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Commonwealth Secretary General to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow
July 31, 2018 (LBO) – Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland QC will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, for a four-day official visit, the Foreign Ministry said. This will be her first visit to the country since she assumed the Office of Secretary-General in April 2016. On 01 August, the Secretary-General will call on Prime Minister Ranil […]
Mastercard launches Simplify Commerce to accept e-payments regardless of payment brand
Mastercard announced the launch of Simplify Commerce, a simple and secure platform that makes it easier for businesses to accept electronic payments, regardless of a payment brand, in Sri Lanka.This feature rich element of Mastercard Payment Gateway Services is now available to acquiring banks and non-banking financial institutions as well as their small-to-midsize merchant customers […]
Bathiya and Santhush appointed brand ambassadors for Sony audio products in Sri Lanka
Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, the country’s premier consumer durables retailer, together with Sony International, has appointed Sri Lanka’s leading musical duo Bathiya and Santhush (BNS) as brand ambassadors for Sony audio products in the country. The official MoU was signed between Kumar Samarasinghe – Marketing Director, Mahesh Wijewardene – COO, Piyum Jayatilaka – Senior Marketing […]
Sangakkara responds on Twitter to inaccurate quote in Ceylon Today
July 29, 2018 (LBO) – As speculation heats up about Sri Lankan cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara’s presidential ambitions, he has already had to come out and correct false quotes attributed to him by Sri Lankan media. After the emergence of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s Prime Minister to be, it seems as if many Sri Lankans […]
Cambodia’s Hun Sen To Continue as World’s Longest Serving Prime Minister
July 29, 2018 (LBO) – Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has won the country’s 6th general election held on July 29 in a landslide and he will continue as the world’s longest serving Prime Minister, extending his 33 years for another 5 year term. The highly controversial election was deemed illegitimate by the U.S., […]
Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2018 – registrations now open
The country’s foremost economic event – Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2018 will be held for the 18th time on the theme, ‘On the Fast Track to a Turnaround”. This event organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, is to take place on 13th – 14th September at Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Sri Lanka’s economy is once […]
Glass ceiling obliterated, Shemara Wikramanayake to become CEO of global investment bank Macquarie
July 26, 2018 (LBO) – Shemara Wikramanayake is set to take over as CEO of global investment bank Macquarie in November of 2018. Ms. Wikramanayake was born born in the UK and spent time schooling in Sri Lanka.Her father was a Sri Lankan medical doctor. Macquarie is a globally diversified financial group employing more than […]
NDBIB Wins Euromoney crown for seventh consecutive year
NDB Investment Bank (NDBIB)cemented its position as the market leader and premier Investment Bank in the country by being awarded as ‘Sri Lanka’s Best Investment Bank 2018’ by Euromoney Magazine. NDBIB secured this prestigiousaward for the 7th consecutive year whilst demonstrating its market leadership and unrivalled credentials both in Sri Lanka and the region. This […]
Resume Writing Tips: How long should the Resume be?
There is no hard & fast rule to say that a CV must be 2 pages or a particular number of pages, other than in exceptional cases where you can be requested for a certain number of pages. For instance, recently a client was specifically requested for a 2-page resume for a job application in […]
Facebook stock down 24-pct on slow growth forecast
Jul 26, 2018 (LBO) – Facebook Inc’s stock was down by nearly 24 percent, Wednesday following concerns voiced over the last few months on social websites privacy issues, a foreign media reports said. . “There would be a rise in costs because in cost on efforts to address concerns about poor handling of users’ privacy and […]
Teejay Lanka profit after tax grows by 27-pct to Rs.279.3Mn
Capacity expansion in India and an increased order book from the US and EU have enabled Teejay Lanka PLC, Sri Lanka’s only multinational textile manufacturer, to make a strong start to 2018-19 with healthy sales and profit growth. Profit after tax grew by a respectable 27 per cent to Rs 279.3 million on revenue of […]
‘s Premiership
July 26, 2018 (LBO) – Preliminary indications are that Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is to emerge with the largest amount of seats in Pakistan’s parliament.It is unlikely that his party will achieve an absolute majority in parliament, thus a coalition government will be necessary to govern.The nuclear powered nation is home to almost 200 million people.Its […]