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Sri Lanka commits to protecting endangered wildlife: Minister
Jan 26, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has emphasized its commitment to protect endangered wildlife species at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on the side-lines of the 66th standing committee meeting of CITES held in Geneva, recently. “The government had decided to destroy a confiscated blood ivory […]
Healthy leadership for healthy nation
Media release: The inauguration ceremony of the Sports and Physical Health promotion programmes organized by the Ministry of Sports held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat premises, yesterday (25). Accordingly, it is expected to create an energetic, enthusiastic and healthy nation encompassing the adolescent, young, adult and senior social levels […]
Sri Lanka ranks 14 on global offshoring index 2016
Jan 25, 2015 (LBO) – With many domestic and international companies investing heavily on the local IT/BPO and BPM offshoring industry thanks to its commercial attractiveness, access to skilled talent and a lucrative business environment coupled with the improving technology infrastructure, Sri Lanka now ranks in the 14th position on the 2016 A.T. Kearney Global […]
Ceylon Chamber to compile SME registry
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the country’s premier business Chamber has started to collect data from Small and Medium Businesses spread across the country in order to compile a new SME Registry. The main objective of the new Registry is to help SMEs find potential business partners to further enhance their business activities. The ‘SME […]
Commercial Bank joins Bank Muscat Oman for instant money transfers
Instant, real-time fund transfers between Oman and Sri Lanka have become possible as a result of a tie-up between the Commercial Bank of Ceylon and Bank Muscat, the leading financial services provider in the Sultanate. Commercial Bank is the first Sri Lankan bank to link with Bank Muscat for this purpose. Account holders of Bank […]
Top interior design trends for 2016
Lamudi has announced the top trending interior designs for 2016, paying homage to the fading stars of this year. According to the Lamudi trend forecast report, industry professionals can expect more artisan goods, and a further emphasis on sustainable materials, while mix metallics and metals will be embraced. “It’s time to say goodnight to calming […]
SriLankan ranks second in Asia & Asia-Pacific for lowest carbon footprint
Press Release: SriLankan Airlines gained worldwide recognition for its pioneering efforts in environmental conservation when the prestigious Business Traveller magazine ranked it second among airlines in the Asia and Asia-Pacific region for having the lowest carbon footprint. The enormous region includes the Middle East, South Asia, the Far East and Asia-Pacific (Australasia), home to most […]
‘s People Summit 2016
Media release – Build your people to build your business: SLASSCOM People Summit 2016 Back for the sixth consecutive year, SLASSCOM’s People Summit 2016 aims to kick off your year by providing leaders at all levels with pioneering talent management insights and perspectives from renowned global leaders, as well as a prime networking and experience […]
Cash rewards from Commercial Bank for bill payments via Mobile Banking
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon is to reward customers for usage of the Bank’s Mobile Banking facility, with Rs 1.5 million in cash prizes over the next three months. Customers already registered for Mobile Banking who pay a minimum of three utility bills such as Electricity, Water, Telephone and Pay TV a month to the […]
Tea exporters discusses foreign tea imports for re-export
Sri Lankan tea exporters received much needed encouragement and Ministerial level assurance to resolve their travails –and with the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders in future, on 19 January. At a special meeting with the exporters at EDB, State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe came forward to assist the tea exporters to […]
China eyes more investment opportunities in Sri Lanka: PM (VIDEO)
Jan 21, 2016 (LBO) – Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Switzerland that Sri Lanka is expecting more investments from the China apart from the ongoing infrastructure projects. “Infrastructure alone is not sufficient and we are discussing bringing more Chinese investments,” Wickremesinghe said at a press conference held during the World Economic Forum in progress in […]
361 Degrees successfully concludes “Tribal Challenge” (PICS)
361 Degrees, Sri Lanka’s leading Human Activations Company recently concluded 361 Tribal Challenge 2015, which was held close to the Ibbankatuwa Reservoir, Dambulla. This public programme was held in celebration of 361 completing 1000 training programmes since the company’s inception as Wild Drift. During the experiential learning programme, 9 lucky teams were exposed to an […]