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Journey from cookie cutter to hyper-individualization – Kanishka | LBR LBO Brand Summit 2017
SriLankan expands network to Myanmar from June
SriLankan Airlines will expand its network to Yangon, capital of Myanmar, from 1st June 2017, with the commencement of a codeshare partnership with Myanmar Airways International (MAI), one of Myanmar’s best-known airlines. SriLankan will codeshare on flights operated by MAI between Bangkok and Yangon; and also Singapore and Yangon; while MAI will codeshare on flights […]
Update: UN Sri Lanka – 2017 Monsoon Floods and Landslides
(PRESS RELEASE) – Office of the UN Resident Coordinator Flash Update No. 3: Sri Lanka | 2017 Monsoon Floods and Landslides 30 May 2017 As flood waters recede and roads cleared, the Government continues to validate the number of affected people and casualties. As of 30 May (18:00, UTC+5:30), 604,700 people have been affected according […]
‘s economic success: Finance Minister
May 31, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s newly appointed finance minister says to bring sustained investment and growth, Sri Lanka has to ensure peace and reconciliation while also setting up corresponding globally recognized regulatory mechanisms and investment practices. “Without reconciliation and durable peace, without guarantees of non-recurrence of conflict, Sri Lanka cannot achieve economic success,” […]
International relief continues following weather disaster in Sri Lanka
(PRESS RELEASE) – The International community has been continuously extending assistance following the inclement weather that wrecked havoc in the country last week Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake says 18 countries have already taken steps to provide assistance in many forms. The minister stated these views at a media conference held in Colombo after […]
Journey from cookie cutter to hyper-individualization – Kanishka Weeramunda | LBR LBO Brand Summit 2017
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Sri Lanka flood death toll rises, DMC provides maps
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – The death toll from torrential rain across Sri Lanka has risen to 193 persons with more than 100 people still reported missing, the island’s Disaster Management Centre said Tuesday. The Disaster Management Centre said that over 575,000 people were affected in 15 districts. National Building Research Organization said they issued […]
Pakistan naval ship arrives in Sri Lanka with relief goods
In a bid to help its Sri Lankan brethren, the Naval Ship PNS ZULFIQUAR dispatched by Government of Pakistan has arrived with relief goods at Colombo Port, today. The Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan, Dr. Sarfraz Ahmed Khan Sipra handed over the relief goods to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka , Hon. […]
Sri Lanka Prime Minister off to US for medical treatment: Minister
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has left the country for medical treatment in the United States, Health Minister Rajitha Senarathne revealed. Minister Senarathne, speaking at a press conference held Tuesday at the Disaster Management Center, said that Prime Minister Wickremesinghe had postponed this medical examination over the past 18 […]
Sri Lanka’s pipe borne water supply is not contaminated: Minister
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s pipe borne water distributed through the National Water Supply and Drainage Board is safe to use, City Planning and Water Supply Minister Rauff Hakeem said. Speaking to journalists at the Disaster Management Center on Tuesday, Minister assured that pipe borne water supply in the country was not contaminated […]
Session 03 Q&| LBR LBO Brand Summit 2017
Session 03 Q&A | LBR LBO Brand Summit 2017
Foreign relief aid pledged to Sri Lanka after floods
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s official flood death toll rose to 177 on Monday as the island sought international assistance. High Commissioners and Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan met with the newly appointed Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake and pledged their support in various forms of relief aid. Japan had […]