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- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
- A Year In Cloud Cuckoo Land (Category: Breaking News)
Iran’s president Ahmadinejad has said that “a heavy, covert and all-around battle” was being waged against his country by the West, admitting that Iran was experiencing difficulties in selling oil and receiving payments as a result of Western sanctions. In July, the European Union banned oil imports from Iran, just after the U.S. enacted tough ...
- Israel’s existence ‘insult to all humanity’ (Category: Breaking News)
- South Korea to send delegation to Iran over tanker seized in Persian Gulf (Category: USA, New York)
- US sanctions Chinese, German and UK companies linked to Iran (Category: USA, New York)
- South Korea to send delegation to Iran over tanker seized in Persian Gulf (Category: USA, New York)
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Airtel chief and India’s fifth top Forbes billionaire and Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma are in a top Indian delegation attending the India-Sri Lanka CEO Forum on August 4 in Colombo, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.Others in the delegation are Commerce, Industry and the textile Minister Anand Sharma, Bharti Mittal (Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises), Commer...
- Minister Sharma, Mittal to pitch for more Indo-Lanka biz ties in Colombo next month (Category: Business)
- Ayubowan India! (Category: Business)
- Indian trade delegation to visit Sri Lanka next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian trade delegation to visit Sri Lanka next week (Category: Breaking News)
A Governance Analysis of Frequency Allocation & TV Rights in Present Sri Lanka Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corruption? Understanding the state capture by Kleptocrats does not require a dedicated study; it is easily recognizable. For the benefit of keen students of governance, let me begin this article with the definition of Kleptocracy: “A form of political and government ...
- Sri Lanka Cricket signs 15-year deal with little-known company (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch “20-20” On CSN (Category: Breaking News)
- CSN owned by president Rajapaksa's sons - Sri Lanka Cricket (Category: Breaking News)
- SLC secretary’s company wins SLC’s TV rights (Category: Breaking News)
Everybody looked as if they were something out of Jurassic Park. It was probably the eerie blue lighting. As I perched myself on a chair I whispered softly to my companion on my right that she looked good. She actually did. Despite the awful lighting – perhaps because she had wisely chosen white for her ...
- Test cap in sight (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Nowhere to hide from wind and snow after blizzard takes over Council Bluffs Friday (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Nowhere to hide from wind and snow after blizzard takes over Council Bluffs Friday (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Nowhere to hide from wind and snow after blizzard takes over Council Bluffs Friday (Category: USA, Nebraska)
As we approach VESAK I am readying myself to witness first hand the hypocrisy of this nation. Led by the government of Sri Lanka and the totally abhorrent laws concerning alcohol its sale and consumption the public led by those with ecclesiastical authority pay scant regard for the laws of Sri Lanka. On the one ...
- Vesak Day Celebrations in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Unite in solidarity to rebuild an affluent Sri Lanka – President (Category: Breaking News)
- President participates in Vesak festival, receives blessings (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Message for 2023 Vesak Day (Category: Breaking News)
The solar energy development will not face any obstruction as it generates energy through sunlight. Being alternative energy source, it is sustainable as well as eco-friendly. An American political activist Ralph Nader writes- 'the use of solar energy has not opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. 'Yes! if we use the costly diesel generators to tide over long load shedding...
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
- NO POWER CUTS (Category: Breaking News)
- No power cuts without advance notice – CEB (Category: Breaking News)
- Power cuts during today as well (Category: Breaking News)
By Faraz Shauketaly The National New Year celebrations – Sinhalese and Tamil New Year – provides an unparalleled opportunity each year to visit friends, relax and simply do nothing. It is also an opportunity to make all the politically correct sound bites and assure anyone and everyone including pedantic outlaws (read in-laws) how very much ...
- Tsunami warning lifted in SriLanka (Category: Breaking News)
- No Tsunami threat for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Tsunami warning to be reviewed in an hour: East urged to be vigilant (Category: Breaking News)
- Tsunami preparedness pays off (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka’s Nations Trust Bank has launched a promotional campaign in a bid to reward its existing savings account holders. Under the campaign which will be held every quarter of the year, the Bank is planning to offer an array of electrical household appliances for its customers. Customers who maintain a minimum balance of Rs. 5000 continuously ...
- Bell accused of turning rebate into promotion (Category: Canada, Ontario)
- Bangkok tour for Seylan Sure customers (Category: Business)
- Politicians' cheesiest jingles (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- eZ pay services from LOFC (Category: Business)
“It is unlikely that in making his overstatement on development that the President was seeking to downplay the achievements of the past by his illustrious predecessors in the governance of the country. In the 1950s there was the Gal Oya development scheme that opened up the vast territories of thick jungle land in the east ...
