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Reuters: Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife have separated, as his legal battles run on over a New York sex assault case and his alleged involvement with a prostitution ring, weekly magazine Closer reported on Thursday. Anne Sinclair, a wealthy heiress who recently re-launched her media career as a news editor at ...
- Inapt Advance (Category: Business)
- New Chief (Category: Business)
- Another One (Category: Business)
- Strauss-Kahn arrest: Judge denies bail on sex charges - Report (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Tiger Woods needs to expose his inner thoughts and feelings in a way he has never done before in order to connect with the millions of fans who follow him around the world, according to his former Ryder Cup captain Curtis Strange. Fourteen-times major champion Woods has always been careful with his words when ...
- Woods to make 2012 PGA Tour debut at Pebble Beach (Category: Business)
- Woods ends PGA Tour title drought (Category: Business)
- Tiger says motivated by ‘Rory’ factor at Bethpage (Category: Business)
- Tiger Woods hoping for fast start to 2012 (Category: Business)
A solution for loss-making SOEs? In the USA, a new corporate entity referred to as a Benefit Corporation (B-Corp) has been brought into being. The states of Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, California and Vermont have legislation which permits companies to combine the profit motive with the purpose of making a positive impact on society and ...
- Taming the ‘monsters’ (Category: Business)
- Corporatism: A step beyond state capitalism (Category: Business)
- Experimenting with State-Owned Enterprises (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF-led privatisation, land and resource grab in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Holders Spain set up a European Championship semi-final with Iberian rivals Portugal after an uninspiring 2-0 win over France on Saturday which featured yet another headed goal but prompted boos from a sometimes bored crowd. The tournament has generally been graced by high quality, exciting soccer so far but for all Spain’s skill at ...
- Spain’s Iniesta named Euro 2012’s best player (Category: Business)
- Spain dominates World Player of the Year shortlist (Category: Business)
- Dutch top FIFA rankings without kicking a ball (Category: Business)
- Spain leads, Uruguay pips Germany in FIFA world rankings (Category: Business)
The Minister of International Monetary Cooperation Dr. Sarath Amunugama will inaugurate ‘Nostalgie02,’ an exhibition of black and white photographs celebrating France by Kumar de Silva on Friday, 29 June 2012 at the Harold Peries Gallery at the Lionel Wendt Arts Centre. Minister of Water Supply and Drainage Dinesh Gunawardena will be the Guest of Honour. Presented ...
- Alliance Francaise de Kotte presents ‘Nostalgie02’ (Category: Business)
- Alliance Française de Kotte moves to new home (Category: Business)
- Fête de la Musique on 21 June at BMICH (Category: Business)
- Lankan team for U19 World Cup (Category: Business)
Reuters: England and France took the last places in a heavyweight final eight at Euro 2012 on Tuesday, with Ukraine joining co-hosts Poland on the sidelines after a 1-0 loss to the English marred by a controversial disallowed goal. In a tournament heavy on goals and drama but relatively free of debatable refereeing decisions, the ...
- Tournament must improve: Rugby WCup boss (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka face England in T20 World Cup semi-final today (Category: Breaking News)
- Insights to Rugby World Cup 2011 knockout stages (Category: Business)
- Italy’s ‘Gerrard’ hopes to explode against England (Category: Business)
There is a notion, a thought, a germ of an idea that is forming amongst some of my ex-journalist friends, that there is a need for a newspaper or magazine or some other media that should be managed and run by journalists themselves. An interesting concept I would say, as the idea itself seems new ...
- Maldivian Journalists Association team visits SLPI (Category: Business)
- Squire (Category: Business)
- Manikavasagam’s News Experience, A News Textbook (Category: Breaking News)
- MOST SENIOR JOURNALIST MAHINDA ABEYSUNDERA FETED (Category: Breaking News)
Given that Sri Lanka is to launch its IPL version later this year branded Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) and there is a trend globally for sports to be integrated to business, I thought of picking some insights that are emerging from the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL A key pick up from the ...
