OTHER NEWS Siemens gets 2-bln-rupee order in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan British High Commission boasts eco-cooling technologies eCollege Honored as Finalist in 2008 CODiE Awards AN INTEGRATED APPROACH IS THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Maharagama cancer hospital completes Linear Accelerator System Unit 16-04-2008 Construction of the Linear Accelerator System Unit at the cancer hospital in Maharagama has been completed. The linear accelerator system is one of the latest technologies used to treat cancer patients. The Ministry of Health spent one billion rupees for this construction. Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva undertook an inspection tour in the Maharagama cancer hospital to observe the functions of the new unit. Around three million rupees will have to be spent as maintenance costs of the unit annually. There is an increase in the number of cancer patients in Sri Lanka. Director of the Maharagama cancer hospital Dr. Kanishaka Karunaratne says the hospital accepts nearly 15 thousand intakes annually. 60 percent of them are women. Around 100 children receive treatment at the hospital annually. Nearly seven hundred patients are attending clinics of the hospital daily. Currently there are around 850 intake patients at the hospital. Print Version | Email to friend

Siemens gets 2-bln-rupee order in Sri Lanka Tue, 15-07-2008 07:00:00 Siemens Ltd said on Monday its energy division has received an order from Sri Lanka's state-run power supply utility to upgrade the distribution network in the country's capital Colombo. The order is worth about 2 billion rupees and is the company's largest order in Sri Lanka, Siemens said in a statement. Ahead of the news, Siemens shares ended at 476.25 rupees, up 1.5 percent in a weak Mumbai market. ... |FULL STORY|

Sri Lankan British High Commission boasts eco-cooling technologies Mon, 14-07-2008 20:00:00 Colombo building uses natural ventilation provided by the construction of high level chimneys running the full length of each wing. British contractor Gibs has constructed a £10m British High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which features green cooling technologies. These include the use of natural ventilation provided by the construction of high level chimneys running the full length of each wing of the building. When external doors ... |FULL STORY|

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eCollege Honored as Finalist in 2008 CODiE Awards Mon, 14-07-2008 11:00:00 eCollege, the USA’s leading provider of comprehensive online learning technology to colleges, universities and schools, was recently named a finalist in the Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 23rd Annual CODiE Awards. The company’s software teams - located in Colorado, USA and Colombo, Sri Lanka - were honored in the Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution category. Established in 1986 by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the CODiE Awards cel... |FULL STORY|

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH IS THE NEED FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. Tue, 08-07-2008 20:00:00 By Dakshitha Thalgodapitiya The Construction Industry plays an indispensable role in the Sri Lankan Economy in providing the physical infrastructure which is fundamental to the Country’s Development. However this industry experiences instability and interconnected structural problems which are associated with the declining demand, volatile nature of the demand and the consequent shedding of labour with resources becoming idle. We have witnessed an uniquely project-specific and complex... |FULL STORY|

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