the future, the Director General of the Public Utilities Commission said. “With the introduction of the regulatory accounting system as well as elaborating more on the submission of data for tariffs we are going to make the electricity […]
‘s Krrish Group’s controversial Colombo project to recommence: BOI
Jan 19, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government is planning to sign a new agreement with India’s Krrish Group to restart its long delayed and controversial project in Colombo, a senior official said. “We are negotiating with Krrish and hope to finalize a new agreement very soon,” Duminda Ariyasinghe, Director General of Sri Lanka’s Board […]
LBR LBO Infrastructure Summit 2015 – Session 01
Cities – habitat to half of world population – now generate over 80% of the global GDP. According to a study by “The Economist “(2012), already global business is beginning to plan strategy from a city, rather than a country, perspective. Given the rapid growth and development of many cities, competition between them for business, […]
Validity of new constitution would not expire in 5 yrs: Arjuna
The Minster of Ports and Shipping Arjuna Rantunga charged that the power and the validity of the new constitution would not be expired in five years but remain valid for next thirty to forty years. Addressing the public at in Weyangoda last Saturday (16) Minister said that the significant task before the society and the […]
130 Commercial Bank branches converted for disabled access
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has announced that an on-going initiative to make its branches island wide accessible to differently abled customers has passed the half way mark. The Bank said it has completed the construction of wheel chair ramps at 130 branches, facilitating disabled access to customer areas and automated teller machines (ATMs) under […]