General Services

Consumer Sales

Nov 06, 2009 (LBO) - Cargills (Ceylon) group which runs Sri Lanka's largest retail chain said profits rose 35 percent to 139 million rupees in the September …

Awaiting Arrest

JEDDAH, November 6, 2009 (AFP) - Larita Delacruz sits on the concrete base of a bridge pylon, rubs her swollen belly and explains her predicament: she is five …

Protest

Nov 04, 2009 (LBO) - A group of graduates were water cannoned at tear gassed by police when they tried to march up to office of Sri Lanka's president Mahinda …

Top Brands

Nov 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Munchee biscuit brand won top place as brand of the year, while Panadol, a paracetamol product, bagged the gold for the …

Buy Out

Oct 27, 2009 (LBO) - Ceylinco Land Exchange, a real estate firm in Sri Lanka's troubled Ceylinco group, is striking out under a new name, while employees are …

Nomadic Workers

Oct 22, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's migrant workers and their remittances are unlikely to be seriously affected by the global economic slowdown, the Institute of …

Moving Up

LONDON, October 8, 2009 (AFP) - US and British universities dominate the top of a league table of universities worldwide published Thursday, but Asian seats of …

Rebuilding Work

Sept 23, 2009 (LBO) - The Red Cross movement had spent 220 million US dollars to build 30,000 houses, upgrade healthcare centres, re-build water supply and …

Food Profits

Sept 21, 2009 (LBO) - The catering unit of state-run Sri Lankan Airlines said it was expecting an upturn with more visitors coming to the island after a war …

Tertiary Reform

Sep 20, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tertiary education policy should change to encourage fee-based universities of international standard to be set up, …

Learning Experience

Sep 16, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylinco Sussex College, a unit of the troubled Ceylinco Group, is to be managed by Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL), which …

Tech Archaeology

Sept 10, 2009 (LBO) - At Sigiriya, in central Sri Lanka, a group of geophysicists are probing the ground around an ancient rock fortress with ground …

Retail Plan

Aug 19, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's supermarket chain Cargills (Ceylon) said it plans to invest in the former northern war zone as its retail and consumer goods …

Brand Building

Aug 16, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka known as a manufacturing hub for leading international brands and a commodity producer should develop a strategy to build …

Migrant Impact

Aug 13, 2009 (LBO) - Migrants are left out of current stimulus packages and HIV/AIDS programmes are under threat, according to a new United Nations study. buy …

Flu Epidemic

RIYADH, August 4, 2009 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan man and a Saudi teenager suffering from a heart defect have died from swine flu, raising the country's flu death …

Capital Education

July 27, 2009 (LBO) – Management and finance students of Jaffna University will get easy access to Colombo Stock Exchange data, market regulator …

Health Needs

June 25, 2009 (LBO) - The World Bank said it has approved a 24 million dollar loan to support Sri Lanka's state health services mainly in former war-zones in …

Medical Market

June 24, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Asiri Surgical Hospital has launched a round-the-clock emergency care service targeting expatriate Sri Lankans who have …

State Club

June 16, 2009 (LBO) - The clubhouse of a golf course which was ordered in to state hands by court over corruption charges is operating as a hotel and starting …