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Reuters: Spain will try to become the first team to win three successive major international titles while Germany will hope to lift their first trophy since 1996 when Euro 2012 kicks off on Friday. The backdrop of the three-week tournament being staged by Poland and Ukraine across a vast stretch of eastern Europe has already ...
- Untroubled Spain set up Portugal semi (Category: Business)
- Spain eye unique treble as Euros loom (Category: Business)
- Germany, Portugal secure quarter-final berths (Category: Business)
- Spain’s Iniesta named Euro 2012’s best player (Category: Business)
Documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, along with Jamal Osman’s reporting from Somalia, won the awards for the channel Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, which at the time was described by presenter Jon Snow as “one of the most important” stories he had ever reported, collected two prizes at the One World Media Awards last ...
- Channel 4 wins award for Lankan documentary at AI Media Awards (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 documentary on Sri Lanka wins Amnesty Award (Category: Breaking News)
- C4 Wins Award For “SL's Killing Field” (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4's Sri Lanka documentary draws 700,000 viewers (Category: Breaking News)
The bulk of the independent media was prevented from covering the arrival of the six Sri Lankan fishermen who arrived at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) earlier today, 10 days after they were rescued by Spanish marines from the captivity of Somali pirates. The free media was informed by a fisheries ministry official at the BIA that there were orders to prevent them from the coverage...
- Conrad Black hints at return to media ownership (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
- Holiday 1 puzzle page (Category: USA, Indiana)
Emmanuel Ray, winner of Fashions Finest’s Fashion Icon of the Year award (2011), has been asked to officially open Gibraltar Fashion Week commencing 19 April 2012. Emmanuel will meet with fashion designers, press and a selection of important members of the Gibraltarian government. Reene Weston, designer and organiser had the following to say about why she chose ...
- Fashion icon last year! (Category: Business)
- ‘The Fashion Circle.com’ launched in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Darshi to showcase at Russia Fashion Week (Category: Business)
To commemorate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens, the Prefects’ Guild and senior students of the Colombo International School present ‘Smike: The Musical’ on 9 and 10 March. ‘Smike’, a pop musical based on Dickens’ novel ‘Nicholas Nickleby’, was created by composer Simon May, in collaboration with Roger Holman and Clive Barnett in 1973. It follows ....
- Musical ‘Smike’ from Colombo International School (Category: Business)
- Charity Musical Show for Wellness Resort (Category: Breaking News)
- Brandix Annual Group Awards and Volleyball Championship Finals (Category: Business)
- “Musicians’ Nite” at Margarita Blue (Category: Business)
To commemorate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens, the Prefects’ Guild and senior students of the Colombo International School present ‘Smike: The Musical’ on 9 and 10 March. ‘Smike’, a pop musical based on Dickens’ novel ‘Nicholas Nickleby’, was created by composer Simon May, in collaboration with Roger Holman and Clive Barnett in 1973. It follows ....
- CIS presents an adaptation of the musical ‘Smike’ (Category: Business)
- “Musicians’ Nite” at Margarita Blue (Category: Business)
- Benedictines mega show ‘CUBE’ from 15 to 17 September (Category: Business)
- ‘Rebirth’ rocks at the ‘Margarita Blue’ (Category: Business)
Sri Lankan represents global team of entrepreneursAspirations Edu-cation’s General Manager Deepamala Abeysekera became the only Sri Lankan to represent a group of 30 entrepreneurs in the world from, USA, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, to read for her postgraduate studies in entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge. Cambridge has acquired an international reputation as an ...
- University of Cambridge International Examinations meets stakeholders (Category: Business)
- Cambridge Ruskin International College introduces Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees in Camb... (Category: Breaking News)
- Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, yesterday took delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft retrofitted with Panasonic Avionics Corporation’s (Panasonic) Global Communications Suite. The comprehensive communications and entertainment solution, ‘Sky Hub’, offers passengers onboard full broadband connectivity to access internet, mobile phone services and, for t...
