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Whether there is rain or sunshine, the children at Kumbukkollawewa village are eager to attend pre-school, to learn new things, play with their friends and also to bask in the sunshine under the kind attention of the two volunteers who function as their pre-school teachers. The 25 children did not have a proper pre-school building ...
Union Assurance (UA), one of Sri Lanka’s largest and most trusted life and general insurance expanded its branch network with the opening of its fifteenth location in the Northern Region in the town of Chunnagam. UA was the first private insurer to start operations in the Northern Peninsula in 2002. UA takes pride in its ...
By Rashika Fazali Dubstep is a growing music genre. It’s best described by a well-known website, AllMusic as: “Tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals.” If absorbing this piece of musical information was hard, try dancing to this music. You will be puzzled but for these ...
US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison handed over fishing supplies to 130 families in Kallar, Kilinochchi on Thursday. This donation, through the US Embassy’s development arm, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is part of a larger initiative of partnering with families in conflict-affected areas, bringing dignity back to their communities. Although ...
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday held meetings with the Indian President and the Prime Minister and discussed key issues of mutual interest to the two nations. President Rajapaksa, who is in India on a three-day official visit, met the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss bilateral issues, including fishermen ...
By Shanuka Tissera The Serendib Educational Foundation (SEF) provides financial support to talented students who have excelled in their secondary education and have the ability and skills to reach greater heights as they pursue higher studies. The 20th anniversary celebration took place at Cinamon Lakeside where the SEF proudly launched their latest website for both ...
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board announced that there will be a 12 hour water cut from 8a.m. on today to 8a.m. tomorrow (23) in the following areas: Maligawatta Road, a section of Panchikawatte, from the Elfinston junction in Sri Sumanatissa Mawatha to Jetawana Road junction, Miraniya Street, Paradise place, Old Moor Street, Princegate, ...
Walk to be held on 30 September to raise awareness on preventing child abuse and sexual harassmentBy Devin Jayasundera Sri Lanka’s premier child rights expert and Former Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority Prof. Harendra de Silva voiced concern on the upsurge in child harassment and abuse occurring in the country. “When it comes ...
SriLankan Airlines established its presence in the most bustling district of the Southern Province, Hambantota, with the opening of a new sales office on Friday, 21 September. The branch office will facilitate travel formalities to a large clientele in the south-eastern coast area. The modern facility is equipped to handle reservations, ticketing, Prepaid Ticket Advices ...
NOLIMIT via its loyalty card Arapaima recently announced its latest customer promotion whereby cardholders could win themselves tickets for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 2012 cricket tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October. To stand a chance to get their hands on these valuable tickets each Arapaima cardholder ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) recently provided a Technical Assistance (TA) to the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) aimed at developing foreign reserves management skills of the Maldivian Central Bank. This program helped to build MMA’s institutional capacity to formulate foreign reserves management policies and procedures and to manage its foreign reserves so as ...
Club Bentota of the Mount Lavinia Hotel Group were the winners at the 36th Annual Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) Softball Cricket sixes 2012 which was sponsored by Aitken Spence and Travel Trade Sports Club. This is for the second consecutive year. Club Bentota Men’s team became champions by defeating Bentota Beach Hotel Bentota of ...
The US authorities do not have discussions with Osama Bin Laden’s successors. In fact, the US has made it very clear that they would kill any associate of Bin Laden, at sight. That is the way US treats ex-terrorists. However, when it comes to Sri Lanka, Robert O. Blake is asking the Government to have ...
(Reuters) :In-form Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is doubtful for Saturday’s Twenty20 World Cup match against South Africa due to a side strain he picked up during their tournament opener against Zimbabwe. Mendis, who returned the best figures by a bowler in T20 cricket with six wickets for eight runs in Tuesday’s match, went off ...
Brendon McCullum’s blistering century in 51 balls helps New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 59 runsConsidering the run-up to the ICC World Twenty20 2012, Bangladesh and New Zealand would have been considered equals. But then, when someone like Brendon McCullum gets it right, which isn’t often enough to make New Zealand a top contender, no opposition ...
