A Sri Lankan Central Banker has authored a book under the title of “Analysis of Basic Economic Principles”.
Written by P. Samarasiri, who works as an assistant Governor of the Central Bank, the book which is written in Sinhala helps the reader to understand and analyze the workings of an economy.
It covers topics such as operational [...]
November 24, 2011 9:40 AM | Posted in
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Two Sri Lankans have been selected to attend the 2011/ 2012 Chevening Scholarships Scheme which is one of UK’s most prestigious scholarship schemes awarded for foreign Post Graduate students.
Ruwanthi H. Gunaratne an employee of the Attorney General Department and Jeewanthi Senanayake of the Defense Ministry are the two locals who will take part in the [...]
September 16, 2011 8:35 AM | Posted in
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – An old, immobile, sweltering trailer lists in a parking lot on the West Shore; but it remains a key component of an effort to positively change the lives of people who live half-way around the world.
Over the past 25 years, Harold Sirisena has shipped hundreds of thousands of books to [...]
August 12, 2011 10:56 AM | Posted in
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A Chinese University which teaches Sinhala as one of its foreign languages has offered President Mahinda Rajapaksa an honorary doctorate.
Beijing University of Foreign languages who offered the doctorate to the President also invited Rajapaksa to be the Director of the newly built Sri Lanka Academic Center.
A report on China Daily says Beijing Foreign Studies University [...]
August 12, 2011 9:19 AM | Posted in
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The World Renowned Marketing Guru Professor Philip Kotler who was on a visit to Sri Lanka met President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday.
Later in the day Kotler addressed the big wigs of Sri Lanka’s corporate sector at a conference held at the Waters Edge in Colombo.
Books written by Kotler, such as “Marketing Management”, “Principles of Marketing” [...]
June 5, 2011 11:01 AM | Posted in
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By: Mihindu Rajaratne
University students in Sri Lanka have become synonymous with anxiety, distress, disruptive and directionless since the political mallets have taken over the administration of such an important process. University students in Sri Lanka (USSL) therefore, have naturally become the victims and mallets of political parties and politicians for many years. There are many [...]
June 1, 2011 9:26 AM | Posted in
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Sri Lankan students aspiring to engage in higher education activities in both Sri Lanka and overseas can now access free information on educational opportunities they have in either end via www.sl2college.org
The website, an initiative of the past and present Sri Lankan graduate students and faculty members living and studying in many parts of the world, [...]
May 21, 2011 10:34 AM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka’s privately run St. Thomas’ College of Mount Lavinia has established one of the largest wi-fi zones in the country.
Accordingly, the college has established 40 wireless access points across its premises thus enabling quality wi-fi coverage for the entire institution.
With this initiative, the college aims to help the education activities of its 2650 students [...]
April 29, 2011 1:53 PM | Posted in
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Sri Lanka’s National Institute of Business Management is planning to launch three master’s programs in collaboration with Ireland’s Dublin University.
The NIBM says it will launch master’s programs covering Management, Finance and Human Resource Management.
Currently a team from NIBM is in Ireland to sign the MOU with the University College of Dublin towards commencing the Master’s [...]
March 30, 2011 3:08 PM | Posted in
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A British based Commerce School opened a branch in Colombo yesterday with the aim of providing Masters Degrees and other degree programmes covering several subject areas.
Accordingly the British School of Commerce which is a part of London School of Commerce will offer courses covering Business Administration, Information Technology, Hospitality Management, International Tourism Management and Computing [...]
February 2, 2011 12:48 PM | Posted in
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