Category: General Services

The Commercial Bank of Ceylon has established a fully-owned subsidiary to offer employee training and development, banking education, executive search and recruitment, Human Resources (HR) consultation and other HR related services to corporate sector entities in Sri Lanka.The new company, X-Pertise Limited is an extension of the training facilities provided by the Bank’s Staff Development […]

Lives could have been saved and property damaged minimized if Sri Lanka had an early hazard warning system and a system to evacuate people to prevent the tsunami hazard becoming a disaster.Lives could have been saved and property damaged minimized if Sri Lanka had an early hazard warning system and a system to evacuate people […]

The government spending US$ 13 on a person to keep them in good health for a year is making everyone sick, says Sri Lankan civil rights groups.The government spending US$ 13 on a person to keep them in good health for a year is making everyone sick, says Sri Lankan civil rights groups. “The budgetary […]

Ceylinco Insurance Company Ltd, on Friday, formally announced its overall market leader status in Sri Lanka’s almost Rs 30 bn insurance industry. Ceylinco Insurance Company Ltd, on Friday, formally announced its overall market leader status in Sri Lanka’s almost Rs 30 bn insurance industry. “We are now the market leaders in insurance,” Lalith Kotelawala, Chairman, […]

For the maestro in this Sri Lankan centre of devil masks and puppets, the tsunami signalled a warning from the gods — and he is taking it very, very seriously.For the maestro in this Sri Lankan centre of devil masks and puppets, the tsunami signalled a warning from the gods — and he is taking […]

Last December’s tsunami exacted a toll of a different kind, increasing the numbers of disabled people who now have to grapple with limited opportunities to help them.Last December’s tsunami exacted a toll of a different kind, increasing the numbers of disabled people who now have to grapple with limited opportunities to help them. Local data […]

Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush will arrive in Sri Lanka at the weekend as part of a tour of tsunami-hit nations, officials here said Wednesday.Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush will arrive in Sri Lanka at the weekend as part of a tour of tsunami-hit nations, officials here said Wednesday. […]

Two world leaders in the field of international accounting standards will be in Sri Lanka next week for a top level regional meeting to be hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL), the country’s apex national accountancy body.Two world leaders in the field of international accounting standards will be in Sri […]

A group of experts say tsunami has presented a window of opportunity to develop an all hazard warning system for the country.A group of experts say tsunami has presented a window of opportunity to develop an all hazard warning system for the country. Every year people die due to a range of natural hazards from […]

Digital technologies are both an opportunity and a threat for the industry according to experts who spoke at the 2nd LBR/LBO advertising and marketing forum.Digital technologies are both an opportunity and a threat for the industry according to experts who spoke at the 2nd LBR/LBO advertising and marketing forum. Some digital media like the Internet […]

The International Labour Organisation says up to 20 percent of people who lost their livelihood after the tsunami, will switch to different jobs.The International Labour Organisation says up to 20 percent of people who lost their livelihood after the tsunami, will switch to different jobs. “This could mean that thousands abandon their traditional way of […]

Sri Lanka’s urban-rural divide will dictate how companies target consumers in a future, increasingly digital world, local brand builders say.Sri Lanka’s urban-rural divide will dictate how companies target consumers in a future, increasingly digital world, local brand builders say. “Sri Lanka will have to form two distinct advertising strategies to reach local consumers,” said Dilhan […]