Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC and Alpha Thermal Systems (Pvt.) Ltd., have concluded an agreement to promote “Solar Therm” branded solar water heating systems as well as other solar energy lighting products. This partnership will sell Alpha Thermal Systems’ solar energy products through Singer’s Singer Mega outlets islandwide. In addition to the Solar Therm Solar Water [...]
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo’s monthly children’s programme took on an environmentally friendly theme this month following World Environmental Day. Children learned to make puppets out of recyclable material with the guidance of Sulochana Dissanayake who also taught them to create a story for their puppets to act out with sound effects and actions! Being the ninth [...]
Frankfurt Airport saw its cargo traffic jump 12.8% in April year on year (YoY), to an all time high for the month, as the German economy continues on its strong growth trajectory. Europe’s largest cargo airport handled 191,087 metric tons (mts) in April, taking traffic for the first four months of the year to 744,843 [...]
Alleged rapist walks free Sri Lankan authorities accused of ‘doing nothing’ Women factory workers live in fear By Maryam Azwer An alleged serial rapist of Sri Lankan nationality has been freed by Jordanian officials after being arrested last weekend, said a report by the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights (IGLHR). According to IGLHR, [...]
By Faraz Shauketaly A group of some 300 immigrants are set to leave Malaysia on board a vessel purchased by persons known to have links to the banned LTTE terror group. The would-be immigrants are hoping to reach the shores of either Australia or Canada depending on quite how far the aged vessel will sail [...]
Davis Cup Tennis By T.M.K. Samat SRI Lanka’s swift promotion last week to Group Two of the Davis Cup competition, after only a year in Group Three, is admirable – and the manner of achievement, remarkable. US-based players Harshana Godamanna and Oshada Wijemanne and the home-based Rajiv Rajapakse and Dineshkanthan Thangaraja took the country through [...]
Sri Lanka’s infrastructure developmental works in the past were directed at services that worked toward the uplift of the socio-economic conditions of the people of this country. Those included projects such as power development, enlarging the Colombo Port, irrigation, water supply and drainage schemes, building free trade zones (FTZs) and improving connectivity by constructing roads [...]
Kothalahimbutu, a plant native to Sri Lanka and South India has properties to control the blood sugar of patients suffering from diabetes. Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. (CBL), the company which has a 60% market share both in value and volume terms in the local biscuit market, launched its latest manufacture, the Kothalahimbutu health biscuit, on Tuesday. [...]
By Maryam Azwer The Resettlement Ministry says that the primary delay in resettling the approximately 17,000 IDPs remaining at Menik Farm is due to the ongoing de-mining process in Mullaitivu and certain parts of Kilinochchi. This delay in resettlement isn’t the only concern facing the IDPs, however – the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has claimed [...]
Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), the Government institution responsible for spreading ICT in the island, is evaluating bids from international consultancies to carry out an ICT survey in the country. ICTA which released its own ICT and BPO workforce survey 2010 to the press on Thursday, will commission the foreign survey [...]
Recent Comments