- SIA invests $ 400 m for next-gen in-flight entertainment systems (Category: Business)
- Emirates continues roll-out of inflight product innovations (Category: Business)
- Emirates launches A380 connectivity (Category: Business)
- Emirates in-flight entertainment wins Skytrax Award (Category: Business)
According to latest report of Global Peace Index (GPI), Sri Lanka ranked 126 while Norway ranked in ninth place. Here we are talking about the riots that took place in UK recently and the same GPI ranked the UK in 26th place (100 places ahead of Sri Lanka). A series of incidents erupted in England ...
- SL among top 5, best for weddings – Kouni (Category: Business)
- Why does Sri Lanka need more tourists from China? (Category: Business)
- Terrorism Risk Index 2011: Sri Lanka safer than UK (Category: Breaking News)
- SL’s human development record improves (Category: Business)
A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital. Saif al-Islam, seen as his father’s chosen successor, visited the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying to declare that the government ...
- “Zero hour” for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up (Category: Business)
- Price on Gaddafi’s head as rebels plan for future (Category: Business)
- All Sri Lankan workers return from Libya (Category: Business)
- Muammar Gaddafi dead of wounds following capture - Reuters (Category: Breaking News)
By S. V. Kirubaharan - in France Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” — Julius Henry, Groucho Marx, American comedian and film star (1890-1977). When life is smooth and everything goes in the right direction, normal civilians can become President, Prime Minister ...
- Ex-IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn, wife separate (Category: Business)
- WORLD ROUNDUP – By Dinouk Colombage (Category: Breaking News)
- Euro zone crisis reaches France, turns existential (Category: Business)
- French President’s partner dubbed the new Iron Lady (Category: Business)
History proves the efforts made by Channel Four to get popularized by crafting controversial as well as programmes provoking the people. The report telecast by Channel Four villifying the Sri Lankan Government and the Security Forces is the talk of the day among various communities. Media institutions as well as many critics point out that ...
- Sri Lanka High Commission in UK responds: Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 commissions second Sri Lanka doc (Category: Breaking News)
- Letter sent by Fonseka to Channel 4 (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 to air 'horrific' Lanka footage (Category: Breaking News)
The Gay Movement In Sri Lanka By Sherman Anthony De Rose I am from a family of seven from the countryside of Kotahena. When I was young, it was a very crowded area where low class people, who earned only for their daily needs, lived. The area had very strong Catholic families, Colombo Chetties and ...
- Press Conference by Under Secretary Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. in ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Tactful Diplomacy Will Bring Durable Solution (Category: Breaking News)
- Building the ‘Harpo’ empire (Category: Business)
- Danushka’s Sex Scandal: Time For “Me Too Aragalaya” In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Extracts from report on Sri Lanka by advisory panel appointed by Ban Ki moon 2. Violations in the IDP Camps (a) Arbitrary detention of IDPs in closed camps 154. Civilians emerging from the conflicts zone were initially housed in a...
- Unlawful attacks on civilians and civilian objects in the Wanni during the Govt-LTTE war (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Thousands of Tamils still detained, torture alleged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s infamous Menik farm IDP camp to shut down later this month (Category: Breaking News)
- SRI LANKA: Menik Farm IDP camp to close by 30 September (Category: Breaking News)
by Tisaranee Gunasekara "When heads of state do not pay attention to the needs of their nation, the people take over”. Turkish Presiden Abdullah Gul (During the February 2011 visit to Iran) “As he launched a series of murderous attacks...
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyrants and Their Families: Gaddafis and Rajapaksas. (Category: Breaking News)
- Parallels between the Gaddafis of Libya and the Rajapaksas of Medamulana (Category: Breaking News)
- Fall of Fonseka indicates that Rajapaksas cannot be beaten at their own game (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...
- Political will to settle national issue still not forthcoming despite awareness for permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- Bipartisan consensus for national reconciliation is urgent, necessary and possible (Category: Breaking News)
- Confusion over national reconciliation, unity and lasting peace in post-war Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Devolution will strengthen and uphold democracy and national unity (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka denied on Monday plans to outlaw the singing of the national anthem in Tamil after the main minority party raised strong objections to the mooted ban. The status quo will remain, said public administration minister...
