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Bits and Baggage

Waving in traffic from the web, the Tourist Board will try to lure elusive travelers from the US, Canada and Australia, with a portal for online …

Call Forwarding

The roll out of a free incoming to mobile phones regime is being pushed back once again, this time to allow for greater public awareness. The telecom watchdog …

Jumping High

Ceylinco Life has ended fiscal year 2003 achieving its declared goal of crossing the three billion rupee mark in premium income.In results released this week, …

Private Tours

Privately owned helicopters could come to the rescue in medical and natural disasters and fly in to transport shipping crew between land and sea before …

Love From India

The promoters of Indias first Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) system have offered to help the government to set up a similar system to help ease congestion in …

Life Cycle

The Treasury last issued the letter on March 13 2003, with the hope of finding fresh investors and to allow the bank to continue its normal banking …

Taking Bets

Working towards meeting a mid year target to launch Sri Lankas second online lottery, the Aitken Spence endash Getch Corp., partnership will invest Rs. 1.2 bn …

Second Round

Private bus owners are lobbying the government to remove VAT payments slapped on lease rentals of registered buses.Currently, around 17,500 private passenger …

Netting It All

Top air cargo equipment maker Bridport Aviation, is using its Sri Lankan production base to tie-up new markets in Asia.Bridport already claims a third of the …

Bending Rules

The government will amend its newly minted labour retrenchment formula to raise the maximum compensation ceiling from 30 to 50 months of salary.rnrnThe new …

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Small Change

The state is looking at absorbing up to about 25 percent or as much as half the cost of laying rain guards for rubber trees on smallholder estates this year. …

Going Offline

Stepping up its presence from a standalone internet service provider, Eureka on Tuesday said it has repositioned its business to become an IT solutions …

Different Lines

The telecom watchdog is looking at giving payphone operator Tritel, a facilities based licence to allow it to penetrate deeper into the rural areas. Tritel has …

Quick Dip

Conglomerate Hemas Holdings delved deeper into the tourism sector on Monday to pick up a 47 percent slice in Associated Hotels, the owning company of Lihiniya …

Bits of Crime

The long overdue Computer Crimes Bill is low on ram, but more laws are on the way to legalise digital signatures and set minimum security standards for …

Korean Chips

Koreas Myunghim Lanka (Pvt) Ltd has signed up to build a US$ 18 mn township development project in Kalutara.The Board of Investment says the 100 percent South …

You Call You Pay

Fixed line and cellular subscribers will pay up to Rs. 5 more per minute for calling a mobile user, possibly from March 1. The additional charge comes with a …

Annual Chat

South East Asian Central Bankers will meet in Sri Lanka this week for its annual sessions and discuss matters of mutual importance.The Sri Lankan Central Bank …

Free Bird

Floatplane operations are back in the skies and with expanded coverage after the National Security Council clipped its wings for a short period.ldblquote The …