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REUTERS: US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said on Saturday. Armstrong died following complications from heart-bypass surgery he underwent earlier this month, the family said in a statement, just two ...
- Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, dies aged 82. (Category: Breaking News)
- US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies (Category: Technology)
- VIDEO: Memorial for first man on Moon (Category: Technology)
- China puts its first woman astronaut into orbit (Category: Business)
Playing off India against China and vice versa‘The Great Game’ was the name given to a diplomatic and military tussle between the British and Russian empires during the time of the British Raj in India for influence over what constitutes today’s central Asian states. Commonly known as the ‘Stan states,’ they were located along the ...
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka is no pearl on China’s string: President (Category: Business)
- From defence sales to electricity grids, India upgrades Lanka ties (Category: Business)
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Indonesia’s tourism sector to focus on emerging markets (Category: Business)
- Growth is better than expected – CB (Category: Business)
- Growth gloom (Category: Business)
- Global 2012 rubber output forecast revised up: ANRPC (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Top Sri Lanka Ports, Trade & Logistics conference and expo starts (Category: Business)
- Colombo conference on ‘Sri Lanka Ports Trade and Logistics’, an unqualified success (Category: Business)
- State-run SLPA wins three prestigious Seatrade awards (Category: Business)
Reuters: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced in Britain on Tuesday that she was prepared to take the helm as the leader of her people, the strongest signal yet she saw herself as someone who could lead her country one day. Myanmar’s then-ruling junta freed the Oxford-educated Nobel Peace Prize laureate from house ...
- Suu Kyi receives Nobel Peace Prize, 21 years late (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyi to make first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years (Category: Business)
- Myanmar Army seizes power after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi (Category: Breaking News)
- Suu Kyi makes history with UK parliament address (Category: Business)
Reuters: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday after spending 15 years under house arrest, and said her country’s full transformation to democracy was still far off. “What the Nobel Peace Prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other ...
- Aung San Suu Kyi released (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes historic debut in Parliament (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyi says ready to lead Myanmar to democracy (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyis release a lesson to Sri Lankas leaders - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
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)
The NSB/TFC deal and the General Recent events in Sri Lanka have reconfirmed that though seemingly power may be unlimited, there are in reality constraints which limit the options those in power have. As proof of this fundamental reality, the first event is the purchase by the National Savings Bank (NSB), a State-owned entity, whose ...
- NSB conspicuous by its silence on allegations over TFC buy (Category: Business)
- Not-so-ugly truth of the NSB saga! (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC deal’s stench spreads! (Category: Business)
- NSB Head gives quit notice (Category: Business)
Reducing military presence in the north is a tricky challenge for the Government. The danger of LTTE sympathisers destabilising the region needs to be counterbalanced by a growing international and political focus on the issue. In such an atmosphere, striking a delicate balance is difficult and often open to criticism and fraction from all sides. ...
- UK calls for reduced military in Wanni (Category: Breaking News)
- Army presence justified (Category: Breaking News)
- Marxist student organization of Sri Lanka asks government to remove military from the North (Category: Breaking News)
- I stress to hold election in the Northern Province: Robert O Blake (Category: Breaking News)
BBC: Muslims in Sri Lanka have said that the storming of the Jumma Mosque of Dambulla by a gang may negatively impact the reconciliation process among communities. Army patrolling Ampara yesterday after Muslims protested and staged a hartal against the removal of mosque in Dambulla The All Ceylon
- Jaffna Muslims stage protest against Dambulla attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Talks Tomorrow Over Dambulla Issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslims call prayer meeting on Dambulla (Category: Breaking News)
- Muslims stage protests over Dambulla incident (Category: Breaking News)
By Nita Bhalla It was with a heavy heart I read the press release this morning. A desperately needed aid programme run by the charity Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) – in English, Doctors without Borders – in Sri Lanka’s war-torn North has shut down after only 18 months of operation. I had visited the project ...
- Aid agency denies abandoning traumatized war survivors in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Aid agency denies abandoning traumatized war survivors in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Aid agency denies abandoning health project for war survivors (Category: Breaking News)
- MSF ends mental health program in Killinochchi (Category: Breaking News)
BBC: Maldives state minister of foreign affairs Dunya Maumoon has told the BBC that elections cannot be held in the country “in the foreseeable future”. Dunya Maumoon said that the country’s institutions of state were not strong enough for elections to be held. President Waheed
- Commonwealth suspends Maldives from rights group, seeks elections (Category: Business)
- Maldives says China to lend it $500 million (Category: Business)
- Gayoom’s daughter says new govt. won’t be bullied by opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Nasheed demands election, warns of protests (Category: Business)
million. But Sports Minister Mahindananada Aluthgamage told BBC Sinhala ...