- US will support resolution on Sri Lanka at HRC sessions in Geneva (Category: Breaking News)
- why is Sri Lanka opposing US-sponsored resolution to implement its own LLRC recommendations? (Category: Breaking News)
- The government, the LLRC and what civil society can do (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka: Government fears strategy of “Regime Change” through external intervention (Category: Breaking News)
Independent Television Network which has been feted with many Awards is again crowned as the Peoples channel. It has again won the highest number of Awards at the People’s Awards Festival. The Peoples Awards Night was held at Water’s Edge in Battaramulla last night under the patronage of Minister Patalie Champika Ranawaka. This unique event ...
- ANCHOR the Peoples Choice (Category: Breaking News)
- ITN is the ‘Peoples TV Channel of the Year’ (Category: Breaking News)
- ITN honoured with many awards (Category: Breaking News)
- SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards gives voice to the people (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka central bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, in an interview on Bloomberg Television today, said the central bank raised its repurchase rate a half- percentage point to 7.5 percent and increased the reverse repurchase rate by the same amount to 9 percent.
New Delhi: Indian companies, including Infosys, Taylor Rubber, TVS Group, Bhoruka Power Corporation, Brigade Hospitality Services and ICICI Bank, are heading for Sri Lanka to make strategic investments in the island nation. “A 13-member delegation of business leaders is visiting Sri Lanka on December 12 for exploring opportunities for investments especially technology partnerships, tourism a...
- Tech Ventures (Category: Business)
- Neighbourly Investment (Category: Business)
- Factory Interest (Category: Business)
- SL attracts US firms (Category: Breaking News)
Independent Television Network has again been honoured with the National Business Excellence Award. It is significant to note that Sri Lanka’s Family Channel ITN being honoured with this Award for six consecutive years. The National Business Excellence for Media was received by ITN Chairman Rosmund Senaratne and the Working Director P.G. Dassanayake. The Awards Nite ...
- The Winning Streak Continues Nestlé Lanka PLC wins yet again (Category: Breaking News)
- ITN feted with Business Excellence Award (Category: Breaking News)
- Debutant Nestlé Lanka triumphs ‘Achievers Awards’ (Category: Business)
- ITN HONOURED AT CNCI AWARDS 2011 INDUSTRIAL EXCELLENCE (Category: Breaking News)
This year’s conference of the Asian and Middle East Regional Stakeholders of the KPMG Audit Firm is being held in Sri Lanka. Chairman of KPMG International Michael Andrew said that a conducive environment prevails in Sri Lanka for the conduct of such a Conference. KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax ...
- Dhammika appointed new Partner (Category: Business)
- KPMG MESA Partners’ Conference in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka ranked 22 in Change Readiness Index (Category: Breaking News)
- KPMG Global Chief meets CB Governor (Category: Business)
‘There is reason for fearing that men and women will be taught that dishonesty, if it can become splendid, will cease to be abominable’- Anthony Trollope in his Autobigraphy (1883) The famous English Novelist, Anthony Trollope wrote the above words after he was disgusted by what he perceived as a decline of ethical values in British public life ...
- Rs. 60 million Kotelawala Jewellery Stash Found- Police (Category: Breaking News)
- Of Confidence Tricksters and Ponzi Schemes (Category: Breaking News)
- Supreme Court calls for interim report on Golden Key settlement (Category: Business)
- INTERPOL confirms Sicille Kotelawala legally living in the UK since 2009 (Category: Breaking News)
By Richard Browne Dilshan’s honeymoon as brief as it was is well and truly over. Seemingly hindered by having two superstar ex captains swirling around him, a distinct lack of help off the pitch with a dearth of adequate back room staff and a horrible loss of form on it has turned what the bookies ...
- Sri Lanka aim to put Australians in a spin (Category: Breaking News)
- England-India Series Disappointingly One-Sided (Category: Breaking News)
- Misbah praises professional Pakistan (Category: Business)
- What A Shame It Rains (Category: Breaking News)
ITN has been highly acclaimed at the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) Achievers Awards 2011 for Industrial Excellence. The Independent Television Network received the Bronze Award in the Service Sector at the Awards Festival organized in Colombo yesterday. ITN General Manager Aruna Wijesinghe accepted the Award. ITN was honoured with this Award for its ...
- Toyota Lanka holds its 5th Dealer Convention (Category: Breaking News)
- New technology to make optimum use of resources (Category: Breaking News)
- Ada Derana app wins e-Swabhimani award (Category: Breaking News)
- Young Entrepreneur 2010 award recipient meets President (Category: Breaking News)
The much talked about test series between England and India has sadly turned out to be one sided so far. The highly acclaimed Indian batting appears to struggle and have come a cropper in the hands of the English seamers and with two tests played, the margin stands at two nil in favour of the ...
- Gavaskar Slams India’s “Schoolboy” Performance (Category: Breaking News)
- Tendulkar landmark set to dominate Windies series (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka show guts and guile but it's too late to save series (Category: Breaking News)
- Pietersen left out of tour to India (Category: Business)
By Ranjit Jayasundera Sensational evidence has come to light that demonstrates beyond a shadow of doubt that in Sri Lanka fortune favours not necessarily the bold but certainly the favoured. Carlton Sports Network (CSN) a company incorporated on 10th February 2011 has won the rights to broadcast the Australian Cricket tour of Sri Lanka next ...
