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By Shanuka Tissera Since January 2012, Airtel launched their latest corporate social responsibility programme and has proven to be a massive success. Over 10,000 applicants initially applied to take part in the Manchester United Soccer School challenge. Out of the 10,000 applicants, only 12 will be selected to go to Old Trafford and train at ...
Ranna212, a trendy resort on Sri Lanka’s deep south coast, is now a Halal friendly hotel accredited with ‘Crescentrating Level 4’. Crescentrating, an internationally accepted proprietary rating standard, rates travel services based on the Halal facilities and services offered. Ranna212 is pleased to announce this endeavour toward better catering to culturally diverse markets. For...
Man-of-the-match Hussey used all his guile with clever reverse-sweeps and deflections as well as the odd lusty blow over midwicket to spearhead his side’s pursuit of 245 for victory after Pakistan had made 244 for seven. He did have a slice of luck when Pakistan chose not to review a leg before wicket appeal off ...
Sri Lanka Insurance 2012 Awards Night felicitated two key categories of excellence, the ‘Best of the Best’ achievers in sales and longstanding service personnel. The event was held on 21 August 2012 at the BMICH, with the distinguished participation of the Board of Directors and the top management of Sri Lanka Insurance. Secretary to the ...
NEW YORK (USA): Double Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel has taken on a driving job with a difference – starring in a music video with Double Grammy-winning US R&B star and protégé of Jay-Z, Melanie Fiona. The Red Bull Racing driver plays a central role in the official global music video for Fiona’s track ...
The Board of Investment (BOI) said yesterday it has signed an agreement for a $ 450 million (nearly Rs. 60 billion) project for a prestigious mixed-development tower complex, with Krrish Group of New Delhi, India. Krrish Group is a diversified company whose activities span a wide range of sectors. One of its best known products ...
Q: What are your thoughts on the Sri Lankan fashion industry? Ramona Oshini (an upcoming young designer): It’s a lifelong dream and I always wanted to do something in the creative field. The Sri Lanka fashion industry has come quite far. I personally believe if we do an excellent job in quality control we can ...
John Keells Leisure Group emerged at the forefront of the annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards held on the 30th of August 2012 by winning 12 key awards across its three Sectors: City Hotels, Resort Hotels, and Destination Management Companies. Once again Walkers Tours Limited won the most prestigious award in the Inbound Category for the ...
Reuters: Novak Djokovic continued his stroll through the U.S. Open draw on Sunday while former champion Andy Roddick staved off retirement by winning in front of 20,000 of his new-found best friends at raucous Arthur Ashe Stadium. While Djokovic had a workmanlike 6-3 6-2 6-2 victory over Frenchman Julien Benneteau to reach the fourth round, ...
By Devin Jayasundera In the run up to the ICC world Twenty20 the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Foundation of Goodness (spearheaded by Muttiah Muralidaran and Kushil Gunasekera) partnered in launching the ‘Murali Harmony Cup’ in order to promote Social harmony and unity among the country’s youth. The event is supported by the Mahela ...
Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced that the first stage of the Sri Lankan leg of the Airtel Rising Stars programme has drawn to a close with 48 of the best foot-balling talent across the island being selected from over 5000 registered participants. ...
Sri Lanka’s premier resort brand, Heritance Hotels & Resorts, swept the green and individual awards at the recently-concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards. Sri Lanka’s most internationally awarded hotel, Heritance Kandalama won the awards for ‘Best Practices in Green Architecture’ and ‘Best Green Practices in Accommodation’. Chef Lalith Gunasekera of Herita...
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) honoured Prasanna W. Jayewardene with the ‘Pioneer in Tourism’ award at the recently-concluded Tourism Awards 2011. Hotelier Jayewardene has 45 years of experience in the tourism industry both locally and internationally and was recognised for his services as a pioneer in the field. Having received his education at ...
Reinforcing its supremacy John Keells Holdings Group bagged most of the major titles in an impressive haul of 12 in the fifth annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards presented last week. JKH Group’s Cinnamon Lakeside won the best five star city hotel whilst its Cinnamon Lodge Habrana bagged the best five star resort award. Group entity ...
John Keells Resorts bagged three coveted awards at the recently-concluded Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011. The Sri Lanka Tourism Awards pays tribute to organisations and individuals for their excellence and inspired achievements whilst contributing towards the strengthening and empowering of our nation’s tourism industry. Winning the award for the ‘Best Five Star Resort’ was Cinnam...