- Disaster Warning (Category: Business)
- Fresh Season (Category: Business)
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
Let’s accept it, Sri Lanka made a statement to the world that we are open for business with Expo 2012, even though it had its limitations like the faulty air conditioner at the launch that grabbed media attention. Whilst some can say that the shine was taken off the event due to the very uncomfortable ...
- Building ‘Brand Sri Lanka’: Expo 2012 (Category: Business)
- Has the bubble burst? (Category: Business)
- Logistics hub on show to the world in March (Category: Business)
- London: World’s first social media Olympics (Category: Business)
By Firdous Syed DNA India: There seems to be no moral justification behind the United States-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council. The massacre of ‘40,000 civilians’ and continued persecution of Tamils is a fit case for international censure; even an international intervention could be justified. That the US, motivated, or ...
- US wants action plan from Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Indian stand on Geneva resolution has adverse reactions:Gotabaya (Category: Breaking News)
- India instrumental in toning down resolution against Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka concerned about campaign ahead of UNHCR (Category: Breaking News)
Media organisations in Sri Lanka have urged the authorities to investigate all recent attacks on media personnel and institutions. The watchdogs say they will stage a protest on 25 January in Colombo against a series of attacks against media personnel in recent years. It will especially mark “Black January” during which many prominent media personnel ...
- Media protest confined to Fort station compound (Category: Breaking News)
- Media groups to mark 'Black January' (Category: Breaking News)
- Pro-govt demonstration against media protest (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Navy denies another alleged attack on Indian fishermen (Category: Breaking News)
The newly elected president of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has once again has predicted that at least five years will be needed to resolve its financial crisis. Upali Dharmadasa, who was elected uncontested on 03 January, said the SLC will get a considerable amount of income from future tours of other Test playing nations by ...
- SLC hires former ICC Chief Lorgat as Special Adviser (Category: Business)
- Former Lanka cricket chief Thilanga wants his position back (Category: Business)
- SJB calls for sacking of SLC management (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa backs Sri Lankan cricketers’ pay dispute: Smith (Category: Business)
BBC: Hoteliers in a popular tourist destination in Sri Lanka have accused a local politician of blackmailing them and demanding ransom from hotels at the peak of a tourism season. The Hikkaduwa Hoteliers Association (HHA) told BBC Sandeshaya that the town’s Mayor, Winnie Kariyawasam
- Mayor accused of blackmailing hoteliers (Category: Breaking News)
- Mayor for Hikkaduwa remanded for bribery charges (Category: Breaking News)
- Typhoid outbreak among Colombo city hotel workers (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourists desert Tangalle beach (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Asian factory output remained weak in December, with Chinese manufacturers narrowly avoiding contraction and South Korea’s industrial production shrinking the most in almost three years, while Europe data this week is expected to point to a recession. India, however, saw strong factory activity in December that defied recent weakness in Asia’s third-largest economy. Meanwhile,...
- India’s GDP growth may be slowest in over two years: Reuters poll (Category: Business)
- UAE business activity at 4-month low (Category: Business)
- India’s GDP grows 6.1% in Q3, weakest in almost 3 years (Category: Business)
- Indian rupee hits new record low of 52.85 per dollar (Category: Business)
Following is the address delivered by Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama at the fourth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES IV) Plenary Session: In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, there has been a noticeable shift in economic clout, moving from the USA and the debt-plagued countries of the Eurozone, to ...
- Asia Pacific trade and investment (Category: Business)
- Developing Asia’s growth to moderate amid global uncertainty, says ADB (Category: Business)
- Challenging times for Asia Pacific (Category: Business)
- Achieving economic goals amidst global challenges (Category: Business)
During the Leaders’ Forum of the 36th session of the UNESCO General Conference held on 26th October this year, Prof. Tissa Vitarana, Senior Minister for Scientific Affairs, made a statement based on the theme of the discussion “How does UNESCO contribute to building a culture of peace and to sustainable development”. Speaking at a plenary ...
- Prof. Vitarana in UNESCO Leader’s Forum in Paris (Category: Breaking News)
- Kapilavastu Relics exposition from Aug 19 (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Technology Marketplace’ exhibition now on at BMICH (Category: Business)
- Time to reconvene APRC, says Tissa Vitarana (Category: Breaking News)
The plantation sector in Sri Lanka is “in turmoil” as a result of the recent hike in workers’ salaries, tea traders say. Jayantha Keragala, the chairman of Ceylon Tea Traders Association (CTTA) has told BBC Sandeshaya that the industry is not faced with an immediate crisis due
- Dust tea exporter arrested by CID (Category: Breaking News)
- e-sale of tea waste, packaged tea (Category: Business)
- A daily cup of tea, for a healthy heart and body (Category: Business)
- More dust tea seized from Galle (Category: Breaking News)
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)
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