- The brand IPL is about highlighting performance (Category: Business)
- Knowhow of purposeful use of mobile trend the need of the hour: ICTA CEO (Category: Business)
- Zigo partner with Cellcity to launch phone range in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- Tapping into mobile’s massive growth potential (Category: Business)
Reuters: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday after spending 15 years under house arrest, and said her country’s full transformation to democracy was still far off. “What the Nobel Peace Prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other ...
- Aung San Suu Kyi released (Category: Breaking News)
- Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes historic debut in Parliament (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyi says ready to lead Myanmar to democracy (Category: Business)
- Suu Kyis release a lesson to Sri Lankas leaders - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
The government of the Maldives is said to be looking for funding from the private sector for an advertising campaign to boost its tourism industry following turmoil earlier this year when its elected president was forced from office in what he later claimed was a coup. A report in Minivan News said the government had ...
- Maldives repositions with new tourism slogan, logo (Category: Business)
- Maldivian Dy President meets with President Rajapaksa (Category: Breaking News)
- Maldives denies luxury spas are fronting prostitution (Category: Business)
- Seminar on bilateral trade between Maldives and Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
CANBERRA (Reuters): Australia will create the largest network of marine parks in the world, protecting waters covering an area as large as India while banning oil and gas exploration and limiting commercial fishing in some of the most sensitive areas. Australia’s marine reserves will increase from 27 to 60 under the new scheme, covering more ...
- Maldives to create world’s biggest marine reserve (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka to auction more oil exploration blocks (Category: Business)
- Licences for oil and gas cut back (Category: Technology)
- Cairn to decide on Sri Lanka oil viability by mid-2013 (Category: Business)
Reuters: Authorities in the world’s major economies are preparing for a possible market storm or public panic after cliffhanger Greek elections this weekend, officials said on Thursday, should radical leftists win and cast doubt on the nation’s future in the euro zone . Britain announced on Thursday it would flood its banking system with cash ...
- Euro zone crisis heads for September crunch (Category: Business)
- Euro zone seals second Greek bailout worth 130 b euros (Category: Business)
- Merkel scrapes win on Greek bailout, rebels grow (Category: Business)
- World stocks, euro rise on hopes Greece ditches referendum (Category: Business)
Rameez Fazal and Danushka Kathriarachchi of Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. (LBSI) the Sri Lankan office of the internationally acclaimed advertising agency network Leo Burnett Worldwide will represent Sri Lanka in Cannes at the Young Lions TV category at the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France.
- Triad Team wins Young Lions in Sri Lanka - heads to Cannes 2011 (Category: Breaking News)
- Seven young Sri Lankans to compete at Cannes Lions 2012 (Category: Business)
- Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 finale (Category: Business)
- Leo Burnett wins first ever Cannes Lion metal for Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Singer Sri Lanka recently launched their range of ultra energy efficient TCL LED TVs. TCL has been Singerandrsquo;s second best selling TV for a considerable period of time and has become a trusted household name. TCL LED TVs offer up to 60% savings on power consumption (35 watts) compared to a conventional Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) television off equal size which consumes up to 90 watts of power.
- Most energy efficient range of LED TVs from TCL debuts in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
- TCL TVs make 8K more affordable, slim down Mini-LED and expand Roku - CNET (Category: Technology)
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)
With new features and new children’s products to come, Emirates stays at the head of the pack inflight In its on-going efforts to invest in the latest entertainment content and newest systems, Emirates has recently upgraded the hardware on its new Boeing 777 fleet to bigger, much wider, and digitally-enhanced screens for its winning inflight ...
- Emirates Reveals New Screens On In flight Entertainment (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates continues roll-out of inflight product innovations (Category: Business)
- Emirates Wins SKYTRAX Award Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates in-flight entertainment wins Skytrax Award (Category: Business)
DFCC Bank (DFCC) and DFCC Vardhana Bank (DVB) consolidated and integrated their presence on the information superhighway into one location through the launch of their new website www.dfcc.lk. With a view to delivering seamless banking services through a convenient, easy to navigate portal, the Banking Group hopes to meet the financial needs of the cyber ...
