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By Marianne David Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo won two coveted awards at the fifth annual Sri Lanka Tourism Awards – the Best Five Star City Hotel Award and the Best Host Hotel Spa. Sri Lanka Tourism Awards 2011 awarded high performers across 11 categories and evaluated hotels in the industry based on their contribution towards tourism. ...
- Top hotels sweep World Spice Food Festival awards (Category: Business)
- John Keells trendsetters win 12 key Sri Lanka Tourism Awards (Category: Business)
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Cinnamon Lakeside rated ‘Best Luxury Hotel in Sri Lanka’ (Category: Business)
Reuters: Formula One cars will continue to swerve around the skyscrapers of Singapore for the next five years after the government agreed on Saturday to help cover the S$150 millioncost of hosting the unique night race. There had been some doubt about the future of the event, the only night race on the calendar, as ...
- Montezemolo suggests shorter and later F1 races (Category: Business)
- India can be one of the great F1 venues (Category: Business)
- New tyres make F1 better: Webber (Category: Business)
- F1 looks for a pattern in the unpredictable (Category: Business)
The Silvas are at it again. A week dominated by news of political brats on the rampage once more, this time directing their rage at an Army Major, ended with the soldier recanting his story and the two main suspects in remand being transferred to prison hospital on “medical” advice. The whole incident smacked of ...
- Blake says visit positive, key challenges remain (Category: Business)
- The Ides Of March Comes Around To A Rajapaksa Regime (Category: Breaking News)
- US – India Alliance Puts Pressure On Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Political pickles and quicksilver fortunes (Category: Business)
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.
- Austell Store Owners Have Tough Questions About City Ordinance (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Sagamore Farm moving from horse racing to rye business (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Apple v Google maps: which is better? (Category: Australia, Queensland)
- Ore. man files cannabis candy appeal (Category: USA, Washington)
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.
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 ...
- Pakistan ‘A’ win 8th Lawyers Cricket World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Colombo Art Biennale presents ‘Becoming’ (Category: Business)
- Ambassador to Turkey says GL did not interrupt her (Category: Breaking News)
- Last Lunar Eclipse Of 2020 To Happen Monday (Category: USA, Indiana)
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.
- PCH introduces two new Karbonn mobile phones (Category: Breaking News)
- PCH Enters the Mobile Handset Business (Category: Breaking News)
- PCH introduces latest range of Karbonn mobile phones (Category: Breaking News)
- Karbonn Mobiles penetrates Sri Lankan market (Category: Breaking News)
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 ...
- Live - England v Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Pietersen wants to dominate world cricket (Category: Business)
- Kevin Pietersen misses World T20 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pietersen woes continue with golden duck (Category: Business)
Protecting the small depositor One reason for poor communities the world over responding to the service facility provided by Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) to take in the small amounts of savings the poor generate on a daily or weekly basis is the security offered by the cash being securely looked after at a remote ...
- Unregulated microfinance - A high-risk strategy (Category: Business)
- Finance: Restrictions on use of the word (Category: Business)
- Regulation of microfinance institutions (Category: Business)
- Micro finance: As India moves forward, Sri Lanka stagnates (Category: Business)
Ever since the first aircraft was conceptualised by Leonardo Da Vinci, the dream of flight is still continuously evolving. The latest aircraft is known as the dream liner Boeing 787. There has been no end to the technological advances in aviation. The global aviation industry has since been enlarged into a multibillion dollar business and ...
- Etihad gets first Boeing 747-400 freighter (Category: Business)
- Boeing sees more 787 cancellations, still upbeat (Category: Business)
- Spotlight turns to output as Boeing wins show (Category: Business)
- Emirates receives 1,000th Boeing 777 (Category: Business)
Reuters: DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc (DWA.O) and its Chinese joint venture partners will open a theme park in Shanghai by 2016, with a total investment amount of 20 billion yuan ($3.14 billion), the companies said on Tuesday. The creator of ‘Shrek’, together with its joint venture partners – China Media Capital, Shanghai Media Group and ...
- Etihad launches Shanghai flights (Category: Business)
- China COSCO reports $ 326 m Q3 loss (Category: Business)
- HSBC China fund JV to expand, internationalisation in focus (Category: Business)
- Louis Vuitton lures China’s super-rich with custom leather “art” (Category: Business)
Whilst tracking the key moments of the London Olympics, I realised how reliant I was on the text updates that beeped on my Blackberry and then when time permits go to YouTube or the official websites to experience this key happening as it unfolds to the world. But, then I realised that my friends had ...
