Category: General Services

June 18, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Hemas group, which has interests in consumer goods, power, leisure and healthcare, opened a 1.3 billion rupee 60 bed hospital in a fast growing suburb of the capital Colombo. Hemas also has hospitals in Sri Lanka™s Wattala and Galle towns. “We decided on Thalawatugoda as the location following […]

June 17, 2013 (LBO) – International and regional educators will come together in Colombo to debate international higher education issues at a first in a series of global forum, the British council said. Each policy dialogue features the latest thinking in its area with new research and input from the government and industry leaders. Global […]

June 14, 2013 (LBO) – Brandix, an apparel group said its workers who had donated blood voluntarily had been recognized for making the firm the largest company to have contributed to the National Blood Transfusion Service.Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa had given a plaque appreciation which had been received by Brandix chief people officer Ishan […]

June 13, 2013 (LBO) – Business and Professional Women International, an organization spread across 125 countries will be holding a conference in Sri Lanka in August to promote joint ventures trade and ecotourism, organizers said.The conference will be held from August 10 to 12 in Colombo with the support of the parent organization which is […]

June 11, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state education system is in the process of changing its structure from an exam centric one to a more interactive learning system, the island’s education minister said.“There should be a structural change in the education system to help with the employment requirements of the country,” minister Bandula Gunawardena […]

June 06, 2013 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Cargills (Ceylon) Plc, fell 58 percent to 123 million rupees partly due to a retail tax and higher interest costs on new investments but the group said it was taking counter measures.Cargills reported earnings 55 cents per share for the quarter, in accounts filed with the […]

May 31, 2013 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Asiri Hospital Holdings Plc, edged up 2.9 percent to 269 million rupees in the March 2013 quarter from a year earlier, helped by non operating gains, accounts showed. In the March 2012 quarter there were 205 million rupees of fair value gains which were absent this […]

May 31, 2013 (LBO) – Odel Plc, a unit of Malaysia’s Parkson Retail Asia Limited, lost 16.3 million rupees in the March 2013 quarter, retreating from a 26. 6 million rupee profit from a year earlier as it was hit by a new value added tax on retailing. The firm reported losses of 9 cents […]

May 14, 2013 (LBO) – Some of Sri Lanka™s renowned marketing thinkers, regional advertising experts and key Google officials will share their insights on how firms could build resilient brands during a one day conference in Colombo this month.In a fast paced, upheaval-prone modern world, today™s strong brand equity does not guarantee tomorrow™s success. Brands […]

May 01, 2013 (LBO) – Lanka Hospitals Plc, a fee levying hospital that is 65 percent state controlled will build an 850 million rupee laboratory that provide diagnostic test for over 500 diseases that are now unavailable in Sri Lanka, an official said. Lanka Hospitals chief executive Lakith Pieris said a 10,000 square feet laboratory […]

Mar 19, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s media, including banned-but-popular news websites, have evidently avoided reporting on the “princely wages” they have just been awarded by a government keen to win over their support.Buoyed by such compliments, media trade unions are unlikely to join the Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA). The Working Journalists’ Association, which […]

Mar 14, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka – Canada Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will meet senior minister for international monetary co-operation Sarath Amunugama on March 20.The luncheon meeting will be on the topic ‘Today™s Economic Outlook of Sri Lanka. The organizers could be reached at www.srilankacanadabiz.lk or anisha@chamber.lk. .