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Adds 60 perches to its 10 acre land base at Glennie Street at a cost of Rs. 300 m Analysts links move as a precursor to premier blue chip’s plans to undertake country’s biggest private sector mixed development project costing $ 500 m Premier blue chip John Keells Holdings (JKH) has recently acquired 60 perches ...
Pathana dished out some quality rugby on Friday on their way to demolishing the Royal bubble. If anyone was of the belief that the Bradby loss by RC the week before was just an aberration they have not been watching the RC defence or the lack of it. There was an air of expectancy that ...
By Avanti Samarasekara With over three decades in the hotels industry, diversified conglomerate, Aitken Spence recently reopened the previously named Ramada Resort, now refurbished as The Sands by Aitken Spence Hotels. Highlighting the hotel’s beach front location, five acre landscaped garden and inviting surf bring together Sri Lanka’s renown hospitality amid the luxury of a ...
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has pipped the likes of Manchester United star Wayne Rooney and ‘ Sprint King’ Usain Bolt in the latest list of the 100 highest- paid athletes for the year 2011- 12 released by Forbes magazine on Monday. According to the list, Dhoni is ranked 31st, ahead of Rooney (37th ...
Toronto star: Mohamed Nasheed’s current status makes The Island President a misnomer. The star of the acclaimed documentary is now the ex-president of the Maldives, the island paradise in the Indian Ocean that is in danger of sinking due to high waves caused by climate change. Nasheed was forced to resign this past February, in ...
Nepali-born famous Indian playback singer Udit Narayan, known for hits such as ‘Kuch Kuch Hotai Hei,’ ‘Pehela Nasha,’ and ‘Main Yahaan Hoon,’ arrived at the Emerald Isle for his first public performance in Colombo, Sri Lanka last week. During this visit, he was hosted by the Taj Samudra – the home away from home to ...
Does poetry heal feelings? There’s nothing like writing down your thoughts when you need to express them but you don’t know who is going to listen to you.Then, your pen becomes your best friend and that book – your journal, becomes your most prized possession. An only child with no siblings to talk to, growing ...
Germs are all around us. The problem is that they are very tiny and are invisible to the human eye. As a result, they can hang around on fingertips for hours and surfaces for days. Fortunately, though most germs could be shrugged off by our immune systems, there are germs which lead to illnesses and ...
By Cheranka Mendis Held for the 22nd consecutive year, Sri Lanka’s international gem and jewellery exhibition ‘Facets 2012’ is geared to make bigger waves in the market with 154 stalls being sold out already. Scheduled to be held from 5 to 8 September at the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Centre at BMICH, the exhibition has ...
Sri Lanka to participate at Southampton Boat Show in UK in September The Export Development Board (EDB) is spearheading an initiative to tap prospects for Sri Lankan firms in the lucrative in the European boat building industry. “Boating industry is a ‘Rising Star’ in our export products portfolio accounting for about USD 149 million export ...
By Shanuka Tissera Sri Lanka China Business Cooperation Council has launched the ‘SLCBCC Business Star Awards 2012’ in a big way this year by opening the competition to any company conducting trade between Sri Lanka and China. The official announcement was made on Wednesday (20) at the Galadari hotel in a bid to show appreciation ...
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo announced the arrival of a new Executive Chef, Martin Becquart. With a wealth of global experience under his belt, Becquart brings tastes of an international palette to the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo kitchens. Born in Laos, Bequart grew up in the North of France and there began his gastronomic journey across the world. ...
Hilton Colombo Chef Buddika Samarasekera and his apprentice Rashen John have made Sri Lanka proud by winning the prestigious award at Bocuse d’Or Asia thereby qualifying for the global event. “This is the first time Sri Lanka participates in this global event and we as Sri Lankans are proud to represent ourselves in this event,” ...
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 ...
Dinner and Jazz in the Ballroom was held on 17 June at the Empire Ballroom featuring Olivier Franc together with a true ‘All Star Band,’ comprising Paris-based musicians and recreated the same passion through compositions in diffusing of French culture at MLH
West Indies star Chris Gayle has declared himself fit for Tuesday’s second one-day international (ODI) against England at The Oval. But the tourists will be without Darren Bravo after the batsman was ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a groin injury. Gayle had been due to make his long awaited return to ...
