General Services

Labour Position

June 09, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka was elected as a deputy member of the International Labour Organisation™s (ILO) governing body during the 100th International …

Wider Reach

June 07, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Richard Pieris group wants to cash in on the post-war consumer spending boom by rapidly expanding its chain of 'Arpico' …

Property Potential

June 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings is expanding its property business with the acquisition of a six-acre site in a suburb on a key road to …

Cinema Expansion

June 03, 2011 (LBO) - CT Land Development, owners of the Majestic City shopping mall in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo is building three cinemas on its fifth …

Cold Comfort

May 26, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Cold Stores said net profit for the financial year ending March 2011 fell 13 percent to 200 million rupees from a year …

Fashion Profit

May 25, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lankan fashion retailer Odel said March 2011 quarter group net profit rose 29 percent to 33 million rupees from a year ago with sales …

Secret Shoot

May 19, 2011 (AFP) - Under a cloak of secrecy, the first film adaptation of controversial author Salman Rushdie's celebrated novel "Midnight's Children" has …

Health Business

May 16, 2011 (LBO) - Lanka Hospitals, formerly part of the Indian Apollo chain and now par-owned by India's Fortis group, said March 2011 quarter net profit …

Promising Labels

SINGAPORE, May 8, 2011 (AFP) - A 0-million private equity fund backed by the world's top luxury retailer LVMH is on the prowl for emerging Asian brands in the …

Health Strategy

May 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's state is "passionate and committed" towards Lanka Hospitals Corporation, a listed fee levying hospital which came under its …

Book Stall

Apr 26, 2011 (LBO) - A Sri Lanka stall at the London Book Fair this month had attracted large numbers of visitors while several British authors had made …

Juicy Business

ANTANANARIVO, April 22, 2011 (AFP) - Twenty Madagascan women who planned to work as maids in Saudi Arabia, were intercepted by police in Madagascar Friday, …

Safe Land

Apr 07, 2011 (LBO) - Australia has given 480 million rupees to clear land mines from Sri Lanka's war torn north and speed up the re-settlement of displaced …

Tax Banditry

Apr 07, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's people are paying tens of billions of rupees to give state jobs to unemployable graduates from state universities where they …

SLIM Chief

Apr 04, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing said Thushara Perera, head of marketing at TV Derana, a television channel, had become the president of …

Virtual Agency

Mar 31, 2011 (LBO) - Triadhot.com, a division of Sri Lanka's Triad advertising agency said it had launched its first integrated marketing campaign in Singapore …

Emissions Testing

Mar 25, 2011 (LBO) - Laugfs Eco Sri, a unit of Sri Lanka's listed Laugfs gas which tests vehicle emissions for the government, says it is expanding in to the …

Restricted Entry

Mar 23, 2011 (LBO) - A new British student visa scheme will restrict immigration, with a higher English standard, no right to work and a time limit to study …

Tea Help

Mar 21, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea exporters have given three million tea bags to the people hit by a tsunami and earthquake in Japan. online pharmacy buy …

Gambling Trend

DANANG, March 20, 2011 (AFP) - The gambler leans back comfortably in his chair at a card table inside Vietnam's new Crown casino, waiting for his female …