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Councils in Wales could be forced to change the way they collect waste for recycling in order to comply with European rules, BBC Wales learns.
BBC News visited the Royal Institution's Young Scientist Centre in London, where manager Dave Porter showed some of the experiments that could be conducted with chemistry sets past and present.
Ian Thorpe may be getting $10,000 a day for BBC TV gig - but his clothes and his speech aren't on the money.
BBC television aired live programme on the opening ceremony event of the London Olympic Games which commenced last night.
LONDON (Reuters): Britain’s economy shrank far more than expected in the second quarter, battered by everything from an extra public holiday to government spending cuts and the neighbouring euro zone crisis. Finance minister George Osborne said figures released on Wednesday showed Britain had “deep-rooted economic problems,” adding that the slump in the second quarter was ...
Live the thrills and spills of the London Olympics from the comfort of your home as Dialog Television (DTV); Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service is broadcasting the 2012 Olympic Games in High Definition for the first time in Sri Lanka on ESPN HD (High Definition). DTV customers who have subscribed to ...
Reuters: The Olympics kick off on Wednesday with a women’s soccer match between Britain and New Zealand in Cardiff, and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, hero of the Beijing Games and the fastest man on earth, vowed to win again, declaring: “This is my time”. The match in the Welsh capital comes two days before Friday’s ...
Reuters: South African Ernie Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott on Sunday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late collapse on an incident-packed final day. World number 13 Scott, chasing his first major championship, started the last round with a four-shot lead and seemed to be cruising to victory as ...
Syria says it will not use chemical weapons against its own people, as rebels tell the BBC they are encouraged by last week's assassinations.
Government caught lying to defend Defence Secretary By Frederica Jansz Last week, Gamini Abeyratne alias Taxi Abey telephoned me from the United Kingdom. He was agitated and in more than three telephone conversations told me that Hudson Samarasinghe (Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation) had telephoned him and asked, “if Frederica went with ...
Gearing up to grab international attention with new song ‘Game Over’Q: What’s happening on your end, Yashan? A: Well I’m working on my third studio album these days. I will be releasing a brand English new song this weekend titled ‘Game Over’. I am also in the process of producing a song for Shanudrie, one ...
REUTERS: Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has won his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a life ban from all soccer-related activity over bribery allegations. However, CAS said the decision did not amount to an “affirmative finding of innocence” for Bin Hammam, saying that FIFA’s investigation had not been ...
At least 14 people have been killed in a shooting at a Batman film premiere in the US city of Denver, the BBC reported. Watch the video About 50 people have been injured in the incident at the cinema complex in the suburb of Aurora. Witnesses say a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire
BBC Transport Correspondent Richard Westcott visits the Airbus "Lightning Lab" in Cardiff to see how designers are trying to make aeroplanes safer.
The most senior Syrian politician to defect tells the BBC that the regime could use chemical weapons, as fighting spreads around Damascus.
Wimbledon is special to me not because I played the tennis circuit during my schooling days but for the insights that I get into life and business in general. The 2012 edition in particular was unique, given that a Brit was in the finals of the men’s singles game, that was happening after 74 years. ...
Dialog Television (DTV), Sri Lanka’s leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) Digital Satellite TV service recently announced the introduction of the country’s first HD (High Definition) broadcast, leading Sri Lanka into the era of advance digital media. With enhanced picture quality, vivid colours, sharper images and Dolby digital surround sound; the HD service will enable DTV subscribers to ...
By Cheranka Mendis While the aggressive expansion plans for ports in the country are being commended by many due to the potential they hold for the future, it has not been easy sailing for the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), which has had to face many turbulent waves ever since development work began. SLPA Director ...
TNA Batticaloa district parliamentarian Ponne Selvaraja announced TAN would contest alone in the upcoming eastern provincial council election, BBC reports.
BBC Radio 5 live Breakfast asked meteorologist Jim Dale if it would be possible to avoid a wet Olympics.
Positioned as the new Asian gateway and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Sri Lanka’s maritime and logistics initiatives will be given another boost from the inauguration of Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics two-day Conference and Exhibition that commences on 10 July 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Colombo. The conference ...
Ann Widdecombe has told BBC Breakfast that she wants there to be a protection status for hedgehogs to preserve the species.
Reuters: Australian Mark Webber won a sunny British Grand Prix on Sunday for Red Bull to den y Fernando Alonso a second successive victory and slash the Ferrari driver’s Formula One lead to 13 points. Alonso, winner at Silverstone last year, had led from pole position but was powerless to prevent Webber powering past six ...
Reuters: Dani Pedrosa won the German MotoGP in dramatic circumstances on Sunday after his Honda team mate Casey Stoner, who started in pole position crashed out of the race on the last lap of the Sachsenring. The Spaniard claimed his first victory of the season, with compatriot Jorge Lorenzo second and Italian Andrea Dovizioso third. ...
Yesterday, July 5, there was an attempt to abduct a web journalist, Santha Wijesooriya, reported the BBC Sinhala Service. The incident is reported to have happened at Nugegoda.
By Alastair Sorbie Having a closer supply chain will be beneficial to all stages of business, Alastair Sorbie says You don’t need to be a leading business guru to have noticed the changes that have affected the global manufacturing sector and the international supply chain behind so many of the products we all own. The ...
A top level Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics conference and exhibition will be held from 10 to 11 July at Colombo Hilton, organised by industry specialists Seatrade. The multi-stakeholder sponsored and endorsed event will showcase commercial opportunities and development of South Asia’s new maritime hub and logistics centre – Colombo and Sri Lanka. Seatrade ...
Defence Ministry says raid and arrest over false news By Indika Sri Aravinda Pictures by Thusitha Kumara and Pavithra De Mello The nine employees of the Sri Lanka Mirror website were produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court yesterday and released on police bail. They were ordered to appear in court again on July 6, the ...
BBC: Australia’s parliament has voted down an asylum bill after fierce debate reignited by the sinking of two boats in the past week. The bill would have reopened a detention centre on Nauru and allowed the government to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia for processing. The bill passed