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Ruhunu Hospital to Invest Rs 1.5B in uplifting healthcare in the Southern Province

Ruhunu Hospital a market leader in providing Healthcare for the people for the past 20 + years have embarked on their biggest investment to date by expanding a new wing which will comprise of 50 + hospital beds, 50+ channel rooms, 2 operating Theatre’s and investing in specilaised areas of Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, Cancer, Dialysis,…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:59 pm

SLTC signs Agreement on Academic Exchange with Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thailand

With the intention of offering the most diverse educational experience possible, Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) has signed an Agreement on an Academic Exchange program with Thailand’s Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT). This Agreement, signed last month, aims to facilitate cooperation between the two universities on exchange programmes that will benefit both faculty and…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:38 pm

‘Make Sri Lanka fake and forgery free’, says MD of Holographic Asia

The Malaysian Managing Director of Holographic Asia, Foong wan Hong is on an extensive mission to make Sri Lanka fake and forgery free. He yearns to see this country, which he has visited over thirty times during the past 12 years, (including the war torn years as well) marching towards progress in every sphere of…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:29 pm

Rupee fluctuates against Dollar amidst over US $ 1.2 Bn Forex Flows in a week

Sri Lankan Rupee strengthened against the US Dollar ($) on early Monday during intraday trading but closed weaker in dull trade amidst foreign exchange flows to the tune of US $ 1.2 billion that came via Hambanthota port deal and Sri Lanka Development Bond Sales . Analysts said that further strengthening of Rupee is expected…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:32 am

‘Enterprise Sri Lanka’ targeted towards US $ 5,000 per capita income and 1 Mn Jobs

Whilst encouraging that country must develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship structure that encourages people, especially graduates, to embark on building their own businesses, Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera told reporters on Friday government expects ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka’ (ESL) programme will meet its medium-term targets such as per capita income of US$ 5,000, 1 million new…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:30 am

Sri Lankan stocks end weaker near 14-month low in dull trade

Reuters – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker on Monday, staying close to a 14-month low hit last week as investors sold diversified shares in dull trade with turnover at a nine-week low. The Colombo stock index ended 0.13 percent weaker at 6,220.13, near its lowest close since April 2017, which was on Wednesday. The bourse…

(0)Comments | June 26, 2018 6:27 am

IMF recommends SL to have an Automatic Pricing Mechanism for Electricity in 2019 Budget

Western economies largely controlled global lender – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Sri Lanka to include contingency budgeting for natural disasters in its 2019 budget and an automatic pricing mechanism for electricity, the latest assessment by the IMF executive board on the funding program for Sri Lanka point outs. “Starting in 2019, the budget…

(0)Comments | June 25, 2018 4:07 pm

Importance of Financial Reporting for Transparency

By Nishan Fernando   Corporate Reporting   Bushman, Piotroski and Smith (2003) identified that the availability of information was considered to be a key determinant of the efficiency of resource allocation decisions and growth in an economy. Availability of information is linked to corporate transparency, defined as the widespread availability of firm-specific information to those…

(0)Comments | June 25, 2018 4:05 pm

Jolted by low rankings, Sri Lanka now wants education sector in its innovation drive

Sri Lanka admitted its innovation rankings are low and some work needed in it, ahead of New York’s forthcoming Global Innovation ranking announcement of July 10. Sri Lanka wants its education system too to be involved so that innovation mind-set in the workforce could be developed from early on. “We need to create interest in…

(0)Comments | June 25, 2018 4:02 pm

Apartments only 1.7% of Colombo’s living units – Altair Director Pradeep Moraes

Contrary to popular perception, apartments currently account for only 1.7 per cent of Colombo’s residential facilities despite the scarcity of land to cater to rapid urbanisation, an industry leader has disclosed. Representing Altair as a Director of the iconic development and the Condominium Developers Association of Sri Lanka (CDASL) as its Chairman, Mr Pradeep Moraes…

(0)Comments | June 25, 2018 1:56 pm

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