- HR and London Olympics (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola and McDonalds launch London Olympics 2012 memorabilia (Category: Business)
- Marketing 3.0 and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- London Olympics biggest in US TV history, despite gripes (Category: Business)
Reuters: Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his U.S. freestyle relay team were upstaged by France as records fell in the pool on Sunday’s second day of competition at the London Games. South Africa’s Cameron Van der Burgh and American Dana Vollmer set world ...
- Lap of honour for Phelps in London (Category: Business)
- Phelps makes history with record 19th medal (Category: Business)
- Phelps quits the pool with unchallenged record (Category: Business)
- Magnificent Phelps completes milestone (Category: Business)
Reuters: Venus and Serena Williams have opted for the comfort of a Wimbledon hotel over the athletes’ village and might miss the opening ceremony but the tennis siblings were still able to soak up some of the London Olympic experience on Tuesday. Soon after arriving in the English capital, the Williams sisters and their United ...
- Serena Williams storms to golden slam (Category: Business)
- Williams sisters win women’s doubles gold at Olympics (Category: Business)
- Serena spars with reporters over dance (Category: Business)
- Top seeds Azarenka, Federer progress (Category: Business)
New Delhi : Sports broadcasting major, ESPN STAR Sports on Sunday said it has bagged multi-year broadcast rights for exclusive coverage of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) in India. The first edition of the T20 league will be played in August 2012. No financial details were disclosed. The multi-year deal includes a minimum of ...
- ESPN STAR Sports strikes multi-year broadcast agreement for Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Breaking News)
- ESPN STAR Sports bags the rights to cover ‘SLPL’ (Category: Breaking News)
- SLPL boost for tourism next month (Category: Business)
- Brian Lara, MCC Chief lift SLPL to the world (Category: Business)
The Lion flag fluttered spiritedly as the 18-wheel monster truck scampered through the treacherous Australian outback. Fifty-six-year-old Zola Rajapakse worked through his 18-gear manual transmission with consummate ease. Zola and his American co-driver were locked in battle with six other drivers from England, Scotland, US and Australia for a shot at becoming the world’s toughest ...
- The truck driver who went to Royal (Category: Business)
- The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? (Category: Breaking News)
- David Shapiro: Finding laughs between groans as election goes overtime (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
The Lion flag fluttered spiritedly as the 18-wheel monster truck scampered through the treacherous Australian outback. Fifty-six-year-old Zola Rajapakse worked through his 18-gear manual transmission with consummate ease. Zola and his American co-driver were locked in battle with six other drivers from England, Scotland, US and Australia for a shot at becoming the world’s toughest ...
- The truck driver who went to Royal (Category: Business)
- The Malicious “Shafi Frame Up”: Will 2023 See The Guilty Being Punished? (Category: Breaking News)
- David Shapiro: Finding laughs between groans as election goes overtime (Category: USA, Hawaii)
- Vaccines offer the key to speed of Hawaii’s economic recovery (Category: USA, Hawaii)
New Delhi, (AFP): An Indian court will hear accusations of indecency against US pop star Katy Perry and Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan over their dancing at a cricket event, media reported on Wednesday. Madras High Court, in southern India, ordered a hearing on the accusations on 31 July, although the pair will not be required ...
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
- A spike against COVID-19 (Category: USA, Massachusetts)
Reuters: Roger Federer never doubted his ability to win grand slam titles during a two and a half year drought in which he was written off in some quarters and passed the 30 year age barrier that often signals the beginning of the end for top tennis players. After winning his seventh Wimbledon title with ...
- Avenger Fed sets up Djokovic semi (Category: Business)
- Federer closes first day at U.S. Open with quick win (Category: Business)
- Federer joins sporting all-time greats (Category: Business)
- Federer aiming for strong finish in London (Category: Business)
By Shanuka Tissera Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo last week announced its latest accomplishment as the recipient of the ‘Best Luxury Hotel, Sri Lanka’ award at the Business Destinations 2012 travel awards. The hotel has now entered the ring to do battle with the likes of the Trump Hotel Chicago, Fair Mont Hotel Vancouver and Marina Bay ...
