Category: General Services

LONDON, April 27, 2007 (AFP) – Britain said Friday it was putting colonial slavery records online for the first time, an archive which will eventually cover three million slaves in South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean. The collection on the ancestry.co.uk website is taken from registers lodged between 1812 and 1834. Britain has been […]

April 27, 2007 (LBO) – International students graduating in Britain would be able to work for one year, helping them gain valuable work experience, the UK High Commission in Colombo said. International students bring many benefits to the UK. After the United States, the UK is the country which attracts the most international students and […]

April 25, 2007 (LBO) – Two successful family owned businesses, Hemas Holdings Limited and Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL), have become case studies for students of a Sri Lankan post graduate school. The project was conducted by the faculty and students of the Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM), funded by the USAID under The Competitiveness […]

April 25, 2007 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines engineering unit that does third party aircraft maintenance is aiming for European standard certification that would allow it to extend the business to European airlines. We are currently working towards obtaining certification in the European standard EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), which would enable us to carry out […]

April 23, 2007 (LBO) – Listed-firm Hemas Holdings which is strong in marketing fast moving consumer goods and Maliban, a biscuit maker, said Monday they are exploring a strategic alliance. “The possible future alliance is being discussed with a view to further enhancing the Maliban brand equity and boosting the distribution of Maliban products, both […]

April 20, 2007 (LBO) – George Steuart and Company has started a school for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants(CIMA) students to meet growing demand for professionals with the qualification. The CIMA council says that Sri Lanka is in need of more CIMA qualified professionals to satisfy the rising demand. The demand for CIMA qualifiers is […]

April 16, 2007 (LBO) – Regnis, a Sri Lankan refrigerator maker, has ramped up production to be among the ten largest plants in South Asia as more households sign up for electricity usage, the company told shareholders.“We have done everything possible to stabilize our business operations after the said detection and we regret this unfortunate […]

April 16, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tourism, tea, food, export products and culture would be on show in Los Angeles next month, the country’s consulate general’s office in the city said. A ˜Cooking with Tea™ demonstration by celebrity chef Robert Wemischner, a pottery wheel demonstration and a tea queen beauty pageant would be part […]

NEW DELHI, April 5, 2007 (AFP) – Conflict-ridden South Asian nations made little headway in fighting terrorism or boosting trade at a summit this week despite repeated calls for action, analysts said Thursday. The eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SSARC) ended a two-day summit Wednesday with a declaration that underscored an “urgent need” […]

April 4, 2007 (LBO) – A proposed free-trade deal between Nepal and Sri Lanka could boost trade but analysts say there is more potential for service liberalization. Trade between the two countries is slim at the moment at just 371 million rupees in Sri Lankan exports last year and seven million rupees in imports, compared […]

March 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is still far behind neighbouring countries in carbon trading which has the potential to earn much foreign exchange, experts said. The island can plant indigenous forests and develop alternatives to carbon emitting energy sources to do carbon trading which is still not being used to its fullest extent, […]

March 24, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and India are to sign ‘Mutual Recognition Agreements’, making it easier for professionals to cross borders when a new services trade agreement takes effect this year. India is the island’s third largest export market, with just under two billion dollars in bilateral trade. India is also the island’s […]