- “Make a Major Change in Leasing with “DFCC Bank – Unlock the Most Affordable Option in the Market” (Category: Breaking News)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank takes exclusive personalised banking to Jaffna (Category: Business)
- DFCC Vardhana Bank opens 125th branch in Kegalle (Category: Business)
- Narrowing Margins (Category: Business)
Historically, capital markets have played an important role in the development of market economies and therefore the development of efficient regulation of securities too has become increasingly important. While fostering the development of the economy, the capital markets also play an important equalising role. Viz – it attracts the participation of a large number of ...
- SEC To Work Towards Strengthening Investor Protection (Category: Business)
- Regulatory framework in place for Exchange Traded Funds (Category: Business)
- Top Govt. politico among investors summoned by SEC via ‘fiery’ notice (Category: Business)
- ‘Those who live by the Dhamma are protected by the Dhamma’ SEC Chief tells investors (Category: Business)
Abans now offers LGandrsquo;s latest marvel in 3D entertainment, the LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV series LM6700 andmdash; which blends seamless, edge to edge simplicity into the users viewing experience through a beautiful unconstrained widescreen.
- 2D or not 2D? (Category: Technology)
- 'Affordable' 3D printers at CES (Category: Technology)
- Touch Sense (Category: Business)
- No screaming success (Category: Australia, Queensland)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas The biggest mobile forum in the region, the South Asian Mobile Conference was held for the third year in Colombo earlier this week, bringing together some of the world’s top experts in the mobile sphere, developers of the next generation, researchers, academics and policy makers, creating a platform for a chance of ...
- Creating digital inclusion and regional connectivity (Category: Business)
- Microsoft, Nokia unveil new Lumia smartphone (Category: Business)
- Google+ and Apple iCloud bring mobile platform battle to the cloud (Category: Business)
CHENNAI (TrustLaw): Indian villager Jaya places the bright pink, sequined, moulded C-cupped designer bra under the needle of her sewing machine and carefully stitches the seams together. The padded “Very Sexy” push-up bra which 22-year-old Jaya sews is for American lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret – designed to give a “boost” to buyers in hundreds of ...
- Kate Moss and Lara Stone strip for Pirelli calendar (Category: Business)
- D’Divas brings haute couture to Cambridge (Category: Business)
- Leaders unequal - Women in South Asia (Category: Business)
- Women’s political participation must be accelerated through quotas (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas Sri Lanka’s first-ever digital ready and HD ready television station, Hiru FM, will be launched on 23 May at 6.02 a.m., Asia Broadcasting Corporation announced yesterday. It marks the organisation’s foray into Sri Lankan television under its flagship brand Hiru after enjoying much success in the radio industry. Hiru TV will be the ...
- ABC’s Hiru TV gears to shake up the television industry (Category: Business)
- Stars for Hiru TV (Category: Business)
- Video: Hiru TV (Hiru Television) Introduction - www.hirutv.lk (Category: Video)
- Hiru FM blames Thilanga for Colombo defeat (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: The success with which ‘The Hunger Games’ film harnessed social networks, en route to becoming 2012’s biggest blockbuster, underscores a growing threat to billions of dollars in movie-advertising revenue on which broadcasters rely. The futuristic movie about children fighting to the death has scared up more than $375 million at the US box office ...
- More than 1 b online in APAC, 620 m browsing on mobile: ADMA (Category: Business)
- Web surfers to pay online using Facebook, Twitter (Category: Business)
- After Zuckerberg talks, Facebook gains $ 6.8 billion (Category: Business)
- Twitter is much more than social: Co-founder Dorsey (Category: Business)
By Uditha Jayasinghe The Government has launched an investigation into the display of Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) flags at the main opposition May Day rally, a top minister said yesterday. Cabinet spokesman Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana told media that the flag was outlawed since the LTTE are a banned organisation within the country. ...
