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AFP: Kevin Pietersen has been left out of England’s Test squad for the tour of India as the controversial batsman pays the price for the text message scandal that has left his international career in tatters. Pietersen was dropped for the final Test against South Africa after sending texts to opposition players that contained criticism ...
Five star luxury hotel brand Eden Resort and Spa of the LOLC Leisure Group was recently honoured with a National Level Merit Award at the CNCI Achiever Award 2012, organised by The Ceylon National Chamber of Industries. Eden was presented with this award in the National Level Extra Large category (Services sector) and was ...
Chandrasena Sudusinghe, one of Sri Lanka’s greatest culinary success stories and the only Lankan to become an approved judge by the World Association of Chefs Societies joined Cinnamon Grand, Colombo’s premier city hotel, as Executive Chef recently. Cinnamon Grand, which prides itself on inducting exceptional individuals into its hospitality team, is aiming high with the ...
The ICC today unveiled the most comprehensive range of social media activations for a global cricket event ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 which begins on Tuesday 18 September in Hambantota. Using the official event Twitter hashtag, #wt20, fans will be encouraged through the global broadcast feed, produced by ESPN STAR Sports ...
South Africa batsman Richard Levi has won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year in recognition of his 51-ball 117 not out against New Zealand. This is the fifth year the award has been given to recognise the most impressive performance by a player in Twenty20 Internationals during the 12-month voting period and it ...
Sri Lanka proud hosts of popular and shorter form of most entertaining tournament played in Asia for the first time; 20-teams, 20-day cricket fiesta ICC World T20 kicks off tomorrow Mega boost for tourism as 500 players and officials alone to take up 9,000 room-nights; hundreds of overseas fans, global sponsor officials and media to ...
Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was yesterday seen championing the cause of education for children. Virat Kohli has been named the star in a children’s book that has been published by Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation that promotes literacy and gender equality in education across Asian and African countries together with the International ...
Reuters: Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali was honoured on Thursday for his humanitarian efforts and civil rights work at an awards ceremony in Philadelphia. The $100,000 award called the Liberty Medal, sponsored by the nonprofits National Constitution Centre, was presented to Ali by his daughter, Laila Ali, a former boxer herself. Ali, 70, who has ...
The biggest savings bank in Malaysia, Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN), says through higher loan revenues and increased community banking activities, they expect a 25% growth in profitability during 2012. This State-owned bank, which is targeting a net income of RM 1.3 billion, commenced expansion of its infrastructure with innovative delivery channels by introducing branchless banker ...
LOS ANGELES(Reuters): Actress Gwyneth Paltrow was named the ‘World’s Best Dressed Woman’ of 2012 by People magazine on Wednesday, wowing the celebrity magazine with a simple elegant style that avoids some of fashion’s quirkier trends. The Oscar-winning actress, 39, and wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, headed a list of the year’s style mavens that ...
Sri Lanka’s best football talent identified 12 young soccer enthusiasts win a chance of a lifetime Winners will visit Manchester United Soccer school shortly Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the conclusion of the Airtel Rising Stars program at a colourful awards ...
Authentic Sri Lankan delicacies come to the Terrace this month with an array of local dishes created by the Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo chefs. Hoppers, a local dish enjoyed by many, can be savoured at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo once again this month. Experience an evening of indulgence with crispy, stuffed hoppers and egg hoppers, string hoppers, ...
Dusit International celebrated the grand opening of its flagship resort, the Dusit Thani Maldives, in a ceremony that saw the Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik and First Lady Madam Illham Hussain as the guests of honour. Also in attendance was the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor. Dusit International ...
Reuters: Serena Williams, through sheer force of will as much as her skill with the racket, beat world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a dramatic US Open final on Sunday to capture her 15th singles grand slam title. On her best behaviour but struggling to subdue an opponent seven years her junior, ...
Evinta.IBE – a multi-channel booking platform –revolutionises the way in which airline tickets are sold by applying new technology on old sales channels. Airlines have always provided richer functionality and better fares to Web customers. Why? Because they want to lure passengers away from traditional sales channels which are both expensive and rigid. Yet International ...
Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo celebrated twenty seven years with a host of activities taking place throughout the hotel. To mark this milestone Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo carried out an annual blood drive, encouraging associates of both the hotel and the John Keells group to donate. Since 1990 Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo has been running a blood drive that ...
The first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote 75 years ago: “It would be absurd to say that the profit motive does not appeal to the average Indian, but it is nevertheless true that there is no such admiration for it in India as there is in the west. The possessor of ...
Sri Lanka China Business Cooperation Council (SLCBCC) held the much-awaited SLCBCC Business Star Awards 2012 on 16 August, at the Grand Ballroom of Galadari Hotel Colombo, in the presence of a distinguished gathering, to recognize the performance of enterprises engaged in business activities with China and who have made significant achievements while keeping to good business ethics.
Reuters: South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius brought the curtain down on a summer of thrills in the Olympic Stadium when he won the final Paralympic track gold medal with a dominant display in the men’s 400 metres on Saturday. It was a happy ending for Pistorius who finished the Paralympic Games with an individual gold after ...
In 1934 the Marist Brothers of Catholic Diocese established the Wennappuwa Joseph Vaz College initially with 28 students. Today after 78 years since commencement, 24960 students had been blessed with the education that offered. At present there are 3665 students studying in this school and there are 158 teachers assisting in the education of these ...
Sri Lanka’s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development. The Api Wenuwen Api Fund, a cooperation between the Ministry ...
Partners with the Department of Probation and Childcare to fund the education of children in need in Sri Lanka Baby Cheramy, a trusted brand of leading Sri Lankan conglomerate Hemas Holdings PLC, celebrates 50 years of enriching lives of Sri Lankan mothers and children this year. Commemorating the brand’s milestone and promoting the importance ...
An exhibition of fired enamel and paintings by artiste Layla Gonaduwa opened at Barefoot Gallery earlier this week. The work revolves around five themes – dream catcher, dreamling, dreamseed, dreamweaver and emanate. All pieces are made of common elements such as glass enamel, abstraction and stylised drawing and firing. They also include the use of ...
Sri Lankaandrsquo;s largest telephony services provider Dialog Axiata PLC has donated revenue generated from SMS (Short Messaging Service) based voting on the grand finale of Ranaviru Real Star: Mission 2 to the Api Wenuwen Api Fund, administered by the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development.
In conjunction with Malaysia’s 55th National Day, the Taj Samudra hotel in partnership with the Malaysian High Commission in Colombo, Tourism Malaysia, Malaysian Airlines and Rebak Island Resort, Langkawi – A Taj Hotel, will launch a Food Festival. A truly Malaysian Indulgence celebrating its glorious cuisine and magnificent culture will be held at the Latitude ...
A goat’s best friend is Mervyn! The populace has been cruel to him. Ok, to the goat too, but I am talking about a man willing to be incarcerated just to liberate a hapless animal. Thankfully, the President interceded and saved the day for both. The Minister had promised to defy a Court order and ...
Owned and operated by Sri Lanka’s largest blue chip conglomerate, John Keells Holdings PLC and positioned as a star value addition at John Keells Hotels Group, ‘Nature Trails’, the dedicated Wildlife and Adventure Tourism division of Chaaya and Cinnamon Resorts, bagged the award for the ‘Best Nature and Wildlife Service Provider’ at the Sri Lanka ...
Fashion presenter and activist Emmanuel Ray has been nominated for London Personality of the Year 2012 at London Lifestyle Awards, by his audience and members of the public. A Sri Lankan who migrated to the UK in hope to study art and theatre, finally makes it to one of the celebrities of London. A S ...
The Head of the ISO certifying body, Systems & Services Certification Business Manager of SGS Lanka (Pvt) Limited Batuvita Sumanasiri presented unprecedented kudos to Cinnamon Grand on the second re-certification audit for all three ISO certifications held in August this year. “It is worthy to mention that Cinnamon Grand is the first hotel in Sri ...
Sincere apologies, Hamlet! This distortion is to highlight the current impasse and to stress the need for thinking beyond short-term situational measures. The impasse is in getting the public university system going and in dealing with demands without forgetting that there is a nation in waiting and the vision for it involves that it should ...