Category: General Services

June 14, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Triad Advertizing has launched Triadhot.com, a virtual advertising agency, to service global clients’ online advertizing at lower cost than existing international competition, a statement said. The agency would offer research, strategies, creative ideas, storyboards and jingle scripts on demand for its customers, it said. Triadhot.com would be based […]

June 13, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday conducted the marriages of over 100 former rebels at a mass ceremony attended by Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. A total of 53 couples were issued marriage certificates in the northern district of Vavuniya, where they are being held in military custody following the defeat of […]

June 10, 2010 (LBO) – A new hospital in Sri Lanka’s Asiri healthcare group is set to break-even and generate positive cashflows despite overshooting its construction budget by 20 percent, an official said. The Central hospital, which started operations two months ago and cost 5.5 billion to build, is generating enough cash flows to be […]

June 10, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s newly appointed higher education ministry has promised better syllabuses, elimination of ‘ragging’ of freshmen and stronger English language skills to boost the employability of graduates from state universities. Dissanayake who is also a state university graduate and former activist, said the current academic syllabus taught at universities will […]

June 07, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan retailer Odel plans to raise 250. 5 million rupees through an initial public offer, according to a Colombo Stock Exchange statement. The company, a clothing and fashion products retailer, will issue 16.7 million ordinary voting shares at 15 rupees a share with subscriptions opening on July 5, the […]

June 4, 2010 (AFP) – Megastar Aamir Khan’s hit movie “3 Idiots” is set to sweep the board at the “Bollywood Oscars” in Sri Lanka this weekend, after scooping a string of awards in the technical categories. The film — a coming-of-age comedy about three struggling students at a top engineering college — has been […]

June 4, 2010 (AFP) – Megastar Aamir Khan’s hit movie “3 Idiots” is set to sweep the board at the “Bollywood Oscars” in Sri Lanka this weekend, after scooping a string of awards in the technical categories. The film — a coming-of-age comedy about three struggling students at a top engineering college — has been […]

June 04, 2010 (LBO) – Two investment companies in Sri Lanka’s Carson group have bought into unlisted Softlogic Holdings as part of a foray into the retail sector seen as having good growth prospects with the end of a war. Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust said it bought a 4. 3 percent stake in Softlogic Holdings […]

June 3, 2010 (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket captain Thursday applauded the “courage” of stars attending the annual Bollywood film awards being held this year in Sri Lanka despite a boycott call by the Tamil cinema industry. Kumar Sangakkara said the Bollywood celebrities who have already arrived in Colombo for Saturday’s glitzy Indian International Film […]

June 02, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Richard Pieris and Company said it plans to expand its network of ‘Arpico’ shopping malls in its retail business which is considered the group’s main engine of growth. Chairman and chief executive Sena Yaddehige said the retail sector has been one of the most “growth-oriented” arms of the […]

June 01, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan public will get 100 seats but VIPs will get 400 seats at a India film awards venue in the island’s capital, officials said, though hundreds of millions of rupees of public money is being spent, including to spruce up the venue. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards […]

June 01, 2010 (LBO) – Korean electronics maker Samsung said it was eyeing a 30 percent share in Sri Lanka’s growing flat panel television market with an intensified marketing drive as the overall domestic market is also set for higher growth. Samsung West Asia chief JungSoo Shin said his firm had market leadership status for […]