Category: General Services

Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has urged Sri Lanka to help three workers facing execution in Saudi Arabia saying the government should do more for migrant workers who earn foreign exchange.“The imminent execution of three Sri Lankans on the Saudi Arabian death row can be prevent only by the […]

SINGAPORE, October 12, 2008 (AFP) – As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia’s stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery — even though she does not own any shares.Her businessman employer has lately become more irritable as he has watched his investments being swallowed in a sea of red ink, and the […]

Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Apollo Hospitals is seeing interest for fertility treatment services from the Middle East, Maldives, Canada and USA in addition to Sri Lanka, where an ageing population is stimulating demand, officials said. Lanka Hospital Services has a management deal with India’s Apollo. Ajith Jayaratna, chairman of Lanka Hospitals Corporation […]

Sept 26, 2008 (LBO) – Despite Sri Lanka™s high primary school enrollment rate, large numbers drop out owing to weaknesses in the system, with many taking to crime, organizers of an education exhibition said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The island’s primary school net […]

Sept 19, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka unit of Leo Burnett Worldwide, an advertising agency, said it had won a medal at a regional award for marketing effectiveness, held in Macao.The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards, now in its sixth year, has given 10 golds, 18 silvers and 20 bronzes this year for 628 entries […]

Sept 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s educational reality series, Pathbreakers by ETV has planned its second season named ‘Aspirations Conquest’ with a tie up with Aspirations Education centre, the organizers said. The show will consist of 11 episodes that will telecast over the months of October, November and December in the year 2008. In […]

KUWAIT CITY, September 04, 2008 (AFP) – Kuwait’s parliament is to hold an emergency session on September 10 to debate violent protests by foreign workers over pay and living conditions, speaker Jassem al-Khorafi said.Khorafi said he received a request signed by 35 MPs in the 50-member parliament to recall the house from its summer recess […]

Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank, in a bid to raise awareness on its MoneyGram fund transfer method, plans to give away air tickets to its customers, the bank said in a statement. Two return air tickets to Mumbai will be available for MoneyGram customers of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon with […]

Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Brown and Company with its associate Klevenberg private limited have launched campaign to conduct mobile emission tests on vehicles in parts of Sri Lanka, the company said in a statement. The group has conducted tests in Havelock Town in Colombo and in the suburbs of Ranala and Athurugiriya. The free […]

Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – The cost of producing a dentist in Sri Lanka is 60 percent higher than that of producing a medical doctor, while a veterinarian costs 30 percent more, government data showed.Sri Lanka’s university system, which is funded by taxes from the people, spent 1.3 million on producing a doctor, 1.6 million […]

Aug 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ministry of indigenous medicine and the tourist board plan to give formal training to employees of massage parlours and health centres to improve their image and standardize their services. Authorities have set up a centre where practioners would be trained and certified in massage as well as eastern […]

KUALA LUMPUR, August 7, 2008 (AFP) – Malaysian women will be encouraged to train as domestic helpers, in a government programme aimed at reducing the country’s dependency on foreign workers, reports said Thursday. Women and Community Development Minister Ng Yen Yen said the course would give instruction in managing the home and caring for children […]