Author: LMD International

The airline will operate three non-stop flights per week from Colombo to Hong Kong from 2 February, 2024 Hong Kong’s home carrier Cathay Pacific’s much awaited direct flights between Sri Lanka and Hong Kong are officially back following a four-year hiatus, resuming a legacy of serving the Sri Lankan market for over 30 years. The first flight from Bandaranaike International Airport successfully took off today (Friday, 2 February), marking the return of Cathay Pacific’s three-times-weekly service from Colombo, operating on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flights are operated by the airline’s Airbus A330 aircraft, offering 28 fully flat seats in Business…

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After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations. AP News- January 23, 2024 Nolan’s three-hour opus, viewed as the best picture frontrunner, received nods for best picture; Nolan’s direction; acting nominations for Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt; and multiple honors for the sweeping craft of the J. Robert Oppenheimer drama. Though Nolan is regarded as the big-canvas auteur of his era, he’s never won an Academy Award, nor have any of his films won…

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18th January 2024: Renowned Chartered Accountant, Mr. Heshana Kuruppu, was inducted as the 27th President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) at a gala event on 18th January 2024 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo. Mr. Kuruppu was ceremoniously inducted as the new President by outgoing President Mr. Sanjaya Bandara, in the presence of a distinguished gathering including Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean, Chairman of MAS Holdings, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka as well as key business and industry leaders, high-profile finance professionals from Sri Lanka and South Asia, including presidents of member bodies of the South…

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