- Surrendering airwaves & liberty to nepotism (Category: Breaking News)
- Watch “20-20” On CSN (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajapaksas Wrestle For Olympic Rights Muscling Out Rupavahini (Category: Breaking News)
- Carlton to exclusively show SL vs Pakistan Cricket (Category: Business)
Banks’ Profits Up 111% The banking industry achieved a considerably high level of profits in 2010. Profit after tax amounted to Rs. 57.5 billion last year, a 111% growth in comparison to a Rs. 27.2 billion profit in 2009. The significant growth in profitability was mainly attributed to a higher increase in fee-based income, a ...
- Market Expects Rate Hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceylinco Insurance announces 65% dividend (Category: Business)
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- JKH forges with solid growth (Category: Business)
The Indian media has reported that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party in Tamil Nadu has released a manifesto for the forthcoming state assembly elections, in which the party promises that the Katchathivu island will be retrieved from Sri Lanka. The DMK has reportedly pledged to take measures for protecting the lives of fishermen ...
- Indian Tamil parties boycott SL tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Government should hold investigations on reason of holding TESO conference: Pubudu Jagoda (Category: Breaking News)
- Next TESO conference to be hold at Argentina (Category: Breaking News)
- DMK promises to retrieve Katchathivu from Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Dynasties have to start somewhere. For an aspiring Gandhi in India, or a Bhutto in Pakistan, exploiting the family name to get into politics is relatively simple. Getting a dynasty going in the first place is more testing. Sri Lanka’s President since 2005, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is evidently giving the matter some thought. His government is ...
- Sri Lanka President`s son not to be appointed as a Deputy Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President's son not to be appointed as a Deputy Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President's son leads Hambanthota preferential votes (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President's son launches his election campaign (Category: Breaking News)
DYNASTIES have to start somewhere. For an aspiring Gandhi in India , or a Bhutto in Pakistan , exploiting the family name to get into politics is relatively simple. Getting a dynasty going in the first place is more testing....
- Rajapaksa Co. strong point of the govt (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President`s son not to be appointed as a Deputy Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal poser remanded (Category: Breaking News)
- Namal Rajapaksa begins his work as lawyer (Category: Breaking News)
by Darini Rajasingham Senanayake On 4 February, Sri Lanka celebrated its 63rd birthday. After nearly three decades of armed conflict, it is now one of Southasia’s calmest and fastest-growing countries. Its social indicators, apart from the northeast zone, remain the...
- Military in Sri Lanka encroaching on civilian control of government (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka military extending its influence over civilian affairs, things are not looking good fo... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s North: Rebuilding under the Military (Category: Breaking News)
by Gamini mWeerakoon Most great cities around the world have public places that have acquired historic sanctity and are left untouched even by eager modernisers who develop an itch to leave behind puny constructions for their immortality. London has those...
- Oh Galle Face! (Category: Breaking News)
- Shangri-La to open a grand hotel complex in Sri Lanka capital (Category: Breaking News)
- BALAMU: The best views in Colombo (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka’s new hotel projects (Category: Breaking News)
Lasantha’s Killers Still Walk Free By Frederica Jansz A year ago, a high profile investigation into the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge and the attacks on Editors Upali Tennekoon, Keith Noyahr and Namal Perera got underway as senior sleuths attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Terrorist Investigations Department (TID) sifted through a smattering ...
- CID sleuths dispatched in search of Katuwana murderers (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
- Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Aut... (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank is to take a series of new steps to educate the masses on the importance of maintaining a high standard of cleanliness in the use of currency notes and coin circulation. The Central Bank implements its ‘clean note policy’ under the monetary law for this purpose. Superintendent of Currency of the Central ...
- Sri Lanka Central Bank to remove old currency notes from circulation (Category: Breaking News)
- Rs. 10 & 2000 notes won’t be printed: CB (Category: Breaking News)
- Rs.10 & 2000 notes won’t be printed: Governor of the Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka asked to print statements in currency notes in all three languages (Category: Breaking News)
By Malathi De Alwis On 18 May 2009, Sri Lanka officially declared the end of a 30-year civil war fought between. Sri Lankan government forces (GoSL) and Tamil militants, namely the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Such a sea...
- India’s Chinese Bogeymen (Category: Breaking News)
- Cuba out voted at UN Human Rights Council over Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China and India playing the great game in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- For India, Sri Lanka is not indispensable, but for Sri Lanka, India is indispensable (Category: Breaking News)
by Dr.Dayan Jayatilleka “The contest is never over, the field never quite ours.”- Dave Robicheaux in James Lee Burke, ‘The Tin Roof Blowdown’ (2007) Is it only me, or is not sad that there is no review in the Sri Lankan public space, of the first decade of the 21st century and the new millennium? Should we not be looking back at the road that has been travelled by the world, by our co...
- International investor confidence on Sri Lanka improving Minister Amunugama (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
- One year on, Sri Lanka still divided (Category: Breaking News)
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