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The Independent Television Network’s Tamil TV channel Vasantham TV celebrated its fourth anniversary at the ITN premises recently. Here ITN Chairman Rosmand Senaratne and Directors Hashim Omar and Devapiran and Manager M. Kuwandiran cutting the cake – Pic by Ruzaik Farook
IRIN:Sri Lankan Parliamentarians in favour of acting on the recommendations in a report into the final stages of the country’s civil war by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) are slowly gaining ground over those who are not, says a Presidential peace process advisor. The Government’s initial reaction to the LLRC recommendations was positive, ...
Union Bank of Colombo Plc (UBC) announced that the bank would be introducing a new state-of-the-art core banking solution that will enable the bank to add further value to improving its management processes and service delivery. UBC has picked the internationally renowned banking solutions supplier, Silverlake Systems, Malaysia to implement the core banking system that ...
The grand finale of the highly anticipated Ranaviru Real Star Mission Two, one of the most watched reality shows in Sri Lanka which highlights the hidden talents of our armed forces personal to hit the airways live on Sri Lanka Rupavahini on 6 July. Ranaviru Real Star was developed on a concept given by Secretary, ...
TCL has been ranked No.5 in the world according to the latest published global Flat Panel sales rankings. It is the first time TCL has been ranked among the top five in the global Flat Panel market. For April 2012 alone, TCL recorded an 81% year-on-year growth having sold 1.44 million LCD TVs. TCL is ...
Reuters: The BET Awards on Sunday split top honors among several artists, including Beyonce and Chris Brown, in a telecast filled with lively performances and an emotional tribute to late singer Whitney Houston. Beyonce was named best female R&B artist, while Brown, who performed his hit single “Turn Up the Music” from his new album ...
Performers will have copyright protection for their audiovisual works as a result of the successful conclusion of 12 years negotiations by the members of the World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which has resulted in the finalisation of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances on 26 June. The treaty will enter into force when ratified by ...
Best Western International will soon open its sixth hotel in Bangkok, the Best Western Plus Grand Howard. Located in the Sathorn district of Bangkok, close to the several large banks and international finance companies, Best Western Plus Grand Howard will feature 256 rooms, all with views of the city or Chao Phraya River. In addition ...
From 1 January 2013, EK203 from Dubai to JFK, and its return sector EK204, will become A380 flights, offering an increased capacity of almost 1,000 additional seats in both directions every week. The service is currently operated by a Boeing 777-300ER. “Emirates is experiencing very high demand for its New York flights and the start ...
Informatics successfully secured a contract recently with the Ministry of Culture and the Arts to provide an AVID Video Editing Solution. This is one of the milestones reached by Informatics in terms of AVID business, where this solution will be used by the Media Unit of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts, to create ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reuters: Google Inc will sell its first tablet from mid-July for $199, hoping to replicate its smartphone success in a hotly contested market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle Fire and Apple Inc’s iPad. By taking a greater role in the tablet market, Google hopes to ensure that its various online services remain front-and-center to ...
The former England captain called for the IPL to be expanded into an Asian league Former England captain Tony Greig has urged India to accept the “spirit of cricket is more important than generating billions of dollars”. Former England captain Tony Greig India is cricket’s economic powerhouse, driving the finance of the global ...
Laptop luck for Bogawantalawa tea plucker N.S.J. Arachchi of the Nugegoda Branch recently emerged the winner of the Rupees Million prize in Seylan Bank’s fifth ‘Thagi Pita Thagi’ draw. The fifth batch of winners received their awards from Seylan Bank Chairman Mohan Pieris PC, Executive Director R. Nadarajah and General Manager / CEO Kapila Ariyaratne ...
Rio+20 has come and gone. For some, with June gone, the task may be looking at the flavour of the month for July to prop up different hoardings. The conference was concluded successfully and most of the final photos and comments indicated it was well attended and well run and perhaps well concluded. For sure, ...
The Knowledge Conglomerate, an independent subsidiary of MTI Consulting dedicated to knowledge based businesses in Sri Lanka, has announced the launch of their Executive Education Series. The knowledge Conglomerate is intent to high performance knowledge-based business in Sri Lanka. The concept believes knowledge-based business will grow in size, importance and dominance and offers exciting, high ...
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 ...
The Test has been marred by at least 10 contentious decisions over three days by umpires Steve Davis of Australia and Ian Gould of England. Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore on Sunday slammed the absence of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the series against Sri Lanka after his team suffered several umpiring errors in the ...
By Sachin Ambekar Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. Chief Creative Officer Reporting from Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012 Day Four: The fourth day at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world’s largest advertising festival was just as eventful as the days past! The spirit of the festival is still high with every delegate ...
Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara left the ground fuming after being stranded on an unbeaten 199 during the first Test against Pakistan in Galle on Saturday. The left-hander missed out on his ninth double-century in Test cricket partly due to an error in the scoreboard on the ground which showed him on 194 when his ...
GALLE, (Reuters): Pakistan were facing defeat at 36 for three wickets in their second innings at the close on the third day of the first test against Sri Lanka on Sunday after being set a formidable winning target of 510 runs. Sri Lanka, who scored 472 in the first innings, closed their second innings at ...
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 ...
Over 25,000 passengers carried in eight months with Kandy, Badulla, Trinco and Vavuniya as destinations Ever since its launch in October 2011, Expo Rail has been on an upward drive redefining rail travel in Sri Lanka. With four destinations in its portfolio – Badulla, Kandy, Trincomalee and Vavuniya – Expo Rail has, in the past ...
This year to celebrate its 17th Anniversary, Nihonbashi offers a 17 per cent discount to all diners on 28 June 2012. Founded by Dharshan Munidasa in 1995, Nihonbashi was created with the intent of bringing the best of Japan to Sri Lanka. In this the restaurant soon succeeded, as it quickly became popular among the ...
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 ...
Reuters: A court has issued an arrest warrant for the ruling party veteran poised to replace Pakistan’s ousted prime minister, local television stations reported on Thursday, deepening political uncertainty in the strategic U.S. ally. Pakistan’s president had nominated Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate in an apparent bid for continuity ahead of ....
Sri Lanka’s number one cable manufacturer, Kelani Cables, recently launched a pre-packed antenna wire manufactured to the Japanese standards. The key reason to launch a product of this nature is to address the common causes that hinder the picture clarity and low quality antenna wires in the market. The outer wire mesh of an antenna ...
As Sri Lanka-Japan bilateral discourse completes 60 memorable events, Japan has become our seventh largest international trade partner. “The total bilateral trade turnover between the two nations has grown to $ 1,250 m in 2011. Japan, our seventh largest trade partner in 2011, has always been a key trading nation as well as a generous ...
By Cheranka Mendis Several French institutions are exploring prospects to offer energy efficiency solutions to the booming construction sector in Sri Lanka. At a key industry forum organised by the Trade Commission of the French Embassy Yesterday, seven French companies along with French Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) Energy Expert Robert Angiletti and ...