Category: General Services

Nov 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Nawaloka Hospital’s new eight floor complex developed at a cost of 1.5 billion rupees would increase the hospital’s capacity by 85 rooms to 405 with competition in the sector ratcheting up, officials said. The expansion would widen the total floor area of Nawaloka by 80,000 to 300,000 square […]

Nov 02, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s health ministry has released a list products whose import and sale were banned because of fears of contamination by the harmful chemical melamine.The ministry of health care and nutrition officials said they are advising consumers not to consume food items which have tested positive for melamine internationality. These […]

Oct 21, 2008 (LBO) – The Asian Development Bank is helping to fund a project to improve wastewater disposal in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo under which only treated effluent will be discharged into the sea. The Sri Lanka government is putting in 35 million dollars as its contribution to the project. The 135 million […]

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 […]