CIMA Sri Lanka recently organised a sell-out evening discussion on "The Global Economic Crisis: an Islamic Finance Perspective" in its Auditorium.

The discussion was led by Faizal Salieh, Managing Director/CEO, Amana Investments Limited. The speaker kept his audience captive with his presentation. The floor was later opened for a Q & A session. The topic in the recent past has creat...

The Hatton National Bank commemorated 120 years of service since its inception as Hatton Bank with the ceremonious cancellation of a commemorative cover on February 25, 2009 at the HNB Towers. The commemorative cover was especially designed under the patronage of Mahinda Wijesekara, Minister of Posts and Telecommunication and the Postmaster General. The first day cover was ceremoniously c...

PEO TV, the first Internet Protocol Television Service (IPTV) in Sri Lanka launched its PEO Street TV promotion effective from January 2009, beaming a wide range of entertainment options on a daily basis at 6.30 pm to 11.00 pm. This has been a huge success thus far, attracting people from all walks of life, showcasing an all-in-one entertainment solution on a large screen from its strategically...

Mobitel scooped the prize for best operator in the MOFILM 2009 awards, hosted by double Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey, amidst worldwide competition.

This is a significant achievement for Mobitel and Sri Lanka as GSMA Mobile World Congress is the largest gathering and exhibition for the mobile industry where a congress featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile o...

I must say there are irreparable damages caused by terrorism. There are so many families who are feeling the loss of their loved ones. This is the very reason that the war has to end.

You can have a good machine but if that person is not trained to fly an aircraft or use
the machine then there is no use...we introduced top quality training and development of human resources in moulding them into effective and efficient operational assets.

I need to comment on His Excellency the President's leadership; his excellent and correct leadership as well as making correct decisions. Then the Secretary of Defence gave the impetus to the services on what needs to be done.

It's one team; and it's the team that gets the credit not one person. The pilot finally executes the mission in the face of enemy fire and that too successfully, for this he needs to be specially appreciated and success credited to his name.

We went about this task by targeting their leadership, training bases, fuel dumps, ammunition dumps, artillery positions, runways, Sea Tiger boats, boat building facilities and camps and all infrastructural facilities. The success of these missions resulted in their war waging capacity being destroyed.

The journey from the first observation of LTTE air assets to the last incident has been a long and arduous one but I think we have succeeded in destroying their air capability.

The Anti-Aircraft Gunners were vigilant and very accurate which resulted in success and also I have to especially mention the personnel manning the searchlights, as it is very difficult to get away once a searchlight captures the position.

I hope that people of all races and denominations will have the opportunity to live together and work as one to develop this country. We have tremendous potential in Sri Lanka to develop; our people are educated and have good innovative ideas, once this problem is over they can express themselves.