Category: General Services

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 […]

Aug 06, 2008 (LBO) – A new International Labour Organisation maritime convention that Sri Lanka is to ratify will improve the safety, efficiency and working conditions of seafarers, officials said. The ILO maritime labour convention, also known as a ‘bill of rights’ for seafarers has an enforcement system that will prevent their exploitation by owners […]

July 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s health minister’s appointment to the World Health Organisation (WHO) could help channel more foreign funds to develop the health sector in the island, the association of private medical practitioners said. Nimal Siripala de Silva, minister of healthcare and nutrition, was appointed as the chairman of the WHO executive […]

July 27, 2008 (LBO) – Cosmetics manufacturer Oriflame says the market for its products in Sri Lanka grew by almost half in 2007, more than the average growth rate of markets in the Asian region.Oriflame Cosmetics is present in 59 countries with a sales force of 2.3 million independent sales consultants. “This means there is […]

July 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will look for private investors to develop prime state property in the heart of the capital Colombo, who would be expected to build a two-tower high rise which could cost around 200 million US dollars, a senior minister said. The land is the so-called Transworks Square, a four […]

July 22, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan government is going to double the prices of lottery tickets from September onwards. The national lotteries board and the development lotteries board have an effective duopoly on selling lotteries in Sri Lanka. Updated National Lotteries Board chairman A De vass Gunewardena says that the last price revision […]

July 20, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state radio will shed up to 400 excess employees by giving them a million rupee severance package senior officials said, while the broadcaster was reeling under mounting losses.At the moment it has 1,068 employees and most of the excess is in the transport and security divisions, officials said. […]

JAKARTA, July 8, 2008 (AFP) – Saudi Arabian families are abusing female migrant workers to the point of slavery and Riyadh needs to respond with sweeping labour and justice reforms, a major rights group said Tuesday.US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report released in Indonesia, the home country of thousands of female […]

July 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government should start English medium schools in the East of the island, because educators in the areas are clamouring them, a top official in charge of peace building efforts said.The Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) is encouraging communities in the Eastern Province to formulate their own […]

June 29, 2008 (LBO) – More people are mastering hair dressing and beauty culture because of increasing opportunities both in Sri Lanka and overseas, practitioners and students say. In the past people didn™t consider it as a serious profession because of the low demand and the inability to get qualified. Now however, hair and beauty […]