Housing Minister Keith Brown is urging pensioners to take up the benefits check on offer through the Scottish Government’s Home Energy Scotland Hotline to ensure they are receiving all the right benefits and have access to the lowest energy rates.More than 34,000 people have now been referred through the hotline to services which maximise income [...]

Coinciding with a visit to the Parkhead Youth Project in the East End of Glasgow, Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill today confirmed that more than £6.5 million has been allocated to youth work projects through the CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund.The Fund is administrated and delivered by YouthLink Scotland, the national agency for [...]

Sri Lanka recorded an 8.4 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the third quarter of 2011. According to the figures released by the Department of Census and Statistics, the economic output of Sri Lanka as measured by GDP for Q3 (July-September), of 2011 at constant (2002) prices is estimated at Rs 748,423 million [...]

The United Nations praised Ethiopia’s tremendous efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ensure peace and stability in Africa and to build green economy. Eugene Owusu, UN Resident Coordinator, said that Ethiopia has been implementing its Five Years’ Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) to meet the MDGs. Recognizing the country’s endeavor for poverty alleviation [...]

Almost 90 per cent of Scottish farmers have now received their Single Farm Payment, delivering a welcome festive financial boost.The 2011/12 payment window opened on December 1 and the latest statistics show:87 per cent (around 16,500 farmers) have received their Single Farm Payment£401 million has been paid out to date18 per cent (around 3,500) have [...]

International Trade Exhibition ‘Sri Lanka Expo’ is intends to give a message to the international community that the bad patch the country was going through is over and economic development is on the top of its agenda, states the Hindu. The Exhibition is scheduled to be held from March 28-30, 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo. [...]

The President of Georgia is visiting Strasbourg where the traditional Christmas Market is currently being held. He went to the main square of the city with the Deputy Mayor – Navel Rafik and toured the place where the Christmas market will be held by Georgia next year. Mikheil Saakashvili and Navel Rafik emphasized the importance [...]

Fitch Ratings Lanka in a new report has said that its Outlook for Sri Lanka’s insurance sector is Stable. Fitch considers the credit fundamentals of agency-rated issuers to be underpinned by their healthy capitalization and good profitability, supported by improved macroeconomic factors, says Fitch rating agency. Key challenges to local insurers remain that of maintaining [...]

Issuing a statement, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) said, in order to ensure the creation and maintenance of a fair, efficient and orderly market it undertakes continuance surveillance of market transactions, conducts investigations into any suspicious transactions and institutes enforcement action against offenders who have not complied with the SEC Act. [...]

Following a successful launch last year, the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) (NYSE:PG) is once again highlighting the benefits of many of its innovative brands via the Have You Tried This Yet? program, a comprehensive campaign designed to highlight innovative products for self, family and home, each delivering great performance. This year, to help further [...]