- VIDEO: LTTE flag at rally: Man travelled in Govt. media van - Harin (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka major opposition party prevents an attempt to show LTTE flag in the May Day rally (Category: Breaking News)
- LTTE flag waver at Sri Lanka opposition party's May Day rally traveled in a state-owned vehicl... (Category: Breaking News)
- Unidentified persons with LTTE flag ! Government to hold investigations (Category: Breaking News)
By Patricia A. Butenis The 20th century American politician Thomas “Tip” O’Neill once famously said that “all politics is local”. That was often true of the news in the last century as well. With the advent of so many technological changes, however, the truism for information in the 21st century has become “all news is ...
- EU Heads of Mission express concern over blocking of news sites (Category: Breaking News)
- LLRC backs Right to Information law (Category: Breaking News)
- Right to information: Transformation from a secretive society to transparency (Category: Business)
- Twitter to restrict user content in some countries (Category: Business)
The need for an integrated program on a war footingIn 2008, eight prizewinning economists were asked to list the type of projects which would do the most good for the most number of poor people, if they had an imaginary $ 75 million to spend. Half of their proposed projects involved nutrition. There has been ...
- Sri Lanka: Tea rich but nutrient poor (Category: Business)
- Dairy: The mirage of self-sufficiency (Category: Business)
- Equity and well-being in Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
Reuters: Cristiano Ronaldo struck his 43rd league goal of the campaign to set Real Madrid on their way to a 3-0 home win over Sevilla on Sunday that put them within a whisker of a first La Liga title in four years. It was a much-needed return to winning ways for Jose Mourinho’s side after ...
- Barcelona rout Rayo to keep Real Madrid waiting (Category: Business)
- Ronaldo chases scoring record after securing league title (Category: Business)
- Barca takes long view on title race after first defeat (Category: Business)
- Bayern oust Real after dramatic shootout (Category: Business)
Reuters: A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies – six girls and three boys – the country’s main broadcaster Televisa reported on Thursday night. The woman was identified as Karla Vanessa Perez of the northeastern state of Coahuila, which borders Texas. She is currently being treated at a hospital in the state capital Saltillo, ...
- The not so curious case of Hirunika Premachandra (Category: Breaking News)
- Police search for flasher (Category: South Australia)
- Woman immolates self in Grandpass (Category: Breaking News)
- Minneapolis police investigating suspicious death (Category: USA, Minnesota)
The Independent Television Network’s (ITN) first Tamil Radio channel Vasantham FM organised 6 a side cricket tournament to mark the 5th anniversary of the Vasantham FM at the Waber Stadium, Batticola recently and Kattankudy Akrams Sports Club became a champion. Here captain of the team M.I.M. Irshad receiving champion trophy from Chairman of the ITN ...
- Vasantham FM commemorates 4th Anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Vasantham TV commemorates 3rd Anniversary (Category: Breaking News)
- Madolsima Transmitting Station extends Vasantham TV coverage to East (Category: Breaking News)
- LPL කි්රකට් තරගාවලිය පස්වරුවේ ඇරඹෙයි – සජීවි විකාශය වසන්තම් රූපවාහිනියෙන් (Category: Sinhala)
Less than a year after starting up on its own, the company prepares to replicate its Indian success in Sri LankaJubilant FoodWorks, the master franchisee of Dominos Pizza for South Asia, last year set up its own subsidiary company in Sri Lanka, moving away from the franchisee partnership which held the fort for the Group ...
- Domino’s Pizza, opens in Colombo (Category: Business)
- India’s Jubilant Foodworks to expand overseas (Category: Business)
- Aviraté dresses up for aggressive expansion (Category: Business)
- Lenovo experiencing ‘tremendous growth’ in SL under ‘Smarter Tech for All’ vision (Category: Breaking News)
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