Aitken Spence Travels, the leading destination management company (DMC) that handles the highest cruise calls for shore excursion to Sri Lanka will commence the first luxury passenger cruise ship ‘Viking Mars’ USA on the 18th – 19th November 2022. Viking Mars will be calling over at the Colombo port with 900 passengers on board commencing…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Sri Lanka for a short visit yesterday (16) after attending the G20 Summit. He met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Katunayake Air Force base for discussions on bilateral issues. The discussions were focused on further strengthening the bilateral relationship aiming at economic cooperation and investment, expanding tourism…
JAAF & IFC to empower industry with tools to address bullying and harassment in workplace Apparel industry committed to uplifting employee working conditions The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Respectful Workplaces Programme aims to enhance business value by addressing gender-based violence and harassment including customer and client aggression, workplace bullying and sexual harassment, domestic and sexual…
The Commercial Bank of Ceylon’s continuing effort to stimulate remittances from Sri Lankans living and working overseas recently focussed on Singapore, which has a significant Sri Lankan migrant population. The Bank engaged with Sri Lankan expatriates living in the city state at a two-day programme conducted in collaboration with the Sri Lankan High Commission in…
Sri Lanka’s infrastructure facilities, human resources and other required facilities are in place and now what is needed to attract foreign investments is to enact necessary legal reforms President of the Chinese Peoples’ Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, (CPAFFC) H.E Lin Songtiyan said. H.E Songtiyan, who called on Speaker Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene together…
The Committee on Public Finance took into discussion the two reports to be submitted to Parliament by the Committee post presenting the Appropriation Bill to Parliament in accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament. This was discussed at the Committee on Public Finance which met in the Parliament recently (15) under the chairmanship of Hon….
As Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 shines the spotlight on the importance of entrepreneurship to economic growth, the International Labour Organization in collaboration with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is implementing a series of initiatives to facilitate a change in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and bolster young people’s transition into the entrepreneurial world. Conducted under the aegis…
The Invitees taking part in the SriLankan Airlines’ Global Sales Conference 2022 are currently arriving in the country, from across the airline’s extensive network ranging from Europe; the Middle East; Indian subcontinent; Asia-Pacific; and Australia. The invitees consist over 150 leading international travel agents who predominantly market Sri Lanka and the airline’s General Sales Agents…
LANDER, headquartered in Spain, designs, manufactures, installs and maintains railway and automotive driving simulators in 5 continents for over 2 decades. With a workforce of more than 110 employees, LANDER is one of the leading companies in developing the most advanced driving simulators and it develops new solutions that solves the training needs of its…
“Investors need to be aware of the products and services that capital markets and financial markets offer.” – CSE Chai “Financial Literacy is a body of knowledge which involves economics, business mathematics, logical skills, and the ability to apply those skills in a setting which requires you to make finance-related decisions.” – CFA Society SL…
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