Mahela Jayawardena stopped short of saying his team might tinker with its combination for the South Africa match on Saturday. Jayawardena said Sri Lanka would leave the decision on the playing eleven till the last moment, but reiterated that the team would not be taking the game lightly simply because it had already qualified for ...
AFP: Jacques Kallis recorded the best Twenty20 figures for his country to inspire South Africa to a convincing 10-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a Group C match at Hambantota on Thursday. The 36-year-old allrounder grabbed 4-15 and was well supported by Morne Morkel’s 2-16 as Zimbabwe were kept down to 93-8 – their second lowest ...
Disappointed Zimbabwe captain hopes team will improve in the season aheadBrendan Taylor looked like he was a whisker away from bursting out in tears after Zimbabwe slumped to a 10-wicket loss against South Africa. Zimbabwe’s campaign in the ICC World Twenty20 2012 ended just two days into the tournament, at a time when five teams ...
The Colombo Veterans Football Club this week left to Mauritius to participate in the VIII International Masters Football Festival 2012. This tournament is held for the seventh year consecutively. The six participating Clubs are from Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and host Mauritius. Colombo Veterans F.C (Sri Lanka) is the reigning champion for the ...
West Indies opening batsman wants to celebrate 33rd birthday with win over Australia todayWest Indies batsman Chris Gayle who celebrated his 33rd birthday yesterday is more focused on his team’s ICC World Twenty20 opener today (22) against Australia. Questioned about what he had lined up for personal big day, the big-hitter responded in typically jocular ...
Lafarge Mahaweli Cement organised a children’s art competition on safety at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. Children of agents and distributors of Lafarge participated in this event. The main drive of this initiative was to emphasise the importance of safety through educating and informing children of these families, with the aim of them passing on ...
The Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC, the pioneer herbal personal care manufacturer illuminated the Devundara Sri Vishnu Devalaya and Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya as part of their ‘Swadeshi Khomba Aloka Puja Sathkaraya’ project. This is the fourth consecutive year that Swadeshi Industries illuminated Devundara Uthpalawarna Sri Vishnu Maha Devalaya and the 11th consecutive year with th...
DOCTORS unions and the Government have not always managed to get along as the masses can attest but the latest demand of allowing public doctors to work in private hospitals may result in another serious disagreement. Sri Lankan doctors’ union, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says the Health Ministry was appointing inexperienced doctors ...
By Amantha Perera JEJU, South Korea (IPS): As ravenous consumers of natural resources, companies are beginning to recognise that they owe a monetary debt to the planet, and are sharpening their pencils to calculate it. In 2004, when the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held its four-yearly World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, ...
To coincide with the 20th anniversary celebrations of Orient Express Lines in Sri Lanka a charity event was held where wheel chairs were donated to the National Hospital in Colombo. Here Geeta Ramakrishnan wife of the Chairman of Orient Express Lines handing over the wheel chairs to National Hospital Director Dr. Anil Jasinghe.
Sri Lanka’s falling external deficits should allow the central bank to review its tight monetary and credit policies towards the end of the year, Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal told Reuters yesterday.
ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of the state oil explorer has held initial talks with Cairn India for a partnership in Sri Lanka, where Cairn drilled successfully to announce the island’s first hydrocarbons discovery, Indian media reports said quoting unnamed sources.
EZY Technologies, Sri Lankaandrsquo;s leading technology distributor recently expanded its already dynamic product portfolio by introducing three new Gigabyte laptops to the Sri Lankan market.
LAUGFS Gasandnbsp;PLC declared opened their new distribution centre at Biyagama recently under the guidance of its Chairman W.K.H. Wegapitiyaandnbsp;who was the chief guest. LAUGFS Gasandnbsp;PLC is a Sri Lankan company involved in domestic LPG distribution. Here our photographer Gamunu Wellage captured some interesting moments of the opening.
Installation of the President and Executive Committee for 2012/2013 of the Toastmasters Club of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA- Sri Lanka) was held at the instituteandrsquo;s auditorium recently.