The world’s most awarded airline Emirates Airlines’ tour operating arm, Emirates Holidays hand-picked Cinnamon Grand Colombo as the Best Five Star City Hotel in Sri Lanka for an unprecedented second year. The rankings gave Cinnamon Grand top billing with a rating of five which is denoted as ‘First class standard of accommodation, providing an excellent ...
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa over the weekend declared opened the newly-built Amagi Lagoon Resort & Spa in Negombo The Amagi Lagoon Resort & spa is located in Negombo, just 5 minutes away from the Katunayake International Airport. This three star luxury hotel have 22 luxury rooms including three water bungalows, two high restaurants, swimming ...
Club Palm Bay Marawila has unveiled a new look state-of-the-art Banquet Hall following an investment of Rs. 60 million. “The new Banquet Hall has been remodelled with opulence and modern facilities for weddings and conferences with up to date audiovisual equipment and comfortable furniture,” a spokesman said. The latest upgrade at Club Palm Bay comes ...
Reuters: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood claimed on Monday that its candidate had won the country’s first free presidential election, defeating Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister and ending 60 years of rule by presidents drawn from the armed forces. An election committee source told Reuters that Islamist Mohamed Morsy, a U.S.-educated engineer, was comfortably ahead of former ...
French Chef Jérôme Laurent will present La Haute Cuisine de Jérôme Laurent à l’honneur from 20 to 23 June 2012. He is amongst the Star Chefs of France. Chef Jerome Laurent hails from Arles, France and has been awarded with the distinguished one Michelin star for his restaurant Le Cilantro in 2007. His cuisine ...
(ANI): The controversy surrounding the application of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in the game of cricket at the international level refuses to die down. Though, it is well known that Indian cricketers have expressed serious doubts about the UDRS, and often objected to its use in international fixtures, other countries such as Australia ...
eTN: Centara Hotels & Resorts is to open its first two properties in Sri Lanka during the second half of this year named Centara Passikudah Resort & Spa Sri Lanka and Centara Ceysands Resort & Spa. Both of the resort hotels will be operated by Centara under a management contract and will be part of ...
The annual Distributor Convention and Star Awards Presentation ceremony of the Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) was held last Sunday at the Water’s Edge, Battaramulla amidst a large gathering including the board of directors, overseas representatives, field sales personnel and distributors. Ministry of Finance Secretary Dr. P.B Jayasundare who was the guest of honour on the ...
All newspapers carried headlines a few days ago stating that May 2012 tourist arrivals have increased by 17.5% from last year. It is reported that the May arrivals of 57,506, was higher than even that of April, which showed only a 9% increase YOY. So far, total arrivals for 2012 up to end May is ...
Popular Indian playback singer Udit Narayan arrived in Colombo yesterday along with a troupe of dancers, singers and musicians and is scheduled to make his first live public performance in Colombo tonight at the CH&FC grounds from 7p.m. Speaking to the media at a briefing held at the Taj Samudra Colombo yesterday, the Bollywood star ...
Microsoft Sri Lanka came another step closer to their mission of being an organisation of value to the nation when they joined hands with Tharunyata Hetak to provide IT and Leadership Training to 200 youth from the Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Thunukkai areas, in the North of Sri Lanka. In line with the Mahinda Chintanaya vision ...
LONDON (AFP): Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the latest star to suffer a shock exit from the pre-Wimbledon warm-up at Queen’s Club as the world number five was beaten 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) by Croatia’s Ivan Dodig on Thursday. With top seed Andy Murray, fourth seed Gilles Simon and four-time Queen’s champions Andy Roddick and Lleyton ...
Chris Gayle is set to put more than a year in the international wilderness behind him when West Indies face England in the opening match of their one-day series at Southampton on Saturday. Gayle has an impressive one-day record, with over 8,000 runs in 228 ODIS including 19 hundreds at an average of nearly 40. ...
The Galadari Hotel Colombo is proud to be presented with the honour of being a Halal Friendly Hotel with a Crescent Rating 4. This places the hotel as the only five-star property in Colombo to be presented with this highly noteworthy achievement. Galadari Hotel Food and Beverage Director Ananda Warakawa receiving the Certification award from ...