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Management experts say the rapidly changing business environment is pushing organizations to constantly restructure to stay ahead.Companies in Sri Lanka they say need to focus more on the special skills of people to be competitive in the global economy.rn rnldblquote Leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship are the areas we need to improve ourselves in. Historically we […]

Human resource (HR) personnel need to come out of the box and integrate more to improve corporate performance, says three of Sri Lankas leading businessmen. The CEOs were addressing HR personnel at the National HR Conference organised by the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM).rn rnThe CEO Forum comprising Hill, Omar and Amarasuriya agrees that HR […]

Chinese millionaire Tao Shing Pee is 88, but his more than half-a-life-time love affair in tropical Sri Lanka is still going strong endash in fact Tao is willing to lavish more money and attention than ever on his tropical love.rnrn On Tuesday, Tao, know in Sri Lanka for developing rnColombos landmark building – the World […]

The Ministry of Health hired 2,000 new nurses on Monday to ease pressure on public sector demand for trained nursing staff. The country has around 16,000 trained nurses working in the public health sector but there is an immediate shortage of around 5,600 nurses in government hospitals.rn rnThe new appointments will be absorbed by Sri […]

The Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) is trying to leverage growing local and regional interest in people management to position Sri Lanka as a human resource (HR) activities hub in the region. IPM will host its annual lquote HR Conference and Service Providers Exhibition at the BMICH on May 19th and 20th followed by the […]

The latest threat to Colombos privileged is small, pesky and deadly. Municipal authorities reveal that Colombo citys better off are under attack by dengue mosquitoes.rnrnThe Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) says that 70 percent of all reported dengue cases in Colombo now come from upper and middle class families.rn rnldblquote Four to five years ago 60 […]

Twenty five per cent of Sri Lankan households now have some form of motorized transport up from 15 per cent in 1996. 28 percent have refrigerators, up from 16 per cent.Television usage had gone up to 68 per cent.The latest consumer finance survey by the Central Bank shows a big jump in living standards around […]

Accounting experts say local companies should invest more in voluntary social and environmental reporting, since indifference could be costly. It is cheaper for companies to clean up their act and behave in a socially and environmentally responsible fashion now, than wait for the government to enforce regulations, say experts.rn rnldblquote The (international) markets will soon […]

Investment in teacher training in Sri Lanka is paying off with signs of improvement in both teaching and learning, says the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) office.Recent studies show that over 70 per cent of primary school teachers in the Central Province now use learner centred teaching compared to 11.6 per cent 3 years ago.rn rnThe […]

Ten flood damaged rural health centres in the Matara district were reopened for patients on Thursday, with a US$18,000 USAID aid injection for rehabilitation. The rehabilitation of the health centres were initiated by a US$ 18,000 grant to the SouthernProvince Health Sector Authority of Matara, a US Embassy statement said.rn rnThe grant also provided for […]

As a last ditch attempt to preserve dwindling water reserves, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) rolls out a pilot project on Thu. to fix a meter on each City toilet.A senior CMC official said that: ldblquote Given the huge wastage of treated, drinking quality water in Colombo city being used to flush toilets with, dblquote […]

Old age is catching up with Sri Lanka but taking it slow and easy in comfortable retirement is just not an option available to this islands 19 million people. Sri Lanka needs to post 10 per cent economic growth over the next 15 years to nurse its fast aging population.Sri Lankas lost years of economic […]