Category: Industry
Sri Lanka opposition raises queries on payment for state land
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – A legislator from Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party had queried whether India’s Krrish group had made a payment for the purchase of leased state land on an announced date. A number of Sri Lankan and foreign firms which had been given state land were expropriated last year for […]
Oman Air and Qatar Airways in codeshare do Doha
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Oman Air has inked a code share deal with Qatar Airways allowing its customers to book flights from any of 42 points within its network to Doha, the capital of Qatar. “This codeshare will make travel within the Gulf region easier, effectively extending Oman Air’s network,” Wayne Pearce, chief executive […]
Sri Lanka reaches annual target with Polish tourist
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has reached an annual target of 950,000 for 2012 with the arrival of Agata Dziekn from Poland on December 18, the state tourism promotion office said. In November 2012 arrivals rose 20 percent from a year earlier to 109,202, the tourism office said. Dziekn, a graphic designer was […]
Sri Lanka appoints honorary consul for Cape Town
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Jonathan Jacobs, a businessman and chairman of International Trade and Tourism of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed Honorary Consul covering the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said he will assist the Sri Lankan High Commission in Pretoria. The foreign ministry said […]
Sri Lanka food exporters urged to register with FDA
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s food exporters to the US should renew their registrations with the Food and Drug Administration quickly to avoid prohibition, the island’s embassy in Washington said. The embassy said under a food safety law (Food Safety Modernization Act) foreign firms also have to designate a US agent to communicate […]
‘s Colombo Land says wraps up purchase
Dec 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s listed Colombo Land and Development Company Plc has wrapped up a deal to buy an adjacent property, which it had earlier said cost 221 million rupees, and a hotel project has been delayed. The firm owns Sri Lanka’s Liberty Plaza shopping mall in the up market Kollupitiya suburb […]
Tele Chief
Dec 17, 2012 (LBO) – Hutchison Asia Telecommunications Ltd, Hongkong has appointed Thirukumar Nadarasa a veteran in the group, as chief executive of Hutch Sri Lanka with immediate effect. He headed Sri Lanka’s operations from 2002 to 2007 when the network converted to the GSM standard and then moved to Vietnam. “I am pleased to […]
Official Menu
Dec 16, 2012 (AFP) – Sri Lanka on Sunday unveiled new guidelines encouraging devotees to donate low-sugar, healthier food to the country’s Buddhist monks after warnings that half of them risk developing diabetes. Sri Lanka’s monks eat food containing on average 12 teaspoons of sugar a day, but it should be reduced to a maximum […]
Petro Hikes
Dec 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, has raised petrol by 10 rupees to 159 and two grades of furnace oil but kept diesel and kerosene prices unchanged petroleum minister Susil Premajayantha said. Underpriced energy funded with bank loans, which are ultimately accommodated by central bank credit (printed money) causes frequent […]
Sri Lanka to revamp civil aviation regulations
Dec 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will revamp aviation regulations with the help of the International Civil Aviation Organization, the state information office said. The cabinet of ministers had given the nod for Sri Lanka’s Civil Aviation Authority to engage ICAO’s Technical Co-operation Bureau help with the new rules, the information office said. Sri […]
Open House
Dec 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri lanka’s Information technology and outsourcing firms are holding an ‘open day’ on December 20 in Colombo targeting expatriate Sri Lankans who have returned to the country for the holiday season. “Many Sri Lankan IT/BPO and Knowledge Services Industry companies are looking for seasoned well experienced professionals abroad to return […]
‘s LankaCom launches IPTV platform for hotels
Dec 15, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LankaCom and Singapore’s SingTel has launched an IPTV based entertainment platform for hotels that gives customized entertainment and two way interaction with guests to offer and sell other services, officials said. Wizner said each room is provided with a small wireless set-top box that can connect the guest’s […]