- No Ban (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka anthem row resurfaces (Category: Breaking News)
- Karunanidhi slams Sri Lanka for scrapping national anthem in Tamil (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Tamil anthem 'not banned' (Category: Breaking News)
By Dushy Ranetunge Wimal Weerawansa, who survived a fast on to death outside the UN compound in Buller’s Road, amidst voodoo style devil dancing, has accused the Sri Lankan High Commission in London of failing in their duty to warn...
- Genetic link found between Sri Lankan tribe and Indians (Category: Breaking News)
- Lanka’s Vedda tribe linked to ethnic Indians: Study (Category: Breaking News)
- Overall Gold for DIMO tribe (Category: Business)
- President to sign land deal for Quileute Tribe (Category: USA, Washington)
World media reporting on the record achieved by Murali has hailed him for re-inventing the sport. International media published various reports on Muralitharan who became the first bowler in the history of test cricket to achieve the milestone of 800 wickets. BBC said that Murali re-invented
- Murali back in Gloucestershire (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali retires from test cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- President hails Murali as son of the soil (Category: Breaking News)
- Lycamobile provides £250,000 to Murali (Category: Breaking News)
Pradeep Amirthanayagam was installed as the Golden Jubilee President of the Rotary Club of Colombo West yesterday (3). The glittering event was held at the Cinnamon Grand, amidst a large and distinguished gathering comprising of parliamentarians, members of the diplomatic corps and the business community. Performances by Soul Sounds and the Police Band added to ...
- Pradeep Named Rotarian Of The Year (Category: Business)
- Free cataract surgeries for 50 people of the low income group (Category: Breaking News)
- Migrant kids set sail (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Hammond Rotary marks 100 years of supporting community efforts (Category: USA, Indiana)
By S.V.Kirubaharan, France The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka...
- What’s Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
The recent BBC series of hard talk programmes on Sri Lanka presented by Stephen Sackur was well-received globally. This telecasting has shown the good, bad and ugly sides of Sri Lanka. The true stories about the return of the internally displaced people – IDPs, the present feelings of the Tamils
- Stephen Sackur checkmated Defence Secretary on several occasions during “Hard Talk” BBC interview (Category: Breaking News)
- The Most powerful man in Sri Lanka is brother Gotabhaya not President Mahinda (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka threatens to execute General Sarath Fonseka (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Many readers may have seen if not read about Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s interview with Stephen Sackur of the BBC HardTalk programme in which he calls Sarath Fonseka a liar and threatens to hang him for his position on a war crimes
- 30-year city plan must go public (Category: South Australia)
- All roads in the North are open to the public, says Military Spokesperson (Category: Breaking News)
- Politicians` idle dreams and the work ethic (Category: Breaking News)
- Authorities launch homicide investigation in Dallas County (Category: USA, Iowa)
With its foreboding lighting effects that appear to have been plucked straight out of Dante's dark epic Inferno-and cleverly devised one suspects to reduce its willing, and oftentimes unsuspecting, "victims" to submission-the BBC's HARDtalk program has attained a universal reputation...
- BBC HARDtalk III - Sri Lanka's child soldiers (Category: Breaking News)
- BBC meets its match in Gotabhaya, says news column (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardtalk 4: Is Sri Lanka really entering a new era? (Category: Breaking News)
- HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North (Category: Breaking News)
By C. A. Chandraprema It was the other day that the BBC aired the full version of the Hard Talk interview with Gotabhaya Rajapakse, and there are certain issues that need to be raised, not about what Gota said in...
- Sarath Fonseka again betrays the motherland (Category: Breaking News)
- Berlin Bluster (Category: Breaking News)
- 'BBC meets its match in Sri Lankan Defence Secretary'- The Manila Times (Category: Breaking News)
- Business interviewing skills: Getting it right (Category: Business)
To say that the new Sport Minister’s thoughts, Monday, on the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was a breath of fresh air would be an understatement. Rather, Minister C. B. Ratnayake’s remark that cricket is “the third most corrupt institution behind education and the police” was more a tornado, which, while devastating surely the game’s administrators, ...
- New selection committee announced (Category: Breaking News)
- FLASH: Cricket selectors sacked, new panel named (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal approves new cricket selection committee headed by Asantha De Mel (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal approves new cricket selection committee headed by Asantha De Mel (Category: Breaking News)
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