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By Shanuka Tissera Hero MotoCorp Ltd, previously known as Hero Honda Ltd yesterday announced its plans for a bright future in Sri Lanka partnering Abans Group to market a choice of 14 models of two-wheelers. Being the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer along with the launch of its range of two-wheelers in Sri Lanka, makes this ...
- Hero Motocorp’s Hero Brand To Take Global Markets By Storm (Category: Business)
- Honda launches ‘Dream Yuga,’ its cheapest bike (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka To Witness Hero Motocorp’s New Brand Identity Today (Category: Business)
BANGALORE (Reuters): Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni bailed India out with an unbroken 96-run stand that took the hosts to a five-wicket victory in the second and final test for a clean sweep in the series against New Zealand on Monday. Off-spinner Jeetan Patel picked up three wickets and India were reduced to 166 ...
- Spinners put India in firm control (Category: Business)
- Ingram Replaces Ryder In NZ Squad For Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India beats Sri Lanka by 105 runs in tri-series (Category: Breaking News)
- Ashwin spins India to massive victory (Category: Business)
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 ...
- Murali cup: taking cricket to the masses (Category: Business)
- Appalachian State graduate spends summer helping others in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Olympic gold in 2028, Kushil’s dream (Category: Breaking News)
Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has strengthened its partnership with The European Tour by renewing its sponsorship of the golf season’s grand finale – the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai – which will see the likes of Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald contest an $8 million (Dhs 29m) prize fund. The carrier will be the ...
- Emirates on course as official airline of the Irish Open (Category: Business)
- Emirates offers luxury hotels savings for online bookings (Category: Business)
- Credit Suisse downgrades DP World (Category: Business)
Reuters: Real Madrid notched their first victory of the La Liga campaign at the third attempt when Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice in a 3-0 win for the champions at home to 10-man Granada on Sunday. Jose Mourinho’s side badly needed a good performance after taking only a point from their opening two games and Ronaldo ...
- Ronaldo chases scoring record after securing league title (Category: Business)
- Ronaldo fires Real top, Barca held by Sevilla (Category: Business)
- Ronaldo copies Messi as Real qualify (Category: Business)
- It is not about the money, says sad Ronaldo (Category: Business)
Reuters: Real Madrid claimed their first Spanish Super Cup in four years and a morale-boosting success against their arch-rivals when Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo struck in a 2-1 win against 10-man Barcelona on Wednesday. The victory over error-prone Barca, who had Adriano sent off in the 28th minute, meant the tie finished 4-4 on ...
- Real recover pride and belief despite Cup exit (Category: Business)
- Ronaldo fires Real seven points clear of Barca (Category: Business)
- Messi fires Barca to dramatic Super Cup win (Category: Business)
- ‘Clasico’ High Noon for Ronaldo and Messi (Category: Business)
Reuters: Rafa Nadal is still unsure if he will recover from a nagging knee problem in time to feature in Spain’s Davis Cup semi-final against the United States next month. The world number three has not played since suffering a shock second-round Wimbledon defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in June. He missed the Olympic Games, ...
- Nadal knocked out by inspired Tsonga (Category: Business)
- Nadal pulls out of US Open with injury (Category: Business)
- Nadal hammers Djokovic to win eighth Monte Carlo crown (Category: Business)
- Ruthless Nadal downs Ferrer to hurtle into seventh final (Category: Business)
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)
Softlogic Information Technologies one of the premier IT companies in Sri Lanka and a pioneering subsidiary of Softlogic Holdings the authorised distributor for Samsung display products, recently honoured top performing partners in the Samsung monitor category at an award ceremony in recognition for outstanding sales performance for the first quarter of FY 2012/2013. Tech Information ...
- Samsung introduces latest products in Thailand (Category: Breaking News)
- Apple launches new legal attack on Samsung phones (Category: Business)
- Samsung to add iPhone 5 to US lawsuits vs Apple (Category: Business)
- Relish the new taste of a healthy lifestyle with Samsung refrigerators (Category: Business)
By Cheranka Mendis Some 45 foreigners from 20 nationalities will be traversing the island in three-wheelers starting 31 August taking part in the 12 day Lanka Challenge organised by Large Minority for the fourth consecutive year. An innovative promotion model for Sri Lanka through adventure tourism, Lanka Challenge will take the participants to Jaffna for ...
- Nalaka Godahewa tosses three tourism hats (Category: Business)
- ‘Lanka Challenge 2011’ trishaw race starts off in grand style (Category: Business)
- Kimarli Fernando resigns as chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism (Category: Breaking News)
Freesh TV will bring a brand new television experience to their viewers by introducing the Web TV concept to Sri Lanka, Freesh TV President Suranga Katugampola said in an exclusive interview with Ceylon FT.