Part of the Kandurata Warriors team, Kithruwan Vithanage is a young and upcoming player in Sri Lanka’s domestic cricket league. Here are excerpts of an interview with the young star: Kithuruwan Vithanage Q: How do you feel about being chosen to participate in the Mahindra Sri Lanka Premier League? A: It’s an honour to ...
The Prince Ratnam School of Dancing Annual Dancers’ Ball 2012 will be held on Friday 31 August at the Empire Ballroom at Mt. Lavinia Hotel, from 8.30p.m. onwards. There will be two bands in attendance viz. Super Pink and Purple and Nalin and the Star Combination, compered by Clifford Richards at this graceful event. Over ...
Cinnamon Lakeside brings alive a sweet tooth’s dream at Goodies this month. Indulge in a deliciously sweet cashew nut and black cherry Danish an ideal breakfast or tea time treat. The rich Danish pastry with a delicious black cherry filling is topped with a generous sprinkling of sliced cashew nuts. These mouth watering pastries are ...
Meet 47-year-old Pastry Chef Ashoka Rodrigo, who has been a part of Colombo’s premier five-star hotel, the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, for over two decades. Rodrigo is part of the talented team that has helped the hotel set high standards in the culinary field. His expertise and guidance over the years has ensured that guests are ...
All 12 men’s squads for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 have now been confirmed with the very best players in the world getting ready for the big event, which gets underway in Sri Lanka next month. Defending champion England will be led by Stuart Broad and features a strong line-up that includes, eight ...
By D.C. Ranatunga The news of the death of Neil Armstrong took my mind back to the late evening of Sunday 20 July 1969. I was then with the Observer functioning as the Features Editor. That evening we were busy with the Magazine Edition of the paper, as the Poya Day edition was named after ...
www.pakpassion.net: The inaugural edition of the Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) T20 tournament got underway on 11 August and, as expected, has provided many international players with the ideal preparation just a month before the Twenty20 World Cup. This is an opportunity which many Pakistani players have taken advantage of as is evident with the ...
Upcountry Lions Sports Club (ULSC), sponsored by Crysbro, has registered an astounding performance in the Sri Lanka A-Division Rugby Tournament 2012. As neophytes to the highly regarded A-Division, the performance of Upcountry Lions is sensational, considering the formidable opposition they had overwhelmed, including the highly accomplished naval squad. Rugby, which has hitherto been the game ...
SriLankan Airlines enters the new age of ‘iPad electronic flying’ by switching from using bulky mandatory paper manuals, to a sleek 662 gram iPad, as SriLankan becomes Asia’s first airline to use the iPad Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) starting 29 August 2012. Pilots no longer need to lug 84 kilograms of paper manuals from aircraft ...
Hilton Colombo Residence to Launch Vietnamese Food Promotion on 03 September 2012 The flagship restaurant of Hilton Colombo Residence, Union Bar & Grill will launch a Vietnamese Food Promotion under the selected theme of “Discover Saigon’s Treasures” between the 03 and 09 of September 2012. This year would be the Hotel’s fourth consecutive year of ...
Foundation for Civilian Bravery holds Civilian Bravery Awards The 19th National Civilian Bravery Awards and the third National Civilian Bravery Awards for Students was held yesterday at the BMICH in Colombo. Chairman of the University Grants Commission Prof. Gamini Samaranayake was the Chief Guest at the event. The Civilian Bravery Awards, organised by the ...
Further establishing its presence in the competitive mobile phone market, PC House recently launched the new Karbonn Media Star K210, the latest addition to the Karbonn mobile phone range distributed exclusively by PC House.
The fun-filled event that everyone was waiting for finally dawned – Summer Camp Lodge 2012! The kids stormed into the camp site after checking in at the Cinnamon Lodge, their favourite five-star resort at Habarana.abarana. The Summer Camp program commenced with registrations of the kids followed by separating them into teams led by Uncle Chitral ...
Reuters: Andy Murray’s hopes for a maiden grand slam at the US Open may require him to beat world number one Roger Federer for a second time in five weeks after the duo were placed in the same half of the draw on Thursday. Top seed Federer beat Murray last month to win his seventh ...
Kevin Pietersen will be at September’s World Twenty20 – not as a player but as part of ESPN STAR Sports’ team of television presenters. The news comes soon after it was confirmed that Pietersen would not play the World T20 for England following his spat with the ECB and his team-mates – whose performance he ...