- New GM takes over at Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo (Category: Business)
- Overwhelming response to IBM FORUM event hosted in Colombo (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Fashion Forum begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo appoints New Director of Sales and Marketing (Category: Business)
Tourism is very much in the news and targets are being bandied around. A magic number plucked from the air of 2.5 million tourists by 2015/16 is often quoted. All this suggests that tourism will see a sustained explosion in growth. What is the truth? Is it fast growth or slow burn? What are the ...
- Banking delegation in Qatar to attract investments (Category: Business)
- Strategic policy needed for Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Business)
- Where Is Sri Lanka Tourism Going? (Category: Breaking News)
- Align education,VT with growth industries (Category: Business)
To see the abundant wildlife in four national parks, Sharon Ng Kooi Kin endures driving on what passes off as roads New Straits Times: WE don’t go on one safari in Sri Lanka. We go on four in 12 days! Our bones are shaken and rattled out of joint, even as our eyes feast on ...
- A snake may lurk in the UN grass (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake (Category: Features)
- Video: Rare albino water snake discovered in Sri Lanka (Category: Video)
- The Snake is dead; why still keep awake looking at the Roof? (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: A touch of star quality from Mario Balotelli plus a familiar mixture of experience and canny defending saw Italy quash a young Germany side 2-1 on Thursday and book a place in the Euro 2012 final against holders Spain. The semi-final victory thanks to Balotelli’s first-half double extended Italy’s unbeaten run against Germany in ...
- No shocks as Italy, Spain come through (Category: Business)
- Pirlo recalls golden moment as Italy beats England (Category: Business)
- Spain’s Iniesta named Euro 2012’s best player (Category: Business)
- Untroubled Spain set up Portugal semi (Category: Business)
Recent newspaper advertisements heralding the birth of a sports economy is indeed good news for sportsmen in general and sports entrepreneurs in particular. Tax exemptions that serve as attractive incentives are a much awaited step in the right direction for a small nation who has time and again made forays into the big leagues. The ...
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Sports Track (Category: Business)
- Tax Breaks (Category: Business)
- Will play only if you pay! (Category: Business)
Sri Lanka-China Business Cooperation Council (SLBCC) affiliated to the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) announced the launch of the andlsquo;SLBCC Business Star Awards 2012andrsquo; on 20 June at the Galadari Hotel.
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 ...
- Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet (Category: Business)
- A little music goes a long way in Egypt vote (Category: Business)
- Egypt soccer violence kills 74, fans turn on army (Category: Business)
- West should embrace “Arab Spring” Islamists — Qatar (Category: Business)
An enriching learning experience awaits students of INTIandrsquo;s UOW degree programmes, affiliated with a university that enjoys a five-star status in Australia, and placed in the top two per cent of world universities.
ESPN and News Corp have announced a definitive agreement under which ESPN will sell its 50 per cent stake in ESPN Star Sports (ESS) to a unit of News Corp, ending a 16-year partnership. The transaction gives News Corp full ownership while “providing ESPN more independence and flexibility in future support of The Walt Disney ...
- ESPN STAR Sports bags the rights to cover ‘SLPL’ (Category: Breaking News)
- ESPN STAR Sports bags multi-year broadcasting rights for Sri Lanka Premier League (Category: Business)
- Iowa Wolves to not hold season in state this season (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Iowa Wolves to not hold season in state this season (Category: USA, Iowa)
Minister Bathiudeen was addressing the gala Star Awards 2011, the international scale packaging awards event in Sri Lanka held at the Cinnamon Grand on the night of 27 May to felicitate top innovators in the $ 1 billion packaging industry of Sri Lanka.
- Terminal Award (Category: Business)
- Fashion Freight (Category: Business)
- Capital Cushion (Category: Business)
- Share Allocation (Category: Business)
The Maligawatte Youth Sports Club has organised 11 A Side over 40 soccer tournament to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Club will be held on 27th Sunday May 2012 at 8.00 a.m. onwards at the P.D. Sirisena Playground , Maligawatte Colombo. The participating 12 teams will be Rathnams SC, Old Bens SC, Old Zahira ...
- Implement SC order on accessibility! (Category: Business)
- SC annuls two agreements on garbage disposal (Category: Breaking News)
- SC group wants to build home for rescued wolf (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Justice secured by the SC for buyers of apartments (Category: Business)
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