General Services

Governance Issue

Dec 13, 2008 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka divisional council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has been suspended over a governance …

Health Focus

Dec 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hemas group has officially opened a new 1.5 billion rupee hospital in Wattala, north of the capital Colombo, saying the …

Bunker Compensation

Dec 03, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings group said that the Supreme Court had ruled that former employees of its bunker fuel unit be paid 153 …

Health Growth

Nov 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Nawaloka Hospital's new eight floor complex developed at a cost of 1.5 billion rupees would increase the hospital's …

Scary Food

Nov 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's health ministry has released a list products whose import and sale were banned because of fears of contamination by the …

Water Waste

Oct 21, 2008 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank is helping to fund a project to improve wastewater disposal in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo under which only …

Migrant Risks

Oct 16, 2008 (LBO) - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has urged Sri Lanka to help three workers facing execution in Saudi Arabia saying the government …

Bad Moods

SINGAPORE, October 12, 2008 (AFP) - As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia's stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery -- even …

Fertile Service

Sept 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka™s Apollo Hospitals is seeing interest for fertility treatment services from the Middle East, Maldives, Canada and USA …

Reduced Sentence

Sept 26, 2008 (LBO) – Despite Sri Lanka™s high primary school enrollment rate, large numbers drop out owing to weaknesses in the system, with many …

Magic Cup

Sept 19, 2008 (LBO) - The Sri Lanka unit of Leo Burnett Worldwide, an advertising agency, said it had won a medal at a regional award for marketing …

Pathbreakers II

Sept 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's educational reality series, Pathbreakers by ETV has planned its second season named 'Aspirations Conquest' with a tie …

Migrant Workers

KUWAIT CITY, September 04, 2008 (AFP) - Kuwait's parliament is to hold an emergency session on September 10 to debate violent protests by foreign workers over …

Money Transfer

Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank, in a bid to raise awareness on its MoneyGram fund transfer method, plans to give away air tickets to …

Expensive Dentists

Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) - The cost of producing a dentist in Sri Lanka is 60 percent higher than that of producing a medical doctor, while a veterinarian costs 30 …

Free Tests

Aug 19, 2008 (LBO) – Brown and Company with its associate Klevenberg private limited have launched campaign to conduct mobile emission tests on vehicles …

Registered Therapy

Aug 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ministry of indigenous medicine and the tourist board plan to give formal training to employees of massage parlours and …

Domestic Help

KUALA LUMPUR, August 7, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysian women will be encouraged to train as domestic helpers, in a government programme aimed at reducing the country's …

At Sea

Aug 06, 2008 (LBO) - A new International Labour Organisation maritime convention that Sri Lanka is to ratify will improve the safety, efficiency and working …

Medical Perks

July 30, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's health minister's appointment to the World Health Organisation (WHO) could help channel more foreign funds to develop …