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Confused Signals
Top trade chambers say Tuesdays meeting with the PA-JVP alliance has failed to shed any light on how they plan to manage the economy.The newly formed JVP-PA alliance talked of promoting a mixed economy with a ban on importing unessential goods.rn rnBusinessmen, instead, were left with many pointed questions like progress in a gamut of […]
Righteous Vote
The monks will be pitted against minority Tamils, who are mainly Hindus and also want to hold the balance of power after the April 2 election called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga nearly four years ahead of schedule.rn rn The majority Sinhalese community, which is mainly Buddhist, is divided down the middle between two coalition parties […]
Extended Version
The HRM Enterprise Version 4.0 is a highly versatile, fully web based system and is database independent.It is flexible and scaleable to any organisation leaving room to plan, define, and change to suit to its structure. rn rnThe new version provides a Self Serving facility to all staff in the organization to access their personal […]
Small Change
The state is looking at absorbing up to about 25 percent or as much as half the cost of laying rain guards for rubber trees on smallholder estates this year. Laying the plastic skirt-like rain guards over the areas to be tapped protects it in heavy rainfall areas like the Ratnapura and the Kalutara districts.Increasing […]
Grand Slam
Sri Lankas Prime Minister has accused the countrys president of jeopardising a ceasefire with Tamil rebels and scuttling economic recovery in his first public address since his government was sacked 10 days ago. “The presidents action has jeopardised the ceasefire agreement. The economy has suffered a severe blow,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his […]
Get Going
The four co-chairs of peace have expressed disappointment over the current political situation and repeated their call on the Sri Lankan government to resume peace talks. The co-chairs turned down a government request to de-link the peace element from the aid package, in the light of the current political situation and a breakdown in peace […]
Saffron Power
Nationalist party, Sihala Urumaya said Tuesday that it was exclusively fielding Buddhist monks to contest the 225 seats up for grabs at snap parliamentary elections.rnThe Party said it will bank on saffron power for the April 2 elections called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga after she dissolved parliament nearly four years ahead of schedule on February […]
Alliance Calling
Wooing support for its ticket to govern the country, the newly formed SLFP-JVP alliance flirted with the Colombo based business and international community on Tuesday. The gala two-hour PR campaign, the first major public appearance since the alliance was signed in late January was mooted to ally fears of an anti-private sector regime in the […]
Going Offline
Stepping up its presence from a standalone internet service provider, Eureka on Tuesday said it has repositioned its business to become an IT solutions provider. Eureka says it has redesigned its business model over four years to offer anything from PC maintenance to more complex corporate data and software solutions.rn rnChief Executive Dilendra Wimalasekere says […]
Small Change
The state is looking at absorbing up to about 25 percent or as much as half the cost of laying rain guards for rubber trees on smallholder estates this year.rn rnLaying the plastic skirt-like rain guards over the areas to be tapped protects it in heavy rainfall areas like the Ratnapura and the Kalutara districts.rn […]
Think Differently
The Premier told a top gathering of planters on Tuesday that the time had come to take over as managers of a value added industry, or lose out to more efficient agro-businesses that would be the industry of the future. “When you say that your contribution to the economy has fallen, it is true because […]
No Brakes
The rupee slipped up against the US dollar to end at 99.15, despite a state bank selling some dollars to shore up the currency.The rupee opened at 99.25, before the intervention brought it down to 98.90. Dealers said there was heavy import demand, on slim volumes.rn rnDealers said Bank of Ceylon had sold some dollars […]