Ceylon Cold Stores PLC continued its winning streak in the Sri Lankan food manufacturing sector in
2009 by clinching more quality awards. Adding to its portfolio of accolades, it took top honours at
the prestigious Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) Awards by winning the National Gold
(Joint) Award in the Extra Large Category (Manufacturing Sector)
Days prior to this, it also won a Certificate of Commendation – Manufacturing Sector (Large Scale)
at the Provincial Productivity Awards conducted by the National Productivity Secretariat.
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank said on Tuesday it will announce the ‘Road Map: Monetary and Financial Sector Policies for 2010 and beyond’ on Monday, January 4 detailing out the policies and strategies to be followed this year by the banking regulator.
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The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) is actively pursuing new opportunities with the rise of visitor numbers, says a top official.
SLTDA is the sole authority to process and approve tourism-related development projects, he pointed out.
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Sri Lanka has signed up 410 million US dollars of funding from China including money to build an international airport in the south of the island, a foreign ministry statement said....
CHENNAI: Police now have information about a key associate and 20 sub-agents who were working for Vijaykanth, a Sri Lankan Tamil running a credit card racket for over seven months in the city.
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The Sri Lankan government now says there is no move at taking legal action against the EU over the suspension of the GSP plus scheme to Sri Lanka. Minister G.L Peiris had earlier told reporters this week that legal action will be taken....
SriLankan Airlines will launch a new twice-weekly direct service from Milan to Colombo on 16th December, to enhance Italian tourism into Sri Lanka and serve the sizable Sri Lankan community in northern Italy....
Chairman, Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka, Janaka Ratnayake, who is a relative of the President, has been ordered by court to return the shares of Ceylinco Investment Company he forcibly acquired back to the Company’s Chairman, Lalith Kotelawela....
ISLAMABAD: Committee of Experts (COE) of SAFTA comprising senior trade officials from all SAARC member countries will deliberate within next two months on early completion of Trade Liberalization Programme (TLP) by Non-Least Developed Countries i.e. Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka by December 2010 instead of earlier cut off date of December 2012, official sources at Ministry of Commerce informed. ...
Chennai: The central crime branch police on Thursday arrested a Sri Lankan national for the possessing fake credit cards and indulging in illegal business for the past seven months. Police suspects that the culprit may also have manufactured and supplied fake credit cards. ...