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
- AT&T is merging streaming services AT&T TV and TV Now. Here's what it means - CNET (Category: Technology)
Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the national telecommunications provider, today proudly unveils the ‘Abhimaana’ broadband package designed exclusively for Government sector employees and pensioners. SLT believes that Government sector employees are the lifeblood of the nation and that their tireless contribution is powering Sri Lanka’s march towards prosperity and progress. The Governme...
- Abhimaana from SLT for govt sector employees (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Telecom unveils Abhimaana broadband (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Telecom unveils Abhimaana broadband (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT Broadband enhances web with four times faster speed (Category: Business)
By Cassandra Mascarenhas A groundbreaking initiative to encourage the commercialisation and adoption of nanotechnology across differing sectors, the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka hosted the country’s inaugural nanotechnology conference last week. Aptly themed ‘Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Sri Lanka: From Science to Commercialisation,’ the two- day conference featu...
- First-ever nanotechnology conference kicks off today (Category: Business)
- ‘Technology Marketplace’ hailed as a great success (Category: Business)
- SLINTEC lays foundation for country’s first nanotech park (Category: Business)
- Govt. to set up first science and Nanotech Park in Homagama (Category: Business)
Reuters: Real Madrid’s troubled start to the season continued when the champions squandered the lead and slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at city rivals Getafe on Sunday to slip five points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona. The rare domestic reverse for Jose Mourinho’s side, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home to ...
- Real Madrid storm back to take Super Cup from Barca (Category: Business)
- Leaders Real rattled as Barca close in (Category: Business)
- Ronaldo fires Real seven points clear of Barca (Category: Business)
- ‘Clasico’ High Noon for Ronaldo and Messi (Category: Business)
ScienceDaily: Sex sells, or at least that is what advertisers hope. A recent study from the University of Georgia looked at sexual ads appearing in magazines over 30 years and found that the numbers are up. “Advertisers use sex because it can be very effective,” said Researcher Tom Reichert, Professor and Head of the Department ...
- Why are five million kids on Facebook if it doesn’t want them? (Category: Business)
- Consolidated ICC marketing code launched globally (Category: Business)
- Wash. House passes bill pressuring sex ad sellers (Category: USA, Washington)
- Global advertising spend up 5.7% in Q2 2011 (Category: Business)
Brown and Company PLC launched its very own ‘BG’ brand, with a new revamped and technologically advanced product range. With the latest electronics, home appliances, water pumps and automotive bikes, ‘BG – A Standard Called You’ is now available countrywide through Brown’s showrooms and dealers. Group MD/CEO Murali Prakash said: “It is indeed a significant...
- Browns opens Discovery Store (Category: Business)
- Browns ventures into hospitals biz; buys 60-bed private unit at Ragama (Category: Business)
The second quarterly draw of the Nations Trust Bank Nations Saver Promotion was held recently in the presence of an official from the Western Provincial Council. The second quarterly draw to pick 294 winners across the branch network was held at the Nations Trust Bank head office at Union Place recently. From left: NTB ...
- NTB draws 1Q savings account winners across branch network (Category: Business)
- NTB launches promotional campaign to reward customers (Category: Breaking News)
- NTB takes 365 day banking to Kuliyapitiya (Category: Business)
- NTB’s 50th branch opens at Aluthgama (Category: Business)
President Mahinda Rajapaksa over the weekend kicked off the nation’s biggest campaign, Visi Vara Jaya Nada, to build support for the national cricket team at the upcoming ICCT20 World Championship played in Sri Lanka. Visi Vara Jaya Nada is an ambitious campaign that unites the four corners of the island enabling the nation to show ...
- Sri Lanka President kicks off campaign to support the cricket team for T20 championship (Category: Breaking News)
- SLT extends support to CA Sri Lanka as lead sponsor (Category: Business)
- Mobitel official mobile service provider for Deyata Kirula 2012 (Category: Business)
- Malaysia should support resolution on Sri Lanka - MIC (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term on Friday when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year, drawing a smirk of triumph from the self-styled warrior against Islam. An unrepentant Breivik, 33, gave the Oslo court a stiff-armed, clenched-fist salute before ...
- Norway killer on trial: “I would have done it again” (Category: Business)
- Court finds Norwegian mass killer Breivik sane (Category: Business)
- Norway court finds Anders Behring Breivik sane (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway killer Breivik refuses to recognise court (Category: Business)
WIZMA Global Education, a CIMA listed education provider, recently relocated its premises to Virtual Education, a world class facility in Colombo 8 offering a better education service to students who wish to obtain a CIMA qualification. Combining 10 years of experience at Virtual, WIZMA brings innovation and novelty in to education, opening new vistas for ...
