News Room : SLT Group stays resilient for Q3 overcoming external impacts – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : “Are you trying to be comfortable in jail because you’ll spend a long time there?” – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : India top court frees convicts in ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi’s killing – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : A herd of 24 wild elephants guzzle on mahua, doze off in Odisha forest – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : CIPM Sri Lanka and Wayamba Uni MoU to advance knowledge and practice in HR – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : FSP raises alarm over Indian investments in strategic locations – The Island
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated two business associates of a sanctioned al-Qa’ida financial facilitator and external operations plotter. The two individuals designated today are Mohamad Irshad Mohamad Haris Nizar, a Sri Lankan, and Musab Turkmen, who conducted businesses activities to assist Ahmed Luqman Talib (Talib), who was previously designated...
News Room : Sri Lankan among business partners of US Treasury sanctioned al-Qa’ida Financial Facilitator – The Island
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated two business associates of a sanctioned al-Qa’ida financial facilitator and external operations plotter. The two individuals designated today are Mohamad Irshad Mohamad Haris Nizar, a Sri Lankan, and Musab Turkmen, who conducted businesses activities to assist Ahmed Luqman Talib (Talib), who was previously designated...
News Room : Education Minister admits schoolchildren not getting adequate food
By Saman Indrajith Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha yesterday admitted in Parliament that Sri Lankan schoolchildren were not receiving adequate food.Answering a question posed by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said the government was trying to allocate more funds for the school mid-day meal programme. Premadasa said, “I would like to urge the government to expand the school lunch...
News Room : Chief Magistrate bans Diana Gamage from leaving country without Court approval – The Island
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated two business associates of a sanctioned al-Qa’ida financial facilitator and external operations plotter. The two individuals designated today are Mohamad Irshad Mohamad Haris Nizar, a Sri Lankan, and Musab Turkmen, who conducted businesses activities to assist Ahmed Luqman Talib (Talib), who was previously designated...
News Room : Teacher arrested for caning 10-year-old schoolgirl – The Island
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated two business associates of a sanctioned al-Qa’ida financial facilitator and external operations plotter. The two individuals designated today are Mohamad Irshad Mohamad Haris Nizar, a Sri Lankan, and Musab Turkmen, who conducted businesses activities to assist Ahmed Luqman Talib (Talib), who was previously designated...