Category: Industry
Philippines want to open air services to Sri Lanka: report
July 4, 2011 (LBO) – Aviation authorities in Philippines want to expand air links with Sri Lanka in talks set for July to take forward the country’s ‘open skies’ policy and boost tourism, a media report said. Phillippine Daily Inquirer newspaper said the country’s Civil Aeronautics Board was seeking space to increase flights to the […]
SriLankan Airlines cuts air fares
July 04, 2011 (LBO) – SriLankan Airlines said it has cut ticket prices by about 15-20 percent in general on flights from Colombo with special one-way fares for students and migrant workers and group fares for pilgrims. It said in a statement the “flexible air fare plan provides a more competitive range of fares for […]
Sri Lanka to turn war-time fort into tourist attraction
July 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to convert a colonial-era fort in the north that was also fought over during the recent ethnic war into a tourist attraction, the economic development ministry said in a statement. “Since the end of the war large numbers of local and foreign tourists flock to Jaffna daily. […]
Software Suite
July 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Citizens Development Business Finance has selected a banking technology platform developed by Polaris Software and MillenniumIT, a statement said. The IntellectTM product suite supports a wide spectrum of banking operations such as general ledger and deposits, along with specialized modules like pawning, debentures, and audit trail. “This well […]
Sri Lanka diplomats to plug tourism
July 3, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s diplomats will promote the country abroad in the future and the state tourism promotion office will gradually sever links with private public relations firms, deputy economic development minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene said. “The government has decided do slowly distance ourselves from private public relations firms,” Abeywardene told reporters. […]
Bangladesh okay Pakistan security
LAHORE, July 2, 2011 (AFP) – Bangladeshi football chiefs said security arrangements for their game away at Pakistan in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday were “satisfactory”. “We have provided the best possible security for the visiting team, around their hotel and in the stadium, so we hope there will be no worries on that […]
Sri Lanka Pakistan talks to expand trade
July 02, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and Pakistan will begin talks Monday to expand trade and review the implementation of a free trade deal which was put in place to give more freedom for citizens of both countries to exchange goods with each other. Trade between the two countries was 346 million US dollars. […]
Sri Lanka state-run airport firm profits up 40-pct
July 02, 2011 (LBO) – State-run Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd, which has a monopoly airport operations in the island has reported a profit of 1.3 billion rupees for 2010, up 40 percent from a year earlier. AASL is also planning a 400 million dollar expansion of Katunayake, according to other reports. Revenues […]
Sri Lanka ready to give ton-up Jayawardene a break
LEEDS, July 2, 2011 (AFP) – Sri Lanka are contemplating resting Mahela Jayawardene from games in order to prolong the star batsman’s career. The only people who appeared to need Jayawardene to take a break at Headingley here on Friday were England’s bowlers as the 34-year-old marked his 343rd one-day international with a career-best 144. […]
Oily Issue
July 1, 2011 (LBO) – Long queues of cars have built up around some fuel stations of the Sri Lanka unit of India Oil Corporation after car owners complained of engine trouble after filling up from their competitor. Customers who used petrol sold by state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation have complained that they had to replace […]
”’wealth bid
July 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka hopes the Commonwealth Games Federation Evaluation Commission considering its bid to host the games would play a ‘clean game’ in making the selection. Namal Rajapaksa, a lawmaker from the ruling coalition representing the southern Hambantota district where a games city is to be built to host the event, […]
Boat Deal
July 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka based SOLAS Marine has won an order for 80 fast interception craft from the Indian Navy in a deal valued at 3,000 million rupees (67 million Us dollars), a media report said. The Times of India newspaper said the boats would be delivered over three years. FICs have […]