- CIMA : The Choice (Category: Breaking News)
- Invest In Cima (Category: Breaking News)
- AME student wins prize in the May 2011 CIMA Exam (Category: Business)
- Achievers Attracts Quality Students (Category: Breaking News)
Reuters: A Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik sane on Friday and gave him a maximum jail term for murdering 77 people in a shooting and bombing last year, offering closure to a Nordic nation devastated by its worst attack since World War Two. Breivik, who has admitted blowing up the Oslo government headquarters with ...
- Norway jails “sane” Breivik for 21 years for killing 77 (Category: Business)
- Norway court finds Anders Behring Breivik sane (Category: Breaking News)
- Norway killer on trial: “I would have done it again” (Category: Business)
- Norway mass killer bent on turning trial into “circus” (Category: Business)
Reuters: Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 19.58 seconds for victory in the 200 metres at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday while Yohan Blake equalled the third fastest time ever to win the 100 in 9.69. The effervescent Bolt performed the air guitar as he was presented to the crowd before predictably dominating the ...
- Bolt ready to prove 2012 naysayers wrong (Category: Business)
- Bolt to race in Rome in preparation for Olympics (Category: Business)
- “No worries” as Bolt blocks out bad starts (Category: Business)
- Bolt sets year’s fastest time for 100 (Category: Business)
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)
The first 40 winners of the andlsquo;Singer TV20 Championshipandrsquo; competition received 24-inch LED televisions yesterday (23 August).
The Government yesterday announced that State land in and around the Independence Square as well as D.R. Wijewardena Mawatha in Colombo would be vested with the Urban Development Authority (UDA) for redevelopment. The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the move on a proposal made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the Minister of Defence ...
- UDA comes under professionals (Category: Breaking News)
- New chairman appointed to UDA (Category: Breaking News)
- UDA of Gotabaya takes over properties of CMC (Category: Breaking News)
- Evicted residents’ protest (Category: Breaking News)
Mongoose Adventures, Sri Lanka’s leading adventure sports provider is proud to be the local sponsor for Lanka Challenge 2012, the popular three-wheeler driven escapade for charity. After captivating the world through three sublime editions, this year’s Lanka Challenge will take place from 1 to 11 September. The Lanka Challenge will see intrepid travellers from around the worl...
- Mongoose Adventures brings SNUBA to Chaaya Blu, Trincomalee (Category: Business)
- Traversing the island in a tuk (Category: Business)
- NSB-TFC fiasco ‘looks’? (Category: Business)
- SLT unveils ‘Intelligent Solutions’ (Category: Business)
By Rashika Fazli If your requirements include four fruits in one drink, Minute Maid Mixed Fruit is your reward! Coca Cola Sri Lanka has launched a refreshing new product of Minute Maid, the number one juice brand in the world, at the Galadari Hotel, on Wednesday (22) evening. At the Coca-Cola Minute Maid Mixed Fruit ...
- Coca-Cola launches ‘Minute Maid Apple’ flavour (Category: Business)
- US ambassador visits Coca-Cola plant in Biyagama (Category: Business)
- Coca-Cola co-sponsors Fox Hill Races 2012 (Category: Business)
- Winners from Coke promotion get all-expense paid trip in Switzerland (Category: Business)
Everyone’s favourite brand has come back to wow us once again with a beautiful, yet powerful piece of technology. The new Apple MacBook Pro Retina with its 5.1 million pixel display that’s three times more than a normal HD TV and Quad-core Intel Core i7 processors has arrived at all Abans Apple showrooms. Measuring in ...
- New Apple MacBook (Category: Breaking News)
- Best remote learning MacBook for 2021: MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Best remote learning MacBook for 2021: MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro - CNET (Category: Technology)
- Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro revealed with M1 chip video - CNET (Category: Technology)
The insurance industry in Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a growth momentum and has posted a General Insurance growth of 20.85% and Life Insurance growth of 13%. MBSL Insurance has recorded General Insurance growth of 36.4% and Life Insurance growth of 60% well and above the industry level. Therefore, MBSL has decided to reward the ...
- MBSL Insurance opens 50th branch in Polonnaruwa (Category: Business)
- Prospects of Midcap stocks in Colombo Bourse (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka government launches a special insurance scheme for journalists (Category: Breaking News)
Qatar Airways has announced an expansion of its USA route network with the introduction of daily passenger flights to Chicago from 10 April next year. The non-stop service from Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, will be the carrier’s fourth USA gateway, following already successful daily operations to New York (JFK), Washington (IAD) and ...
- Qatar Airways to launch flights to Gassim, Saudi Arabia (Category: Business)
- Qatar Airways launches latest global 3-day sale (Category: Business)
- Etihad Airways launches flights to Seychelles (Category: Business)
- Etihad launches Shanghai flights (Category: Business)
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