Category: General Services
Sri Lanka’s Hayleys December net down 27-pct
Feb 11, 2016 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s diversified Hayleys group fell 27 percent to 534 million rupees in the December 2015 quarter, interim accounts showed. The firm reported earnings of 7.12 rupees for the quarter 2015 compared to last year earnings of 9.81 rupees on profits of 736 million rupees. The group revenue […]
Sri Lanka IT professionals insist on greater transparency in ETCA
Feb 11, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s IT professionals have raised concerns over the lack of transparency and industry involvement in formulating the proposed Indo-Lanka Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement. President of Sri Lanka Information Technology Professionals Association Indika Gamage told reporters that the government has placed a huge commitment without reputed statistical or contextual […]
Sri Lanka’s Cargills (Ceylon) December net down 3 pct
Feb 10, 2016 (LBO) – Profits of Sri Lanka’s Cargills (Ceylon) group, which has interests in retailing and fast moving consumer goods, fell 3 percent to 463 million rupees, interim accounts showed. The group reported earnings of 2.07 rupees per share for the quarter. Revenues rose 19 percent to 18.1 billion rupees and cost of […]
Textured Jersey Lanka net up 79-pct in Dec quarter
Feb 03, 2016 (LBO) – Profits at Textured Jersey Lanka, a fabric maker, rose to 672 million rupees in the December 2015 quarter up 79 percent from a year earlier, the firm said. Textured Jersey reported earnings of 1.02 rupees per share for the quarter in accounts filed with the Colombo Stock Exchange. In the […]
Minister Hakeem to visit Turkey seeking Sri Lanka tea expansion
Feb 03, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Leader and City Planning Minister Rauff Hakeem will undertake a week-long official visit to Turkey as part of the Prime Minister’s initiative to expand the market for Sri Lankan tea. Minister Hakeem is on a mission to explore the possibility of increasing the volume of tea […]
Sri Lanka opens Consulate General Office in Milan, Italy
Feb 01, 2016 (LBO) – The Government has opened a Consulate General Office in Milan, Italy with effect from today, to serve the Country’s large expatriate community there. The Sri Lankan community in Milan, is one of the largest in Northern Italy. Milan is Italy’s second leading city with a metropolitan population of 1.3 million […]
Laugfs launches virtual shopping site in Sri Lanka
Jan 25, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Lfinity Pvt Limited, a subsidiary of Laughfs Holdings, announced the launch of a virtual hyper mall, ‘clickNshop.lk’, a statement said. This is the latest e-commerce site for Sri Lankan shoppers and offers a selection of over 2,000 products and services for everyday needs and guaranteed 2-3 day island-wide […]
Sri Lanka introduces Smart Metering to reduce electricity generation costs
Jan 08, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Power Ministry in a bid to reduce electricity generation costs has introduced the long awaited Smart Metering system. A smart meter is usually an electronic device that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to […]
Norway pledges support for Sri Lanka to assess fish stocks
Jan 07, 2016 (LBO) – Norway has pledged their technical support to conduct an assessment on marine fish stocks in Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister of Norway Børge Brende said. “We would like to support in the assessment of the fish stocks with our research vessel. I think there is also a huge potential for renewables […]
Sri Lanka’s water, petroleum to be brought under power regulator, PUCSL
Jan 05, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s water and petroleum sectors will be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), a statement said. “The PUCSL would be given regulatory powers over the water services industry and petroleum industry enabling a more cost reflective transparent pricing mechanism,” the commission said in […]
Sri Lanka expects EU fishing ban to be revoked by mid 2016
Dec 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking at a favorable response about the lifting of EU fishing ban from the European Parliament by mid next year, the Fisheries Minister said. “During the coming months the proposal to lift the fishing ban will be presented to the European Parliament,” Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. […]
‘s first dengue vaccine approved
Dec 14, 2015 (LBO) – A vaccine against dengue fever, the mosquito borne virus fever, has won clearance in Mexico. The vaccine is the first of its kind and can prevent all four types of the virus, which has appeared in Portugal, France, Florida and Japan recently and increased the risk of “explosive outbreaks,” a […]