Category: General Services

May 19, 2011 (AFP) – Under a cloak of secrecy, the first film adaptation of controversial author Salman Rushdie’s celebrated novel “Midnight’s Children” has finished shooting in Sri Lanka. Canadian director Deepa Mehta chose the South Asian island as a location instead of India or Pakistan, where the book is set, to avoid problems with […]

May 16, 2011 (LBO) – Lanka Hospitals, formerly part of the Indian Apollo chain and now par-owned by India’s Fortis group, said March 2011 quarter net profit rose 81 percent to 65.2 million rupees from a year ago. The Lanka Hospitals Corporation said in a stock exchange filing sales for the quarter rose 31 percent […]

SINGAPORE, May 8, 2011 (AFP) – A 0-million private equity fund backed by the world’s top luxury retailer LVMH is on the prowl for emerging Asian brands in the hope of transforming them into global names. He said LVMH contributed less than 10 percent of the 0 million raised by the fund, with the bulk […]

May 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state is “passionate and committed” towards Lanka Hospitals Corporation, a listed fee levying hospital which came under its control, a top official has said. “¦I must take this opportunity to reiterate that the Government of Sri Lanka remains passionate and committed towards its stake in The Lanka Hospital […]

Apr 26, 2011 (LBO) – A Sri Lanka stall at the London Book Fair this month had attracted large numbers of visitors while several British authors had made inquiries about publishing their books in the island, participants said. The Sri Lanka Publishers Association, The Booksellers and Importers Association of Ceylon and the Export Development Board […]

ANTANANARIVO, April 22, 2011 (AFP) – Twenty Madagascan women who planned to work as maids in Saudi Arabia, were intercepted by police in Madagascar Friday, before they were able to board the plane, the government said. “We prevented these young girls from leaving because their paperwork wasn’t in order, notably they didn’t have contracts signed […]

Apr 07, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s people are paying tens of billions of rupees to give state jobs to unemployable graduates from state universities where they have also studied at public cost, an official said. Sri Lanka has about 400,000 sitting for university qualifications exams and each year about 20,000 enter universities, and some […]

Apr 07, 2011 (LBO) – Australia has given 480 million rupees to clear land mines from Sri Lanka’s war torn north and speed up the re-settlement of displaced people and farming, the Australian embassy in Colombo said. Though demining in progressing fast, about 506 square kilometres remain to be cleared. Australia had already given 1.4 […]

Apr 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing said Thushara Perera, head of marketing at TV Derana, a television channel, had become the president of the body. He was vice president of SLIM last year. Perera began his career in the advertising industry at Thompson Associates Pvt Ltd, an agency and joined Swarnawahini, […]

Mar 31, 2011 (LBO) – Triadhot.com, a division of Sri Lanka’s Triad advertising agency said it had launched its first integrated marketing campaign in Singapore and is planning to enter Indonesia, Philippines and the Maldives. Advertisements developed by Triadhot.com for the client had appeared in newspapers, magazines, hoardings. “The digital campaign complete with a Facebook […]

Mar 25, 2011 (LBO) – Laugfs Eco Sri, a unit of Sri Lanka’s listed Laugfs gas which tests vehicle emissions for the government, says it is expanding in to the north and the east of the country and is also mulling an initial public offer. Laugfs group chief W K H Wegapitiya said the firm […]

Mar 23, 2011 (LBO) – A new British student visa scheme will restrict immigration, with a higher English standard, no right to work and a time limit to study for degrees while encouraging student entrepreneurs. A British High Commission statement said the new scheme is meant to prevent abuse of the system while making it […]