Category: General Services

A tax slapped on all advertising budgets last year has not really tightened purse strings, but companies are thinking twice about the way they spend to grab attention.A tax slapped on all advertising budgets last year has not really tightened purse strings, but companies are thinking twice about the way they spend to grab attention. […]

The US embassy announced the launch of a programme for a tsunami warning system for Indian Ocean countries, on Tuesday.The US embassy announced the launch of a programme for a tsunami warning system for Indian Ocean countries, on Tuesday. The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS) program is a two year, US$ 16.6 million project, […]

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Tuesday announced it has completed 3,000 transitional shelters for Sri Lanka’s tsunami survivors.The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Tuesday announced it has completed 3,000 transitional shelters for Sri Lanka’s tsunami survivors. Some 140 families on the east coast, one of the worst hit by the December 26 giant waves, […]

Going abroad to work is a one way ticket to the land of no return for increasing numbers of Sri Lankan poor. Going abroad to work is a one way ticket to the land of no return for increasing numbers of Sri Lankan poor. For Sri Lanka’s rural poor, going abroad to work is the […]

New Gulf policies to reduce domestic unemployment could impact countries like Sri Lanka, says the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).New Gulf policies to reduce domestic unemployment could impact countries like Sri Lanka, says the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The IOM’s World Migration Report 2005, that analyses the global movement of people, notes that recent […]

An advertisement that fails to connect with its target audience can threaten the very existence of a brand according to ad men who spoke at a forum organized by this program.An advertisement that fails to connect with its target audience can threaten the very existence of a brand according to ad men who spoke at […]

Cultural differences should not be a barrier to good advertising says a top local conglomerate. Cultural differences should not be a barrier to good advertising says a top local conglomerate. “What is acceptable and what is liked has changed completely,” says Debu Bhatnagar, director of local conglomerate Hemas Holdings Ltd, at the third LBR/LBO Adverting […]

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health is trying to broad base mental health treatment facilities, because mental hospitals have run out of room.Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health is trying to broad base mental health treatment facilities, because mental hospitals have run out of room. “We are trying to open hospitals in the periphery and at least […]

A new emergency rescue service deploying ambulances at call can save 30 percent of accident victims who die en-route to hospital in dangerous trishaw journeys.A new emergency rescue service deploying ambulances at call can save 30 percent of accident victims who die en-route to hospital in dangerous trishaw journeys. Trishaws or three wheelers are the […]

New laws are in the pipeline to protect ‘traditional knowledge’, including teachings and skills of indigenous Veddah communities. New laws are in the pipeline to protect ‘traditional knowledge’, including teachings and skills of indigenous Veddah communities. The laws could still be two years in the making but a working paper put out by the National […]

Sri Lanka was cleared of a tsunami alert after an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale was reported in the Nicobar Islands at 9.42 pm local time, meteorological department officials said Sunday.Sri Lanka was cleared of a tsunami alert after an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale […]

Sri Lanka’s traffic police says it will take legal action against insurance companies that stop road accidents from being reported to the police.Sri Lanka’s traffic police says it will take legal action against insurance companies that stop road accidents from being reported to the police. “We are considering taking legal action against insurance companies that […]