Category: General Services

Service providers from other countries are already banging at Sri Lanka’s door, whether local services providers are ready for foreign competition or not.Service providers from other countries are already banging at Sri Lanka’s door, whether local services providers are ready for foreign competition or not. “We have already got 15 offers for various service sectors […]

High pay is keeping them at their posts (bedposts) day after day and they are unlikely to make a career move anytime soon.High pay is keeping them at their posts (bedposts) day after day and they are unlikely to make a career move anytime soon. A future for them still seems blacked out, with most […]

The Urban Development Authority (UDA) says some 50 acres of water front property in Colombo will be released for commercial use by 2006 under the second phase of the Beira Lake restoration project.The Urban Development Authority (UDA) says some 50 acres of water front property in Colombo will be released for commercial use by 2006 […]

The Matale District Secretariat will take its business online in a pilot project, which hopes to automate its routine work.The Matale District Secretariat will take its business online in a pilot project, which hopes to automate its routine work. The Matele District Secretariat is one of 320 government agents providing a range of citizen services […]

Over thousand secondary schools will get a facelift through a US$ 35 mn Asian Development Bank loan, the Manila based bank said Monday. Over thousand secondary schools will get a facelift through a US$ 35 mn Asian Development Bank loan, the Manila based bank said Monday. The project upgrades 1,100 1AB and 1C schools, make […]

If you’re trying to strike it big in Kotte City, its Municipal Council is now equipped to tell you just about anything, from the best place to build a house to the worst site to start a business. If you’re trying to strike it big in Kotte City, its Municipal Council is now equipped to […]

The Ceylinco group got another foot into the local gem and jewellery industry by floating a new company to finance gem trading and mining. The Ceylinco group got another foot into the local gem and jewellery industry by floating a new company to finance gem trading and mining. “We will not be competing with the […]

Brain drain has its upside says a new UN Economic and Social Survey, contributing generously to a developing countries external reserves.Brain drain has its upside says a new UN Economic and Social Survey, contributing generously to a developing countries external reserves. Sri Lanka’s private remittance adds up to about 7.75% of GDP, ranking it with […]

Sri Lanka Thursday urged civil servants to work an extra hour saying it had the “dubious honour” of being the nation with the world’s highest number of public holidays. Sri Lanka Thursday urged civil servants to work an extra hour saying it had the “dubious honour” of being the nation with the world’s highest number […]

A budget bombshell to part classify advertising and promotional expenses as taxable income has put the industry and its allied services in a spot, with advertisers also grumbling of a plethora of taxes.A budget bombshell to part classify advertising and promotional expenses as taxable income has put the industry and its allied services in a […]

The Ministry of Health allocates Rs 50 mn from the 2005 national health budget to launch an island wide battle against dengue from January. The Ministry of Health allocates Rs 50 mn from the 2005 national health budget to launch an island wide battle against dengue from January. “For the first time we have allocated […]

Sri Lankans may not have a credit line to offer neighbour Pakistan but are only too happy to donate their eyes to needy Pakistanis.Sri Lankans may not have a credit line to offer neighbour Pakistan but are only too happy to donate their eyes to needy Pakistanis. Sri Lanka and Pakistan are on the verge […]