Category: General Services

March 14 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s health service is now detecting tuberculosis patients faster and the infection rate of the once fatal disease is trending down, officials said.The national program hopes to decentralize treatment centers to better fight the disease where it occurs, Surakkali says. Last year 8,000 new infections had been detected which was […]

Mar 09, 2007 (LBO) – Over 30 Sri Lankan advertising agencies will battle it out for the chilli of the year, at the annual advertising awards for the hottest, most creative ads. The awards ceremony is a joint initiative of the International Advertising Association (IAA) and the Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies (the 4A™s). To […]

March, 08 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking for at least two more cargo vessels and was talking to the World Food Program to charter a large cargo aircraft to build a buffer stock of food in the Jaffna peninsular, an official said. “We want to charter two more ships, but foreign shipping companies are […]

March 08, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has decided to ban women with very young children from working abroad, many of whom leave the country to work as housemaids in the Middle East to support families back home. Mothers migrating for employment affect the emotional welfare of children and should be regulated, Anura Yapa, Sri […]

March 06 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is trying to make it easier for disabled people and the aged to use public transport like trains and buildings, a government official said Tuesday. The conference is jointly organised by the social services ministry, Practical Action-South Asia Programme, Disaster Relief Monitoring Unit of the Human Rights Commission Sri […]

March 05 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and the United States has signed a deal to give reciprocal logistical support for the military forces of the two countries, the US embassy in Colombo said Monday. The 10-year agreement which will provide a framework for increased interoperability of the forces of the two countries has been signed […]

March 02 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines will carry passengers twice weekly to Jeddah through a code-share deal with Saudi Arabian, Arabian Airlines, the company said Thursday.The Tuesday and Thursday flights will start on March 27, making Jeddah the 51st destination Sri Lankan carries passengers to. Jeddah is SriLankan Airlines™ third destination in Saudi Arabia and […]

March 02 (LBO) – A company™s consciousness is made up of the collective consciousness of the workers that will help a company be productive and succeed, a top Sri Lankan corporate leader said. “Vision means seeing the integral mental picture in front of you. The edifice is the shell. It is empty without the consciousness,” […]

March, 01 (LBO) – The cricket World Cup may not have started yet, but inside the online gaming industry, a virtual tournament is already on. Hot favorite to win the cup is Australia, having won two cups in a row, with odds of 5/2 followed by South Africa at 9/2. Sri Lanka comes third ranked […]

February 28 (LBO) – Ceylon Hotels Corporation shares closed 11 percent up Wednesday after the group announced it had reached agreement with labour unions to trim staff. Ceylon Hotels Corporation will spend 174 million on a voluntary retirement scheme and group company Kandy Hotels, which owns Hotel Suisse, will spend 51.6 million, the two hotels […]

February 26 (LBO) – South Korean electronics firm Samsung hopes to double business in Sri Lanka this year, fighting for a bigger slice of the island™s television market. We are confident of achieving an over 100 percent jump in our business in Sri Lanka this year, Ravinder Zutshi, Deputy Managing Director of Samsung India Electronics […]

NEW DELHI, Feb 24, 2007 (AFP) – Sri Lanka had always been a talented side often giving the impression of being too soft on the field until captain Arjuna Ranatunga changed it all with his aggressive approach to win the 1996 World Cup.They always had skilful individuals, but as a team they achieved worldwide fame […]